RIM's PlayBook could support Android tablet apps this summer

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	Hands-on with RIM's BlackBerry Bold 9900 ZDNet UK - Joseph Hanlon - 4 May, 2011 The BlackBerry Bold 9900's has upgraded hardware, a hefty allocation of RAM and the performance of its GPU, but ZDNet UK's sister site ZDNet Australia takes a moment to enjoy the beauty of the new ...
Microsoft's Bing to Be Default Search Engine on BlackBerry Bloomberg - Hugo Miller - 4 May, 2011 Microsoft Corp. (MSFT)'s Bing will be the default search engine and map application on Research In Motion Ltd. (RIM)'s BlackBerry smartphones, a boon for the software maker as it seeks expand in mobile ...
Will deals with Adobe, Microsoft, and Facebook help save BlackBerry? ZDNet (blog) - Jason Hiner - 4 May, 2011 With its tablet platform on hold waiting for more apps and its smartphone platform on hold until its next-gen operating system is ready, Research in Motion primarily used its opening keynote at BlackBerry World ...
RIM selects Bing as its search engine Inquirer - Dave Neal - 4 May, 2011 CANADIAN PHONE MAKER Research in Motion (RIM) will use Microsoft's Bing search engine as the default on its mobile devices. The firm has had quite a busy few days. It has announced two new Bold handsets, a video chat application for its ...
PlayBook for business: show me the money ZDNet UK (blog) - Simon Bisson, Mary Branscombe - 4 May, 2011 RIM showed off what consumers see as the missing pieces for the PlayBook at its BlackBerry World conference today; email that's not in a Web page or coming over Bridge from a BlackBerry and ...
	RIM says Bing to be preferred search, maps app Moneycontrol.com - 4 May, 2011 Research In Motion said on Tuesday it would give out more than 6000 PlayBook tablet computers to participants at its BlackBerry World conference in Orlando, Florida. Mike Lazaridis, RIM's co-chief executive, made the announcement just after Microsoft ...
RIM and Microsoft Alliance: Who Wins? PCWorld - Tony Bradley - 4 May, 2011 RIM introduced an unexpected guest speaker at BlackBerry World--Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer. Ballmer unveiled a new partnership between the two which will have Microsoft's Bing replace Google as the default search provider on ...
Microsoft's Bing to power search, map on Blackberry phones Xinhua - 4 May, 2011 SAN FRANCISCO, May 3 (Xinhua) -- Microsoft announced on Tuesday that its Bing search engine will become the default search and mapping application on Blackberry phones. Microsoft Chief Executive Officer Steve Ballmer announced the partnership with ...
Can Microsoft plus Nokia plus BlackBerry overcome Google and Apple? Computerworld (blog) - Preston Gralla - 4 May, 2011 Today's announcement that Microsoft's Bing will power search and maps on future BlackBerry devices makes it clear that Microsoft recognizes that by itself, it will never come close to catching Google and Apple in the mobile market. ...
Is RIM Going Backward? PC Magazine - Lance Ulanoff - 4 May, 2011 The latest BlackBerry Bolds look pretty sharp, as long as you don't compare them to the competition. By Lance Ulanoff It's somehow fitting that Research in Motion's (RIM) last bid for relevance at BlackBerry World is underway in Orlando, FL, ...
Bold new move by Blackberry TODAYonline - Kok Xing Hui - 4 May, 2011 ORLANDO - By summer this year, BlackBerry users worldwide can look forward to a new BlackBerry Bold with a 2.8 inch touch screen and the new OS 7. While the new BlackBerry Bold comes with a comprehensive touch screen capability that ...
First Look at BlackBerry PlayBook Native Email, PIM Apps PCWorld - Al Sacco - 4 May, 2011 Research In Motion (RIM) showed off the upcoming native e-mail and personal information management (PIM) apps for its BlackBerry PlayBook tablet for the first time this morning, including calendar and contacts, at its annual BlackBerry ...
RIM Using Microsoft's Bing on New BlackBerrys ABC News - 4 May, 2011 Microsoft Corp. CEO Steve Ballmer made the announcement Tuesday at RIM's annual BlackBerry World conference in Orlando, Fla. Bing director Matt Dahlin outlined the plans on the Bing Search Blog. Dahlin says BlackBerrys shipped to wireless carriers will ...
RIM Gives More Details of Android Apps on PlayBook PC Magazine - Sascha Segan - 4 May, 2011 ORLANDO�"In a panel at BlackBerry World today, RIM execs gave some more details about how Android and BlackBerry Java apps would run on the BlackBerry PlayBook tablet, while promoting RIM's WebWorks SDK as seemingly the primary way of ...
Blackberry 7 Announced InformationWeek (blog) - Ed Hansberry - 4 May, 2011 When RIM announced the PlayBook tablet, it told us the tablet would be powered by QNX. We also know that QNX will replace the current Blackberry platform at some point in the future. Since the PlayBook has launched, it was reasonable to expect that the ...
