The BlackBerry Developer team has been working hard to get Android developers to port their apps to the BlackBerry PlayBook. Recently, Mint.com released its Android tablet app and we think this is a great time for the company to submit the app to App World. This makes a lot of sense considering many users have had trouble accessing the Mint.com site from a PlayBook, and BlackBerry’s “get it done” crowd loves a good finance app.
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Yahoo! laucnhed an app for consumers in emerging markets where lower-end devices are the point of entry for the Internet. The app lets users in these regions access Yahoo!’s services more easily and gives them access to mail, messenger, Flickr, Fantasy Sports and Finance, with fewer clicks. Features of the Yahoo! app include:
- Once downloaded, it remains persistent on the device, making the full catalog of Yahoo! services easier to use and discover
- Reduces need for typing long URL’s into the mobile browser
- Surfaces Yahoo! services that consumers may not have known about
- Makes it easier to discover snippets of interesting Yahoo! news, sports and financial information throughout the day by surfacing everything in one place
Viigo’s Beta 8 is primed and raring to hit your BlackBerry. Download the new version and access exciting new features including the ability to tweet articles with a single click, find movies playing in your city, a new Shopping service, and the capability to build and track your own portfolios in Stocks and Finance.
Viigo has made several enhancements in Tango 8
• Post interesting articles to Twitter with a single click
• Find movies that are playing in your city, or see what’s playing at a theatre near you.
• Use Quick Launch buttons to email an article to a friend or to yourself, Tweet an article of interest, Post To Del.ic.ious, view a full Article or open in a browser
• Access real time flight status in your Flights and Travel itinerary
New features in Stocks & Finance:
• Create your own portfolios that include the stocks or mutual funds of your choosing
• Each portfolio lists the ticker name, the price, the change and the percentage change
• Access depth details on trades including the volume of shares traded, the current bid/ask, time of last trade, market cap and much more
A Preview of Viigo Shopping:
• Viigo has partnered with Mobihand and Magmic (the Bplay store) to bring you the ability to purchase the latest mobile software, software accessories, games, themes and more
• Details on the product are available in just one click without ever leaving Viigo
• More partners and more stores will be unveiled shortly
An interesting video above from Gary Krakow and TheStreet.com, in the wake of RIM’s earning reductions and recent distaste for RIM’s latest device offerings. Krakow’s message for those following RIM’s stock? Chill out. RIM’s stumbles are a reflection of industry wide problems and a troubled economy. Although I had to cringe when Krakow and his compatriot brought up Palm as another industry company facing tough times. RIM doesn’t want to go anywhere near Palm country.
|via TheStreet|
When J.P. Morgan cut their earning estimates for RIM last week, it was before the Waterloo company responded in kind, cutting their own Q3 2009 estimates last Wednesday. J.P. Morgan has updated their estimates once again to reflect RIM’s new numbers, expecting the company to report earnings per share of $0.81 on sales of $2.75-billion, unit sales of roughly 6.8 million in the quarter, with average selling prices of $332 and net subscriber additions of approximately 2.6 million.
J.P. Morgan has again trimmed its estimates on Research In Motion Ltd. (RIMM) in response to the BlackBerry-maker’s third quarter profit warning and signs of a broadening global slowdown in mobile handset sales. However, analyst Paul Coster is maintaining an “overweight” rating and told clients that RIM deserves to trade at a premium multiple as a result of its leadership position in an open-ended growth market.
J.P. Morgan’s estimates for fiscal 2009 through 2011 were also cut, with year-over-year unit growth in 2010 reduced from 42.7% to 32.5%. This implies unit shipments of about 37.7 million next year. BlackBerry Cool will have full coverage of RIM’s Q3 2009 earnings report on December 18th.
|via Seeking Alpha|
At BlackBerry Cool, we try to avoid posts of an alarmist nature, as they’re usually a pretty cheap way to attract attention (playing Chicken Little was never our style). That being said, it’s always worthwhile to pay attention to RIM’s financial outlook, especially in the face of the current economic crisis.
Since trading resumed after Thanksgiving weekend, RIM’s share price has dropped from a high of $44.22 on December 1st to it’s current trading value of $36.38, a difference of $7.84, or roughly 18%. This drop is mostly a reflection of analysts such as J.P. Morgan trimming their RIM ’09 and ’10 earnings estimates. Just yesterday, RIM themselves lowered their Q3 revenue expectations due to product launch delays and the economy in general. While most of us already know how David Pogue feels about the BlackBerry Storm (you should all read Al Sacco’s excellent retort to Pogue’s article, by the way), even the Wall Street Journal is now asking whether RIM’s issue is launch delays or the devices themselves.
So I feel as though diligent members of the BlackBerry Nation have to ask, is this a minor hiccup for RIM or the beginnings of a looming downward trend? To put a finer point on it, is the sky falling or is it just starting to rain? Post a comment and let us know.
