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Well, that was quick. Saudi Arabia was the quickest to pull the trigger on a BlackBerry ban amid a movement from many other countries, but apparently after being shut down for only four hours, BlackBerrys are back to working just fine. Today’s the day the local government was supposed to unplug service because they couldn’t…
Look out Research In Motion because the Apple iPhone and Google Android are gaining traction in the enterprise market, according to data from Good Technology. In a release, the company said ever since it started supporting iOS and Android, businesses have been eager to let employees use these devices. In the first half of the…
To the surprise of no one, the Garminfone Android device hasn’t been a big hit on T-Mobile and other carriers, as Garmin said its mobile division hasn’t performed as well as it had hoped. According to the company’s second quarter earnings statement: Sales of our smartphone product category contributed $27M in revenue during the quarter.…
With India, the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, Lebanon, and now Indonesia getting huffy about impenetrable BlackBerry security empowering criminals, prominent political figures are now getting involved. U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is sitting on the fence about the problem at hand, but has dedicated to help reach a solution. “We are taking time…
It looks like there’s a new sheriff in Motorola’s town, as billionaire invest Carl Icahn has purchased the biggest stake in the company. According to the Associated Press: Icahn and his group purchased 10.2 million common shares of Motorola this week at $7.62 per share, boosting his stake to 9.99 percent from 8.75 percent in…
HTC is driving Android’s rise and is leading the pack with its myriad of handsets including the popular Verizon HTC DROID Incredible and WiMAX-enabled Sprint HTC EVO 4G. HTC was the first device manufacturer to produce an Android handset when it launched the T-Mobile G1 in 2008. Amazingly, recent sales figures released by the NPD…
A screenshot of Verizon’s BlackBerry Bold 9650 running RIM’s updated operating system bubbled up last week, but if you needed further convincing that it was real, here’s a picture of the device running OS 6 live. During their announcement of the AT&T BlackBerry Torch 9800, RIM said that OS 6 would be coming to the…
If you’re a BlackBerry user with a Mac as your desktop computer of choice, RIM has pushed out a BlackBerry Desktop Manager update for you… albeit a small one. It isn’t the release of Desktop Manager 6 that you are no doubt waiting for, but it’s an update, nonetheless. In the new version of BDM…
Some quick mobile CFL news comin’ atcha my Canadian friends! It wasn’t that long ago that I heard TELUS became the official wireless provider of the Canadian Football League. Besides the advertising and promos we’ll no doubt see at stadiums (and on TV) from coast to coast, new apps were rumored to be coming down…
So far, LG has been the only real manufacturer throwing around Windows Phone 7 hardware to developers (HTC has one in the oven, mind you), and it seems like Asus is ready to play too. No specs to accompany this photo coming from Pakistan, but they’ll likely meet the high-end requirements for Chassis 1 devices,…