RIM taps Microsoft Bing for phone and tablet search Register - 4 May, 2011 Microsoft's Bing has been crowned the default search and maps provider for Research in Motion's smartphones as well as the Playbook, RIM's answer to the Jobsian iPad. Microsoft chief executive Steve Ballmer took the stage at RIM's BlackBerry World ...
BlackBerry to use Bing as default search engine CBC.ca - 4 May, 2011 Microsoft's Bing will be the default search engine for Research in Motion's BlackBerry smartphones and PlayBook tablet. Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer made the announcement during a surprise appearance Tuesday at the BlackBerry World trade show in Orlando ...
More strange bedfellows: Microsoft and Research in Motion Financial Times (blog) - Richard Waters - 4 May, 2011 The realignment in the tech world triggered by the smartphone wars continues apace. The latest installment: Microsoft and RIM, which will make Bing the default search engine on the BlackBerry. It may only be a distribution deal for search and maps at ...
	Microsoft-RIM caveat: Dim results in deals with rivals CNET (blog) - Jay Greene - 4 May, 2011 Seeing Microsoft chief executive Steve Ballmer take the stage at Research in Motion's Blackberry World conference in Orlando today prompted some wags to wonder if Lucifer was donning a down coat. A new partnership between once fierce ...
Hands On With BlackBerry PlayBook Video Calling PC Magazine - Sascha Segan - 4 May, 2011 ORLANDO�"Video calling looks great on the new BlackBerry PlayBook. The main problem is, you can only talk to people with other PlayBooks. RIM last night pushed out an update to the PlayBook's OS that enables video calling using the ...
Magazine Apps, Photoshop May Come to PlayBook PC Magazine - Sascha Segan - 4 May, 2011 ORLANDO�"Wired, the New Yorker and other magazine apps may come to the BlackBerry PlayBook soon, along with Adobe productivity apps such as Photoshop, Adobe CEO Shantanu Narayen teased at the BlackBerry World conference today. ...
BlackBerry PlayBook Gets Major Update InformationWeek - Eric Zeman - 4 May, 2011 RIM's version 1.0.3 system software adds Video Chat, BlackBerry Messenger, Docs Editing, and home screen browser bookmarks to the tablet. By Eric Zeman InformationWeek RIM kicked out a major system software update to the PlayBook in the overnight hours ...
RIM BlackBerry Bold 9900: A Video Look at NFC on RIM's Newest Smartphone PCWorld - Al Sacco - 4 May, 2011 Research In Motion (RIM) today announced the latest BlackBerry smartphone: the Bold 9900. The new Bold device is noteworthy for a variety of reasons, including the fact that it is the first BlackBerry Bold device with a touch screen; ...
Microsoft, RIM take on Google in mobile search Computerworld - Matt Hamblen - 4 May, 2011 Computerworld - Microsoft's investment in putting its Bing search and maps in BlackBerry mobile devices by the fall holiday season pits Research In Motion and Microsoft against Google in a massive scramble for mobile search customers. ...
Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer pitches Windows Phone at BlackBerry World Los Angeles Times - 4 May, 2011 Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer took the stage at the BlackBerry World conference in Orlando, Fla., on Tuesday and reportedly pitched Windows Phone 7. Windows Phone 7 is Microsoft's smartphone operating system -- a rival to Research In Motion's BlackBerry ...
	RIM tightens link with Microsoft with Bing option Reuters - Robert Galbraith, Frank McGurty - 4 May, 2011 Mike Lazaridis, president and co-chief executive officer of Research in Motion, holds the new Blackberry PlayBook with a screen projection of the device as he speaks at the RIM Blackberry developers conference in San Francisco, California September 27, ...
BlackBerry World 2011: RIM offers sneak peek of Android apps on PlayBook Financial Post - Phelan M. Ebenhack - 4 May, 2011 Michael Lazaridis, president, co-chief executive officer and co-founder of Research In Motion Ltd. (RIM), addresses the audience at the Blackberry World conference in Orlando, Florida. ORLANDO �" Research In Motion Ltd. has opened another chapter in its ...
	RIM's Lazaridis shows off PlayBook upgrades, partners at BlackBerry World Globe and Mail - 4 May, 2011 Chris Umiastowski spent more than a decade working as a technology analyst on Bay Street. He now works as an independent analyst and strategy consultant. He is blogging from BlackBerry World for The Globe and Mail. I've just finished watching the first ...
	BlackBerry goes Bing in new Microsoft deal Telegraph.co.uk - Matt Warman - 4 May, 2011 New BlackBerry mobile phones will include “deep” integration with Microsoft's search engine Bing, the company has announced. Speaking at the BlackBerry World Conference in Orlando, ...
RIM Demos Native Email, Android Apps for PlayBook PC Magazine - Sascha Segan - 4 May, 2011 ORLANDO�"RIM showed the first public demos of native email, contacts, and calendar running on the BlackBerry PlayBook, along with Android apps and high-quality games during today's keynote here at the BlackBerry World conference. ...