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RIM, not Samsung, reportedly behind ‘Wake Up’ Apple protests

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Reports of a staged protest outside an Apple Store emerged last week after a bus full of paid activists dressed in all black stood outside an Apple Store in Australia chanting “wake up.” Early reports suggested Samsung and marketing agency Tongue were behind the staged event, but after Samsung denied any involvement, a potential new culprit has arisen. Macworld’s Australian sister site did some digging and found code on Tongue’s Wake Up website that points not to Samsung, but instead to Research In Motion.

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Foursquare adds NFC to its BlackBerry app, hopes you’ll touch base

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Hot on the heels of a recent update for its Twitter app, BlackBerry users can now grab a refreshed version of everyone’s favorite check-in network. While there’s no news of the beleaguered phone manufacturer offering up free Butterfingers (yet), the geographical social app has cranked up the app’s load speeds and also transplants its notifications to your BlackBerry inbox

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BlackBerry Playbook joins the Angry Birds Space bandwagon

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To the surprise of no one, Angry Birds Space has ballooned into a casual gaming phenomenon — a feat that Rovio has somehow managed without the aid of a BlackBerry PlayBook audience. RIM announced today, however, that fans of its deeply discounted tablet can now hop on board the train to space pig payback, for the low, low price of $3, that is, unless you’re saving up for that 4G version we’ve been hearing about..

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RIM hires Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy LLP to oversee a potential restructuring

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Over the past few weeks there have been plenty of talks surrounding the future of RIM and what exactly to do about their current situation. Many reports suggested that RIM was seeking financial council on how to further proceed and today Reuters is reporting they’ve now taken on council from Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy LLP to help oversee a potential restructuring plan, possible selling of assets, licensing of patents and joint ventures. Reports previously suggested that RIM was working with some of the world’s larger carriers to create a system that would open up their network to them, essentially allowing non-BlackBerry devices and their data to be routed through the RIM NOC and offering some of RIM’s added value services to those devices such as BlackBerry Messenger

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RIM patent application describes rotating keypad that can be used in more than one position

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We’ve seen smartphones with keypads that can spin away from the screen before (see the Motorola Flipou t), but RIM seems to have something slightly different in mind with this patent application that was filed back in 2010 and just published today. It describes a device with a keypad that’s coupled at one corner, but which can remain operable in at least two positions, or potentially three

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BlackBerry Curve 9320 shows up on T-Mobile’s site, heading to the UK next month?

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Last month we heard the Curve 9320 was readying itself for a discrete trip to India, and a recent “coming soon” page on T-Mo’s site suggests the device could soon be heading to the UK. While the carrier’s register sheet isn’t revealing many details (save for the teasing photo above), The Inquirer claims the handset’s warming up for an eventual launch in May. Of course, don’t count on this OS 7.1-packing Curve to change much in comparison to the Indian flavor, as it’s still expected to ship with identical lower-end specs, including the 3.2-megapixel rear camera, a 320 x 240 screen and 512MB of RAM

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RIM working behind the scenes on a desktop dock for BlackBerry smartphones

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The motions begin behind the scenes long before something ever hits the market for consumers, and it appears as though RIM has a desktop phone dock of sorts in the works for BlackBerry devices. This dock would allow you, while at your desk, to place your device inside and have access to your contact book, phone and more.

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Press Release: Research In Motion Reports Year-End and Fourth Quarter Results for Fiscal 2012

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The 4th quarter results are in! Read the full press release below, and stay tuned for our live blog of the earnings call coming up in just a bit. You can tune in to the earnings call live here . Press Release Research In Motion Reports Year-End and Fourth Quarter Results for Fiscal 2012 WATERLOO, ONTARIO–(Marketwire – March 29, 2012) – Research In Motion Limited (RIM) (NASDAQ:RIMM)(TSX:RIM), a world leader in the mobile communications market, today reported fourth quarter results for the three months and fiscal year ended March 3, 2012 (all figures in U.S

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