Research In Motion has decided to postpone its annual analysts’ briefing until after it launches its forthcoming BlackBerry 10 platform. RIM typically briefs analysts at its yearly BlackBerry World event, which often takes place in May. “We decided to make BlackBerry World more focused on customers, developers and partners,” RIM spokeswoman Tenille Kennedy said to Reuters. “We will hold a separate session targeted at the interests of the investment community later this year, once BlackBerry 10 is launched.” RIM originally planned to launch BB10 and BB10 ...

RIM has announced that it plans to provide developers that attend an upcoming event with BlackBerry 10 Dev Alpha devices. The devices are pre-production prototypes that run a modified version of the PlayBook OS. They are supposed to help developers prepare their apps for the upcoming BlackBerry 10 smartphones. RIM stresses that this will only be provided to developers that attend its BlackBerry Jam event in May, and it will not be sold commercially. Tweet Vote on HN ...

Research In Motion is offering an updated beta version of its BlackBerry Music product to Beta Zone testers. New features of the social music service include the ability to favorite songs, favorite contacts, and see the favorite songs of those contacts. New friend invitations now show users the prospective friend’s music playlist before the friend request is accepted. BlackBerry Music also adds an intelligent shuffle feature, and a default friend. The software is available from the BlackBerry Beta ...

Research In Motion today said that it plans to distribute a limited number of BlackBerry 10 Dev Alpha devices to developers who attend an upcoming developer event to be held by RIM. RIM insists that the devices are not final BlackBerry 10 handsets and are not running final BlackBerry 10 software. Instead, they are running modified PlayBook OS and are meant to help developers create and test BlackBerry 10 applications ahead of the platform’s planned launch later this year. In addition to the development device, RIM also plans to deliver the BlackBerry 10 Native SDK, BlackBerry 10 ...

Research In Motion today said that it plans to distribute a limited number of BlackBerry 10 Dev Alpha devices to developers who attend an upcoming developer event to be held by RIM. RIM insists that the devices are not final BlackBerry 10 handsets and are not running final BlackBerry 10 software. Instead, they are running modified PlayBook OS and are meant to help developers create and test BlackBerry 10 applications ahead of the platform’s planned launch later this year. In addition to the development device, RIM also plans to deliver the BlackBerry 10 Native SDK, BlackBerry 10 ...

Mobile device manufacturers RIM and Samsung are both facing a new lawsuit from Varia Holdings over their implementation of emoticons on their mobile devices. The lawsuit claims that the quick-access emoticon shortcut menus employed by both companies are in violation of Varia’s patents. Tweet Vote on HN ...

According to Barrons, Research In Motion’s stock is up today for no obvious reason. There is chatter, however, that Samsung is looking to possibly make a $1.5 billion investment in the company, and that it is considering making its own BB10 OS devices once RIM brings the platform to market later this year. Tweet Vote on HN ...

According to TechRadar, Research In Motion has said that its new BB10 operating system will be heading to the BlackBerry PlayBook. Our interpretation of the quote is a bit less certain, though. Tweet Vote on HN ...

T-Mobile USA has begun delivering BlackBerry OS 7.1 to the BlackBerry Bold 9900 and BlackBerry Torch 9810. The system update adds a significant number of new features, including Wi-Fi calling, mobile hotspot and USB tethering, the Commercial Mobile Alert System, BlackBerry Music, Bing Search, and BlackBerry Device Analyzer. The updates are free and can be installed through the BlackBerry Desktop Manager application. Tweet Vote on HN ...

Research In Motion today announced that is has acquired a company called Paratek Microwave. Paratek creates adaptive tuning technologies for multi-band handsets. RIM says the Pareatek team has been added to its own radio engineering team, where it will help RIM refine the radios in its phones. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Tweet Vote on HN ...