image courtesy of BlackBerry Smartphones Week If you live in North America or the UK, and if you have a BlackBerry, you have no doubt heard about the new BlackBerry Music service that we mentioned earlier this week. $5 per month gets you 50 songs that you can share with your friends … but only if [...]
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Music Diary Notes: RIM’s BBM Music Poses the Question: Perhaps Late is NOT Better than Never?
Imagine if back in 2006 someone told you that RIM was offering a music plan for the Blackberry that would allow you to get 50 songs per month, share them with all of your friends who also have a Blackberry, unlimited and on-demand. And that it would have cost $5 a month! You would likely [...]
RIM’s New BlackBerry Curve 9350, 9360 and 9370 Smartphones: Everything You Need?
RIM has just announced three new BlackBerry Curve smartphones: the BlackBerry Curve 9350, the BlackBerry Curve 9360 and the BlackBerry Curve 9370. Those of you who love BlackBerry and have been chomping at the bit for a Curve upgrade will be glad to see features which include: Slim, sleek design GPS and Wi-Fi support MP camera [...]
Let’s Make a Deal: Telenav Survey Shows Our Smartphones Aren’t in Play
I hate being predictable. I hate being statistic. But Telenav’s new survey basically suggests that I, and I suspect many of you, fall right in line with the data when it comes to out smartphone dependence (read: addiction). The question asked in the survey was, “How willing are you to give up… your smartphone, [...]
“The iPod touch Effect”, or Why RIM Could Have Been a Contender… but Isn’t: Part 2
Last week I wrote a post entitled “The iPod touch Effect”, or Why RIM Could Have Been a Contender… but Isn’t. In it I argued that even it Apple does not currently own the market they are positioned well for the long-term thanks to a little device known as the iPod touch. The Touch, I [...]
“The iPod touch Effect”, or Why RIM Could Have Been a Contender… but Isn’t
Yesterday a post on Cult of Mac related some bad news for the Canadian-based RIM. They noted, “Realizing its failure, the handset maker is ready to surrender to Apple in the consumer ring, and focus on its business roots… an arena which iPhone is also increasingly dominating.” Their comment was, in part, based on a [...]
Adobe brings Flash, AIR and More to the Blackberry Playbook
As much as I love my iPad — and I definitely do — I’m always glad to see other folks starting to compete in the tablet market space. Samsung got there reasonably quickly with their Tab of course, and RIM has entered the field with their new Blackberry Playbook (which Dan got a look at [...]
BlackBerry World 2011: Is RIM Knocking It Out of the Park or Lobbing Soft Balls?
[image via Yahoo News] This week’s BlackBerry World Conference is meant to show off the latest and greatest BlackBerry products and software offerings — as well as give a sneak peek into what RIM, the makers of the popular BlackBerry smartphones and PlayBook tablet — have planned. Unlike many prior years (where the [...]
RIM Announces Multi-Platform Enterprise Mobile Support and some Bold New Phones
Image courtesy of Blackberry Recently at Blackberry World Conference 2011, RIM made some announcements on a few new devices, apps, OS 7, and most notably the new Multi Platform Blackberry Enterprise Server. Blackberry has been under some pressure in the past few years, mainly because they are losing market share daily to both mobile hardware and [...]
RIM Pulls an Oprah, Gives All BlackBerry World Attendees a Brand New PlayBook Tablet
While attendees were Tweeting, BBM’ing and trying not to nod off during Mike Lazaridis’s keynote address during this year’s BlackBerry World Conference, a jolt of enthusiasm swept through the crowd as RIM announced every attendee would receive a complimentary 16GB BlackBerry PlayBook tablet. Suh-Weet! Gauging the rabid excitement of the crowd, the news was [...]
GD Quickie: Breaking News? Who Needs a Tele-promptor When You’ve Got…
I was watching TV at 10:30 pm last night when the first reports came that President Obama would be making a special announcement. “Uh Oh,” I thought, “This is either really good news or really, really bad.” I was anxious to see which it was but then I waited… And waited and waited. It took [...]
Video Chat And Facebook Apps Coming to RIM Playbook Tomorrow
Image Via MobileCrunch I’ve had a BlackBerry Playbook for a couple of weeks now. I really like the device but have to concur with the many reports that it is, sadly, unfinished. The hardware is great. The OS is smooth. The cameras take FANTASTIC pictures and video. And I can actually use it to write a [...]
Case-Mate Has the BlackBerry Playbook Covered with Great New Cases
I’ve been playing around with the BlackBerry Playbook and, overall, I’m impressed. I say “overall” because I love the hardware but am increasingly frustrated by the lack of apps. (More on that in an upcoming post.) Since I DO love the hardware I’m more than a bit interested in some of the various ways to [...]
A Lifesaver in Barcelona, the Tru Enabled BlackBerry Bold 9700
I wanted to put in a quick mention for Tru, the service that offered to send me an international BlackBerry Bold 9700 to use for Mobile Congress Week along with their Tru SIM. The ultimate goal is that we’ll compare what I would have spent on the same amount of Tru usage versus AT&T’s best [...]
Gear Deal: T-Mobile Makes it Easy to Score on Valentine’s Day with Free Smartphones
Image courtesy of T-Mobile Sometimes the best things in life really are free. T-Mobile has a promotion running on February 11th and 12th that is one of the best I’ve seen yet from a mobile provider. Sign up for a 2 year agreement, or add a line, and get ANY smartphone in the T-Mobile lineup [...]
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