While executives may call it a streamlining, 2000 RIM employees will check in today to find they’ve been streamlined right out of a job. The move comes as part of a plan aimed at optimizing costs for the company after a disappointing earnings call in June. I suspect the employees will not find relief in more »

According to Jay Yarow over at Business Insider, the BlackBerry PlayBook does not have an email app for a reason. The PlayBook is an keen new tablet from the maker best known for smartphones. When the PlayBook launched, many were surprised to see no email app on board. The reason? It was designed this way. more »

It’s time to check on how the BlackBerry tablet is doing. Over at Best Buy, they seem quite pleased with sales so far. From the TV spots RIM has put out, they’ve highlighted how beautiful this tablet from RIM is doing. “Best Buy has had great success selling BlackBerry smart phones in North America, so more »

What’s the most common phrase heard around the Gadgetell newsroom? Is it “I love tablets?”,or “that’s dope!” or “iPad!”? Answer: none of them, it’s “they are on crack.” This week we take a look back at the things that made us chuckle in the tech world. Assembled here are companies whose moves are so strange, more »

It looks like RIM, the maker of BlackBerry devices, is aiming to add inexpensive entry-level smartphones to their offerings. According to Business Insider, RIM’s chief manufacturer Marvell, reported lower earnings due to a switch to inexpensive devices. It is believed that RIM is behind this switch. According to Marketwatch, CEO Sehat Sutardja blamed the results more »

If you search on eBay right now for a BlackBerry PlayBook, the new tablet that is said to be coming for sale in early 2011, you’ll find lots of options. Pricing ranges from a whopping $25,000 down to a measly $300. These prices are not for the tablet itself, oh no, it is for something more »

Tech pundits are pitching the Droid Pro as a weapon in an assault on BlackBerry. The Droid Pro, available now, is the latest Android device complete with a BlackBerry-esque QWERTY keyboard. The device is aimed at corporate types who might be able to slide to Android a bit easier with the same form factor. It’s more »

India and RIM have reach an interim agreement that will allow for the lawful interception of messages from BlackBerries in India, ending worries of an all-out ban of the devices. The news follows a similar decision in UAE where BlackBerries faced a ban as well. The deadline for a permanent agreement between India and RIM more »

Amid the rousing speculation that RIM’s tablet device was nothing but a case with no guts, the Playbook popped up at the Adobe Max conference running and looking rather sharp. The device at BlackBerry World was behind glass and ran a simple video loop. Either RIM engineers made leaps and bounds in the past week more »

While you’ll still be charged the full $199 at AT&T or BestBuy, if you head to LetsTalk.com you’ll be treated to a BlackBerry Torch for just $49. The BlackBerry Torch is candybar slider phone that features a slide down QWERTY keyboard. The phone combines the ease of touchscreen navigation with the tactile keyboard BlackBerry users more »