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BlackBerry

BlackBerry Slider

March 3, 2010

I’ve always been a sucker for sliders ever since The Matrix (Amazon link) made them so cool. The Nokia 8110 was used in the movie and the cover slid down to reveal all the controls at the click of a button; you slide it back up to end the call. For screen grabs check That Damn [...]

Chunghwa Telecom Brings BlackBerry to Taiwan

February 28, 2010

Chunghaw Telecom (CHT) plans to bring RIM’s BlackBerry smartphones to Taiwan in the first half of 2010. Taiwan Mobile has enjoyed a monopoly on BlackBerry sales so far. Most likely prices for BlackBerry smartphones as well as associated calling and data plans will fall. CHT will also work with Senao International (CHT holds 30% share) [...]

US Smartphone Market: Apple & Google Grow, Others Don’t

February 10, 2010

On February 8, comScore released reported on smartphone trends in the US. In Q4′09, Apple and Google grew in market share while RIM, Microsoft and Palm didn’t. Apple increased its market share from 24.1% to 25.3%, while Google more than doubled from 2.5% to 5.2%. The top smartphone platform in the US is still RIM [...]

Bing or Bust

December 26, 2009

Microsoft paid Verizon US$500. Why? So BlackBerry users are forced to use Bing. No more Google, Wikipedia, etc. Just Bing. What a stupid way of making customers furious; way to go Verizon, and Microsoft. Source: The New York Times, The Register

Research In Motion Post $3.92 Billion in Q3′09

December 20, 2009

Research In Motion (RIM) posted revenues of US$3.92 billion selling 10.1 million handsets during Q3′09. Revenues increased 11% Q/Q and 41% Y/Y; 82% generated by devices, 14% from services, 2% from software and another 2% from ‘other’. BlackBerry added 4.4 million subscribers in Q3′09 for a total of 36 million. I overall trend is clear: [...]

BlackBerry Storm2: SurePress Still Needs Work

November 12, 2009

RIM’s BlackBerry Storm2 fixes a couple of big problems plagued the first Storm. One of the biggest problems was the virtual keyboard technology called SurePress. With a single mechanical switch underneath the center of the LCD, typing on the original Storm was less than pleasant. Want to press shift and a letter at the same [...]