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Those of you waiting for RIM’s next-generation touchscreen slate BlackBerry (better known by its code names, Monaco and Monza) have another glimmer of hope to cling to. Recently TrueSupplier started listing individual components of the device, which generally indicates a phone has gone into mass production. We’ve seen the device live on video, in plenty…
Canadian carrier Telus has been busy leading up to the summer. Recently, they announced the launch of the LG Optimus Black to spearhead a new partnership with voice-over-IP service provider, Skype. Now Telus customers will be able to buy Skype calling credits directly through their existing account, and make long-distance calls for cheaper than usual.…
Research In Motion’s stock has been taking a tumble the last couple of weeks, and is culminating in some bold demands from one firm, Northwest and Ethical Investments. The proposed shareholder vote would separate the CEO and chairman of the board roles, which would presumably lead to either co-CEO claiming either position, or at very…
As Microsoft goes ahead all guns blazing with their new Windows Phone platform, they’re starting to tear down the old Windows Mobile services. The web-based Marketplace will be put out of commission on July 15, leaving only the on-device app store functional. The My Phone back-up and sync service will be cut off on August…
Wondering what kind of new device will launch with iOS 5? A Dubai service provider, Etisalat, recently hinted that they’re in talks with Apple about selling an unannounced iPhone 5 that’s capable of using their new 4G LTE network. Their Chief Corporate Communication Officer, Ali Al Ahmad said that the iPhone 5 would be arriving…
Carlo Chiarello, RIM’s business unit VP of GSM/UMTS, recently spoke about their progress for putting the PlayBook’s QNX-based operating system into smartphones. This is something RIM has admitted as an eventuality, but anything more specific beyond that has been hard to come by. Apparently here are already prototypes running the OS, which Chiarello says “look…
RIM announced this morning that the BlackBerry PlayBook tablet would be landing in another 16 markets internationally within the next 30 days. They include the UK, Netherlands, Saudi Arabia, Hong Kong, Australia, Venezuela, Spain, Germany, UAE, Singapore, Mexico, France, Italy, India, Indonesia, and Colombia. The BlackBerry PlayBook has been out for a little while now,…
Nokia’s ex-Microsoft CEO, Stephen Elop, recently spoke at the Open Mobile Summit in London, and spoke fairly bluntly about the nature of Android and iPhone’s openness. For one, he claimed that “Apple created Android, or at least it created the conditions necessary to create Android. People decided they could not play in the Apple way,…
RIM’s desktop software for BlackBerry has long been a good way to organize side-loaded content like music, video, and pictures, as well as back up important contacts and messages, but recently the software has been updated to organize all sorts of files on the BlackBerry’s microSD card (or local storage, in the PlayBook’s case). We…
Verizon isn’t the only one getting some swanky new Motorola hardware this summer. Today Sprint and Moto jointly announced the Triumph, an Android 2.2 Froyo handset with a 4.1-inch WVGA display, 5 megapixel camera on the back with 720p video recording (plus front-facing video chat camera), HDMI-out, a 1 GHz processor, 512 MB of RAM, …