RESEARCH IN MOTION REPORTS FIRST QUARTER FISCAL 2012 RESULTS AND REVISES FULL YEAR GUIDANCE

ANNOUNCES PLANS TO STREAMLINE OPERATIONS AND ACCELERATE NEW PRODUCT INTRODUCTIONS

BOARD OF DIRECTORS APPROVES SHARE REPURCHASE PROGRAM

WATERLOO, ONTARIO–(Marketwire – June 16, 2011) – Research In Motion Limited (RIM) (NASDAQ:RIMM)(TSX:RIM), a world leader in the mobile communications market, today reported first quarter results for the three months ended May 28, 2011 (all figures in U.S. dollars and U.S. GAAP).

Highlights:

• Revenue in the first quarter of fiscal 2012 grew 16% over the same quarter last year
• International revenue1 in Q1 grew 67% year over year
• Gross margin in the quarter was approximately 44%, slightly higher than expected due to product mix
• RIM launched the BlackBerry PlayBook tablet in North America and shipped approximately 500,000 units in the first quarter

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WordRival for BlackBerry just a got a small update to v1.4.0, but the nice thing about it is that it now includes push notifications.  For those who haven’t heard of WordRival, it’s a cross platform game (supported on Android as well to be exact) just like Scrabble, more or so like Words With Friends.  The game Words With Friends always had push notifications so you could be notified as soon as it was your move, even if the app was closed.  Now WordRival brings that same feature.

If you don’t have WordRival yet, you can grab a copy at the PocketBerry Store for only $4.99

I’ve always been a huge fun of word searches, except for the fact of having to remember to bring a pen, and make sure I bring my word search book. Well with Awesome Word Search for the BlackBerry PlayBook, you don’t have to worry about bringing anything with you, except your PlayBook (which is with you at all times, because you are all BlackBerry addicts).

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T-Mobile has announced that their 4G network just got even faster in over a 100 markets across the United States.  In the press release after the jump they do mention the upcoming BlackBerry Bold 9900 supporting 4G, as we got to see it hands on at BlackBerry World this year.  Here’s the full press release:

T-Mobile’s 4G Network Now Even Faster in Nearly 100 Markets Across the Country

Today, T-Mobile is doubling the speed of its 4G network in 42 additional markets including Albuquerque, N.M.; Cleveland and Columbus, Ohio; Sacramento and San Diego, Calif.; Salt Lake City, Utah and San Antonio, Texas. Now, customers in 97 markets across the country have access to T-Mobile’s HSPA+ 42 network, enabling the fastest 4G speeds it has to offer, as well as increased network capacity and reliability.

T-Mobile has seen average download speeds approaching 10Mbps with peak speeds of 27Mbps on the T-Mobile Rocket 3.0 laptop stick—the company’s first 42Mbps device. T-Mobile expects more than 150 million American’s to have access to these increased 4G speeds by mid-2011.

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It sounds really silly but the game is actually fun and addictive.  Omnombot is brought to you by the same makers of Aqualux, another quality game for the PlayBook. The game concept is pretty simple.  You have to strive to get the highest score possible by making your robot does not eat any vegetables and eats only meat.  To play is easy.  You just press anywhere on the screen to open the robots mouth as food gets launched to him.  To keep his mouth closed, you simply release the screen hold.

Omnombot is fun and indeed addictive as you attempt to get the highest score possible.  It’s $1.99 to buy at BlackBerry App World.

Avatars are all over the place – Twitter, Facebook and even BBM.  Over the last few months it has become quite trendy to make yourself in 8bit and set it as your avatar on your online social networks.  RIM has launched BlackBerry Avatar Builder free in two flavors – one for guys and other for girls.  You can customize an avatar of yourself and set it as your BBM default or do whatever you want with it.  There’s lots of cool customizations to it and best part is it’s free to download.

Download BlackBerry Avatar Builder for guys >>

Download BlackBerry Avatar Builder for girls >>

Source: CrackBerry

Charging your BlackBerry PlayBook is obviously an essential duty in being an owner.  If you’re using your PlayBook everyday and carry it around bridging then I’m sure you’re charging it every day or every other day.  There’s been some confusions since launch about charging the PlayBook and what’s good to charge with and what isn’t so I found a good article at Inside BlackBerry that covered some nice facts on charging.  Here’s a few:

• When you plug your BlackBerry tablet in to charge up from being drained, it will turn on automatically once the battery is fully charged
• When it isn’t fully charged and kept off, the light on your PlayBook will appear yellow
• Whether your PlayBook is on and operating or off while on charger, it will continue charging as long as it’s plugged in.
• Your BlackBerry PlayBook IS NOT compatible with your BlackBerry smartphone charger
• Your BlackBerry smartphone IS compatible with your BlackBerry PlayBook charger
• When your PlayBook power is drained, it may need to charge for a little while before using it again.

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BlackBerry World 2011 was full of many surprises and great times interacting with all sorts of BlackBerry users from around the world.  RIM put out a video showing highlights from the event.  Some memorable moments included when RIM co-CEO Mike Lazaridis announced on stage that we would all be getting free 16GB BlackBerry PlayBook tablets – always nice to hear.  I think they should of added in the clip that Angry Birds is coming to the PlayBook as well since it is breaking news for some game hungry BlackBerry users.

It’s not secret that tablets make great eBook readers.  Currently on the BlackBerry PlayBook we have Kobo as the out of the box eBook reader.  Amazon has found its ways to squeeze its Kindle services into tablets including Android tablets and the iPad.  It looks like their next stop is the BlackBerry PlayBook.

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Just yesterday we saw RIM relaunch MyBlackBerry as BlackBerry Communities.  Now they have launched BlackBerry Resource Center which focuses on IT and business BlackBerry webcasts, white papers, videos, demonstrations, partner solutions, and more as the BlackBerry Business Blog states.

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