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A new mobile collaboration app called Huddle launched on BlackBerry today. It’s geared primarily towards SMBs who have a particular workflow they want to manage, especially when there are workers who move around a lot. It includes task workflow, whiteboard brainstorming, access to files, and discussion participation. A web-based dashboard is where most of the…
If the Droid X didn’t really impress you, it might be worth checking out this leaked user guide for the Motorola Droid2, coming soon to Verizon. The screenshots shown inside confirm earlier suspicions that Android 2.2 Froyo will come loaded on the handset when it’s launched (rumoured to be around August 23). The lighter version…
For the third day in a row, we’re getting a chance to check out the pre-release BlackBerry 9780, which is almost too bad considering how little there is to check out. The video gives us a full harware tour, confirming that it is indeed identical to the 9700. The software review is nothing especially new…
As if to herald the new Dawn of Man, or maybe just the upcoming BlackBerry Bold 9800, pillars have popped up in a few AT&T stores in an elaborate teaser campaign. One side of the pillar reads “innovation comes to life” and the other “Rethink Possible”. If such inspiring slogans do not move the ape-clerks…
Rev your wallets fanboys, tomorrow the iPhone 4 launches in Canada, and Rogers is ready to take you under its wing for three years. For starters, Rogers has some special hardware upgrade options for those who have been customers since before the June 7 announcement of the iPhone 4; they can get $250 off the…
After getting an early look at the new BlackBerry App World 2.0 on-device app store, RIM has kicked off a private beta for a few more people. The main additions will be carrier and credit card billing, a new BlackBerry ID system that should automatically keep track of your downloaded app (as well as BlackBerry…
Consumer Reports aren’t the only respected testing service who have called out the iPhone 4 for faulty antennae design; Europe’s oldest non-profit consumer protection association, l’Union Fédérale des Consommateurs and their publication, Que Choisir, are unable to recommend the iPhone 4 due to Death Grip issues. This judgement is in spite the fact that it…
The BlackBerry 9780 is getting even more screen time today, this go-around it’s on video with the new Webkit browser in OS 6. The browser, complete with support for tabs, runs just fine. It’s cool to see that everything navigates just fine on a non-touch interface, seeing as how most of the OS 6 videos…
Poynt’s mobile search app for movies, restaurants, gas stations, person, and business is now on Android. It joins BlackBerry and iPhone apps, and includes some of the same features, like perpetual location awareness, weather updates, and integration with native maps, address books, and phone. Each of the search options include a lot of tailored functions;…
After seeing more of the BlackBerry 9780 this morning, I was getting worried that OS 6 would require particular hardware to run properly and that we would see little backwards compatibility, but as it turns out, the BlackBerry Bold 9650 on Verizon will indeed run the new operating system just fine. There’s been a lot…