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Welcome to Episode 5 of The Signal, right from the BlackBerry Developer Conference!
Sorry for the lateness all, travel arrangements from the BlackBerry Developer Conference in Santa Clara got a little extended, but we’re ready to go with the latest IntoMobile podcast. Even if you’re not into the BlackBerry scene, it might be worth your while to hear about the upcoming BlackBerry Application Storefront due to land in March. It’ll be paired up with a carrier-powered Application Center, following closely in Google and Apple’s footsteps by providing a bundled, unified interface for browsing BlackBerry software. Besides the daily rundown, we go over the show’s announcements with DevelopIQ‘s James Shannon and ISEC7‘s Matthias Hager and Guido Wilken to see what developers themselves thought of the devcon. Just in case you can’t get enough, be sure to take a read-through of our interview with RIM VP of Global Alliances, Jeff McDowell, on what it was like from an organizer’s standpoint. And of course, if it’s all rubbish to you, we still have the week’s biggest news laid out all fancy-like behind the jump. It looks like some big names are saying “no” to Android…
Music by Krazy Baldhead.
Download The Signal (Episode 5: BBDC Edition) – iTunes – (26:08)
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Headlines
IntoMobile – Now with 100% more “fresh”
Sprint CEO Dan Hesse says Android not good enough for Sprint
BlackBerry 8900 Javelin handled on video!
Facebook Refusing to Develop App for Android OS
Sprint aims to cut ETF by December – Pro-rated cancellation fees on horizon
Android Open Source Project Open for Business
Slew of BlackBerry developer announcements
Rumours
Motorola i9 caught in the wild
Samsung Omnia, Samsung Saga and HTC Touch Pro Coming to Verizon in November
Motorola VE66 sports 5MP camera, WiFi, and a non-Android Linux
HTC Touch Diamond coming to Alltel soon
Samsung: 8MP phones with 3x optical zoom coming next year, 12MP later
AT&T Pantech Slate spotted in the wild
Sony Ericsson Hikaru Back on the Map
LG Voyager coming to Bell Canada on November 7th
HTC Touch HD With Slide-Out Keyboard in the Works?
First Pics of the Samsung i7710
Palm Treo Pro 850 spotted surfing Sprint’s CDMA network
RIM Ninjas Report Rogers 2009 BlackBerry Lineup
Low-end LG VX5500 coming soon to Verizon this month
T-Mobile to get Motorola MOTOZINE ZN5 on November 3
Releases
LG Reveal fashion phone coming to Bell Canada with “Shimmer Kit”
White HTC Touch Diamond Coming to the Netherlands in November
Sprint launches HTC Touch Pro!
Samsung TouchWiz phones coming to the US
Sony Ericsson C902 Titanium Silver aka Bond’s latest phone should hit stores anytime now
AT&T launches Samsung A767 Propel for budget-texters
Motorola RAZR2 V8 gets a new color – Antique Rose
Nokia 2228 is a low-end CDMA phone with LED indicator light
T-Mobile G1 is live – HTC “Dream” becomes T-Mobile reality, ushers in Android OS!
Rogers Selling HTC Touch Diamond Contract-Free for $599.99
AT&T BlackBerry Bold pricing and launch date announced
Telus goes live with LG Dare for $99 on contract
Motorola AURA is one expensive, cool-lookin phone
AT&T launches Samsung Epix – Windows Mobile touchscreen handset with optical mouse
HP unveils iPAQ Data Messenger and iPAQ Voice Messenger
Dell to sell Pharos’ Traveller 117 and 127 Windows Mobile smartphones
Sprint, Boost Mobile add Motorola i776; Not many care
Nokia 1606 lands on Cricket Wireless
Sprint adds LG Lotus, Samsung Rant and Highnote
Philips out with E100, low-end music phone
BlackBerry 8220 Pearl flips out on Future Shop, available soon
P.S.: WES = Wireless Enterprise Symposium, RIM’s existing annual BlackBerry convention.
About The Author
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.
