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RIM's BlackBerry and PlayBook Future is Clear as Mud

PC Mag - Research in Motion plans to move forward with two separate operating systems for its mobile devices, putting its relatively recent purchase, QNX, on all tablets and smartphones and the BlackBerry OS on any phone called a BlackBerry. RIM CEO Mike Lazaridis explained the dichotomy by saying that QNX is built for multi-core CPUs and is designed for low-power high efficiency. Sounds pretty good—except aren't these some of the same things we want on our smartphones like the BlackBerry?

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Facebook and BlackBerry are heading to court over voice messaging patents

There’s a new battle commencing between Facebook and BlackBerry. On Tuesday, the social network sued the phone maker over alleged infringement of six patents. Of these, one is related to a voice message feature in BBM Enterprise.

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BlackBerry Key 2 Review | CGM

BlackBerry is back, with one of the most refined, yet useful devices to date, the BlackBerry Key 2.

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Blackberry claws itself from obscurity to announce a new flagship phone releasing in June

The previous titan of industry has had a bumpy time lately, but a new partnership with Chinese company TCL seems to have saved them from the brink of absolute destruction and obscurity. They’re currently ramping up for a release party on June the 7th in New York for the successor for last years KeyOne.

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