Research In Motion Ltd (RIMM)

The BlackBerry battle is on. Research In Motion unveiled the much-hyped BlackBerry Torch 9800 on Tuesday, a new touch-screen BlackBerry smartphone with a pull-out keyboard and an updated operating system that is designed to compete with the of the iPhone and Android smartphones. The Torch is RIM's (RIMM) first attempt at a combination touch-screen/physical keyboard hybrid, and looks somewhat like the Palm Pre. AT&T (T) will be the exclusive carrier of the Torch 9800, the first BlackBerry to run RIM's modernized operating system, BlackBerry OS 6. The new operating system gives BlackBerry its first full Web browser, along with all the impressive features of any smartphone. The new phone will hit U.S. stores August 12 and will be priced at $199.99 for customers who purchase a two-year service agreement. What do you think? Will you check out the Torch? Or are you loyal to Apple?

Apple (AAPL) and Research in Motion (RIMM) are being investigated by the US International Trade Commission after Kodak (EK) complained that smartphones linfringe on a Kodak's digital-imaging technology. Kodak believes the Apple iPhone and Research in Motion Blackberry devices hold digital camera technology that directly infringes Kodak. iPhone and Blackberry users have no fear???Kodak will not put and end to these devices, it just seeks compensation from Apple and RIM. Apple and RIM are not the only companies Kodak has accused of patent infringement related to its digital camera technologies. Last month, Kodak and Samsung announced a cross-licensing agreement that ended patent-infringement suits the companies had filed against each other. The companies also dropped complaints they had filed with the USITC. What do think? Should Apple and RIM pay up?

my blackberry is indestructable (: i think rim will do better

AT&T blows let alone the iPhone. Verizon + Google + Droid = :D :D

Doesn't their newest 9000 series phone come out this month? What's the buzz on that?

I have a blackberryyyy!

lost alot of money with this one

As a mobile apps developer working on iPhone, Android and Blackberry, I can easily say that RIM's BB Software Development Kit is the most difficult to use, the system is poorly designed and makes creating software a nightmare. I think this is to blame for the lack of innovation in BB's app space and their lag behind Android and iPhone in terms of killer Apps. They may still have more market share from their strangle hold on the business world, but I don't see that lasting long, especially with Apple's recent support of MS Exchange Servers on their iPhone platform. My gut feeling is this company will fade into the background over the next few years.

<strong>The iPhone Loses Its Crown</strong> The <a href="http://gadgetwise.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/05/04/blackberry-throws-iphone-sales-a-curve/" target="_blank">top-selling smartphone</a> of 2009 isn't Apple's (<a href="http://www.weseed.com/companies/basics/aapl">AAPL</a>) iPhone, it's Research in Motion's (<a href="http://www.weseed.com/companies/basics/rimm">RIMM</a>) Blackberry Curve. Does that mean the iPhone is doomed? Of course not! But it does cast a spotlight on how differently the two companies are promoting their phones. The iPhone is only available through AT&T (<a href="http://www.weseed.com/companies/basics/t">T</a>), while the Curve can be had on all the major carriers. With the Palm (<a href="http://www.weseed.com/companies/basics/palm">PALM</a>) Pre coming soon, what will happen to the top spot in the smartphone category? Here's what we do know: if you make a phone that millions of people become addicted to (Blackberry) or devoted to (the iPhone), good things will happen. Whether or not the Pre will join the ranks is yet to be determined.

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