Forgot? | Register
BlackBerrySmart HTML Email Viewer

Archive for the 'RIM' Category

RANT! RIM & Facebook Annoying BlackBerry Users

It seems like T-mobile has decided to push out a link to all of their BlackBerry subscribers for their Facebook application. I have already received two emails about it so I thought I would let everybody else in on the details.
RIM and T-mobile have pushed out a link to many T–mobile BlackBerry users that puts [...]

RIM Advertises 8310 In Times Square, New York

It is not just any device that gets blown up for the whole world to see in Times Square. I was strolling down the block this Christmas Eve and was astonished to see such a large ad for BlackBerry devices. Just thought you would enjoy seeing a BlackBerry 8300 blown up and plastered on a NYC skyscraper. [...]

1.65 Million New BlackBerry Users - RIM Scores In Q3

I guess this means Wall Street is back in love with RIM. They have posted some great results for this last quarter. Analysts were pretty conservative the past few weeks but the numbers RIM has posted are above even their highest expectations.
I am not much of a stock market guru but I can tell you [...]

RIM To Have 10% Of Smartphone Market By Year End

I just read an article on FOX Business News about an ABI Research forecast of RIM owning 10% of the smartphone market by year end. As Fox points out RIM has been growing every quarter from 7.2% in Q3 2006 to 9.5% in the last quarter. That puts RIM in second place after Nokia in [...]

BlackBerry US Headquarters Now In Las Colinas

I read this article on GlobeSt.com yesterday and the first question that came to my mind was “Where in the world is Las Colinas?” I afterwards realized Las Colinas is in Texas (Geography-lapse moment). It seems like RIM has finally decided to setup shop this side of the border with this new location. They will [...]

FAQ: BlackBerry Compatible Bluetooth Car Kits & Headsets

RIM has done all of us a small favor by releasing a list of compatible car kits and Bluetooth headsets that are confirmed to work with BlackBerry devices with built in Bluetooth. This is a great resource because until now car kits used to be trial and error with many users running into quite a [...]

FAQ: Having Trouble With AT&T MEdia Net Ringtones?

A bit back I had a friend of mine ask me about a problem he had when buying a ringtone from AT&T’s MEdia Net store. I told him that his first problem was paying for a ringtone but that is besides the point. While trolling the RIM Knowledgebase today and ran into a work around RIM has [...]

Wolfe Calls “BS” On Consumer Reports Rating Of BlackBerrys

Alexander Wolfe of InformationWeek has written a great editorial on the recent comparison Consumer Reports did on smartphones. His claim is that Consumer Reports has rated the BlackBerry completely out of sync with reality. The BlackBerry is rated #7 in the full list of smartphone ratings way below the Windows Mobile devices such as the [...]

Electronic Art To Create BlackBerry Experience Kiosks

UPDATED: KioskGuy thanks for pointing out the error of our ways Electronic Art is actually a custom Kiosk vendor.
Just thought you guys would be interested. Electronic Art, a kiosk vendor the creators of all those EA Games, has just announced that they will be working with AT&T and Rogers to create kiosks for their [...]

RIM Attacking Consumer Market At CES 2008

I just got an email from RIM about their booth at CES 2008 this January. If you are not sure what CES (Consumer Electronics Show) is then check out their website at: http://www.cesweb.org
The show is set to be huge this year and I think I may be attending the extravaganza this year. You can read [...]