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BlackBerry 8830 now in Verizon retail stores

Verizon Wireless has just placed the BlackBerry 8830 in its Verizon Wireless Communications retail stores.$199.99 with a two-year plan on initial account-opening signup.Verizon BlackBerry 8830 brag points: EV-DO/GPRS network connection for high-speed data transfer in more than 90 countries; GSM/GPRS (900/1800 MHz) for continued voice and e-mail while traveling internationally; Auto-selection of...

Tags: BlackBerry 8800, Carriers, News

Blog posts 2007-05-28

Verizon BlackBerry 8830 in May: Global service plan on way as well

Verizon Wireless and BlackBerry say this morning what weve been hearing for some time: that the BlackBerry 8830 World Edition smartphone will be available on May 14 through Verizon Wireless business sales channels and in Verizon Wireless Communications Stores on May 28.Along with the business launch, May 14...

Tags: Uncategorized, News, Carriers

Blog posts 2007-04-25

Verizon BlackBerry 8830 on way- we have pix

Gizmodo reports that Verizon Wireless will sell the BlackBerry 8830. You are looking at it. QVGA screen, microSD slot, and 3G EV-DO support. But if you are looking for a camera, no can do.Pricing and avail details? Were hot on the trail of those.Just another pic before I go...device...

Tags: Uncategorized, Carriers, BlackBerry Rumors

Blog posts 2007-04-05

Additional Resources

Pepsico Saved from Suicide Campaign by Twitter?

It's not easy to push consumer products these days as discretionary spend dries up and advertising channels become ever fragmented. Understandable then when corporations are seduced into more edgier terrain by their creative agencies. And yet where trust and sustainability is at a premium, its hard to figure how BBDO convinced Pepsico to cross the line...

Tags: Advertisement, PepsiCo, Suicide, Twitter, BBDO, Christine Lu, TBWA, James Farrar

Blog posts 2008-12-04

Next up for layoffs: Real

Real Networks said today that it informed 130 employees, or 7.5 percent of its worldwide workforce, that their positions would be eliminated at the end of year.  In a post on the company's official blog, the company said the layoffs were part of a larger cost cutting plan that "is...

Tags: Layoff, Severance Package, RealNetworks Inc., Health Care, Workforce Management, Recruitment & Selection, Vertical Industries, Human Resources, Enterprise Software, Software, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2008-12-04

Owen Bird Law Corporation a Virtual Iron Customer

I recently had the opportunity to speak with Stephen Bakerman, Director of Information Technology, Owen Bird Law Corporation, a Virtual Iron customer. He spent a few moments sharing his experiences with their software. Stephen's comments follow. Please tell me who you are and what your organization...

Tags: Environment, Virtual Iron, Stephen, Virtualization, Cloud Computing, Storage Management, Utility Computing, Hardware, Storage, Dan Kusnetzky

Blog posts 2008-12-04

White paper: Green IT is not just about power consumption

Did you know that moving from a three-year PC lifecycle to a four-year one could save about $325 per PC? Or that the number could hit $500 per PC, if you extend that lifespan by just another year? Now, multiple that by 1,000 computers. Or 10,000. That's...

Tags: Asset, Information Technology, Green IT, Power Consumption, Asset Management, Strategy, Operational Planning, Business Operations, Management, Heather Clancy

Blog posts 2008-12-03

Extranet collaboration platforms - coming soon, but many-to-many problem remains

In our conversations with many information and knowledge management professionals, it's clear that their distributed and multicompany teams need better extranet collaboration tools. And they feel the problem is only getting worse as companies go virtual, global, distributed, outsourced, green, travel-less, and partnered, thus driving the need...

Tags: Extranet, PBwiki, Thomson Reuters Messaging, Networking, Collaboration, Groupware, Enterprise Software, Software, Ted Schadler

Blog posts 2008-12-03

Hospitals may want to upgrade their WiFi

Hospitals may want to upgrade their WiFiGood hospitals are learningWhen my wife was diagnosed with acute leukemia and sent directly to the hospital for 28 days of treatment WiFi couldn't reach her room at the end of the hall. I bought a better antennae for hospital IT to install...

Tags: HEALTHCARE, Wireless LANs, WIRELESS, hospital, Wi-Fi

Discussion threads 2008-12-03

Craving for that next cell phone hit

Craving for that next cell phone hitCraving for that next cell phone hitInteresting point about having to get all the numbers and re-enter them. With a GSM phone I believe you just take the SIM card out and pop it into another phone and keep all your contacts and...

Tags: Telecom & Utilities, cell phone, phone

Discussion threads 2008-12-03

Dimdim offers synchronized co-browsing in web conferencing upgrade

Dimdim has released an upgrade of its open source web conferencing software that features synchronized co-browsing, enhanced performance and greater scalability. The Boston-based company said the 4.5 version of its namesake software allows users to plug-in URLs and share web-based data and videos with other browser users...

