Research in Motion

Between Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL), Nokia (NYSE: NOK), Research in Motion (NASDAQ: RIMM), Samsung, and other manufacturers, a mind-boggling number of smartphones were shipped in 2012. According to Bloomberg, 398.4 million smartphones were shipped in the first quarter alone. At that rate, full-year...

Roughly six miles away from Benzinga's Southfield, MI office is a little-known retail outlet from Research in Motion (NASDAQ: RIMM), one of the biggest players in smartphone manufacturing. Built by Wireless Giant in 2007, the BlackBerry Store is located in Farmington Hills, MI. Nestled in between...

On Thursday, Research In Motion (NASDAQ: RIMM) released another disappointing quarterly report. Revenues were down 43% year-over-year. Gross margins also declined. The company also warned of a net loss in the current quarter and said that it was pushing back the launch of its BlackBerry 10...

Research In Motion (NASDAQ: RIMM) has declined nearly 70% in the past year. At these levels, RIM may look attractive to the value investor. RIM reports earnings Thursday, June 28, but management has warned that it will experience an operating loss for the quarter. BlackBerry's share of the U.S...

The company was on top of the world. Now it's on the cusp of bankruptcy, an asset shakeup, or some other development that will undoubtedly change the face of the BlackBerry maker. It all started with the simple announcement that Research in Motion (NASDAQ: RIMM) had hired a couple of banks to "...

By Diane Alter, Contributing Writer, Money Morning A certain group of equities have been out of favor lately. Beaten down, they have landed into the cheap stocks barrel. Yet some of the richest rewards come from these battered and overlooked stocks. So don't let a low share price deter you. While...

Believe it or not, this company could turn itself around. April Fools! Research in Motion (NASDAQ: RIMM) is in the toilet. To put it more delicately, things aren't looking good for the BlackBerry maker, which reported a massive loss, missed estimates, suspended guidance, and a round of management...

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In an attempt to claw its way back to the top, Research In Motion Limited (NASDAQ: RIMM) has released an incredibly necessary update for its PlayBook tablet. In what some might say is a gesture of “too little too late” proportions, the minds behind Blackberry have launched PlayBook OS 2.0 software...

When hundreds of thousands of consumers purchased a Kindle Fire last Christmas, they had no idea what they were getting. It turns out that the $200 tablet they acquired just happens to be a slightly modified version of a $500 tablet that no one wanted: the ill-fated PlayBook from Research in...

The Mac maker is celebrating another victory in the battle for world domination. World domination of the smartphone market, that is. According to a new report by Strategy Analytics (via TechCrunch), Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) surpassed Samsung as the world's largest smartphone vendor in the fourth...

Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) reported earnings on Tuesday and absolutely crushed the estimates sending its shares sharply higher in after hours trading. Both the iPhone and iPad sales had spectacular sales over the holidays, and revenue soared to $46 billion in the last quarter. As much as Apple...

Motorola's troubles are scaring off some investors. Should you be one of them? Or is this a buying opportunity waiting to happen? That answer depends on what you expect from the Motorola (NYSE: MMI) buyout. The ailing cell phone manufacturer announced less-than-stellar Q4 sales expectations that...

Roughly six months ago, Amazon was on the verge of acquiring Research in Motion. That's according to a Reuters exclusive, which claims that Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) hired an investment bank this summer to review a potential merger for the BlackBerry maker. While some have questioned the validity of...

By David Ristau, of The Oxen Group Research in Motion reports earnings on Thursday, and we think that there is potential for this stock to move a lot in either direction on the earnings report. The lingering bulls may be on their last leg on this one if they do not see something in this report...