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RIM: Is the BlackBerry OS the weak link?

The Boy Genius Report has a treatise on Research in Motion's future and it's a must read for BlackBerry watchers. In short, the limitations of RIM's operating systems are becoming more apparent by the day and the company needs a plan to compete with the iPhone OS, WebOS and Android...

Tags: Research In Motion Ltd., Operating System, RIM BlackBerry, Boy Genius Report, Boy Genius, Operating Systems, Software, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-07-01

BlackBerry 9000 said on way: 3G with full Backup/Restore

Boy Genius refers to deep-background rumors about a BlackBerry 9000, said to be on the way sometime early next year. This device will be 3G here in North America- 3G of the high-speed variety. A 600MHz processor is also said to be on board,...

Tags: Board, RIM BlackBerry, Boy Genius, 3G, Corporate Governance, Cellular Phones, Wireless, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Russell Shaw

Blog posts 2007-10-03

Pics of the 3G Treo 750 appear online

Pics of the 3G Treo 750 appear onlineBoy Genius Flunks Photo 101My granddaughter has a "peek and speak" that looks just like this...but probably works better.Crappy photos from the Boy Genius (there's a Jewish mother looming larger than these photos in his life) aside, did anyone notice that the Treo...

Tags: Cellular phones, photograph, Boy Genius, 3G

Discussion threads 2006-08-10

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Widespread BlackBerry data outage reported, is it time to move on?

I posted my first impressions of the BlackBerry Bold 9700 earlier today and then planned to spend a lot of time using the device over the next few days. I am at the Microsoft Mobius event in Seattle that is a gathering of some of the greatest mobile minds and...

Tags: RIM BlackBerry, Outage, Handhelds, Hardware, Matthew Miller

Blog posts 2009-11-16

Zvox Z-Base 525

Photo gallery:Zvox Z-Base 525Surround sound and its accouterments tend to dominate a living room, requiring an AV receiver, several speakers, stands, and wires to make the whole thing work. That's why many people choose to skip surround sound, opting instead for the tinny acoustics of their TV speakers. Single-speaker solutions...

Tags: TVs, TV & Home Theater, Zvox Z-Base 525, speaker, HDTV, TV

Product reviews 2009-11-11

BGR gets hands-on with the Motorola Droid from Verizon Wireless

Andrew wrote an earlier post showing the new ad and campaign against the iPhone and for the Google Android platform that Verizon just kicked off. I saw the Droid Does commercial on TV this weekend and am interested in seeing what Verizon's device looks like. It turns out that I...

Tags: Verizon Communications Inc., Verizon Wireless, Motorola Inc., BGR, Smart Phones, Palm Pre, Cellular Phones, Handhelds, Mobile Operating Systems, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Hardware, Matthew Miller

Blog posts 2009-10-18

First pics of Motorola Droid with Android 2.0 build (maybe)

The Boy Genius report has just posted a series of screenshots showing Android 2.0 running on what appears to be the upcoming Motorola Droid phone also known as Sholes. The source is credible and the pictures look real, though it's unclear how close it all is to being finished. Questions...

Tags: Motorola Inc., Telecom & Utilities, Ed Burnette

Blog posts 2009-10-16

Windows 7 vs. Snow Leopard: Benchmark performance showdown

iTunes? Quicktime?Let's see--- his tests were largely based on running two Apple apps. And imagine this! The Apple apps did better on Apple hardware. What a surprise!Not.Come on, guys. That's not a benchmark. That's an ad.Of course it is an adwhat else did you expect from a fan boy?Seriously, iTunes...

Tags: Operating systems, Digital music, Apple Inc., Apple-hardware, operating system, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows, performance

Discussion threads 2009-10-16

Update: Sprint may be dropping Touch Pro2 price down to $200

T-Mobile was the first US carrier out of the gate with the HTC Touch Pro2 and priced it at $350 after instant rebate and 2-year contract. While this is higher than just about every other subsidized smartphone today, I personally find it to be worth this price and have no...

Tags: Price, Sprint Communications, Smart Phones, Cellular Phones, Handhelds, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Hardware, Matthew Miller

Blog posts 2009-09-30

Apple confirms malware protection in Snow Leopard

They say Americans don't understand ironyNo irony there, Jason. Any degree of immunity that OS X has to malware is exactly because of such measures.I am gonna love.....to see the people make excuses for the reason for this. You can't say one thing and then do another in the...

Tags: Cyberthreats, Spyware, adware & malware, Viruses and worms, SECURITY, Spyware, Pwn2Own, virus, malware, trojan horse, Apple Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-08-27

News to know: Apple; FCC; Azure; Enterprise 2.0

Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET’s around-the-Web tech coverage. Larry Dignan: Apple: 'Continues to study' Google Voice apps; AT&T: We played no part TechCrunch: The Truth: What's Really...

