David Lammy, Member of British Parliament from the Tottenham district, where they held the most violent incidents in recent days, asked the BlackBerry manufacturer, the company Research in Motion, to suspend the BlackBerry Messenger, which had contributed the most, to organize robberies in London and other British cities.
"BlackBerry Messenger is one reason that some criminals have managed to fool small sophisticated features of the police as BBM service is encrypted, and the police can't have access to it," said Lammy. Many thieves have studded British city streets, that they wanted to rob, prefer BBM to other social networking services, like Twitter, because broadcast messages are encrypted and private, but at the same time can be easily transmitted to more individuals, even entire groups. The company Research in Motion said it would cooperate with the police, but refused to say whether they will provide passwords and user data to the authorities.
Police initially checked Twitter and Facebook to find the participants and organizers. But Jonathan Akwue, a media strategist in London, was among the first who wrote about the possible role of BlackBerry Messenger, known as BBM, in the organized acts of violence.
Akwue explained on his blog that BBM was adopted because it is an instant messaging system, becoming popular because it's fast,free and, unlike Twitter or Facebook is private. He points out that it is not the first time that private communications on the BBM, which aren't intercepted by police, are related to crime.
BBM was used by Mark Duggan, the young man shot by police whose death is at the root of the violence, sending his last message. "The agents are following me" he wrote to his girlfriend, according to the British newspaper The Daily Telegraph. In a BBC interview, a police officer said that online tools are responsible for the violence on Sunday, but has not nominated a specific service.
Research in Motion should have announce yesterday, as a result of Twitter and Facebook messages, the new models BlackBerry Bold 9900, BlackBerry Torch 9810 and the BlackBerry 7 operating system. Unfortunately, the add promoted by the Canadian through social networks predicted an event on the 3rd of August.
The event in question is called #BB7FANNIGHT and will take place in Torono, Ontario. In this event, dedicated to the fans, will be displayed, most likely, all seven new models of BlackBerry smartphones. Besides the event, there was announced a contest for U.S. and Canada, offering a BlackBerry 7 at your choice as a prize.
Yesterday messages on Facebook and Twitter have been seen with optimism by fans and the press. Furthermore, the new devices have already appeared in several clips and pictures on the internet, which should mean that their release will not delayed too much. This delay does nothing beneficial for a company that just fired 2,000 employees.
It appears that we will have to wait a little until the launch of BlackBerry Bold 9900 and BlackBerry Torch 9810 .
Research in Motion launched, last week, the latest version of BlackBerry Messenger messaging service. The integration of BBM 6 into other programs such as Foursquare, Facebook or different games, allows users to access chat with friends or play with them through this application.
BlackBerry has integrated all major social networking platforms in the new BlackBerry Messenger 6, to facilitate communication between users. Moreover, the messaging service will be integrated, as well, into other social media applications with BBM support. Thus, you can talk with your friends from Facebook from the list of BBM, and vice versa.
"RIM is a fantastic partner. We are pleased to work with them to provide a better experience for millions of Foursquare users across the globe by BBM's integration with Foursquare", said Holger Luedorf, vice president Mobile and Partnership of the company Foursquare.
BlackBerry Messenger is used by over 45 million people of which 70% use it daily.
1. Few applications
Research in Motion boasts about the 35,000 applications on the online store.But who needs them? Obviously, BlackBerry customers, especially since we live in a world of applications. But the same consumers may find applications on Android Market, 200,000 of them and 425,000 in Apple store.
2. Lack of a cross-selling type system
Apple customers who received for Christmas gifts an iPhone or iPad tablet have suddenly decided they need a Mac, after all.Apple's sales cross type work. iPhone and iPhone customers are driven by the Mac. Research in Motion hasn't one. BlackBerry customers are on a desert island.
3. difficulty using
IPhone or Android consumer behavior has shown that the BlackBerry products can be anything but easy to use. Consumers simply do not have the patience to read the entire manual on how to make a call. They want to use the phone that ios handy, intuitive, without hundreds of settings made for simple operations. BlackBerry simply fails at this aspect.
4. Price
Arguments that Research in Motion could remain an important player in the mobile market if prices fall, does not work.
5. Where is the perfect candidate?
BlackBerry handsets are built on a wrong foundation. What was hot yesterday lives on today in the BlackBerry phones. Apple and Google are always one step ahead and Blackberry fails to go along with these companies.
