Storm Takes the FCC by… Err, Storm
The Storm has cleared its way through the Federal Governments testing. This is definitely good news, less chance of a hold up! Here is a link to some interesting, but somewhat dull, technical information regarding the storm. Maybe someone who understands this stuff a little better can chime in! Thanks to DavidB for also sending…
Telus & Bell Announce GSM Plan
Put this one in the “Win” column for GSM fans. It looks like within a couple of years, Canada will be a fully GSM country. Bell and Telus have announced, independently, that they will be striving to “achieve HSPA GSM service by 2010 with the intention of an eventual 4G LTE network”. This is a…
Australia to allow mobile phone usage on Airlines
I don’t know how I feel about this. There are some definite pros and cons. Being able to text or call and arrange a hotel booking from 35’000 ft ;Pro. Having to listen to some loudmouth argue the finer points of last weekends football game ; Definite Con. The sanctity of the airline cabin was just about…
Prevention is easier than the Cure?
Slashdot aired this little beauty earlier today and I thought it was timely in respect to the article written here yesterday. This really says to me; “Well hell, if fines and/or laws won’t stop people texting or taking phone calls whilst driving, then the software developers will”. It was only really a matter of time…
Vodafone Australia taking pre-orders on the BlackBerry Storm
Vodafone Australia today put up a BlackBerry Storm registration of interest page. They haven’t stated any dates as of yet but I’m expecting a release date around a week of so after release on Verizon. If you want to put your name and email address in then just jump to: http://www.vodafone.com.au/personal/blackberrystorm/index.htm?pid=vca:home:1-4
Verizon Storm Now At Category 3!
Last week we talked ranted about Verizon’s weekly internal Storm press release, Talking Up A Storm, and it looks like they are holding true to their hump day plan. More information was released today, mostly about the multimedia capability of the Storm. They talked about the 3.2 mega pixel camera, the ability to shoot video…
AT&T Pushes Bold Back AGAIN?
You can be the judges on this particular issue. An internal product sheet for AT&T gives clue to the possibility that they might not be carrying the BlackBerry Bold until November. That’s right, however this is not confirmed, in fact the BGR is sticking with his October 2nd release date. I suppose that only Father…
Verizon Plays the Hype Game
Yes, there is new information regarding the BlackBerry Storm making land fall on America’s largest 3G network, but I will get to that in a minute. I would first like to rant about this particular cell phone carrier for just a minute. I am sick of companies (no Verizon is not the first nor last…