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RIM co-CEO: Qwerty is the next big thing

Comment BlackBerry-maker RIM has been very busy this week hosting the Wireless Enterprise Symposium in Orlando, Florida. One of the announcements causing the biggest stir was the BlackBerry Bold - touted by some as the device to rival the iPhone.

Tags: mike lazaridis, touchscreen, blackberry, rim

[16 May 2008]

The Weekly Round-Up: 02.05.08

Round-Up With so many manufacturers jostling for attention, wouldn't it be handy to read a report from the users of the two most popular smart phones - the BlackBerry and the iPhone? The BlackBerry has long ruled the roost when it comes to receiving...

Tags: iplayer, iphone, blackberry, vista

[02 May 2008]

Dear silicon.com... XP lives, the femtocell 'truth', BlackBerry bashing…

Comment Windows XP was getting a lot of attention this week, with silicon.com readers undecided whether the OS should live on or not… And data losses never seem far from the reader comments page, with this week being no exception… Another item on the...

Tags: iphone, blackberry, femtocell, vista

[01 May 2008]

Editor's Blog: Time for 'listed' computers?

Comment Alternatively, find out what BlackBerry's top exec in Europe thinks of the iPhone. It's some old news that has me fascinated this week. Really old news. Ancient even.silicon.com has been to visit Bletchley Park, home of the World War II...

Tags: colossus, soe, bletchley, history

[20 Mar 2008]

Dear silicon.com... NHS 'savings', e-crime coppers, skills crisis?...

Comment Editor's choice silicon.com editor Steve Ranger flags up his picks on the site this week.¦ Video: The Colossus WWII codebreaking machine ¦ How to detect data leaks ¦ Photos: The Colossus WWII codebreaking machine ¦ Photos: US...

Tags: vista, skills, nhs, e-crime

[20 Mar 2008]

BlackBerry exec on women in tech, iPhones, Facebook - and finding the off switch

Comment I think BlackBerry is that kind of thing too - a breakthrough technology. She joined the BlackBerry-maker back in 2002, after holding several senior executive roles at Lucent Technologies. At RIM, Eggberry is involved with a company initiative to...

Tags: women, rim, blackberry, population

[18 Mar 2008]

Get mobile addicts out of the BlackBerry jam

Comment Many an executive has assessed IT departmental efficiency based on whether or not they are receiving emails on their BlackBerry. Many complain about not being able to switch it off and there is the expectation from others that BlackBerry owners are...

Tags: blackberry, pdas, email, mobile

[21 Feb 2008]

Mobile World Congress 2008 Diary - Wednesday

Comment RIM's Balsillie gets to the point: "My partner and I Mike Lazaridis have been doing the BlackBerry thing for 16 years," he begins, establishing his credentials before moving off to talk about Facebook.

Tags: mobile, google, iphone, blackberry

[14 Feb 2008]

Dear silicon.com... in defence of Leopard, trash talk, iWant iPhone, lost data...

Comment Editor's choice silicon.com news editor Steve Ranger flags up his picks on the site this week.¦ RIM makes sweet plans for BlackBerry future ¦ The greening of IT: Do it yourself ¦ Somerfield gets serious about wireless security ...

Tags: iphone, leopard, lost data, apple

[08 Nov 2007]

The Weekly Round-Up: 07.09.07

Round-Up The tech world has been rife with speculation that the company is about to make a bid for BlackBerry-maker RIM in recent weeks. There was a deafening cheer from Microsoft's marketing legions this week as the news broke that the Zune now stands a...

Tags: weekly round-up, round-up

[07 Sep 2007]

The Weekly Round-Up: 20.07.07

Round-Up Meanwhile, one of the most beloved devices for travelling execs and remote workers - the precious, precious BlackBerry - is seen as a great tool for getting the job done remotely (take that Dave! Grab a Blackberry and head for an overseas conference.

Tags: weekly round-up, round-up

[20 Jul 2007]

Editor's Blog: Define this

Comment RIM a few weeks back launched its latest BlackBerry. It also does multimedia, such as music, photos and video, which isn't what you'd normally associate with a BlackBerry. Definitions are everything in technology.

Tags: mobile tv, rim, blackberry

[23 May 2007]

Leader: In or out of house?

Leader This week numerous news sources covered the outages to RIM's BlackBerry services, mainly affecting users in North America and some parts of Asia. A few UK users were hit too but only those with email routed through those regions.silicon.com was...

Tags: blackberry

[19 Apr 2007]

Editor's Blog: Confusing communications?

Comment We planned to write about BlackBerry services going down, mainly for those in North America. Years ago, when I used to call someone for the first time from silicon.com and had to explain what we do, I described the publication as one that deals...

Tags: blackberry, mobiles on planes, business travel

[18 Apr 2007]

Upwardly Mobile: What we can learn from the death of T-One

Comment One area to consider could be an FMC service BlackBerry style. Just as a wave of new converged fixed-mobile services are being announced in the UK, Germany's biggest telco has killed off its own FMC product.

Tags: fmc, upwardly mobile, bt fusion, deutsche telekom

[27 Mar 2007]

The Weekly Round-Up: 09.03.07

Round-Up Is this BlackBerry addiction becoming a case of the tail wagging the dog? Of course too many of us are indeed beholden to our various gadgets, be it a BlackBerry (you may call it a CrackBerry, if you're so inclined) or a mobile phone.

Tags: weekly round-up, round-up

[09 Mar 2007]

Mobile workforces - how to keep them productive

Comment For example the flow of many meetings in larger companies can become quite disrupted by the number of people constantly checking incoming emails on their mobile phone or BlackBerry - or those using a laptop ostensibly to take notes but actually...

Tags: mobile security, mobile working, productivity, quocirca

[19 Feb 2007]

3GSM Diary, day 4: Mobile's future killer apps?

Comment RIM's co-CEO Jim Balsillie today refuted charges that the advent of the BlackBerry has ruined business meetings by driving users to check and reply to email constantly. Japan is the cradle of mobile advancement and Japanese operator NTT DoCoMo is...

Tags: 3gsm

[15 Feb 2007]

Editor's Blog: Covering 3GSM, virtually

Comment OK, it was RIM, of BlackBerry fame. So far I've heard that RIM's BlackBerry 8800 is a "sleek new smart phone", one that employs the trackball used in the more consumer-focused Pearl. For several years I have been covering the big 3GSM mobile show...

Tags: 3gsm, blackberry, nokia, orange

[13 Feb 2007]

Unwired: Welcome to our LAN

Comment Knowledge workers are highly mobile and are supported by technology (wi-fi, VoIP, Bluetooth) and toys (laptop, BlackBerry, mobile phone). With the number of on-the-go knowledge workers on the rise, it's only natural organisations are changing the...

Tags: wi-fi, wlan

[15 Jan 2007]

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