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Report: BlackBerry Tour experiencing 50% return rate
According to analyst Gerard Hallaren of TownHall Investment Research, RIM’s flagship new device, the BlackBerry Tour, is experiencing returns bordering on 50% due to trackball problems. Specifically, Hallaren notes that dirt and gunk tend to get stuck underneath the devices trackball, prompting users to clean the track ball a lot more often than they’d like […]
Continue reading...The iPhone and letting apps run in the background
Wednesday, September 2, 2009
Kicking it ADB, a great blog who we wish would publish more often, directs us to the fact that the third most popular app on Blackberry’s App World is an app called “Aerize Optimizer – Memory booster – cleaner utility”. As you might have guessed, the app helps eliminate memory leaks, improve sluggish performance, and […]
Continue reading...A close look at the upcoming BlackBerry Storm 2 and its Piezo-tech keyboard [Video]
Sunday, August 23, 2009
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Check out this close up look at the upcoming BlackBerry Storm 2 from RIM. RIM has implemented a few slight, yet noticeable, aesthetic changes to the Storm 2, and notably, the device will be available on both CDMA and GSM carriers and will include wi-fi connectivity as well. More importantly, the Storm 2 will apparently […]
Continue reading...RIM to release Mac desktop client for Blackberry devices
Tuesday, July 21, 2009
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In what should come as welcome news for all Mac users currently using BlackBerry devices, RIM announced today that they were finally coming out with a desktop app for the Mac that will allow users to mange the content of their BlackBerrys with ease. According to The Official BlackBerry Blog, the app will be available […]
Continue reading...With only 1% share of worldwide cellphone market, Apple accounts for 20% of profits
Monday, July 20, 2009
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Say what you will about Apple, but one thing’s for sure, they sure know how to make money. In a recent report on the cellphone industry, Deutsche Bank analyst Brian Modoff found that even though Apple’s worldwide share of the cellphone market only comes in at 1%, it accounts for 20% of the industry’s profits. […]
Continue reading...What phones are people scrapping for the iPhone?
Saturday, July 18, 2009
With iPhone market share continuing to increase, where exactly are all these new iPhone owners coming from? Well, according to Nielsen’s Q2 2009 Mobile Insights Survey, about 29% of new iPhone owners were previously Motorola owners, presumably leaving their RAZR and Q devices behind, and about 9% of BlackBerry owners ditched their trackball laden devices […]
Continue reading...RIM doubles number of available apps to 2,000, and why Apple shouldn’t be worried
Monday, July 6, 2009
RIM has doubled the number of applications on App World with the library of available titles now coming in at 2,000. At the same time, access to RIM’s App World will soon be expanding to include users from Italy, France, Germany and Spain. In the coming months, access will also extend to include users in […]
Continue reading...Does RIM have what it takes to compete with the iPhone?
Tuesday, June 30, 2009
Boy Genius Report has an in-depth and worthwhile article detailing the challenges RIM faces in light of their many past successes. Specifically, BGR seems to imply that with mobile devices becoming more software-centric, RIM has curiously rested on its laurels while Apple has maneuvered to take over the space with seemingly no competition from the […]
Continue reading...iPhone share of US Smartphone traffic continues to increase, reaches 69%
Thursday, June 25, 2009
New data released by AdMob shows that the number of people using an iPhone connect to the internet continues to grow at an impressive rate, with 69% of all smartphone traffic in the US coming from iPhone users AdMob, which runs an ad network for mobile websites, compiled the following data for May 2008.
Continue reading...Rumor: Palm working on lower priced phone to challenge $99 iPhone
Thursday, June 11, 2009
Analyst Ashok Kumar believes that Palm is already hard at work on Pixie, a lower priced follow up to the recently released Palm Pre. The Street reports: The new phone is expected to be a candybar-shaped touchscreen device that would sell for $99, and it’s aimed directly at the cheaper Apple iPhone. Palm is working […]
Continue reading...RIM co-CEO on the iPhone and how RIM differs from Apple
Friday, May 8, 2009
RIM co-CEO Jim Balsillie on the iPhone: The iPhone did great benefit to the market; it really helped having this validation that you should listen to music on your cellphone. We’ve seen a whole market develop. I could never have marketed and created that – Apple validated it and that was a huge advantage. Look how […]
Continue reading...RIM has eyes set on next-gen BlackBerry Storm model
Monday, May 4, 2009
Citing strong sales, RIM co-CEO Jim Balsillie told Reuters earlier today that RIM is already planning a follow up to the BlackBerry Storm. While BlackBerry’s in general are extremely popular among corporate users who email like crazy, RIM views the touchscreen and button-less Storm as a more consumer friendly version of its other QWERTY keyboard […]
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Thursday, September 17, 2009
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