3G Phones Exposing Networks’ Last-Gen Technology
SAN FRANCISCO — Oh, the things modern mobile phones can do. They are music-playing, video-taking, direction-providing multimedia powerhouses. But many people have trouble getting them to perform their most basic functions, like making phone calls.
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Apple’s iPhone 3Gs on display last July in Salt Lake City. “The iPhone and [...]
BlackBerry takes on Apple with its new application shopfront
BlackBerry’s mission is to expand by expanding to a consumer base on top of its core business clients. That means taking on Apple to battle for a bigger chunk of the consumer smartphone market, which in turns means its own answer to Apple’s App Store.
The answer is BlackBerry App World, [...]
Blackberry App Store Sets Recession-Defying Prices
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Research In Motion (RIM) Wednesday announced its application store for BlackBerry devices, now called as App World. The service, previously known as App Center, will offer BlackBerry owners an easier way to buy and install new applications on their phones, similar to Apple’s popular App Store for [...]
T-Mobile Launches First BlackBerry Flip Phone
T-Mobile USA, and Research In Motion (RIM) have announced the BlackBerry Pearl Flip 8220 smartphone—claimed to be the first BlackBerry flip phone—is now available in the U.S., exclusively from T-Mobile. Keeping [...]
BlackBerry Tour 9630 Coming to Verizon and Sprint
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Rumors have been swirling around the blogosphere for months, but now it’s official: The latest RIM BlackBerry device, the Tour 9630, is headed to Verizon and Sprint as well as Bell and TELUS in Canada this summer. And from what I’ve seen from pictures and specs, this might [...]
Iphone Vs. Blackberry: Consumers Speak Out
In ChangeWave’s recent Smart Phone report, the results showed a rapidly evolving two-horse race between Research In Motion’s (RIMM) BlackBerry and the Apple (AAPL) iPhone – with second tier companies like Palm (PALM) and a host of others being shoved to the sidelines.
To follow-up, this report takes a closer look at the [...]