RIM claims Apple using proxy votes to win nano-SIM standard

In a letter sent to the European Telecommunications Standards Institute on Thursday, RIM alleges that Apple is trying to sway the nano-SIM standard vote by having company representatives change their affiliation to cast proxy votes.

Mikey Campbell 14 years ago 55

iPhone closes in on Android in growing U.S. smartphone market

As of February, smartphone users accounted for nearly half of all wireless subscribers in the U.S., and Apple's iPhone adoption rate saw growth while Android handset activations slipped.

AppleInsider Staff 14 years ago 51

RIM announces Q4 revenues miss, top executives leaving company

BlackBerry maker Research In Motion halted stock trades before announcing a billion dollar sequential drop in quarterly revenues substantially below its guidance on shipments of 11.1 million smartphones and a half million PlayBook tablets.

Daniel Eran Dilger 14 years ago 94

Apple nano-SIM prototype pictured ahead of ETSI decision

Proposals for the future nano-SIM format were revealed on Monday, just days before the European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI) is scheduled to vote on designs presented by Apple, Nokia and RIM.

AppleInsider Staff 14 years ago 24

RIM hiring iOS developers for enterprise apps [u]

A job listing that appeared on Research in Motion's website reveals that the BlackBerry maker is looking to hire developers for an undisclosed iOS enterprise app to be distributed through Apple's App Store.

AppleInsider Staff 14 years ago 16

Apple's iPhone tops BlackBerry in RIM's home of Canada for first time

Last year marked the first time ever that Apple outsold Research in Motion in its home country of Canada, as Canadians move from BlackBerry to the iPhone.

Sam Oliver 14 years ago 23

Apple at odds with Motorola, Nokia, RIM over 'nano-SIM' design

Apple is said to be competing with rivals Motorola Mobility, Research in Motion and Nokia in pushing for a new, smaller SIM card standard.

Sam Oliver 14 years ago 26

iOS, Android increase smartphone market share while all others lose ground

The battle for smartphone operating system supremacy is quickly becoming a two-horse race, as the latest data from comScore shows that only Apple and Google were able to grow their market share in the U.S. through January.

AppleInsider Staff 14 years ago 27

RIM releases PlayBook OS 2.0 two months late

Ailing Research in Motion on Tuesday released the long-awaited PlayBook OS 2.0 update for the company's tablet, but poor sales and missed deadlines could translate into a product that offers too little, too late.

AppleInsider Staff 14 years ago 143

Apple's iOS passes Android, accounts for 35% of mobile ad impressions

The launch of the iPhone 4S helped Apple's iOS surge 12 percentage points and surpass Google Android in mobile ad impressions in North America.

AppleInsider Staff 14 years ago 66

RIM's BlackBerry loses General Services Administration business to iPhone

RIM's BlackBerry is facing a rapid erosion of its former dominance of US Government contracts, with the vast US General Services Administration now expanding its support for Apple's iPhone.

Daniel Eran Dilger 14 years ago 24

iPad market share hit by deep PlayBook price cut in Canada

New data released on Wednesday suggests Research in Motion's PlayBook tablet has managed a ten percent increase in Canadian marketshare on substantial discounts, and has pulled the share of Apple's iPad down to 68 percent.

AppleInsider Staff 14 years ago 51

Apple became world's largest smartphone seller in 2011 with 19% share

Apple was not only the largest seller of smartphones worldwide in 2011, taking 19 percent of all sales, but also overtook LG to become the No. 3 largest global mobile phone vendor, according to Gartner.

Neil Hughes 14 years ago 40

RIM says BlackBerry App World has 60K apps, 13% of publishers earn more than $100K

Research in Motion announced on Tuesday that its BlackBerry App World is the second most profitable mobile application store behind Apple's App Store, beating out Google's Android Market.

Sam Oliver 14 years ago 37

Apple's iPhone takes 75% mobile phone profits with just 9% of units sold

Apple has reached new heights in unit sales and revenues, but its remarkable profitability in doing so has inhaled three quarters of the oxygen in the room.

Daniel Eran Dilger 14 years ago 77

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