Smartphone Security: How to Keep Your Handset Safe
Once upon a time, a phone was just a phone: It simply made and received calls. The only security you worried about was if someone had picked up in the other room to listen in. Flash forward to 2011,...
View ArticleCustomize Speed Dial in BlackBerry 6 OS
I have BlackBerry tips like Apple has fan bois. Which is to say I have no shortage of them. Just check out my BlackBerry Bible page if you're not convinced. Recently, a friend with a new BlackBerry...
View ArticleThe Next Smartphone I'm Buying
I should really get the iPhone 4. At least, that's what many readers are saying, after I asked on this blog last week which smartphone should replace my lint-clogged, sidewalk-scratched BlackBerry...
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RIM Halves BlackBerry Torch Price to Boost Sales
Research in Motion slashed the price of its new BlackBerry Torch 9800 down to $99 to boost flagging sales against rival handsets, such as the iPhone 4. But, is it worth it? The new $99 price, with a...
View ArticleAmazon Price for BlackBerry Torch Is No Cut
Research in Motion today called reports that Amazon.com has cut the price of RIM's new BlackBerry Torch 9800 smartphone to $99.99 "inaccurate and misleading."RIM, through a spokeswoman, said that...
View ArticleNo IT Budget? Workers Bring Their Own Tech
If your business faces spiralling IT costs, how about this for a plan: Get employees to purchase their own equipment. No, this isn't a federal government initiative, but it is becoming increasingly...
View ArticleRIM Plans Cloud-Based BlackBerry Enterprise Server
BOSTON -- Research in Motion will launch a cloud -based capability for its popular BlackBerry Enterprise Server by the end of 2011, RIM officials said Thursday. RIM unveiled a new architecture for BES...
View ArticleSurvey Finds Big 2011 Surge in Business Mobile Apps
A survey of 250 IT managers finds that 9 out of 10 are planning this year to dramatically expand the number of mobile applications deployed at their companies. Forty-four percent plan to roll out five...
View ArticleRIM's BlackBerry Agenda: SharePoint and Deeper Business Integration
In an enterprise-oriented road map for its BlackBerry smartphone platform, RIM (Research in Motion) is planning a BlackBerry client for Microsoft's SharePoint collaboration platform as well as...
View ArticleHands On With the Starbucks Mobile Payments App
Last week, Starbucks announced the nationwide rollout of the mobile payments app it developed with mFoundry, which uses 2-D barcode technology (see example below) to allow your iPhone or BlackBerry to...
View ArticleRIM BlackBerry Curve 8320
First came the trim, consumer-friendly BlackBerry Curve 8300. Then came the Wi-Fi-enabled BlackBerry 8820. Now there's the BlackBerry Curve 8320, an impressive PDA phone that combines the best of the...
View ArticleBlackBerry Tour 9630 Smartphone Just Misses the Mark
The Tour smartphone melds the best of the RIM BlackBerry Bold and BlackBerry Curve 8900 into one slick package. Although it features everything you've come to expect from a Blackberry (such as great...
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Hands On: BlackBerry 6 OS
Though BlackBerry 6 OS isn't a complete overhaul, it adds some much-needed improvements and overall refinement to RIM's mobile operating system. BlackBerry users should be pleased with the updates....
View ArticleBlackBerry Gets the Gist for Contacts Apps
Over a decade ago, before becoming a mainstream phenomenon and about when "smartphone" first started to become a word, the BlackBerry was a novel device for those of us who were out of the office a...
View ArticleRIM Announces MDaemon Messaging Server for SMBs
BlackBerry-maker Research In Motion (RIM) and its subsidiary Alt-N Technologies this morning announced a brand new version of Alt-N's MDaemon Messaging Server for use with BlackBerry smartphones....
View Article9 Features of Upcoming BlackBerry Enterprise Server 5.0.3
BlackBerry-maker Research In Motion (RIM) is expected to release a major update to its BlackBerry Enterprise Server (BES) for Microsoft Exchange and IBM Lotus Domino this week that will add a variety...
View ArticleiMessage, BBM Miss the Mark in Consumerized Tech Age
When iOS 5.0 arrives on millions of devices this fall, business users loyal to Apple's mobile platform will get their first baked-in taste of what has proven to be one of RIM's most desired features,...
View ArticleZ10 flop costs BlackBerry nearly $1 billion in three months
BlackBerry confirmed on Friday its $965 million net operating loss in the second quarter, following low interest in the Z10 smartphone. Revenue for the company's second quarter, which ended on Aug....
View ArticleBlackBerry CEO: I'll kill off BlackBerry phones if they don't start making money
BlackBerry yanked its phones from T-Mobile stores after a T-Mobile ad campaign suggested customers should trade in their BlackBerry for an iPhone, but on Thursday, new BlackBerry CEO John Chen said...
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