
One of the major shortcomings of Research In Motion’s (RIM) BlackBerry mobile OS is that it requires a user to store any and all “active,” or installed, third-party applications within a small section of their BlackBerry device’s internal storage memory: the application memory.
February 28, 2010 | Posted in
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I’m pleased that Amazon is rolling the Kindle ebook reader onto all available platforms, but I’m not sure all platforms are right for it. On the native platform, the Kindle 2 eReader, the marriage is a perfect one. The 6-inch e-ink screen is approximately the size of a paperback and you feel like you get [...]
February 19, 2010 | Posted in
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BlackBerry users have been waiting patiently for years, really, for Skype to release a version of its VoIP client for BlackBerry smartphones. If that’s you, you’re in luck. On Tuesday, Skype announced at the Mobile World Congress a partnership with Verizon that will bring a 3G-capable Skype app to Verizon smartphones. That includes several BlackBerrys, [...]
February 17, 2010 | Posted in
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RALEIGH, N.C. — The Canadian company that makes the BlackBerry mobile phone plans to open a North Carolina research-and-development hub.
January 6, 2010 | Posted in
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Reports have been surfacing all morning that the Blackberry BIS service is having some major issues, effecting various users across the United States. The issue is leading to email and other message sending and receiving problems.
December 17, 2009 | Posted in
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Rogers says some BlackBerry customers have been without email service since 3:15 a.m. Thursday across North and South America because of a technical problem.
Research in Motion Inc., which makes the handheld devices, is the source of the problem, Rogers spokesperson Odette Coleman told the Star. “We are pressuring RIM to solve ASAP.”
Coleman said at [...]
December 17, 2009 | Posted in
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(11-20) 08:35 PST — Here we go again; another Research In Motion (RIM) prototype device exposed on the Internetloooong before the BlackBerry-maker intended. This time around it’s the upcoming BlackBerry Pearl 9100, or, as it was codenamed, the BlackBerry Striker/Stratus.
November 23, 2009 | Posted in
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Sales of Apple’s iPhone have helped to make the US technology company more profitable than Nokia, the world’s biggest handset maker, according to a report.
November 12, 2009 | Posted in
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So you’ve put off that purchase of a Blackberry, right? You’ve been waiting for a deal. Well, don’t wait any longer than next week. That’s when Walmart shoppers will be given a $100 gift card if they purchase nearly any BlackBerry phone on a 2-year contract from AT&T, Sprint, T-Mobile or Verizon Wireless.
November 11, 2009 | Posted in
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At Research in Motion’s BlackBerry Developer Conference Monday, the company made a slew of announcements that aim to boost the platform’s appeal to developers. But more APIs, a better advertisement service and new Adobe and Eclipse toolsets don’t seem too exciting to the average consumer. Fear not, faithful BlackBerry user–there are some enhancements that will [...]
November 10, 2009 | Posted in
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