$RIMM currently up in pre-market trading due to upgrade by Peter Misek
As of 8:45 am EST, RIM is up almost 7% to US$15.96 in pre-market trading after noted RIM critic and Jefferies analyst Peter Misek upgraded the stock to buy from hold and raised his price target to US$19.50 from US$13.00. Yes…. THAT Peter Misek. Mr. Misek had a few notes to support this upgrade including…
Term of the Day: Service Revenues
Many of you are waking up this morning, reading the results of the Q3 2012 earnings call and saying to yourself, “wow, RIM beat estimates again! but… why is the stock down 12% in pre-market trading!?!?” The answer SERVICE FEES. Get ready as this is now going to be a huge topic of discussion moving…
Blackbery L Series to be deemed the Z10 at launch?
New images today from Unwired View show some purported advertising materials for the L Series devices. Shown in black and white colors, it displays the name Z10 as the device name. Now I think Z10 is better than the 4 number system used up to now, but, in the end, to be honest, I don’t…
Research in Motions Q3 2012 Earnings Call Highlights
The earnings call has started and I will try to do a rundown of what is said as it happens! RIM is now a leaner and much more efficient organization – Heins Most regions were stable or showed growth in users, but, the USA declined a lot which caused the net loss of users over…
Research in Motion’s Q3 2013 Earnings Report is In!
The Q3 Earnings Report is in and here are the details. This was one of the most important earnings calls in my opinion as it will be the last before the official start of the Blackberry 10 era. Investors , consumers and fans should really be watching two things. How much cash RIM has in…
Have you seen changes in Traffic Tracking/Prediction on Blackberry Traffic?
As we wrote about last week, Blackberry Traffic seemed to go through some sort of issues with respect to connecting to servers. The issue resolved itself for most as of Thursday/Friday last week; however, some users, including myself, have noticed that the traffic tracking/prediction capabilities have been, lets say, changed. Was the outage due to…
Is Blackberry Traffic Working for You?
***UPDATE*** It seems that some users, including myself, are reporting Blackberry Traffic is up and running as of this morning **** *** UPDATE 2*** So on my drive home from work today around 5:00 pm est, it was not working again*** Based on multiple user reports, and my own personal experience, there seems to be…
Bestbuy and Futureshop Canada have 16GB Playbook on sale for $149.99 until August 23
Good morning everyone. It seems the effects of the halt in the production of the 16GB Playbook has finally arrived as retailers in Canada are beginning the Double Fire Sale of the 16 GB unit. Bestbuy.ca and Futureshop.ca both have the 16GB model for sale at a super low price or $149.99. Given that we…