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- NASA: iPhone isn't "enterprise-ready," but BlackBerry 8800 sure is
- Information Week's Paul McDougall reports that NASA's Outsourcing Desktop Initiative for NASA ODIN has determined that:The iPhone is not enterprise ready, but:The BlackBerry is. At least the BlackBerry 8800.Hey you are looking at it.Minutes of a NASA meeting held July 10 point to a decision by acting ODIN project manager...
- Tags: Uncategorized, BlackBerry 8800
- Blog posts 2007-07-31
- Hey, how about a BlackBerry loyalty program-with gifts?
- I'm back here after finishing a book project.According to a survey of 935 business cellphone users by research firm In-Stat, even the most frequent of these customers feel their cellphone carrier doesn't appreciate them."Of those who spend at least $150 a month on service, more than 60% say they...
- Tags: Uncategorized
- Blog posts 2007-07-31
- Industry group: BlackBerry #10 ecommerce innovation in last 10 years
- According to the Software & Information Industry Association, BlackBerry is the tenth-most significant eCommerce innovation of the past ten years.About BlackBerry, they say:The BlackBerry makes communication instantaneous, and mobile. A comprehensive communications device creates a new mobile business culture. Giving road warriors the freedom to move to any location...
- Tags: Uncategorized
- Blog posts 2007-07-13
- Here's the BIG difference between ATT's iPhone and BlackBerry Pearl launches
- Briefly emerging for air from AT&T Wireless' iPhone launch reality distortion field, I've been thinking back to another launch less than a year ago- the BlackBerry Pearl on ATTW predecessor Cingular.Even though the launches were by the same carrier, that's about all they had in common. I can offer...
- Tags: Uncategorized, Case Histories, Carriers, BlackBerry Pearl
- Blog posts 2007-06-30
- Telus tells us: BlackBerry 8830 available starting tomorrow
- Canadian carrier Telus announces that beginning tomorrow, Blackberry 8830 World Phone will be available on Telus Mobility. The lowest purchase price for now is a three-year contract deal for $299 Canadian.If you go to the Telus site now you will notice Blackberry 8830 already posted but without a...
- Tags: Uncategorized, BlackBerry 8830
- Blog posts 2007-06-28
- Thoughts on BlackBerry skins, protection, tight ladies pockets, etc.
- My old BBHub colleague Melissa Oxendale, who I hired back when I ran that entity for AOL, has surfaced at PDAStreet.Mel's out with a review of some BlackBerry Pearl skins. Her review doesn't focus on specifically named skins but with her visual impressions of skins-on-device."To start off with, these skins...
- Tags: Uncategorized, BlackBerry Gear
- Blog posts 2007-06-27
- Poll: new BlackBerry browser or Opera Mini?
- It's an article of faith among many BlackBerry users that the best way to access and view the Web on a BlackBerry is via Opera Mini.Yet BlackBerry-maker Rsearch In Motion isn't happy with that prevailing Mini meme.In fact, as we've already learned today, a new BlackBerry browser is in the...
- Tags: Uncategorized, BlackBerry Rumors, BlackBerry Pearl
- Blog posts 2007-06-27
- RIM: we couldn't listen in on conversations even if we wanted to
- As a result of last week's extension of a ban by the French government on its workers using BlackBerrys to send and receive sensitive data, BlackBerry-maker Research In Motion felt the compelling need to respond."No one, including RIM, has the ability to view the content of any data communication...
- Tags: Uncategorized, Security
- Blog posts 2007-06-25
- Will iPhone's browsing features break BlackBerry's carrier-subservient M.O.?
- Om writes about the Safari browser that will be embedded in iPhone:If the embedded Safari browser ...performs the way as hyped by Jobs & Co., it will give us the choice-control we have on the web. Search engines to web sites – nothing will be determined by the...
- Tags: Uncategorized, News, Carriers
- Blog posts 2007-06-12
- Robb Dunewood, who is a recognized industry thought leader in the BlackBerry space, offers his thoughts on what it would take to get him to switch from a BlackBerry to an iPhone.On his RIMarkable blog, Robb says he'd go there if these three conditions were achievable:An incredibly responsive touch screen...
