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No BlackBerry 10 phones until March 2013, says analyst

Research In Motion, the ailing smartphone maker with seemingly more lives than the average cat, may not dish out the new range of BlackBerry 10 devices until March, according to Jefferies analyst Peter Misek.

Writing in a research note seen by Forbes, Misek noted: "We had hoped for a January launch but now see a March launch as more likely."

RIM has previously said that the new range of BlackBerry 10 devices will arrive in the "first quarter," between January and March, after pushing back the scheduled date from later this year.

Speaking to CNET in … Read more

Pay $7 to promote your Facebook status?

Thursday's CNET Update never forgets a face:

Today's tech news roundup begins with a look at Facebook. The network is testing a feature that lets you pay to get your posts seen by more friends. Facebook first began testing this concept in May and it's already in 20 other countries. But it's rolling out to some U.S. users now, and the idea is to pay to show off big news or get more attention to an event. Facebook hasn't set an official price for this, but CNET staffers with the feature are asked to … Read more

RIM kicks BlackBerry PlayBook OS 2.1 into the field

Blackberry PlayBook owners will see a small bump in features and capability with its next OS update to PlayBook software 2.1.

Among the changes available for the Wi-Fi tablet are security features that let owners lock down all data with enterprise-level encryption, not just corporate secrets.

RIM also shares a new version of the BlackBerry Bridge software that lets PlayBook owners access typical phone features; now when you pair a BlackBerry smartphone with a PlayBook tablet, you'll be able to send SMS texts from the PlayBook. You'll need to download the new Bridge app from BlackBerry App … Read more

Windows Phone challenging RIM for third place in Europe

Microsoft's Windows Phone operating system is gaining on Research In Motion, a new study says, but it still has a long way to go before catching Android and iOS.

Windows Phone is vying with RIM for third place in Europe as low-end devices -- like the Nokia 610 -- drive sales in key markets such as Italy and France, according to a global smartphone sales report from Kantar Worldpanel ComTech.

But iOS and Android still make up the vast majority of sales in the region, sharing about 83 percent of the share in the big five European markets of … Read more

Leaked: Check out photos of RIM's BlackBerry 10 phones

Research In Motion may not be showing off its BlackBerry 10 phones anytime soon, but that doesn't mean photos of the devices won't leak out on their own.

Several renderings have popped up for the two phones, which include one full touch-screen device, and one with a Qwerty keyboard. CNET has seen the devices, and they match up with images posted on CrackBerry's Web site. CrackBerry pulled the images off a leaked marketing video, which has since been pulled.

The phones are the first products for the BlackBerry 10 platform and represent the company's best shot … Read more

BlackBerry 10: How RIM might reel you in. Really

When Research In Motion finally comes out with its first BlackBerry 10 phones, it will face the herculean task of convincing people they're actually worth a try.

Over the last few years, RIM has burned away a lot of goodwill, along with BlackBerry's standing as a pre-eminent smartphone brand, thanks to a near-comical succession of clunky product launches, delays, executive changes, and, at times, a frustrating refusal to acknowledge its own problems.

But with a new leadership team, RIM is hoping to bounce back with BlackBerry 10. The phones based on that operating system, however, won't be … Read more

RIM won't show off BlackBerry 10 phones this year

BlackBerry fans hoping to get a peek at the next-generation phones will have to wait until early next year.

Research In Motion won't be showing off its two BlackBerry 10 phones this year, Chief Marketing Officer Frank Boulben told CNET in an interview.

RIM has a lot riding on the success of its next-generation BlackBerry 10 platform. The company is pinning its hopes on BlackBerry 10 to reverse its market share losses, slumping revenue, and continued losses. But a lot of that has do with generating interest in the phones themselves.

The company plans to show off more of … Read more

RIM CEO: Confident BlackBerry 10 will take share from rivals

Research In Motion CEO Thorsten Heins has no shortage of confidence, boasting to investors that he believes BlackBerry 10 will take market share away from his rivals.

The new platform will also attract consumers new to smartphones to, Heins said during the company's quarterly conference call.

RIM's BlackBerry 10 smartphones will target mid-tier consumers and higher when they first launch, but Heins hinted at a lower end version some time next year.

"We're working on a concept for the entry level," Heins said during the company's quarterly conference call today. "You might see … Read more

Grim times for RIM: BlackBerry maker records $235M Q2 loss

It didn't take long for the high of Research In Motion's BlackBerry Jam to wear off.

Fresh off its developer conference, filled with cheery rhetoric from the leadership team and a demonstration of the capabilities of its next-generation BlackBerry 10 operating system, the company posted a fiscal second-quarter loss of $235 million, or 45 cents a share. That's a reversal from the profit of $329 million, or 63 cents a share, it posted a year ago.

Its revenue plunged 30 percent to $2.9 billion from $4.17 billion a year ago.

The results reflect the harsh … Read more