RIM turns in record quarter
Canadian smartphone vendor Research In Motion has reported record results for the third quarter of its 2011 fiscal year, with shipments of its Blackberry devices growing 40 per cent year on year to 14.2 million devices. Revenues were up by the same degree, hitting $5.49bn compared to $3.29bn for the third financial quarter of 2010, and there was a sequential improvement on the second quarter of 19 per cent.