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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...
[01 Nov 2007]
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...
[07 Mar 2008]
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...
[30 Apr 2008]
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.
[03 Apr 2008]
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.
[20 May 2005]
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...
[20 Mar 2008]
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.
[07 Jun 2007]
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...
[02 May 2008]
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...
[09 Apr 2008]
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...
[24 Oct 2007]
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.
[18 Jan 2007]
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.
[07 Mar 2008]
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.
[31 Mar 2008]
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...
[19 Mar 2008]
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...
[10 Jan 2007]
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...
[15 Dec 2005]
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.
[07 Sep 2007]
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...
[14 Sep 2006]
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.
[05 Feb 2008]
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...
[03 Dec 2007]
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