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Earlier this month the rumour was floated out that Nokia’s flagship enterprise handset, the E71, would be coming to Canadian service provider Fido. Well, some hard and fast proof has been dug up on Fido game deck and image catalogue, showing the E71 rather prominently. Rogers was caught in a similarly sticky situation with the BlackBerry Pearl Flip (8220) in August, although there was the possibility of it simply being a typo for the 8110. In either case, having played with the E71 a little bit, I can say this is a reasonable competitor to the Bold – it’s packing all of the features in a slimmer profile and a tougher body, even though it might be lacking the snappy BlackBerry OS. Lucky for Rogers that they’ll will win whichever way a businessman goes.
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Simon Sage
Simon Sage’s education largely surrounded writing, technology and online community, leading him to begin his blogging career at www.BlackBerryCool.com and to quickly discover a vibrant and active community surrounding BlackBerry and mobile technology. In exploring RIM’s platform, he has learned what enterprises are looking for in mobility as well as what makes the innocuous BlackBerry so appealing to them. Recently Simon’s been covering RIM’s gradual move into an already-crowded consumer market, and the impact of burgeoning challengers, such as the iPhone, as well as long-time leaders, like Nokia, on BlackBerry’s advancement. With plenty of content under his belt, Simon will be branching off a bit to see what other smartphone manufacturers are working on while still using BlackBerry as a barometer. At IntoMobile, you can count on his posts being even-handed, well-informed and thought-out.