A few days ago I learned that RIM will launch BlackBerry OS7 terminals in the coming months, and now we have news about one of these models. Thus, after BlackBerry Bold and BlackBerry 9900 Monza was revealed, it was the turn for Torch 2 to go into the official documents, resulting from the FCC tests.
Torch 2's Code name is RDM71UW at FCC and supports the connectivity bands GSM 850 and 1900, with the WCDMA II and V. These details confirm the possibility of the new terminal to operate in the AT & T network, not surprising, given fact that the first Torch was also in the operator's portfolio. It would be interesting to know, though, if Torch 2 will support HSPA + or NFC ...
From what we know so far, this new model comes with a 3.2-inch touch display, with 640 x 480 pixels, a 1.2 GHz processor, 768 MB RAM, 8 GB internal memory and a 5 megapixel camera. We now wait for a debut date for the BlackBerry Torch 2.
iPhone surpassed BlackBerry on the U.S. market in March-May of this year, informs Agerpres.
Thus, while iPhone's market share increased to 8.7% from 7.5% in the previous three months, Blackberry's market share fell to 8.1% from 8.6%. Samsung has maintained its leadership on the U.S. with a market share of 24.8% followed by LG with 21.1% (up from 20.9% in February) and Motorola with 15.1% (down from 16.1%).
On the top of the operating systems, the Android platform was the most important on smartphone market with a 38.1% share, up from 33% in February. However, the iOS system from Apple is now the second platform on the U.S. software market, with a share of 26.6%, up from 1.4% in February, followed by RIM 24.7% down from 28.9% three months ago, Microsoft with 5.8% share, down from 7.7%, and Palm, with a share of 2.4%, down from 2 8%.
Against all expectations, Blackberry has become a force to be reckoned with. Considering that the market is just beginning to grow, we will have many surprises, in a good way and bad way as well.
Research In Motion, the company that makes BlackBerry smart phones said it would lay off 10% of employees worldwide, namely 2,000 workers. The decision was taken due to heavy losses suffered by the phone maker lately.
RIM officials said the job reduction is part of the cost optimization.After dismissal, RIM will have about 17,000 employees, globally."We focus on cost reduction and relocation of resources to areas that offer greater growth opportunities and that aligns with the strategic objectives of RIM," said a company spokesman. Also, company spokesman also announced the departure of the operating chief, Don Morrison, who retired after 10 years of work in the company. This definitely isn't good news for Blackberry or Blackberry costumers. If this is only the beginning, that means that it will follow with a increase of prices and many more.
Moreover, Blackberry will keep producing terminals with Blackberry OS, which is not exactly on the top of operating systems regarding applications.
A tweet was launched today on behalf of BlackBerry officials , that suggests the announcement of some new RIM terminals. The same tweet says that they have a newer OS, more precisely the BlackBerry OS 7.
Knowing the internal problems of the Canadians regarding the directorial appeal between Jim Balsillie and Mike Lazaridis, which has in the roots, the sharp decrease in popularity of BlackBerry devices and the period between the announcement of a terminal and its commercial launch - see example PlayBook. I wonder if the handsets that are announced tomorrow will start to get into the hands of those interested before Christmas?
It will not be so, because I tend to believe that Jim Balsillie and Mike Lazaridis will be put on hold(if you know what I mean) even before the new terminal to reach the store's or retailer websites.
Returning to the tweet, the information we gathered from the Internet and previous rumors, I expect that the Blackberrys that are presented tomorrow to be : Bold 9790, Torch 9810, Torch 9850, Torch 9860, Curve 9350 and Curve 9360.
FCC is the U.S. authority that tests and approves all electronic products before their market launch, and now came the turn for BlackBerry Bold 9900 to enter their headquarters. Along with this news we find out that the terminal will be launched in August, at least in the United States.
FCC Tests focuses specifically on connectivity, with a strong accent on Bluetooth, NFC and WiFi, and yet we have no news about the network connections that this smart-phone has.
At this time, RIM put all their hopes in this smartphone, which will become the most evolved in means of specifications in the Canadian portfolio. We are dealing with a mobile processor 1.2 GHz, 2.8-inch touch-screen display with 640 x 480 pixels and 768 MB RAM. BlackBerry OS 7 is on theterminal, or rather a rebranded BB OS 6.1, to bring us closer to the QNX OS.
Let's see if the phone operator will be put the Blackberry Bold 9900 on sale in August or September.
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