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<title>Gartner: tablets to surge 98% in 2012, iPad to lead in 2016</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/12/04/10/gartner.sees.ipad.still.leading.in.four.years/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/1204/ipad2012-review.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[Apple will stay out in front of the tablet market for at least the next four years, Gartner predicted in a long-term estimate on Tuesday.  The analyst group saw sales for the entire tablet market for 2012 nearly doubling, up 98 percent to 118.9 million, with Apple still in the clear majority at 73 million.  While the gap would close, Apple would keep the largest piece of the market even until 2016...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 10 Apr 2012 16:10:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>RIM rumored dropping BlackBerry access fee to boost sales</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/12/03/30/rim.may.shed.long.term.blackberry.server.fee/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/1203/blackberrytorch9860-review.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[RIM might counteract its recent poor results by dropping its longstanding BlackBerry server access fee.  A rumor from a "senior source" at RIM speaking to BGR had the company exploring the possibility of dropping the cost it normally passes on to carriers in order to get wider adoption.  It would cost over $1 billion in revenue a quarter, but the gamble would be that carriers would drive more sale...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 30 Mar 2012 14:40:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Eyes on QNX's PlayBook-like car interface in a Porsche 911</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/12/01/14/we.check.out.qnx.in.a.porsche.at.ces.2012/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/1201/qnxces2012.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[A side section of RIM's booth at CES 2012 was dedicated to showing off the results of QNX's work in car dash technology since it was bought by RIM.  Custom-modifying a Porsche 911's dash and center stack, QNX showed Electronista an interface very heavily inspired by the QNX-based BlackBerry PlayBook but tailored just to the environment of a car.  It not only controlled phone calls (including VoIP)...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 15 Jan 2012 01:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>ARM reveals Cortex-A7 MPCore chip for sub-$100 smartphones</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/11/10/19/arm.cortex.a7.promises.speed.in.sub.100.phones/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/1110/armcortex-a7.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[ARM chose Wednesday to reveal a new mobile processor design that could make possible smartphones under $100 that still have real performance.  Cortex-A7 MPCore borrows some of the optimizations from the A15 and rolls them into a budget design.  Although it's a fifth the size of the older Cortex-A8 at 0.5mm square and five times more power efficient, speed is "significantly greater" and closer to t...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 19 Oct 2011 18:10:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>RIM unveils BBX: unified BlackBerry phone, tablet platform</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/11/10/18/bbx.official.with.unified.code/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/1110/bbx.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[RIM at BlackBerry DevCon unveiled BBX, its unified platform for BlackBerry phones and tablets as well as even some embedded devices.  Both share the same open-source, standards-focused QNX roots as the PlayBook.  They also use an interface layer from RIM's acquistion The Astonishing Tribe....]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 18 Oct 2011 16:10:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>New BlackBerry OS may be called BlackBerry X, take Apple cue</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/11/10/03/blackberry.x.may.merge.rim.phone.tablet.platforms/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/1109/blackberryplaybook-review1-2.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[RIM's BlackBerry DevCon this month may see it take a page from Apple in an OS naming scheme and strategy.  New leaks from multiple sources pointed to a more unified platform known as BlackBerry X.  CrackBerry understands that it wouldn't represent a jump to revision 10 but instead would reflect the influence of QNX on the new mobile OS....]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 04 Oct 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>QNX revealed as power driving OnStar access mirror</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/11/09/22/apps.also.power.rim.blackberry.playbook/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/1109/onstar-fmv-sm.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[RIM's real-time OS developer QNX has revealed that its Neutrino real-time OS and Aviage audio processing have been embedded in Onstar's new FMV rear-view mirror which the GM division launched in August. Onstar is using the aftermarket mirror to provide access for non-GM car owners to its driver's services. The QNX code is used to tune the system performance and hands-free calling....]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 23 Sep 2011 00:20:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>RIM: patents both a cash grab and 'assurance,' talks QNX</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/11/09/15/rim.talks.patent.win.effect.on.others.and.qnx/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/1109/blackberrytorch9860.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[RIM as part of the call discussing its summer results discussed its view on how it would use its share of Nortel patents bought alongside Apple.  While silent on how much exact control it had, the BlackBerry creator saw it as equal opportunities.  RIM could find ways to "monetize" its involvement in the patents as well as provide "assurance" against attacks, co-CEO Mike Lazaridis explained....]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 15 Sep 2011 22:35:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>BlackBerry PlayBook 2.0, Video Store aim to cure RIM woes</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/11/09/15/rim.details.playbook.20.and.video.store.plans/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/1109/blackberryplaybook-review4sm.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[RIM during the conference call for its bleak summer quarter confirmed major software efforts to reinvigorate the BlackBerry PlayBook.  The company confirmed that the PlayBook 2.0 update was real and that it was planning one, major upgrade instead of trickling out features.  The update would include the long-promised native e-mail, calendar, and contacts as well as the Android App Player and BlackB...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 15 Sep 2011 21:40:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Analyst: RIM 'superphone' being rushed, BlackBerry 7 'okay'</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/11/09/09/jefferies.analyst.sees.rim.too.fast.on.bberry.colt/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/1109/blackberrybold9900-handson3.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[RIM's self-proclaimed "superphone" based on its new QNX platform, unofficially known as the BlackBerry Colt, might be pushed too quickly into the market.  Based on "checks," Jefferies &amp; Co. analyst Peter Misek believed on Friday that the Colt was "being rushed' with no BlackBerry Enterprise Server or possibly BlackBerry Internet Service support.  The company might be following a classic technology...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 09 Sep 2011 15:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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