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- RIM Extends DevCon America $699 Rate Until September 23rd Using This Code
- RIM Q2 Fiscal 2012 Conference Call Wrapup – More Details!
- RIM Reports Q2 Fiscal 2012 Results – Ships 10.6 Million BlackBerrys & 200,000 PlayBooks
- RIM Looking for Two BlackBerry Runtime for Android Apps Engineers
- Could RIM Announce PlayBook OS 2.0 Tonight During Earnings Call?
- Files & Folders v2.3 Released for the PlayBook
- NFC BlackBerrys Will Open HID Doors in 2012
- Official OS 7.0.0.362 Released for Bold 9930 Curve 9350 & Torch 9850
- BlackBerry Bridge Updated to v1.0.6.5 – PlayBook OS Update Coming Soon?
- Desktop Phone Remote Controls Your BlackBerry Remotely for Only $1.99!
| RIM Extends DevCon America $699 Rate Until September 23rd Using This Code Posted: 16 Sep 2011 02:55 AM PDT
RIM's early bird $699 rate for BlackBerry DevCon Americas expired on August 26th which brought the price back up to $849. They have now extended the discount to App World vendors offering the $699 rate back until September 23rd which is nice of them. To get this rate you simply register now using the code DSRPA5. Let us know if you are coming! If you liked this article, you might find these interesting:
Posted by Ronen Halevy for ©BerryReview, September 16, 2011, 5:55 am. | RIM Extends DevCon America $699 Rate Until September 23rd Using This Code | Leave a comment |
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| RIM Q2 Fiscal 2012 Conference Call Wrapup – More Details! Posted: 15 Sep 2011 02:53 PM PDT
RIM didn't go into much detail in their press release before but both Mike Lazaridis and Jim Balsillie were on the investor conference call that just ended. They had quite a bit to say including the fact that 35% of sales for Q2 were for BlackBerry 7 devices in the last few weeks of Q2. They were also talking quite a bit about the PlayBook, BlackBerry 7, and the QNX phone transition. Here are the bullet points I wrote up from the call:
Let me know if I missed anything! If you liked this article, you might find these interesting:
Posted by Luis Merlos for ©BerryReview, September 15, 2011, 5:53 pm. | RIM Q2 Fiscal 2012 Conference Call Wrapup – More Details! | 18 comments |
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| RIM Reports Q2 Fiscal 2012 Results – Ships 10.6 Million BlackBerrys & 200,000 PlayBooks Posted: 15 Sep 2011 01:47 PM PDT
RIM is going to have a field day in the press tonight and tomorrow. They just announced their second quarter fiscal 2012 results and while the numbers are not bad they show a definite slump. They have sold 10.6 million BlackBerrys and 200,000 PlayBooks this past quarter. Revenue is down though they grew the subscriber base to 70 million which is 40% up from last year this time. The big message in the results report is that BlackBerry 7 sales are expected to rebound next quarter with shipments growing 27-37% over this quarters 10.2 million. As Jim Balsillie says:
Check out the press release here or below. More analysis as it comes! Research In Motion Reports Second Quarter Fiscal 2012 ResultsWATERLOO, ONTARIO–(Marketwire – Sept. 15, 2011) – Research In Motion Limited (RIM) (NASDAQ:RIMM)(TSX:RIM), a world leader in the mobile communications market, today reported second quarter results for the three months ended August 27, 2011 (all figures in U.S. dollars and U.S. GAAP, except where otherwise indicated). Highlights:
Q2 Results: Revenue for the second quarter of fiscal 2012 was $4.2 billion, down 15% from $4.9 billion in the previous quarter and down 10% from $4.6 billion in the same quarter of last year. The revenue breakdown for the quarter was approximately 73% for hardware, 24% for service, and 3% for software and other revenue. During the quarter, RIM shipped approximately 10.6 million BlackBerry smartphones and approximately 200,000 BlackBerry PlayBook tablets. "We successfully launched a range of BlackBerry 7 smartphones around the world during the latter part of the second quarter and we are seeing strong sell-through and customer interest for these new products. Overall unit shipments in the quarter were slightly below our forecast due to lower than expected demand for older models," said Jim Balsillie, Co-CEO at Research In Motion. "We will continue to build on the success of the BlackBerry 7 launch to drive the business as we focus our development efforts on delivering the next generation, QNX-based mobile platform