Tags: FCC, Google Inc., AT&T Corp., Apple Inc., Enterprise 2.0, Federal Government, Government, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-08-24

News to know: Microsoft; Apple; Palm; Twitter as botnet command channel

Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET’s around-the-Web tech coverage. Mary Jo Foley: Microsoft Exchange 2010 buzz grows louder Ryan Naraine: Brazilian ID thieves using Twitter as botnet command channel...

Tags: Google Inc., Larry Dignan, Palm Inc., Microsoft Zune, Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., Twitter, Sam Diaz, Tablets, Notebooks, Digital Cameras, Digital Music, Digital Media, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology

Blog posts 2009-08-14

14 reasons why the iTunes 9 screenshots are F-A-K-E

After looking at the purportedly "leaked screenshots" of iTunes 9 posted yesterday on Boy Genius Report something about them bothered me. Then it hit me, it was the second shot, which contained an item in the left pane called "Social" -- it was simply a playlist called...

Tags: Apple iTunes, Digital Music, Digital Media, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics, Jason D. O'Grady

Blog posts 2009-08-11

News to know: Google; IBM; Microsoft's edge; Palm SDK; Twitter

Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET's around-the-Web tech coverage. Sam Diaz: Google: Nice quarter, but... Larry Dignan: IBM delivers strong second quarter, ups 2009 earnings outlook ...

Tags: Google Inc., Larry Dignan, Data Center, Palm Inc., SDK, Microsoft Corp., Twitter, IBM Corp., Data Centers, Palm Pre, Storage, Desktops, Hardware, Data Management

Blog posts 2009-07-17

Taking the 'PC' out of the Chrome OS equation

Taking the 'PC' out of the Chrome OS equationMJ, have you read this?http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/news/2009/07/chrome-os-netbooks-and-smartbooks.arsRE: Taking the 'PC' out of the Chrome OS equationI would have to agree with you. I certainly didn't like the idea of Windows 7 limiting the amount of apps I could run on a netbook. But, why...

Tags: Netbooks, nettops & MIDs, Web browsers, Operating systems, Desktops, PC, operating system, netbook, Google Inc., Web browser, Chrome OS, Chrome OS equation, Chrome

Discussion threads 2009-07-11

News to know: Morro reviewed; RIM; Intel; Windows 7

Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET’s around-the-Web tech coverage. Ed Bott: How good is Microsoft's free antivirus software? Mary Jo Foley: Microsoft Security Essentials: What wannabe testers need...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Research In Motion Ltd., Microsoft Windows 7, Andrew Nusca, Microsoft Corp., Intel Corp., Data Centers, Microsoft Windows, Advertising & Promotion, Storage, Cloud Computing, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Cyberthreats, Hardware, Data Management, Operating Systems, Software, Marketing, Security, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-06-19

Why AT&T won’t support MMS and tethering on the iPhone 3GS

One of the most incredible surprises at yesterday's WWDC keynote address wasn't the iPhone 3GS' more CPU, more RAM, 3MP camera or its battery -- it was that AT&T won't be offering MMS and tethering to its U.S. iPhone customers, at least initially. My colleague David Morgenstern...

Tags: Apple iPhone, MMS, AT&T Corp., Text Messaging/SMS/MMS, Cellular Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Online Communications, Jason D. O'Grady

Blog posts 2009-06-09

With a $99 iPhone, will anyone buy the new iPhone 3GS?

With a $99 iPhone, will anyone buy the new iPhone 3GS?Of Course they willApple fanatics will by anything shiny and made by Apple!RE: With a $99 iPhone, will anyone buy the new iPhone 3GS?Nope. I'm on the waiting list for a Palm Pre. ;)Not when there is a depression...

Tags: 3G, Digital music, Digital media, Media players, Cellular phones, Apple iPhone, Apple Inc., iPhone 3GS, AT&T Corp., new iPhone 3GS

Discussion threads 2009-06-08

News to know: FTC vs. botnets; Microsoft; Apple WWDC; Twitter

Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET’s around-the-Web tech coverage. Ryan Naraine: FTC shuts down notorious botnet ISP. FTC statement Patch Tuesday heads-up: Critical Windows, IE fixes coming Typo'd Google domains in Top...

Tags: Google Inc., Facebook, WWDC, Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., FTC, NEC Corp., Twitter, Darwin, Internet Service Providers (ISPs), Telephony, Microsoft Windows, Notebooks, Monitors & Displays, Telecom & Utilities, Telecommunications, Internet, Networking, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Components, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-06-05

PSP Go coming with Bluetooth and slide-up display

I own an original Sony PSP and enjoy playing it from time-to-time. With this PSP and the Nintendo DSi see my review I really have no desire to upgrade since I just don't spend enough time with games. The Boy Genius Report has some information and photos of the Sony...

Tags: Sony PlayStation Portable, Boy Genius Report, Bluetooth, Games, Wi-Fi, Wireless And Mobility, Personal Technology, Matthew Miller

Blog posts 2009-06-03