It appears that users will be able listen to the latest album, watch videos, share videos, and read news updates about the band and concert appearances, all on their Blackberry. Creating new ways for consumers to participate is the bottom line with state of the art web and mobile apps.
July 7th, 2009
Over at Techcrunch they love the idea of all the cool things you can do on your Blackberry, including Obopay. Check out their write-up on BerryStore — the online source is offering a bunch of FREE apps to add great functionality to your Smartphone.
What’s not to love about BerryStore? “What makes it better than the official BlackBerry App Center (besides the name), is that apps in the BerryStore work across both old and new BlackBerries alike (not just the upcoming BlackBerry Storm), and across carriers.”
Obopay’s app fits that bill perfectly. You can transfer money safely and securely on your Blackberry, even to someone who isn’t registered with Obopay. Visit m.obopay.com from your phone’s browser or our Blackberry page to get started online.
Already using Obopay on Blackberry? Let me know how you like it in comments.
Technorati Tags: obopay, berrystore, mobile, app, blackberry
November 13th, 2008
RIM, or Research in Motion, reptorted that sales of all Blackberry mobiel devices jumped by over 2 million devices over the past year. The cell phone giant shipped out 41.9 million units in Q2 of 2008, which toppled their total of 39.8 millions in the previous year. This number indicates significant growth for RIM in the US, a market already fully saturated by mobile phones- It also puts the company over the 10% mark in terms of the US Domestic Mobile Phone market share. For more Q2 market info check out this Reuter’s Mobile News Article.
Technorati Tags: RIM, research in motion, blackberry, thunder, market share, verizon, mobile phone, pearl,
August 12th, 2008
Research In Motion, the company behind Blackberry, is expanding its product line and releasing 4 completely different phones for different types of users. All 4 will be released by the end of the year, and all of them sound pretty sweet in their own right. Here’s a brief rundown…
The first, coming within the next couple weeks, is the Blackberry Bold, or 9000. Rumors of a release date have the Bold coming out on July 25th, but seeing as that refers to tomorrow, I couldn’t really say for sure. Other sources point to the following week on the 29th, which seems more reasonable. Anyway, the Bold is a continuation of the classic Blackberry Curve, highlighted with more power, a better, brighter, quality screen, GPS, and a new OS. It still has the full QWERTY keyboard and all the tested software that Blackberry provides, and is targeted toward the business oriented person.
The next, which is also in the upper price range, is the Blackberry Thunder, or 9500, which is expected to come out sometime in November or December. As I’m sure you know, the Thuder is defined by its touchscreen interface, and has been coined by many to be the ‘iPhone killer’. In actuality, this device was built more to say “we can do it too” than to try and dominate the iPhone– Blackberry will still rely mostly on its Pearl, Curve, and Bold sales over those of the Thunder. At any rate, the screen is supposed to have better quality than the iPhone’s, but for right now, most of the talk is just rumor.
The third on our list is the newly unveiled KickStart, which is the first flip phone that Blackberry has ever put into production. It will be more of a mid range phone in terms of pricing, and is tentatively scheduled to release in September. Again, most of the Blackberry features will be included, and the keyboard will be the same as that already featured on the Blackberry Pearl.
The final Blackberry product to come is the basic, inexpensive Javelin, which will release around the same time as the Thunder in November or December. It is, to be short, a simplified version of the Blackberry Curve that will have all the same capability, with slower speeds and not quite as amazing quality parts. Again, most of the talk about the Javelin is still just rumor, but it is definite that the phone will release sometime in the next months.
And that concludes the Blackberry summary…
Technorati Tags: blackberry, blackberry thunder, blackberry bold, blackberry kickstart, blackberry javelin, blackberry pearl, blackberry curve, RIM
July 24th, 2008
Ever since the emergence of internet enabled mobile phones, there has been a heated conflict among Mobile Web Service providers; a true fight to the finish, which continues today. On one side, there are the direct connectors, the radical liberals who want the user experience to be as limitless as possible, who want the mobile internet to be the same internet that you access from your computer, and who want the data plan charges to be off the charts. But on the other side, there are proxy servers, fascist service providers that want to regulate and simplify the mobile web as they so choose, all to make the mobile internet ‘easier’ and more ‘efficient’. Who will win in this battle royale? I have no idea… To be honest I just thought I’d try and play up the drama. Here are the basic pros and cons on each service.
Direct Connection:
Proxy Servers:
There really is no right or wrong choice… For now both are equally important options for different user preferences. Ideally, the combination of faster wireless service, cheaper data plans, and better mobile technology will allow direct connection to be the standard… If you want to read more, check out the article.
Technorati Tags: mobile web browser, WAP, proxy server, direct connection, internet explorer mobile, fennec, blackberry, opera, data plan
July 22nd, 2008
It looks like the new Blackberry Thunder 9500, which is supposed to be RIM’s iPhone 3G killer, is the furthest thing from it at this point. Boy Genius was able to get amazing inside information once again, quoting one of his “RIM ninjas” as saying “Thunder is in no way, shape, or form market ready. If bold was any indication, Thunder won’t be ready for at least another 4-5 months.” The source even went on to say “most of the people who have handled it think it’s a joke.”
Apparently, there are several serious problems with the phone at this point. The keyboard is very difficult to type on, the screen shows ripples whenever it is touched, and the accelerometer within the phone is overly sensitive, making the phone go completely out of whack whenever it is moved. There are also half second delays that consistently occur while navigating through the operating system. Let’s hope these bugs can be worked out… I’d really like to see the Thunder emerge and actually challenge the iPhone! It’d be a shame if it fell into the other group of minor touchscreen wanabees. For more from Boy Genius click here.
Technorati Tags: blackberry thunder, blackberry 9500, iphone 3g, boy genius, boy genius report, RIM
July 9th, 2008
A lot people have been coming to our blog looking for info on the Blackberry Thunder. With the new iPhone 3G being just around the corner, I have been wanting to do a iphone 3G vs. Blackberry Thunder comparison for a while. Unfortunately, the data (especially for the Blackberry Thunder) is rather limited. This is what we know so far.
See, that’s how little info we have on the Blackberry Thunder. But we do have a possible picture of the Blackberry Thunder / Verizon Thunder / Vodafone Thunder / Blackberry 9500 / or Blackberry Storm (the old nickname before Blackberry said that it’s not true). Again, all the pictures of the Thunder were made by BoyGeniusReport. Click here to read all the background info here:
Now take a look at the iPhone 3G. Click on the image to see the specs on Apple:
So what’s the conclusion? I have no idea. I think it’s too early to tell what the Thunder has so far. Maybe we can get a better comparision once Blackberry releases more data on the phone.
Technorati Tags: iphone, iphone 3g, cell phone, blackberry, blackberry thunder, pictures, images, apple iphone, blackberry 9500, verizon
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