next year." The Company’s GAAP net income for the quarter was $329 million, or $0.63 per share diluted, compared with GAAP net income of $695 million, or $1.33 per share diluted, in the prior quarter and net income of $797 million, or $1.46 per share diluted, in the same quarter last year. Adjusted net income for the second quarter was $419 million, or $0.80 per share diluted. Adjusted net income and adjusted diluted earnings per share exclude the impact of a pre-tax one-time charge of $118 million for the Company’s cost optimization program that was implemented in the second quarter of fiscal 2012. Details on the cost optimization program are available in the Company’s press release dated July 25, 2011 as well as in Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations for the fiscal period ended August 27, 2011, which will be filed shortly. This charge and its related impacts on net income and diluted EPS are summarized in the table below. Note: Adjusted net income and adjusted diluted earnings per share do not have any standardized meaning prescribed by GAAP and thus are not comparable to similarly titled measures presented by other issuers. The Company believes that the presentation of adjusted net income and adjusted diluted earnings per share enables the Company and its shareholders to better assess RIM’s operating results relative to its operating results in prior periods and improves the comparability of the information presented. Investors should consider these non-GAAP financial measures in the context of RIM’s GAAP results. (1) During the second quarter of fiscal 2012, the Company implemented a cost optimization program to streamline operations across the organization. The Company incurred approximately $118 million in total pre-tax charges related to the cost optimization program. Substantially all the pre-tax charges are related to one-time employee termination benefits and the identification and elimination of redundant facilities, with the charges included in the relevant line items in the Company’s consolidated statement of operations. During the second quarter of fiscal 2012 pre-tax charges of approximately $13 million were included in cost of sales, charges of approximately $19 million were included in research and development, and charges of approximately $86 million were included in selling, marketing and administration expenses. Additional charges for headcount related costs associated with our cost optimization program may also be incurred in subsequent quarters. The total of cash, cash equivalents, short-term and long-term investments was $1.4 billion as at August 27, 2011, compared to $2.9 billion at the end of the previous quarter, a decrease of $1.5 billion from the prior quarter. Uses of cash included strategic purchases of intellectual property assets associated with RIM’s participation in a consortium of companies that successfully bid to acquire Nortel Networks Corporation’s patent portfolio, of which RIM’s cost is approximately $780 million, capital expenditures of approximately $285 million, and working capital requirements. Q3 and FY2012 Outlook Revenue for the third quarter of fiscal 2012 ending November 26, 2011 is expected to be in the range of $5.3-$5.6 billion. Gross margin percentage for the third quarter is expected to be approximately 37%. BlackBerry smartphone shipments are expected to be between 13.5 million and 14.5 million units. Adjusted earnings per share for the third quarter, excluding the impact of charges related to the Company’s cost optimization program, is expected to be in the range of $1.20-$1.40. Adjusted diluted earnings per share for the full year fiscal 2012, excluding the impact of charges related to the Company’s cost optimization program, is expected to be towards the low end of the previously guided range of $5.25-$6.00. If you liked this article, you might find these interesting:
Posted by the BerryReview Team for ©BerryReview, September 15, 2011, 4:47 pm. | RIM Reports Q2 Fiscal 2012 Results – Ships 10.6 Million BlackBerrys & 200,000 PlayBooks | 19 comments |
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| RIM Looking for Two BlackBerry Runtime for Android Apps Engineers Posted: 15 Sep 2011 08:52 AM PDT
