http://www.berryreview.com/2009/04/21/user-generated-wattpad-returns-to-app-world/ BlackBerry News and Reviews You Can Use Wed, 25 Nov 2009 19:00:38 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 http://www.berryreview.com/2009/04/21/user-generated-wattpad-returns-to-app-world/comment-page-1/#comment-28780 BerryReview’s Top FREE Back to School Applications for BlackBerry! | BerryReview.com » Fri, 07 Aug 2009 16:01:15 +0000 http://www.berryreview.com/2009/04/21/user-generated-wattpad-returns-to-app-world/#comment-28780 [...] MobiPocket - The top choice for reading books on your BlackBerry is NOT Wattpad but rather Mobipocket. Mobipocket is a free reader (owned by Amazon) with TONS of books available for purchase and a free tool to covert any digital document into your own book. Its kind of wild that RIM is pushing Wattpad after yanking it when it launched. [...] [...] MobiPocket – The top choice for reading books on your BlackBerry is NOT Wattpad but rather Mobipocket. Mobipocket is a free reader (owned by Amazon) with TONS of books available for purchase and a free tool to covert any digital document into your own book. Its kind of wild that RIM is pushing Wattpad after yanking it when it launched. [...]

]]> http://www.berryreview.com/2009/04/21/user-generated-wattpad-returns-to-app-world/comment-page-1/#comment-23555 Nikolaus Walch Tue, 21 Apr 2009 15:20:08 +0000 http://www.berryreview.com/2009/04/21/user-generated-wattpad-returns-to-app-world/#comment-23555 What can save RIM not doing what Apple is famous for: Closed Environment. You have to jail break an iPhone just to use the video camera. You get apps only from their App Store. You can't replace the battery yourself, etc.... At least with RIM many free Java apps work great, and you have a whole line of hardware accessories to choose from. RIM needs to keep this distinction from Apple to thrive in the marketplace. What can save RIM not doing what Apple is famous for: Closed Environment. You have to jail break an iPhone just to use the video camera. You get apps only from their App Store. You can’t replace the battery yourself, etc…. At least with RIM many free Java apps work great, and you have a whole line of hardware accessories to choose from. RIM needs to keep this distinction from Apple to thrive in the marketplace.

]]> http://www.berryreview.com/2009/04/21/user-generated-wattpad-returns-to-app-world/comment-page-1/#comment-23554 DavidB Tue, 21 Apr 2009 15:00:43 +0000 http://www.berryreview.com/2009/04/21/user-generated-wattpad-returns-to-app-world/#comment-23554 I feel RIM is taking this IP protection thing too far. Restrict an app because it identifies with its name that it is for a BlackBerry smartphone? Foot...meet bullet. I feel RIM is taking this IP protection thing too far. Restrict an app because it identifies with its name that it is for a BlackBerry smartphone? Foot…meet bullet.

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