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 It’s springtime, and you know what that means for Google: out with the old and in with the new. Unfortunately, many BlackBerry fans might not like how Google’s rearranging the furniture . . . → Read More: Google Sync for BlackBerry swept away in spring cleaning  We’ve seen smartphones with keypads that can spin away from the screen before (see the Motorola Flipou t), but RIM seems to have something slightly different in mind with this patent application that was filed back in 2010 and just published today. . . . → Read More: RIM patent application describes rotating keypad that can be used in more than one position  While RIM’s current fortunes are making plenty of execs nervously tug at their ties, there’s still plenty of people cheerfully tapping away on BlackBerry keyboards — especially in the Middle East. It makes at least some sense, then, to launch a big ole’ flagship shop in Dubai. Teaming up with local carrier Axiom Telecom, the handset manufacturer is in the final negotiation stages for a 1,500 square-foot store . . . → Read More: BlackBerry flagship store coming to Dubai, hopes you’ll buy  This is the production version of Ford’s Focus Electric for the US market, and we got the chance to take it for a proper test drive last week. . . . → Read More: Ford Focus Electric test drive and MyFord Mobile hands-on (video)  Freemium visual voicemail service YouMail never forgot their roots — they first launched in late 2007 with the mission of making visual voicemail available to the masses, but soon focused their attention on what was then the market-leading smartphone platform: BlackBerry. I don’t need to tell you that RIM’s fortunes have changed since then, but the YouMail crew dutifully updated their BlackBerry app even though registrations from users of that platform began to dip. . . . → Read More: After Three Years, Visual Voicemail Service YouMail Calls It Quits On BlackBerry  Sources close to former RIM co-CEO Jim Balsillie have revealed his plans to save the company before he was shown the door, a plan that didn’t involve handsets. He’d entered into talks with AT&T , Verizon and several European carriers to offer them use of the company’s BlackBerry-exclusive network to provide limited data plans to featurephone users that included social networking and BBM — with the aim of reducing the cellphone operators data burden and coaxing users to upgrade to smartphones. . . . → Read More: Former RIM co-CEO Jim Balsillie’s very different rescue plan revealed  Ever have that feeling of deja D . . . → Read More: BlackBerry Messenger once again purportedly caught running on Android  BlackBerry fans of the world over rejoice: some of your favorite social apps have just become slightly more connected to your favorite smartphone ecosystem. . . . → Read More: Twitter and Facebook for BlackBerry get BBM connected, BBM gets some animated avatars  Word of a big exec shakeup at RIM leaked out just ahead of the company’s quarterly earnings late last month — something that was then quickly confirmed in said earnings report . It looks like that wasn’t the end of it though, as RIM has now also confirmed the departures of two more high-level executives. . . . → Read More: RIM confirms departures of two top BlackBerry, BBM execs  . . . → Read More: Android tops 50% market share in Feb 2012 Comscore data |
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