RIM is clearly working hard on getting Android apps running on the PlayBook but one of our writers pointed out two positions RIM has posted on their LinkedIn page that are very telling. RIM is looking for a "BlackBerry Runtime for Android Apps – System Software Engineer" and a "BlackBerry Runtime for Android Apps – Compliance Engineer" in the San Francisco Bay area. It even has some cool responsibilities with the software engineer responsibilities:
The compliance Engineer Responsibilities include:
Check out the full job descriptions below: BlackBerry Runtime for Android Apps – System Software EngineerResearch In Motion – San Francisco Bay Area Job DescriptionPOSITION SUMMARY The Handheld Application Architecture team is searching for the most creative, innovative and motivated individuals in the technology space to focus on building RIM's next generation device platform based on Playbook technology and QNX. This exciting role involves responsibilities for building and optimizing the BlackBerry Runtime for Android Applications. You must be at home with Java and C/C++ development in addition to other managed runtime APIs. Your impressive experience in leading embedded mobile smartphone platforms will catch our attention, specifically, iOS, Android, Windows Mobile, and Palm WebOS. Additionally, knowledge of Java platforms outside the smartphone space is highly attractive! If you want to work with the best in the business, join us as we build the next generation BlackBerry! RESPONSIBILITIES
Desired Skills & Experience
ADDITIONAL ASSETS
If you’re driven to take wireless technologies to the next level, it’s time you join the team at RIM. We offer a challenging environment that fosters creativity and rewards excellence. Employees also have use of our award winning BlackBerry! BlackBerry Runtime for Android Apps – Compliance EngineerResearch In Motion – San Francisco Bay Area Job DescriptionThe Handheld Application Architecture team is searching for the most creative, innovative and motivated individuals in the technology space to focus on building RIM's next generation device platform based on Playbook technology and QNX. This exciting role involves responsibilities for building and optimizing the BlackBerry Runtime for Android Applications. You must be at home with Java and C/C++ development in addition to other managed runtime APIs. Your impressive experience in leading embedded mobile smartphone platforms will catch our attention, specifically, iOS, Android, Windows Mobile, and Palm WebOS. Additionally, knowledge of Java platforms outside the smartphone space is highly attractive! If you want to work with the best in the business, join us as we build the next generation BlackBerry! RESPONSIBILITIES
Desired Skills & Experience
ADDITIONAL ASSETS
If you’re driven to take wireless technologies to the next level, it’s time you join the team at RIM. We offer a challenging environment that fosters creativity and rewards excellence. Employees also have use of our award winning BlackBerry! If you liked this article, you might find these interesting:
Posted by Ronen Halevy for ©BerryReview, September 15, 2011, 11:52 am. | RIM Looking for Two BlackBerry Runtime for Android Apps Engineers | 2 comments |
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| Could RIM Announce PlayBook OS 2.0 Tonight During Earnings Call? Posted: 15 Sep 2011 07:49 AM PDT
This is a ton of wishful thinking sparked by readers talking about it after the BlackBerry Bridge update earlier this morning. Still analysts are trying to hammer RIM before their earnings call tonight with speculated PlayBook sales in the half a million for the quarter. The question is if RIM will be able to shut them up with some amazing PlayBook news. The best thing for RIM to quell naysayers would be to launch both the BlackBerry PlayBook OS 2.0 and the Android Player tonight. We know that the Android Player is at least coming in some form before DevCon in mid October so maybe it will come out a bit early? Alternatively this could just be a small OS update for the PlayBook since the Bridge did not go up to v2.0… I just feel we would have seen some more leaks before an official OS 2.0 update. Who knows but isn't it fun to speculate? If you liked this article, you might find these interesting:
Posted by the BerryReview Team for ©BerryReview, September 15, 2011, 10:49 am. | Could RIM Announce PlayBook OS 2.0 Tonight During Earnings Call? | 8 comments |
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| Files & Folders v2.3 Released for the PlayBook Posted: 15 Sep 2011 07:38 AM PDT
