That’s right, the folks at HTC and Google can rejoice… The NPD Group released sales rankings (for Q1 2009) and the G1 ranks fifth on the list behind a sea of BlackBerry devices… and the iPhone. The Curve 83xx series was all the news the other day, having beat out the iPhone for this top…
OS 4.6.1.231 Leaked for the BlackBerry 8900
A quickie for the BlackBerry 8900 owners out there. Seems as though OS 4.6.1.231 has leaked for the 8900… So if you’ve got to have the latest build, you can go ahead and download it right here. Keep in mind however, that this is not an official release. Backup your device and take all necessary…
WES 2009 Day 1 Keynote
RIM’s biggest BlackBerry show of the year is now officially on and the the keynote is gonna kick things off. We aren’t expecting anything big (like the a device announcement), but will probably have some cool stuff for enterprise and admins. Woop! Show’s starting. Time to liveblog. 8:44 – Mike Lazaridis talks up BlackBerry’s birthday,…
IntoMobile at the Wireless Enterprise Symposium 2009
Y’know, MWC, CES, and CTIA might be bigger shows, but Research in Motion’s Wireless Enterprise Symposium really lets you focus on one platform: Blackberry. Everywhere else you have to keep an eye on a bunch of different carriers, often to the detriment of anyone else trying to grab your attention. This is my second year…
Google Apps Connector Plugs into BlackBerry Enterprise Server
Google Apps has been a way for businesses to use the Google Services you all know and love for, y’know, real work. Now they’re plugging into BlackBerry Enterprise Server, RIM’s back-end that handles companies’ BlackBerry data. Although e-mail is the main thing, Google Calendar and Contacts will also be synced to your work BlackBerry with…
BlackBerry Curve tops iPhone 3G as most popular US smartphone
It seems that the venerable iPhone 3G has been overtaken by the RIM BlackBerry Curve (in all of its “83xx” variants) in the first quarter of the 2009 US smartphone popularity contest. According to NPD, RIM’s US smartphone market share increased some 15% to give the BlackBerry-maker a 50% smartphone market share, knocking the iPhone…
BlackBerry Enterprise Server 5.0 Announced
Admins, rev your engines. RIM has been testing the latest version of the BlackBerry Enterprise Server for a long time now to iron out all the bugs, but BES 5.0 is now publicly available. If you haven’t been in the loop, some of the main features for end-users include: Remote access to Windows network file…
RIM Partners With HP for Cloud Printing
HP and RIM are now working together to pump out two products: CloudPrint and Operations Manager. The first lets you shoot your print jobs, be they documents or pictures, from your BlackBerry and have them shoot out of the nearest printer. The second is an addition in BES 5.0 which helps admins troubleshoot particular problems…
BlackBerry 8520 Gemini Caught on Video
Man, Kevin’s got some gall getting shots of the unreleased BlackBerry Gemini right at the Wireless Enterprise Symposium, RIM’s biggest show of the year. I half expect kevlar-clad PR people to be kicking down his door, flashbangs in hand. Despite ho-hum specs (EDGE-only, 2 megapixel camera sans flash, 320 x 240 display, Wi-Fi), the BlackBerry…
BlackBerry 8900 Announced by AT&T
It’s not like we didn’t see it coming, but AT&T has gone official with the BlackBerry 8900 Curve. Wi-Fi, a nice screen, slim profile, GPS and the classically awesome keyboard are all solid selling points, but don’t look twice if 3G is a deal-breaker for you. UMA support for Wi-Fi calling is there, as well…