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Is It Really Time To Get Excited About BlackBerry 10? [Poll]

Research In Motion on Monday began teasing its newest smartphone today by showing a vague picture of the back of one of its new BlackBerry 10 devices, Not much to see, nothing to get excited about. Or is it?

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BlackBerry 10 Launch Date Announced - But It's Too Late

What are you doing on January 20, 2013? I'm guessing you're not waiting in line to get the first BlackBerry 10 smartphones.

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Showing Off BlackBerry 10, RIM Aims To Both Fit In & Stand Out

Having fallen far behind its mobile competitors, BlackBerry maker Research In Motion desperately needs its next-generation mobile operating system to be a hit. RIM pulled back the curtain on BB 10 today at its BlackBerry Jam developers conference in San Jose, showing off features the company hopes will pull it back from the brink of oblivion.

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RIM's Potential Blackberry 10 Licensing Partners: Few & Far Between

Research In Motion has nearly finished developing its BlackBerry 10 operating system. New smartphones from the Canadian manufacturer are expected to be released at the beginning of 2013, but they may not be the only Blackberry 10 devices. According to reports, RIM is open to licensing BlackBerry 10 to other manufacturers. Such an move would have…

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The Frankenphone: What a BlackBerry Windows Phone Would Look Like

Rumors of Research In Motion possibly turning away from its BlackBerry 10 operating system and adopting Windows Phone 8 have us thinking. If RIM and Microsoft combined the might of their mobile operating systems, what would the Frankenstein-like device look like and how would it function?

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What if RIM Supported Windows Phone 8?

Research In Motion’s new BlackBerry 10 operating system has been delayed to, at the earliest, early 2013. That could prove to be a deathblow to the storied but struggling smartphone maker. RIM is going to miss out on the important holiday season with BlackBerry 10, and that could prove to be the weight that finally breaks the company’s back. In…

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RIM Reports Losses, Layoffs, and Further Blackberry 10 Delays

RIM CEO, Thorsten Heins, at BlackBerry DevCon Europe 2012 The news from Research In Motion just gets worse and worse. The maker of BlackBerry phones once dominated the smartphone market. But the rise of Apple's iPhone and a series of missteps have led the company into a period of turmoil, causing co-founders to head for the exit as the…

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ReadWriteWeb DeathWatch: Research In Motion

Introducing ReadWriteWeb’s DeathWatch: highlighting businesses and technologies tottering on their last legs. Each week we’ll examine a vulnerable company, check for a pulse and look at its chance for a miracle recovery. We wish it wasn't so easy to choose the inaugural DeathWatch victim, but BlackBerry-maker Research In Motion has not had…

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[Infographic] Patent Wars Turn Tech into a Battlefield

Bloody battles over intellectual property have become the tech world's new normal. Google just bested Oracle in an epic patent and copyright battle over the use of Java in Android. Apple is fighting in courts around the world. Technicolor, the company that brought color to the movies, is counting on patents suits as a revenue steam. A stellar…

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BlackBerry CEO Hints Research In Motion may be up for Sale

Research In Motion is a company in transition. It is going from a global powerhouse smartphone maker to a struggling equipment manufacturer with too much company bloat, an aging operating system and declining user base. In a letter to investors today, CEO Thorsten Heins acknowledged that RIM had contacted bankers from J.P. Morgan and RBC Capital…

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Is It Really Time To Get Excited About BlackBerry 10? [Poll]

BlackBerry 10 Launch Date Announced - But It's Too Late

Showing Off BlackBerry 10, RIM Aims To Both Fit In & Stand Out

RIM's Potential Blackberry 10 Licensing Partners: Few & Far Between

The Frankenphone: What a BlackBerry Windows Phone Would Look Like

What if RIM Supported Windows Phone 8?

RIM Reports Losses, Layoffs, and Further Blackberry 10 Delays

ReadWriteWeb DeathWatch: Research In Motion

[Infographic] Patent Wars Turn Tech into a Battlefield

BlackBerry CEO Hints Research In Motion may be up for Sale