Files & Folders by Innovatology has been updated to V2.3. The main features in the upgrade are: It also does a lot more, and can be found in BlackBerry AppWorld for $2.99 If you liked this article, you might find these interesting:
Posted by Fubaz for ©BerryReview, September 15, 2011, 10:38 am. | Files & Folders v2.3 Released for the PlayBook | 2 comments |
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| NFC BlackBerrys Will Open HID Doors in 2012 Posted: 15 Sep 2011 07:09 AM PDT
Now this is what I am talking about when it comes to NFC being a game changer. Many people are familiar with HID and their proximity keycards. Many buildings and offices use their badges or dongles to tap a sensor and open doors and HID is one of the most common. Until now people have been sticking the HID cards to the back of their BlackBerrys or under the battery door to combine the two. Now NFC enabled BlackBerrys including the BlackBerry Bold 9900/9930 and Curve 9350/9360 will be able to do this with NFC. Talk about a cool use of NFC. HID announced that they worked together with RIM to make this happen and it should be available in early 2012. Here is what they have to say about it from the press release:
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Posted by the BerryReview Team for ©BerryReview, September 15, 2011, 10:09 am. | NFC BlackBerrys Will Open HID Doors in 2012 | One comment |
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| Official OS 7.0.0.362 Released for Bold 9930 Curve 9350 & Torch 9850 Posted: 15 Sep 2011 06:48 AM PDT
Download OS 7.0.0.362 @ BlackBerry.com Warning: This OS will not install on any other BlackBerry besides the one mentioned above. Don't forget to delete the vendor.xml file located in c:program files>common files>research in motion>apploader to install it on a different carriers device. If you do not know how to upgrade your BlackBerry OS please start by reading this step by step guide. If you liked this article, you might find these interesting:
Posted by the BerryReview Team for ©BerryReview, September 15, 2011, 9:48 am. | Official OS 7.0.0.362 Released for Bold 9930 Curve 9350 & Torch 9850 | Leave a comment |
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| BlackBerry Bridge Updated to v1.0.6.5 – PlayBook OS Update Coming Soon? Posted: 15 Sep 2011 06:31 AM PDT
RIM has quietly started rolling out an update to the BlackBerry Bridge app today to v1.0.6.5. This is an update to the previous 1.0.5.6. The thing is these BlackBerry Bridge updates are practically always a harbinger of an upcoming BlackBerry PlayBook OS update since it takes 24 hours for App World to propagate them so they need to plan early. No word on what this version of Bridge adds or what PlayBook OS update we will be seeing but anybody secretly hoping it is PlayBook OS 2.0 with an Android player? You can try to pick up the updated Bridge app in App World here. If you liked this article, you might find these interesting:
Posted by Ronen Halevy for ©BerryReview, September 15, 2011, 9:31 am. | BlackBerry Bridge Updated to v1.0.6.5 – PlayBook OS Update Coming Soon? | 9 comments |
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| Desktop Phone Remote Controls Your BlackBerry Remotely for Only $1.99! Posted: 15 Sep 2011 05:42 AM PDT
There have been quite a few apps over the years that let you control your BlackBerry from your PC. They tend to be pricey and that is exactly where Desktop Phone Remote differs since it only costs $1.99. They are coming off of their very successful Phone Remote app for the BlackBerry PlayBook and have now ported it to the desktop. You simply install their app on your phone and then fire up the Adobe AIR app on your PC or laptop to control your BlackBerry from your PC. The simplicity is also nice allowing you to automatically connect on local connections when you are on the same Wi-Fi network as your phone. This is great for data entry and other tasks where you want a full screen and keyboard or simply don't want to pick up your phone. You can also edit the image quality and take a screenshot remotely. Desktop Phone Remote obviously does not have all the features of an established app like Soti Pocket Controller but for $1.99 in App World it is definitely worth considering. If you liked this article, you might find these interesting:
Posted by Ronen Halevy for ©BerryReview, September 15, 2011, 8:42 am. | Desktop Phone Remote Controls Your BlackBerry Remotely for Only $1.99! | 2 comments |
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