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Former BlackBerry co-CEO, Jim Balsille, sold off his stake in the company


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ccording to US regulatory filings, former BlackBerry co-CEO and third largest share holder, Jim Balsillie, has sold most of his 5.1% stake in the Canadian giant.

The filings detailed that Balsillie’s stake in BlackBerry had gone below the mandatory reporting threshold by December 31, 2012 and analysts speculate that Balsillie, who is no longer involved with BlackBerry Ltd, previously known as Research in Motion Ltd, sold of his entire stake in the company doubting its future with their QNX-based BlackBerry 10 mobile operating system. Balsille is estimated to have made roughly $300 million from the sale.
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10 inch BlackBerry PlayBook Images Leaked

Troubled BlackBerry makes RIM is still in news, this time because omages of 10-inch BlackBerry PlayBook has surfaced on a Vietnamese website. The BlackBerry roadmap that leaked also mentioned a 10-inch BlackBerry PlayBook scheduled for Q3 2013. It is supposed to take on the iPad, if it ever makes it to the market.

Supposedly the 10-inch PlayBook will come with a SIM card slot at the back that would support 3G/HSPA+ and 4G networks. This, might just be a prototype and the model may have been cancelled, only time will tell.

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Twitter for BlackBerry updated to v3.1 brings improved tweet details, undo RT!

RIM has updated Twitter for BlackBerry to version 3.1, the new version brings improvements to details of a specific tweet, now you can see more info including conversations, list of users who’ve RT your tweet, button to undo a RT.

Change log for Twitter for BlackBerry v3.1

  • New Tweet details screen to see conversations about the tweet and who has retweeted it
  • Undo retweets by simply clicking on the retweet button again
  • Improved Sign-up screen with suggestions for your account name
  • Support for 3 new languages: Arabic, Hebrew, and Finnish
Download Twitter for BlackBerry from the BlackBerry App World for free.
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BlackBerry OS7 devices to continue till full BB10 portfolio is out: Heins

RIM’s annual shareholder meeting was today, RIM CEO Thorsten Heins revealed some more details about the company’s upcoming BlackBerry 10 (BB10) smartphones. RIM will launch a full-touch BB10 smartphone followed by one with QWERTY keypad. Interestingly, Heins said that BlackBerry OS7 devices will continue to be a part of their portfolio.

If Heins is to be believed BB10 will serve the high-end segment of the market while OS7 devices will continue to cater to the low-end and mid-tier segments. According to Heins, OS7 devices will continue to remain in focus till entire portfolio of BB10 devices is launched, when will that happen is not known yet!

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BlackBerry App World 3 billion app downloads mark

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Alec Saunders, VP Developer Relations at RIM, recently announced at the BlackBerry Dev Jam session in Beijing, China that BlackBerry App World has crossed the milestone of 3 billion app downloads on the Playbook tablet and other BlackBerry phones.

These numbers come at a time where RIM is surrounded with negativity and bad news , these are pretty impressive as it has taken 176 days to reach that last billion compared to 210 for the 2nd and 786 for the 1st billion milestone.

Certainly good news for BlackBerry fans like myself, some hope still remains.

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