Tags: Software, Web, Web Browser, Dimdim, Web Conferencing, Channel Management, Tools & Techniques, Web Browsers, Open Source, Internet, Marketing, Management, Paula Rooney

Blog posts 2008-12-03

RIM warns for the third quarter; Blames Bold, Storm slippage, weak Loonie

Research in Motion said its third quarter sales and earnings will be lower than expected primarily due to "shifts in product launch dates" and a weak economy. In a statement late Tuesday, RIM said that revenue for the third quarter will be $2.75 billion to $2.78 billion....

Tags: Research In Motion Ltd., Quarter, Storm, Sales Strategy, Operational Accounting, Financial Accounting, Sales Force Management, Sales, Finance, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-12-03

Soshiku=a reason for cell phones in school

Soshiku, a website created by 17-year old Andrew Shaper, is a simple and elegant web-based tool for tracking school assignments. Launched this September, I stumbled across it via a note on Twitter and I have to say I'm completely impressed. According to the launch press release, ...

Tags: Phone, Cell Phone, Assignment, Soshiku, Telecom & Utilities, E-mail, Web 2.0, Online Communications, Internet, Christopher Dawson

Blog posts 2008-12-03

Group calls on Washington to establish national Broadband strategy

It's time for the U.S. to step up to the broadband plate. A coalition of companies that includes Google, Cisco, AT&T and Verizon, among others, has sent an open letter PDF, asking President-elect Obama and Congress to make broadband deployment a high priority for 2009, according to a CNET report....

Tags: Strategy, Washington, Network, Broadband, American, Broadband Internet, Network Technology, Telecommunications, Networking, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2008-12-02

Oh, and BTW: 'Intellectually Bankrupt' FCC Chief To Be Around Until Mid-2009

There's little love lost between the nation's largest cable operator, Comcast, and the country's top industry watchdog, Kevin Martin, the chairman of the Federal Communications Commission. FCC Chairman Kevin Martin During his tenure, Martin has pushed repeatedly to usher in...

Tags: FCC, Comcast Corp., Chairman, Federal Government, Government, Tom Steinert-Threlkeld

Blog posts 2008-12-02

2009: Will It Be Better For Cable TV Than 2010 ... or 2011 ... or 2012?

Satellite TV has been gaining subscribers, relentlessly this decade. Particularly DirecTV, which had 3.8 million subscribers at the end of June 1998 and counted 17.2 million, at the end of this June, according to this compilation by the Satellite Broadcasting and Communications Association of America. ...

Tags: Cable Television, Broadcasting, Satellite, Brodsky, TVs, Tv & Home Theater, Cable, Network Technology, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Telecommunications, Networking, Tom Steinert-Threlkeld

Blog posts 2008-12-02

Has technology evolved our language beyond recognition?

Has technology evolved our language beyond recognition?Huh?What does Fry's sexual orientation have to do with anything?RE: Has technology evolved our language beyond recognition?Sorry, this is nothing new. Every new thing, and every new idea is built on things and ideas that came before.If you doubt this consider how many...

Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, Grammer

Discussion threads 2008-12-02

Motorola Krave ZN4 (Verizon Wireless)

Motorola Krave ZN4 Verizon WirelessKrave ZN4 the Ming WannaB?As I read your reviews my attention keeps returning to my 3 year old Motorola Krave ZN4. No...wait a minute...that's my Motorola A12. The venerable and much loved, MING.Where I come from, if it looks like duck, and it sounds like...

Tags: Verizon Wireless, Krave ZN4, Motorola KRAVE ZN4, Motorola Krave, Motorola Inc., Ming

Discussion threads 2008-12-02

UTStarcom XV6800 (Verizon Wireless)

UTStarcom XV6800 Verizon WirelessThe Dark Side of TechnologyThis is a gadget that looks great in a feature matrix. However, it is an unbelievable pain to actually use as a telephone, a stark testament to technology done badly from a user's standpoint.This is a two hands, full attention device to...

Tags: Telecom & Utilities, phone, UTStarcom Inc., Verizon Wireless

Discussion threads 2008-12-02

Nokia's N97: Is this your future netbook?

Nokia on Tuesday rolled out its N97, a high-end smartphone with a 3.5 inch touch display, QWERTY keyboard and social location software to allow people to use Facebook, MySpace and other sites on the go. As I play with--and ponder--the netbook I have and all the tradeoffs...

Tags: Nokia Corp., Smart Phone, Nokia N97, Smart Phones, Cellular Phones, Handhelds, Notebooks, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-12-02