By now you’ve probably heard of the purported deal between BlackBerry and the Saudi Arabia government requiring a method to access messages traveling through the BlackBerry network in that country. Details of the deal are still sketchy, but it seems to be enough to keep the government ban on BlackBerry services from happening. While many [...]
The coming of new smartphones is riding the heat of the summer sun. Craig, Bill and I are all together on this another episode of Mobile Computing Authority podcast. Aside from the nice discussion of cruising, we’re doing our usual take on the new iPhone 4 and it’s iOS 4.0. We’ve also talked about the [...]
I just said on this latest podcast that over the next year or so I think we will be seeing a lot of tablets coming from nearly every device manufacturer. The news recently is surely supporting that statement, although I’m sure that there will be many more to come as well. First we’ve had rumors [...]
“Think Different” – the ad campaign that Apple launched 13 years ago. It was probably the single most important ad campaign for a company that started in a garage and became one of the most successful tech industry players. It was a phenomenal story of rags to riches, of nerds to coolmeisters and of [...]
Many of us forget that a smartphone is a powerful computer in a small package. And we always assume that the device is very easy to use yet found ourselves spending time trying to figure out where the location of an application is or where to change a setting. This is true for any smartphone [...]
My wife sent me a link to this product that will help you save your smartphone after getting wet. It’s called the Wet Cellular Phone Emergency Kit. I can’t believe such a product exists. Suddenly, I’m reminded that I promised myself to blog about our wet smartphone incident(s). Okay, I’m not making this up. What [...]
In Wall Street, perception is reality and while the attendees of the Wireless Enterprise Symposium (WES) are partying tonight at Orlando, Florida, the pundits are taking shots or at least giving their opinions of RIM and the BlackBerry. WES is an annual event that brings together RIM’s partners, wireless carriers, developers and many of RIM’s [...]
The last thing a Smartphone company want to do is to have a press release on the week of a major product release of Apple. Almost everyone in the tech community is focus on giving their accolades, reviews, comments or simply kibitzing on the iPad. Anything outside of the iPad are simply muted and lost [...]
Research In Motion, the maker of BlackBerry on Wednesday posted a fourth quarter revenue of $4.08 billion, an increase of 18%. But the market is not digging it. Revenues missed consensus estimate which is $4.31 billion. RIM stock is down on the aftermarket trading and Goldman Sachs cut the rating from “neutral” to “sell” on [...]
Almost everyone that owns a BlackBerry knows the Viigo app. It’s a very well-organized RSS reader, which is a must-have for a BlackBerry user. The app is customizable with quick and easy navigation. It allows you to pull news, quotes, weather reports, blogs, and even podcasts. Bill and I, together with the podcast crew of [...]