Research In Motion (RIM) is planning to enhance its BlackBerry sales and service network in Tier-II and Tier-III cities of India, reports the Business Standard. The company is planning to expand its presence and make its product available in over 6000 outlets with majority of them in Tier-II and Tier-III cities across the country by the end of this year. It is also planning to expand its product portfolio in 25 new cities in this year. Currently, it is present in 80 cities through 4000 outlets. RIM India senior director of channel sales Sanjay Kaul said that RIM has appointed Redington India as national distributors for GSM handsets and mobile handset distributor Brightpoint India as national distributors for CDMA and genuine accessories. RIM is developing and nurturing their retail network. By the end of this year, RIM will be adding over 2000 outlets. The company is also planning to open 250 more BlackBerry 'Experience Zones' support stores across India by this year-end. Through these Blackberry Experience Zones, the customers are assisted by the retailer where the customers can understand the use of BlackBerry products and get to know the propositions of BlackBerry smartphones vis-a-vis other smartphones. Presently RIM has over 500 such stores across the country. BlackBerry has taken an initiative to educate the retailers, called Channel Execution strategy to assist the prospective customers so that they can know about the functions and propositions of BlackBerry products. It has trainers in almost every city. These trainers educate the retailers and their salesmen about the product in their stores, so that they can pass the requisite and correct information to the customers. During the production launches they are also imparted class room training. Besides that, RIM keeps on training the promoters of the store and keep them updating about the product. The Northern region comprising Punjab, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, Delhi and Rajasthan has potential for BlackBerry phones, followed by West and South, Kaul added.
Looks to be good news for RIM's growth Strategy if they are going to more than double their presence in India
Its not new news but think an editorial on BlackBerry Balance would be nice. Was not aware of this service for the enterprise and its kind of been over looked in the press. This solves the solution of consumers wanting to keep their personal life seperate from the enterprise servers. Not only are the businesses allowed to keep their strict policies but on the consumer part of the phone people can still play with facebook.
the upcoming iphone 5 posts an impressive score of 303 compared to the "current" BBOS 7 at 277 (which is better than most desktop browsers). I guess it's too be expected considering that Apple is one of the forerunners for HTML5 "specification". <- those in web development will most likely understand why HTML 5 isn't a real specification in the strictest sense.
THE Ministry of Education has reached an agreement with Research In Motion (RIM) of Canada to supply approximately 20,000 of its BlackBerry smart phones to Jamaican teachers.
In a statement this afternoon, the ministry listed a number of benefits including a closed user group (CUG) to facilitate free calls between the ministry and teachers.
Meantime the possibility of teachers using the handsets to input information, such as grades and attendance data, into the Ministry�s database management system is also being examined.
New devices will be issued at the end of the second year of the project, which is to last a maximum of three years.
the upcoming iphone 5 posts an impressive score of 303 compared to the "current" BBOS 7 at 277 (which is better than most desktop browsers). I guess it's too be expected considering that Apple is one of the forerunners for HTML5 "specification". <- those in web development will most likely understand why HTML 5 isn't a real specification in the strictest sense.
I talked to a VERY reliable friend at vzw and they said you can order the new BB7's online or on the phone on monday the 15th! They will ship monday! and will be available instores on the 25th!
the price will be $249 and I am not sure if that is before a rebate or not!
I call vzw 5 times and each person that I talked to said the exact same thing!
there we go!!!!!
HOORAH!!!!!!!
I am COMING HOME!!!!!!
Talked to a store manager recently at an AT&T store, she said she was on the phone earlier that day and ordered the 9860, 9810, and 9900 and they will be there at the end of this week!! I will be back there then to confirm and get prices, and buy of course!
I am surprised. Telus has boosted the pricing of the 9900 and 9810. Now over $300 - yowch! Today is launch day, your Aug 12 update to the north am pricing article was correct at 150 and 130, but now Telus Mobility site says 320 and 310.
I am surprised. Telus has boosted the pricing of the 9900 and 9810. Now over $300 - yowch! Today is launch day, your Aug 12 update to the north am pricing article was correct at 150 and 130, but now Telus Mobility site says 320 and 310.
The Website clearly states here that Pricing still is at 149.99 and 129.99 Respectively for the Bold and the Torch. The Torch 9800 is also sitting at a reduced 79.99.
All Telus sales documents still say the same thing
Seems to be a FCC filing for a BB device (Model RDC70UW) that has the SW number of 8.0.0.233 and has GSM / GPRS / Edge, WCDMA / HSDPA - more than likely a AT&T device.
Seeing how my post count is low, head to Engadget and check out the FCC Fridays article.
anyone else seen this, is this bad or good publicity for RIM ?
