U.S. mobile phone sales: BlackBerry up to 5th, iPhone, erm, nowhere
NPD Group’s latest survey of the U.S phone market shows an overall 22% decline in sales and 7% decline in revenue over the first quarter this year. Interestingly, the big winner is RIM, whose...
View ArticleUK BlackBerry Bold to come with Skype
At least it does on 3: “3 Mobile will be preloading their BlackBerry Bolds with a Skype client to make use of the integrated WiFi for cheap VoIP calling.” I suspect that this will be the same deal as...
View ArticleLewis Hamilton likes his BlackBerry Storm
Of course, I’d be surprised if he didn’t, given that Vodaphone are one of his team’s sponsors. But I’d be interested to hear from anyone who’s actually bought a Storm and used it for an extended...
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“Please don’t call this an iPhone killer”
The phrase “touch screen phone” is synonymous with “iPhone” in some people’s minds. That’s tough on the other phone manufacturers, but indicates the extent to which Apple has managed to dominate the...
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Deathmatch rematch: BlackBerry versus iPhone 3.0 | Business Center | iPhone...
Galen Gruman compares the iPhone to Blackberry Bold and concludes that it’s time to retire the Blackberry. I’m not sure that he’s wrong, despite liking the Blackberry’s approach to email more. “The...
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Idiot post of the day
Sadly, because I generally enjoy his writing, it’s from Robert Cringely: “iPhone and Android will be here for the long haul with the question being which of Symbian, Palm, Windows Mobile, or Blackberry...
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The iPad and me
There’s a million posts around about the iPad today, and there will be a million more tomorrow. My reaction is simply that I’ll be buying one, because I’m a geek, and that’s what I do. As for whether...
View ArticleSaving Private RIM
Jean Louis Gasseé on RIM’s problems: Sadly for former BlackBerry fans like yours truly — or for current ones who appreciate its core functionality — there aren’t many moves left for RIM on the...
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