Research In Motion (RIM) has announced that BlackBerry smartphone “themes” are now available for download from BlackBerry App World™. There’s a range of unique themes created by third-party publishers, available for free, that totally change how your BlackBerry smartphone looks. more
Research In Motion (RIM) (NASDAQ: RIMM; TSX: RIM) today announced the launch of the new BlackBerry® Storm2™ smartphone for customers in South Africa. The new smartphone is now available from MTN and Vodacom countrywide. more
South Africa and Waterloo, ON – MTN and Research In Motion (RIM) (NASDAQ: RIMM; TSX: RIM) today announced the availability of prepaid BlackBerry® service plan for MTN customers in South Africa. more
Vodacom has announced the availability of the BlackBerry® Curve™ 8520 smartphone in a striking new white coloring. Available for a limited period, the BlackBerry Curve 8520 in white is your connection to the people, places and things you care about most, in a fresh new color. more
San Francisco – 2009 BlackBerry Developer Conference – Research In Motion (RIM) (Nasdaq: RIMM; TSX: RIM) today announced enhancements to the BlackBerry® Application Platform that will further enable developers to rapidly develop rich content and applications. more
Advertising, Payment, Content Push and New Location Services Will Present New Opportunities for Monetization and Innovation on the BlackBerry Application Platform more
Research In Motion (RIM) (Nasdaq: RIMM, TSX: RIM) today announced the BlackBerry® Academic Program to provide colleges and universities around the world with a curriculum and course content... more
At the 2009 BlackBerry® Developer Conference, Research In Motion (RIM) (Nasdaq: RIMM; TSX: RIM) and Adobe Systems Incorporated (Nasdaq: ADBE) today expanded their collaboration and announced that creative professionals and application developers will be able to use the Adobe® Flash® more
Research In Motion (RIM) (Nasdaq: RIMM; TSX: RIM) today announced the sleek and powerful BlackBerry® Bold™ 9700 smartphone. The new BlackBerry Bold 9700 offers an extensive array of high-end communications and multimedia features in a compact and highly refined design that will appeal to both men and women and for both professional and personal use. more
London, UK and Waterloo, ON, October 15: Research In Motion (RIM) (Nasdaq: RIMM; TSX: RIM) today introduced the BlackBerry® Storm2™ smartphone for customers in seven European countries as well as South Africa.
The second generation of RIM's innovative and award-winning touch-screen smartphone, the BlackBerry Storm2 significantly improves the BlackBerry® touch-screen platform with new technology and new features to let customers stay easily connected to the people, places and things that matter most. more
South Africa and Waterloo , ON - Research In Motion (RIM) (Nasdaq: RIMM; TSX: RIM) today announced the new BlackBerry ® Curve T 8520 smartphone for customers in South Africa . The handset, a new addition to the BlackBerry Curve series of smartphones, is now available from MTN and Vodacom countrywide. more
Waterloo, ON - Research In Motion (RIM) (NASDAQ:RIMM) (TSX:RIM) today announced a new model of the BlackBerry® Smart Card Reader -- a lightweight, wearable, ISO 7816 compliant card reader that enables proximity controlled access to a user's BlackBerry® smartphone and computer. more
Many companies in South Africa are starting to roll out mobile devices to boost the productivity of their mobile workers. However the lure of empowering employees and making them more efficient (for example BlackBerry smartphone users save an average of 60 minutes a day, according to Ipsos Reid) should be balanced with the need to secure the information that can be accessed on them. more
South Africa - Internet Solutions (IS) has today announced the launch of a hosted BlackBerry® Enterprise Server offering available to businesses of all sizes in South Africa . more
The South African cellular market reached a milestone of 50-milion connections at the end of 2008 - but only 68% of these represented individual users.
This is the first key finding from preliminary research conducted by World Wide Worx for its 2009 annual Mobility study, backed by First National Bank (FNB), leaders in cellphone banking in Africa , and Research In Motion (RIM), the developer of the BlackBerry solution. more
