Category: Blackberry

Motorola, RIM Settle Patent Dispute

Friday, 11 June 2010 16:32 Written by Chris 0 Comments

A patent dispute case between two giants of the mobile industry that was originally launched in January has been officially settled.

Motorola and Blackberry maker Research in Motion settled the dispute with RIM agreeing to pay royalties to Motorola although the specific details of the settlement agreement have yet to be publicly disclosed. The patents in question involved WiFi technologies, application management protocols, power management controls and user interface technology.

In related news, Business Week is reporting that Motorola may be moving its headquarters from their current location in Chicago, Illinois. The company claims that they are wanting to “shake up the business,” though a new location has apparently yet to be chosen.

Blackberry App World Gets Themes

Tuesday, 08 December 2009 11:51 Written by Chris 0 Comments

Blackberry Storm2Blackberry maker Research in Motion has expanded on the Blackberry App World online storefront with the addition of a category for themes.

This latest addition will allow Blackberry owners to browse, purchase and download themes directly to their handset with one-click installation. The Blackberry App World application can be download by pointing your Blackberry’s browser to http://blackberry.com/appworld/download.

Blackberry Media Sync 3.0 For Mac & Windows

Wednesday, 25 November 2009 19:19 Written by Chris 0 Comments

Blackberry Media SyncRIM has released version 3.0 of its Blackberry Media Sync software, its desktop synchronization software for owners of Blackberry handsets. The application allows for easy syncing of photos, music and videos and this latest version adds additional features such as photo synchronization folder support, image size optimization and alerts when new media needs to be synced.

Blackberry Media Sync 3.0 is now available for free download from the official Blackberry site.

Klausner Sues RIM, Motorola Over Visual Voicemail

Tuesday, 24 November 2009 18:02 Written by Chris 0 Comments

Visual Voice on Blackberry BoldKlausner Technologies, the firm that originally took Apple, LG, Google and Verizon to legal task for apparent patent infringements where visual voicemail technology was concerned, has issued a pair of tense press releases indicating that action will now be taken against Blackberry-maker RIM and Motorola, of recent DROID fame.

While no specific details are given explaining what patents are being infringed upon and in what way, Klausner did specify that the patent problems stem from the Blackberry Bold 9700 and Motorola CLIQ handsets. Given the track record of large settlements established in its previous suits against handset manufacturers and service providers, I see no reason to expect that the same outcome won’t apply in these cases.

Blackberry Gets Google Maps for Mobile 3.2

Thursday, 22 October 2009 22:55 Written by Chris 0 Comments

Google Maps for MobileGoogle has released Google Maps for Mobile version 3.2 for Blackberry devices, available today from m.google.com/maps.

Blackberry owners have been waiting months for the release with both Windows Mobile and Symbian S60 devices having received the update, which includes the new Layers feature, last July. The Layers feature, designed by Google Labs, offers several layers of additional information to be overlaid on maps; features include transit maps and schedules, Wikipedia data, search results, traffic reports, driving directions and Google Latitude information.

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