BlackBerry News

Research in Motion is offering the BlackBerry PlayBook for $100 to employees, leading to rumors of a fire sale on the tablet.

Research in Motion is offering a deal on its PlayBook tablet to spur sales, targeting its core business customers in a limited-time deal.

Research in Motion will push back its PlayBook OS 2.0 upgrade until February 2012, leaving customers frustrated in the wake of another disappointment from the struggling company.

Research in Motion has recalled about a thousand PlayBook tablets after discovering a critical software bug, an embarrassing but minor setback for the company.

Research in Motion is working with Hulu to give PlayBook owners access to its online videos.

Verizon today said it is considering whether to sell Research in Motion's BlackBerry PlayBook tablet, adding hurdles to RIM's comeback efforts.

Research in Motion's long-awaited PlayBook launched yesterday with apparently lackluster sales, suggesting the tablet will face a tough road in the consumer market.

Research in Motion's co-CEO Jim Balsillie spoke in defense of the PlayBook tablet after early reviews panned it, standing up for the device that's tightly bound to the future of the company.

Reviews of Research in Motion's PlayBook tablet are springing up, and though many find strengths, recurring complaints could spell trouble for the device.

Research in Motion's PlayBook is not only the company's entry into the boiling tablet market, but a testing ground for a new mobile platform to defend its BlackBerry territory from the iPhone and Android.

Research in Motion today announced that its PlayBook will support Android applications, a move that gives its new tablet a head start in building an app ecosystem.

Research in Motion will officially launch its PlayBook tablet on April 19, betting big on the device to reinvigorate the company's presence in the highly-competitive mobile market.

Research in Motion plans to begin selling the PlayBook tablet on April 19, according to people familiar with the matter, as the BlackBerry maker prepares to go head-to-head with the iPad 2.

Tablet computers will reach sales of 50 million in 2011, according to market research firm IDC, with Apple continuing to dominate the market it pioneered, but competitors gaining headway.

Research in Motion's PlayBook will feature 7digital's online music store, beefing up the tablet's offering to compete against Apple's iTunes-equipped iPad 2.