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BlackBerry maker not fazed by newbies

News But RIM will continue to learn lessons from the consumer space, with the Apple iPhone giving the BlackBerry makers food for thought according to Balsillie, who said: "Apple has made it clear that music is an appliance [and] that is a direction we...

Tags: blackberry, gphone, iphone, rim

[01 Nov 2007]

Apple's iPhone opens its arms to business

News But now these business users will be able to get their work email on an iPhone just as easily as they can on a BlackBerry. For the most part, RIM's BlackBerry email service has been a huge success. Apple has finally granted the wish of business...

Tags: iphone, rim, email, blackberry

[07 Mar 2008]

iPhone vs BlackBerry: What the users love...

News While the BlackBerry has traditionally focused on the enterprise market and the iPhone was initially marketed as a consumer device - analyst Gartner recently dubbed the latter 'ready for business', following moves by Apple to license Microsoft's...

Tags: smart phone, blackberry, iphone

[30 Apr 2008]

RIM doubles quarter profits

News BlackBerry maker RIM has reported good fourth-quarter profits yesterday after the close of the stock market. Many of those phones were sold to new customers, as RIM added 2.8 million subscribers to the BlackBerry service during the quarter.

Tags: iphone, facebook, blackberry, rim

[03 Apr 2008]

Quocirca's Straight Talking: Keep it simple, stupid

Quocirca's Straight Talking: Keep it simple, stupid

Comment For examples look no further than Apple's iPod and RIM's BlackBerry. The BlackBerry is a general purpose device that delivers email on the move and offers additional features such as voice calling and scheduling.

Tags: rim blackberry, mobile phone, ipod, vodafone

[20 May 2005]

Microsoft mobile - king of open world?

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: Bling up your BlackBerry  Photos: When art...

Tags: mobile, linux, iphone, microsoft

[20 Mar 2008]

iPhone launch frenzy ramping up

News He said the AT&T Times Square store received 20 devices for the recent launch of RIM's Blackberry Curve. The store quickly sold out of those phones and received another shipment of about 100 Blackberry Curves the following day.

Tags: apple, iphone

[07 Jun 2007]

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]

How IT Should Compare Mobile Platforms

whitepaper There are four mobile operating systems to choose from: Microsoft Windows Mobile, Research in Motion BlackBerry OS, PalmOS, and Symbian; the impact of Apple's OS X on the iPhone is yet to be seen. When deploying mobile technology, think beyond the...

Tags: palm os

[09 Apr 2008]

Will Apple's iPhone drive citywide wi-fi?

News Bill Gurley, a general partner at the venture capital firm Benchmark Capital, told conference attendees that the wi-fi enabled iPhone, along with RIM's newly announced Blackberry 8820 and other wi-fi enabled handsets will help drive the need for...

Tags: citywide, wi-fi, iphone

[24 Oct 2007]

CIO Jury: The Apple iPhone verdict

News A BlackBerry or laptop with a wireless card allows me all the corporate remote access I need. CIOs have praised the look and features of Apple's newly launched iPhone but say its price will hinder adoption by business users.

Tags: iphone, cio jury

[18 Jan 2007]

Photos: Behind the scenes at the iPhone SDK launch

Photo Among the stats he rattled off was one from Canalys for smart phone share in the US, which puts the iPhone in second place behind RIM's BlackBerry. Here are some photos from the official launch of Apple's iPhone software development kit.

Tags: iphone, apple, steve jobs, business

[07 Mar 2008]

LiMo Foundation launches Linux Android rival

News The resulting fragmentation has limited Linux to lower-end mobile phones, with the higher-end smart phone development community largely organised around Symbian, Windows Mobile, RIM's BlackBerry and Apple's growing iPhone business.

Tags: android, google, linux, mobile

[31 Mar 2008]

Google crystal ball predicts mobile web boom

News Early evidence showing sharp increases in internet usage on phones, not just computers, has emerged from services Google has begun offering in recent months on BlackBerry email phones, Nokia devices for multimedia picture and video creators and...

Tags: mobile, microsoft, blackberry, google

[19 Mar 2008]

Leader: iPhone for the enterprise

Leader Could the iPhone start threatening the market share of the Treo and the BlackBerry? When Apple head honcho and polo neck addict Steve Jobs unveiled the touchscreen device, several of the major manufacturers including Palm and RIM experienced a drop...

Tags: palm, iphone, rim, apple

[10 Jan 2007]

Re:Viewing 2005: The year in mobile and wireless

News Mobile email, mega-mergers, BlackBerry envy and standards wars - it's been a big year for the mobile and wireless sector. Nokia, for one, announced it was getting into the BlackBerry-wannabe market, buying mobile email provider Intellisync and...

Tags: mobile email, mobile technology, blackberry, 3g

[15 Dec 2005]

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. Apple in the meantime has widened the gap on its competitors and extended its iPod product line.

Tags: weekly round-up, round-up

[07 Sep 2007]

Confessions of a CrackBerry addict

Comment So if I'm hooked on the practicalities of the 'BlackBerry lifestyle', what gives me cause for concern is the pervasive spread of such devices among a new generation of young people who are already hooked on other forms of consumer technology, such...

Tags: blackberry

[14 Sep 2006]

Why O2 isn't willing to share

News He added: "The key thing is it's not a business device right now - it doesn't give you the capability that BlackBerry can - it doesn't give the corporate email for it to be a robust proposition in the corporate space.

Tags: o2, 3g, iphone, coverage

[05 Feb 2008]

Photos: 10 gadgets to wish for this Xmas

Photo BlackBerry Curve 8320 Photo credit: Apple The iPhone's sleek looks and touchscreen tech give it plenty of allure but its lasting appeal is down to its user-focused interface (the Apple 'it just works' mantra applies here) and the fact it neatly...

Tags: gadgets, mobile, smart phone, player

[03 Dec 2007]

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