Blackberry announced today that they are coming out with a new model that will be comparable to the Apple iPhone. The new model, known as the Blackberry Bold, has the same resolution as the iPhone and twice the screen resolution as the Blackberry Curve. It will also have more internal memory, WiFi capability, and a bunch of other stuff too. Read the article on CNN.
It sure sounds cool. I personally like the qwerty keyboards a lot more anyway. Not sure how much this is going to be though.
Rogers Wireless in Canada is now allowing their users to hook up their mobile phones to their home internet!
“The convergence of wireless and the Internet has been one of the long-hyped promises of the telecom world, but little has come of it.
But a new option from Rogers Wireless that lets people use their mobile phones through their home Internet connection is inching Canada closer to that converged utopia.
Called My Home Calling Zone on the Rogers brand and UNO under its Fido subsidiary, the service gives customers unlimited calling when at home. Users need a wireless Internet router and a handset that works on a Wi-Fi hotspot.
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