Posts Tagged ‘Blackberry’

Posted on August 24, 2009 - by admin

New BlackBerry Storm 2 videos, Piezo technology included

It’s not the first time we see the BlackBerry Storm 2 on video, but that doesn’t mean it’s not interesting seeing it again. Especially since the first video is no longer available, and the two new ones bring precious details about RIM’s second-generation Storm.

raed the full story and view the video at Unwiredreview

Posted on August 20, 2009 - by admin

Blackberry ‘fastest-growing firm’

The maker of the Blackberry mobile phone, Research in Motion (RIM), is the world’s fastest-growing company, according to business magazine Fortune.

Canada-based RIM has come top of the magazine’s latest annual guide to the 100 fastest-growing businesses.

Raed the full story at BBC News

Posted on August 17, 2009 - by admin

Top smartphones for newbies

If you’re looking to get organised digitally for the first time, and are a little bamboozled by what’s out there, we’ve corralled together the best smartphones for first timers.

Read the full story at Cnet

Posted on June 17, 2009 - by admin

The latest BlackBerry goes on ‘Tour’ this summer

Straight and to the point, the BlackBerry Tour doesn’t stray from RIM’s already successful design.

Both Sprint and Verizon will be getting Research in Motion’s new BlackBerry Tour 9630 later this summer. Both “America’s most dependable 3G network” and “America’s best 3G network” will make the device available for $199.99 with a two-year contract and related rebates.

Read the full story at Betanews

Posted on June 17, 2009 - by admin

‘Computer, on screen!’: A look at Google’s voice recognition engine

Google is bringing voice command to our handheld devices, but it has a long way to go before it responds like the Starship Enterprise.

Google’s voice recognition technology took to the mobile sector with voice-powered search applications for iPhone, Android and BlackBerry. Naturally, Google’s own mobile operating system Android has begun to reap special benefits of the powerful technology with some new voice-enabled features.

Read the full story at Betanews

Posted on May 23, 2009 - by admin

Google releases new S60 beta of Sync for Mobile

Last February, Google unveiled the preliminary beta of Google Sync for Mobile, which synchronizes contacts and calendar data between the user’s Google account and his iPhone, BlackBerry, Nokia Standard, S60, Sony Ericsson, or Windows Mobile device.

Read the full story at Betanews

Posted on May 12, 2009 - by admin

The Cellphone Industry’s Field of Dreams

If you build a mobile app store, cellphone customers will come.

At least, that’s the latest mantra of the mobile phone industry. As we’ve noted before, Apple’s wildfire success with the App Store for the iPhone and iPod Touch is fueling fierce competition among the makers of other handset devices, which are all eager to create worthy rivals to Apple’s mobile storefront.

As Microsoft and Nokia prepare the grand openings of their mobile application stores later this year, each company is trying various approaches to entice consumers.

Read the full story at New York Times

Posted on May 6, 2009 - by admin

Nokia E75 mobile phone – Nokia takes on BlackBerry for mobile email supremacy

Nokia Australia today launched its latest addition to the Nokia Eseries range, the Nokia E75, and showcased its consumer and corporate email solutions at a media event in Sydney.

Read the full story at the GadgetGuy

Posted on May 5, 2009 - by admin

HP and RIM announce new allied services

We may have heard from them before, but not like this.

The mobile enterprise sector has got its newest supergroup. Today, HP and BlackBerry maker Research in Motion announced their alliance and that their first collaborative efforts are ready to be shown to the public: HP CloudPrint for BlackBerry Smartphones, and HP Operations Manager for BlackBerry Enterprise Server.

CloudPrint is a product of HP Labs, which, in short, is a cloud-based print server. It allows Internet-connected mobile devices to print e-mail attachments, Web pages, photos, and documents, and has been in various stages of development since 2007. Through its partnership with RIM, HP will make the service available to BlackBerry Internet Service subscribers and BlackBerry Enterprise Server customers.

Read the full story at Betanews

Posted on May 5, 2009 - by admin

BlackBerry Curve outsells iPhone 3G: Is it the best RIM series yet?

NPD ranks it as this year’s top selling smartphone, and it’s branching out.

NPD’s smartphone market research ranked Research in Motion’s BlackBerry Curve (8300 series) as the best-selling smartphone for the first quarter of 2009. The device outsold Apple’s iPhone 3G, thanks in part to its equal availability on all four major United States carriers and aggressive promotion from the Canadian smartphone company.

RIM has also been careful to offer exclusive devices to each carrier, such as the Verizon-exclusive BlackBerry Storm, which was also the third place best seller in the first quarter of the year, according to NPD. T-Mobile’s exclusive BlackBerry, the Curve 8900, will be showing up on AT&T over the summer, the phone company said this weekend.

Read the full story at Betanews