Adding to the woes of the struggling BlackBerry-maker Research in Motion (RIM) is the fact that the company's most recent publicity stunts have fallen flat, and have drawn the people's attention for wrong reasons.

The BlackBerry service offered by Research in Motion (RIM) in the UAE will not be banned in the country, according to the country's telecommunications regulator.

A video offering early preview of the much anticipated Blackberry Bold 9780 smartphone from Research In Motion (RIM) has appeared on the internet.

The video is made available by Techno Buffalo while a Vietnamese website also ffers a preview o the device. According to the website, the device might feature a 624 MHz processor with 512 MB of RAM.

The Indian government has asked the telecom operators in the country to provide access to messages sent on BlackBerry phones to security agencies for monitoring.

Warnings have been circulated amongst the subscribers by Vodafone, one of the prominent cell phone operators, regarding the interruption of the messaging and electronic mail facilities beyond August 31st owing to the time limit of august 31st set by the Government of India to Blackberry handsets manufacturer Research In Motion in case the access to the safely encoded messages and emails is not provided to the Indian security officials.

BlackBerry architect Research in Motion (RIM) has stated that it won't be offering the latest BlackBerry OS 6 in the yet to be released BlackPad tablet device.

According to familiar sources, Bloomberg claimed that the firm will not be employing the BlackBerry OS 6, but instated will be employing the latest software of BMW audio systems and the Crusher tank.

Government officials may meet next week to discuss placing a ban on corporate email service on Blackberry devices from Research In Motion (RIM) as the deadline of August 31 nears.