March 15th 2010
When it comes to apps, the iPhone platform is now bigger than the Facebook platform, according to a report by Flurry, a San Francisco-based mobile analytics company. The company says that today Apple’s iTunes app store has over 140,000 applications in comparison to 60,000 apps available on the Facebook platform.
“Since the App Store launched in [...]
March 14th 2010
You just don’t see Apple’s iPhone being used as an enterprise phone by many companies, although some Fortune 500 companies have started bowing to internal pressure and deploying them as company phones along with the venerable BlackBerry. Despite this, studies show that the iPhone is still mostly used by people in the comfort of their [...]
March 13th 2010
Tags: Artistic Liberties, Blackberry, Flat Screen Tv, Lego, Nathan Sawaya
March 3rd 2010
If you use Verizon Wireless then don’t expect to be accessing your e-mail this morning. Although unconfirmed by VW themselves, there are many reports coming in that the data network is down nationwide.
The Crackberry forums has a growing thread of BlackBerry users complaining about a lack of connection beginning at 8:17am EST with a post [...]
March 2nd 2010
Tags: Blackberry, Rim, Slider
February 24th 2010
At this point, the shapes and form of most cell phones are a thoroughly predictable affair. You can practically delineate them into separate species of phone. You’ve got your standard multitouch smartphone affair, your slider phone, your Blackberry, your candy bar, your flip phone… and that’s pretty much it.
So as ultimately worthless and behind-the-times a [...]
February 23rd 2010
It’s Tuesday and that can only mean it’s time for our weekly feature, the BlackBerry Buzz. Rumors have surfaced that a major telco, most likely Verizon, is canceling orders for the Storm in preparation of dropping the phone from its lineup. The Storm has not been without its detractors, but if this holds true it [...]
February 23rd 2010
Gartner today reported its worldwide smartphone share findings and it’s more of the same for those watching the numbers. For months we’ve seen smartphone stalwart platforms like Symbian and Windows Mobile lose out to the relative upstarts. Research In Motion’s BlackBerry, Apple’s iPhone and Google’s Android operating systems all gained ground. Palm’s rejuvenation with webOS [...]
February 23rd 2010
As much as I love Pandora for mobile music streaming, I’ve become more enamored with Slacker over time. Today, Slacker added what was promised at last month’s Consumer Electronics Show — music caching that enables offline playback. BlackBerry handsets already offered music caching, but it wasn’t a wireless function. As of today, with the latest version of Slacker, [...]
February 23rd 2010
The iPhone 3G may be the most popular phone in the US, but Gartner’s annual phone sales tally still puts Symbian as being the most-used smartphone OS worldwide. Snapping at its heels, BlackBerry’s OS…
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Tags: 3g, Blackberry, Gartner, Heels, Iphone, Nokia, Phone Sales, Symbian
February 19th 2010
Many people think Amazon is content to have consumers just read books on their Kindle e-book reader. That belief would be an oversimplification of Amazon’s strategy. Sure, Amazon would love for the Kindle to be a consumer’s primary choice for reading, but the online retailer acknowledges that people don’t take their Kindles with them everywhere. [...]
February 18th 2010
Apple and BlackBerry maker Research In Motion (RIM) are receiving some competition from an unlikely source. Believe or not it’s Kodak. Now I don’t mean Kodak plans to come out with their own smartphone. Instead, Kodak is applying some marketing pressure to the two companies over a patent it owns related to image previewing. The [...]
February 18th 2010
The e-book reader segment is as hot as firecrackers right now, but it’s important not to overlook smartphones as capable readers. Amazon knew that would be the case early on, with the release of the Kindle for iPhone shortly after the debut of the Kindle reader. Selling content for multiple platforms can only be a [...]
February 18th 2010
It was threatened, and thus now available. Hit up the BlackBerry App World to download the free Kindle app now—but only if you live in the US. And are happy paying up to a tenner to read a book…
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Tags: Apps, Blackberry, Download Free, Tenner
February 17th 2010
Back in August of last year we reported that the BlackBerry maker Research In Motion (RIM) acquired Torch Mobile, a WebKit solutions company for mobile and embedded devices. Torch Mobile’s flagship product was the Iris Browser leading many BlackBerry users to believe a significant upgrade to the BlackBerry browser was imminent. Time marched on with [...]
February 16th 2010
AT&T might be hesitant to allow Skype calls over 3G on the iPhone, but Verizon Wireless is making a statement about its network — today, the carrier announced Skype voice support over 3G on various handsets. The BlackBerry Storm 9530, Storm2 9550, Curve 8330, Curve 8530, 8830 World Edition and Tour 9630 smartphones are all supported [...]
February 16th 2010
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Tags: Blackberry, Browser, Webkit
February 16th 2010
Even as Windows Phone has emerged from the Dark Ages, there’s still a gaping chasm between BlackBerry and consumers, which RIM CEO Mike Lazaridis couldn’t make more clear as he warns that people need…
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Tags: Amp, Blackberry, Ceo, Chasm, Consumers, Dark Ages, Mike Lazaridis, Windows Phone
February 15th 2010
I was one of the lucky ones who got an invite to check out the Twitter for BlackBerry beta by Research In Motion (RIM). I have to say off the top that I’m really impressed with this client. It’s GUI is very reminiscent of the Facebook for BlackBerry client. Key functions within the client are [...]
February 11th 2010
Anthony Holtvogt was careless enough to accidentally fire his gun in a restaurant, but thankfully his girlfriend must’ve bought her BlackBerry from Superman. It’s the only explanation I’ve got for…
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Tags: Blackberry, Girlfriend, Relationship, Superman