RIM is trading 5% higher this morning. A blog post at Barons points to one possible reason for the bump.

Apparently, Wall Street is talking about a potential investment by Samsung in RIM. There do not appear to be any legitimate reports on this, nor do their appear to be any sources willing to go on the record.

Remember that Samsung has, in the past, said that it is not interested in buying RIM, nor is it interested in licensing their operating system (BlackBerry 10).

Most of the rumours we hear about RIM have turned out to be untrue over the last decade, but who knows. Maybe this one has some truth to it. For the purposes of intelligent discussion, let's pretend Samsung is interested in investing a supposed $1.5 billion in RIM and using BlackBerry 10 for some of its upcoming phones.

Why would such a move make sense for Samsung? Well, the reliance on Google's Android is not a good diversification strategy. Maybe it wouldn't matter if Google had not announced its acquisition of Motorola Mobility, but with that transaction happening it calls into question the long term intentions of Google.

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Directly following up on the rumors of a Samsung acquisition of Research In Motion, Samsung has now come forward to lay down some official word on the matter. In speaking to Reuters, Samsung spokesman James Chung noted:

"We haven't considered acquiring the firm and are not interested in (buying RIM)," 

To address the news further, James Chung also noted that Research In Motion had not approached Samsung on the matter. Research In Motion stock saw a rise of over 10% with the news but with Samsung now confirming it to be nothing more than a rumor -- we'll see where the stock ends up.

Source: Reuters

Today, as Kevin already mentioned, BGR published a story talking about a potential sale of RIM to Samsung. Let's talk about this in a bit more detail. I think it's a darn interesting topic.

Clearly the stock market likes the idea. Just look at the stock. The Samsung rumour was published by BGR at around 11am, and the stock immediately spiked higher, and continued to drift higher throughout the afternoon. RIM is now up over 10% and it's safe to say the reason is purely based on the Samsung rumour.

RIM has been active clarifying false rumours lately ... often using Twitter. This time I don't expect them to open their mouths at all even if they see the story as misleading or incorrect.

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The rumors have been flying around for weeks that some big name companies like Amazon are looking to purchase Research In Motion. RIM's stock has hit an all time low, and with delays on new BlackBerry 10 phones and the PlayBook 2.0 OS, 2011 wasn't exactly the greatest year for RIM. The latest company to be rumored to purchase RIM is none other than Samsung. Samsung is actually in a good position to buy RIM and could do some great things if this were to actually happen. What we want to know is just what you think of these reports. Do you think Samsung should acquire Research In Motion? Would it be good or bad for both Samsung and RIM? Cast your vote in the poll above, then sound off in the comments!

Research In Motion looking for sale to Samsung?!

Now this is crazy/fun news for a Tuesday morning.... With Research In Motion's stock price low these days, rumors of a RIM acquisition by another company have been whispered about for a while now. Behind the scenes we've heard company names anywhere from Amazon and Orange (the carrier) be rumored about and today BGR has thrown fuel on the fire adding Samsung as the company RIM would want to be acquired by.

According to one of BGR's sources, RIM is looking at all options right now, including potential sale of a division or even the whole company, and the company RIM's Co-CEO is targeting is Samsung. Asking sales price of RIM is reported to be in the $12 to $15 billion range, which is arguably a little high given RIM's current $8.5 billion market cap.

Pretty crazy stuff. I've said on our podcasts before that in terms of companies, Samsung is one of the best positioned out there. And heck, Samsung has already picked up quite a few former RIM employees. I love my BlackBerry and RIM and want them to succeed on their own, but if an aquisition were to happen, a Samsung w/ BlackBerry could be hugely powerful force to be reckoned with in the mobile space. We'll report more as the story develops. Stay tuned. In the meantime, sound off in the comments with your reactions on this one!

Source: BGR

As BlackBerry users, we're on the edge of our seat waiting for Research In Motion to deliver us all BlackBerry 6. Over at Android Central however, there has been a constant flow of new devices pouring in. Android Central has given us a Samsung Captivate review as well as a Samsung Vibrant review to look over. Now since this is CrackBerry, we like to take a look at what else is out there from time and time and consider what other platforms are doing. Given the sheer amount of Android devices turning up these days, it's rather hard to ignore.

Some BlackBerry users have turned former BlackBerry users because the Android platform does offer a lot. BlackBerry still maintains a great market share as well as a huge core audience. So, we're putting this out there for those of you considering the possibility of taking on Android.

If there were things that you could take from Android, what would it be? Would it be the super AMOLED screens? Maybe even just larger screen sizes? What about the customization options or does BlackBerry do fine in that are? Let us know what you all think in the comments folks. It'll be interesting to see what some of you would like to see. And of course, if you need to learn more about Android, check out Android Central.