Lenovo says it might consider licensing or acquiring BlackBerry from RIM, among other options for boosting its mobile business. Updates: Lenovo has clarified that its CFO’s statements may have been taken out of context. The company says “RIM was raised as a potential target by the journalist and Mr. Wong repeatedly answered in a manner consistent Read the full article…

Research In Motion (RIM) has announced its first simultaneous Asia Pacific (APAC) wide Hackathon, the BlackBerry JamHack. This year, Blackberry JamHack will take place in 10 different cities across APAC over two consecutive weekends. Winning teams from each city will represent their country at the JamHack finals, which will take place at BlackBerry Jam Asia Read the full article…

Research-in-Motion believes that the BlackBerry platform will remain strong in the developing world, with reasonable data and messaging plans and local partnerships. BlackBerry as a mobile platform has plateaued internationally, although the platform is going strong in emerging markets like Indonesia and the Philippines. We got in touch with Cameron Vernest, RIM’s country director for Read the full article…

BlackBerry is organizing a series of developer group jam sessions this week in Thailand, Vietnam and Indonesia co-organized with local BlackBerry groups.

BlackBerry is on the decline in its former flagship American and European markets. But the embattled smartphone platform has seen a new niche in emerging markets in Asia and the Pacific, where cheap unlimited messaging can be perfect for families, friends and entrepreneurs.

Research In Motion extends its commitment to developers creating apps for the Blackberry® 10 through Built for BlackBerry and their $10K Developer Commitment. During BlackBerry 10 Jam Singapore in July, e27 highlighted Research In Motion’s US$100 million commitment to developers on the BlackBerry platform. Since the announcement, Research In Motion has followed through with their Read the full article…

Sitcomindo was the eighth company that Canadian company had the partnership with in establishing its BlackBerry Expert Center across Indonesia. The previous alliance with three distributors and four operators – TAM, Selular Shop, Comtech, Telkomsel, AXIS, XL and Indosat – in the nation had yielded 56 Centers and strengthened RIM’s post sales services. “Indonesia is Read the full article…