Breaking: RIM to cut 5,000 jobs, delays BlackBerry 10 launch to 2013

Failure to deliver: RIM President and CEO Thorsten Heins reports losses, job cuts and delay of BlackBerry 10 devicesBy Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla

Research In Motion held a sombre earnings call today to announce that they will be cutting 5,000 jobs, posting a $518 million loss, as well as delaying their next generation mobile platform BlackBerry 10 until Q1 2013. This is the latest blow to the already beleaguered Canadian mobile icon which helped create the smartphone and the existing mobile ecosystem.

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Video: Sony's Internet Player with Google TV demoed, available in August

By Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla

Earlier today, Sony launched the first Canadian GoogleTV with their new Internet Player. Some of the cooler features include a new remote control with a trackpad and a touch keyboard. The Internet Player, which will sell for $200 and is available for pre-orders, will start shipping in mid-August. Aside from featuring Google Apps and various types of streaming content, it will also have access to the Chrome browser as well as some Google games. 

Samsung Galaxy S III comes to Canada today

By Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla

We've waited and we've waited some more and the day has finally come.  Samsung's Galaxy S III, the smartphone "built for humans" finally comes to Canada and will be available from Bell Mobility, Virgin Mobile, SaskTel, TELUS and Rogers Wireless. The SGH-iT999 model will be available from Videotron, Wind and Mobilicity.

With supposedly over 9 million pre-orders, this flagship Samsung smartphone is the first unified Galaxy device available on various carriers, and explosions notwithstanding, is expected to be the best selling Samsung smartphone yet and a leading Android device. Check out our video overview of the device below.

Video: Toshiba's 21:9 Panoramic Ultrabook

By Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla

This is the Toshiba Satellite  U840W Ultrabook and it is one of the most unique and intriguing form factors we have seen.

Clad in machined aluminum with a healthy dose of rubber, this 3.5 pound notebook is ideal for running multiple windows and watching films in a more cinematic aspect ratio.

With the latest Intel Ivy Bridge processors, harman/kardon stereo speakers and LED screen, it is a premium notebook that is unlike anything else in the market right now. The ultrawidebook also has a hybrid-SSD with 32GB of Solid State storage and 500GB of hard drive space, 6GB of RAM and a starting price of $1099.99 makes this an interesting entrant in the high end notebook market.