- Tags: Uncategorized
- Blog posts 2007-06-06
- I guess this would be the ultimate BlackBerry, uh, "pocket" protector
- According to Textually.org, Swiss clothing manufacturer Isabodywear is launching a special line of men's underwear that claims to protect "men's sperm from harmful cell phone radiation".The article, translated from the original French version that appeared in the Swiss newspaper Le Matin, notes that these briefs are made with...
- Tags: Uncategorized
- Blog posts 2007-05-20
- And the BlackBerry Curve reviews are in...
- Engadget offers a round-up of BlackBerry Curve reviews.All positive: Read - LAPTOP Magazine (4 / 5 stars, "...this is the best BlackBerry...")Read - PC Magazine ("...an extremely promising BlackBerry for folks who want a fun device with a full keyboard")Read - Airtime Manager ("...were convinced that ...
- Tags: BlackBerry Curve 8300, Uncategorized
- Blog posts 2007-05-15
- Updated BlackBerry Pearl due in September: five colors, GPS AND WiFi
- BoyGenius Report claims (and illustrates, per above) the updated BlackBerry Pearl that will be out in September will actually be the BlackBerry Pearl 8120.As previously reported, the device will offer a 2 megapixel camera, GPS, and WiFi. First carriers: T-Mobile in the U.S. Rogers in Canada.Colors are believed to...
- Tags: Carriers, BlackBerry Rumors, BlackBerry Pearl, Uncategorized
- Blog posts 2007-05-14
- BlackBerry CEO: here's why there won't be any more major outages
- In an interview with eWeek, Research In Motion co-CEO Jim Balsillie thats him says the BlackBerry blackout of last month has been "unambigiously solved" and whats more, wont hapen again.eWeeks Wayne Rash noted "that the improbable combination of events, which included the failure of a minor software upgrade...
- Tags: News, Outages, Uncategorized
- Blog posts 2007-05-14
- BlackBerry Pearl "9100" rumored in development: here's details
- The current BlackBerry Pearl is formally known as the 8100. Of course no one calls it that.But BlackBerry Cool indicates straws in the wind that a "second generation" BlackBerry Pearl is on the way.BlackBerry Cool puts one and three together and assumes that:Consistent with Pearl model numbering conventions, what...
- Tags: Uncategorized, BlackBerry Rumors
- Blog posts 2007-05-08
- BlackBerry's Wireless Enterprise Symposium starts this morning
- BlackBerrys own Wireless Enterprise Symposium WES event is opening right about now in Orlando, Florida.This is the yearly three-day event where BlackBerry software development partners, aspiring partners, carriers, and BlackBerry power users gather for three days of technology previews, play-with-devices time, business-card trading, and you get the idea.The atmosphere...
- Tags: Uncategorized, News
- Blog posts 2007-05-08
- New BlackBerry application development tool announced
- At the BlackBerry-sponsored Wireless Enterprise Symposium that starts today in Orlando, BlackBerry is showing a forthcoming development tool called BlackBerry Plug-in for Microsoft Video Studio.Available as a free download later this year, this tool will enable BlackBerry developers to work within the .NET programming environment to create wireless applications for...
- Tags: Uncategorized, News, BlackBerry Software, BlackBerry developers
- Blog posts 2007-05-08
- IM+ Skype Software for BlackBerry updated
- At the BlackBerry-sponsored Wireless Enterprise Symposium in Orlando, SHAPE Services has announced a new version of its IM+ for Skype Software for BlackBerry.Were now on v 2.21. Costs $25.00 after a free seven-day trial period. The software enables voice and text communication with other Skype...
- Tags: Uncategorized, News, BlackBerry Software
- Blog posts 2007-05-08
- Ring2 Conference Controller for BlackBerry now released in North America
- Ring2 Conferencing, an audio-conferencing solutions provider whose Ring2 Conference Controller enables remote control from mobile devices, says this morning that its Ring2 Conference Controller for BlackBerry is being launched in North America. Heres how Ring2 says this product works: The Ring2 Conference Controller...
- Tags: Uncategorized, News, BlackBerry Software
- Blog posts 2007-05-08
- Software suite will enable BlackBerry users to create Word, Excel, PowerPoint files
- DataViz has announced the Documents To Go for BlackBerry mobile editing suite.Due for release later this year at $29.99, Documents To Go will enable BlackBerry users to access, view and create native Microsoft Word, Excel and Powerpoint files on their handhelds.Which all I can say is about...
- Tags: Uncategorized, News, BlackBerry Software
- Blog posts 2007-05-08
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