BlackBerry News Desk

Vlingo Corporation has announced version 3.0 of Vlingo, offering a rich feature set that provides users with "hands-free" control of their BlackBerry smartphones. Using the power of voice, Vlingo already enables users to send and reply to emails and text messages, search the mobi... (more)

Cellcrypt (www.cellcrypt.com) has announced that Cellcrypt Mobile is available now for BlackBerry smartphones. Cellcrypt Mobile introduces end-to-end real-time encryption to prevent private conversations from being compromised, enabling individuals within corporations and gover... (more)

Technicopia, LLC has debuted gwabbit for BlackBerry, an automatic Email Contact Manager (ECM) for any hand-held device. gwabbit for BlackBerry automatically searches and identifies signatures embedded in emails on your mobile phone and adds or updates that information to your Bla... (more)

Research In Motion has announced that BlackBerry Enterprise Server 5.0 has been awarded Common Criteria Evaluation Assurance Level 4+ (EAL4+) certification. Common Criteria is an international standard for evaluating security products. Widely respected for its extensive and comp... (more)

Research In Motion (RIM) (NASDAQ: RIMM)(TSX: RIM) today announced the availability of BlackBerry® Enterprise Server 5.0 - the next generation of RIM's secure, push-based server software for business mobility. Version 5.0 supports advanced IT administration features and smartphon... (more)

RIM’s BlackBerry dominates smartphone market share—at 37%—among all sizes of US businesses, while Microsoft’s Windows Mobile platform comes in second—at 26%—according to the Strategy Analytics Wireless Enterprise Strategies service report, “Smartphones for Business: US Carrier &... (more)

IBM and RIM have unveiled new Lotus collaboration software and developer tools on the BlackBerry platform that will bring collective intelligence to BlackBerry smartphones. The new features aim to help customers find expertise, form teams, share information, and stay in touch in ... (more)

The BlackBerry Technical Seminar took place live in December 3, 2008, but these new breakthrough sessions are now available on demand. Managing and extending applications to your mobile users, overcoming development hurdles, and leveraging mobile technology to create new opportun... (more)

The BlackBerryR Technical Webcast Series is designed to help BlackBerry administrators better manage and leverage the capabilities of their BlackBerry solution. Each webcast is packed with detailed technical information, covering topics that are relevant to you. Our on-demand we... (more)

The BlackBerry Technical Seminar is back this fall with breakthrough new sessions you won't want to miss! Managing and extending applications to your mobile users, overcoming development hurdles; and leveraging mobile technology to create new opportunities for your business - if ... (more)

AT&T Mobile CEO Ralph De La Vega announced on Monday morning in an exclusive CNBC interview that the much-delayed and long-awaited BlackBerry Bold will be available starting on Tuesday, November 4. De La Vega said AT&T is projecting record service revenues from the new BlackBe... (more)

Maximizer Software announced its partnership with McObject to enhance mobile productivity on Maximizer’s mobile CRM offering for BlackBerry smartphone devices. “Accessing up-to-date information on customers is critical to sales executives and other professionals in t... (more)

'We're pleased by Sybase iAnywhere's commitment to the BlackBerry development community and look forward to the coming launch of SQL Anywhere 11,' said Jeff McDowell, VP of Global Alliances at Research In Motion, as Sybase iAnywhere announced it will shortly preview SQL Anywhere ... (more)

Funambol introduced a new version of its open source BlackBerry push email and personal information management (PIM) sync software. Funambol's BlackBerry software consists of two components. The push email component enables BlackBerries to work with consumer email services such a... (more)

By 2011 over 16% of worldwide active e-mail mailboxes will be accessed with a wireless push e-mail solution. That, according to a recent report by The Radicati Group on the future of the technology made famous by Blackberry. Right now, mind you, the percentage of worldwide active... (more)

RIM announced a BlackBerry Java Development Environment (JDE) plug-in for Eclipse - a new development tool that enables Eclipse developers to create and test wireless applications for the BlackBerry platform from within the familiar Eclipse Integrated Development Environment (IDE... (more)

Keynote Systems (Nasdaq:KEYN), announced an endeavor with Zenprise, the leader in BlackBerry troubleshooting software. The joint offering aims to proactively detect carrier, device, or infrastructure problems that can adversely impact an end user's experience. Keynote will initia... (more)

Eating blackberries is easy; but eating BlackBerry would be more challenging. That was the conclusion of one analyst commenting on the rumors this week that Microsoft might be thinking of buying BlackBerry-maker RIM. Barry Richards of Paradigm Capital in Toronto told The Canadian... (more)

Sybase 365, a subsidiary of Sybase, Inc., a provider in the delivery and settlement of messaging interoperability as well as the management and distribution of mobile content, has launched the AvantGo client for BlackBerry smart phones, from Research In Motion (RIM). BlackBerry u... (more)

RIM announced plans to expand its support for Windows Mobile-based devices with a new software application suite that will enable devices from third-party manufacturers to benefit from the popular BlackBerry software applications and services. RIM plans to begin offering the new ... (more)