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RIM reveals BlackBerry roadmap

News The days of the BlackBerry as purely a big business enterprise device are numbered as RIM targets its smart phones at all sizes of business - from the biggest fish to the tiniest tiddlers running a business from a single home PC. [14 May 2008]

RIM quiet on touchscreen BlackBerry rumours

News The new BlackBerry Bold may have been touted as an 'iPhone killer' despite its use of the familiar Qwerty keyboard but manufacturer RIM is refusing to be drawn on rumours that a touchscreen BlackBerry is in the offing. [14 May 2008]

Aviva signs £300m comms deal

News Two new services from the deal will be managed BlackBerry services and speech recognition. The world's fifth largest insurance group, Aviva has signed a six-year contract with Cable & Wireless Europe, Asia & US worth £300m. [13 May 2008]

Channel:
Financial Services
Tags:
voip, c&w, aviva

BlackBerry goes Bold with super-3G

News RIM has launched the first of its BlackBerry smart phones to include high-speed HSDPA connectivity. Unveiled on Monday, the BlackBerry Bold - also known as the BlackBerry 9000 - includes not only tri-band HSDPA but also integrated GPS and 802.11a/b... [13 May 2008]

Brits want ASBOs for rude mobile users

News Check out silicon.com's latest mobile photo stories here… Photos: Behind the scenes at Mobile World Congress 2008 Photos: Bling up your BlackBerry Photos: When art meets tech - Nokia phone Morphs into view... [09 May 2008]

SAP apps to show up on BlackBerrys

News SAP and RIM have announced a "co-innovation" partnership which will see all the enterprise-software company's applications made natively available on the BlackBerry smart phone. The companies announced last week that the first of SAP's software to... [06 May 2008]

Channel:
PDAs
Tags:
blackberry, rim, sap

O2 woos SMEs with broadband deal

Channel:
Broadband & ISPs
Tags:
broadband, smes, o2

Facebook top of Vodafone's mobile web

News Last month, BlackBerry-maker RIM announced more than a million downloads of a Facebook app for its smart phone in the five months since launch. The social networking craze is helping to drive mobile broadband, says Vodafone UK. [01 May 2008]

Channel:
Mobile & Wireless
Tags:
mobile internet, social networking, vodafone, facebook

iPhone vs BlackBerry: What the users love...

News The BlackBerry and the iPhone must be two of the most talked about devices in the history of mobile. Unsurprisingly - considering popular anecdotes of so-called 'CrackBerry' users checking email at inappropriate moments - the runaway winner for the... [30 Apr 2008]

Channel:
PDAs
Tags:
smart phone, blackberry, iphone

Skype trialled on Java mobiles

Mobiles to come under attack from 'bad guys'

News Wielding both an iPhone and BlackBerry, Schmidt said the sheer ubiquity of mobile devices and their greater connectivity to the internet means they are the next logical focus area. Speaking to silicon.com at Infosec 2008 in London, former advisor... [24 Apr 2008]

silicon.com Classics: The best of Google Earth

News Photos: iPod and BlackBerry lost property mountain The latest in our weekly look back through some of the classic stories in the silicon.com archive from the last decade is a photo tour of the best of Google Earth - from burning oil fields, to... [22 Apr 2008]

Channel:
WebWatch
Tags:
google earth

O2 to launch mobile broadband offering

silicon.com Classics: A London pub crawl… with wi-fi on the side

News Photos: iPod and BlackBerry lost property mountain So you're out and about, need to get online but Starbucks is too busy. Why not try the more relaxing surroundings of a nearby pub - especially now they're all smoke-free? [09 Apr 2008]