T-Mobile US Now Offerring Insurance on Prepaid Devices
With the world becoming increasingly dependent on their smartphones, the thought of having your precious BlackBerry stolen cuts deep. I’m not saying that people think they can’t survive without them – I’m just saying they don’t want to risk it. According to some recent numbers (PDF) put out by Kelton Research, over 20% of users would be…
AT&T Launching Blocking Service for Stolen Devices
According to a report on The Verge, AT&T will be launching today a new service which will allow customers to block service to stolen devices. Any customer whose phone or tablet has been stolen should submit their phone number to AT&T who will add them to their “blocklist.” Any number on the blocklist will be…
Understanding Mobile Apps for Automotive (QNX Auto)
We have covered RIM’s QNX Automotive group quite a few times especially as RIM presents BlackBerry 10 as a mobile platform solution beyond the mobile space. We can all understand how apps are helpful in mobile products. But how can automotive apps help us and and how do they differ from those in the mobile…
RIM CEO Thorsten Heins Answers Users’ Questions
In what I think we can all agree was a refreshing move of openness, RIM CEO Thorsten Heins answered ten questions from readers last Friday in The Globe and Mail. The questions were pointed and sometimes challenging, the answers were – by necessity – somewhat defensive. At times repeating what he has publicly stated before,…
Review: Jabra Supreme UC Bluetooth Headset
[rating:10] Price: ~$149.99 at Amazon.com There are a lot of Bluetooth headsets that are cheaper than the Jabra Supreme UC, so you’ll certainly want to know what you’re getting if you’re shelling out the money for this one. Well, here goes: What you get: Obviously the box comes with a headset. Along with it are…
RIM to hold Annual General Meeting on July 10
The Annual General Meeting of Shareholders of RIM will be held at 10:00 AM EDT on July 10, 2012 in Waterloo, Ontario. It should be interesting to see what angle they take in this meeting, in light of the negative feedback caused by last week’s conference call and the stock dive which it seemingly caused….
RIM Q1 2013 Earnings Call Recap
In what can certainly be considered an overall negative set of announcements today, RIM revealed some bad news about its current state in a few different areas in its conference call to investors. And while good news was hardly expected from RIM, the extent and number of poor indicators was rather significant. Perhaps the…
T-Mobile to Offer "Back-to-School" Promotion as of the 1st of July
It looks like T-Mobile will be bringing back the family plan goodies again this year. According to TmoNews, starting July 1st new and existing T-Mobile customers will be able to avail themselves of a "Back-to-School" promotion. This promotion, which can be adopted anytime between July 1st and November 13th, will reduce the price of certain…