So it looks like RIM’s encrypted BlackBerry network will keep on keeping on in India. Following a meeting between Indian government officials and representatives from the wireless industry, India has decided to let the encrypted BlackBerry system continue operating. “We will discuss the issue with the Telecom Commission… the country’s security is of paramount importance,”…
AT&T launches WiFi enabled BlackBerry Pearl 8120
Good news for push-email addicts who prefer WiFi over GPS, as today AT&T launched the BlackBerry Pearl 8120. I still don’t quite understand why RIM makes its customers choose GPS or WiFi in most of its devices. Bundling both features will be a must in no time and I certainly hope so the Canadian company…
India threatening to shutdown RIM’s BlackBerry service
Research In Motion’s popular BlackBerry handsets and push email service is now a worldwide phenomenon. China just recently allowed the BlackBerry through its borders, and even India has some 400,000 active BlackBerry users. But, there’s a problem with the push email system used by BlackBerry handsets. They encrypt the email data. It might seem like…
RIM wants to secure BlackBerry camera with a lock and key
Research In Motion is all about getting its BlackBerry smartphones distributed for fleet-use in enterprise environments. Unfortunately, that means that corporate users will have to opt for the camera-less BlackBerry 8800 series. It would be a bad day to have corporate secrets walk out the door inside some cameraphone’s flash memory. On the one hand,…
Telus adding BlackBerry 8330 Curve, Samsung U740?
We’re not exactly sure what’s Telus up to, but apparently they’ll be rolling out two interesting devices in the near future – BlackBerry 8330 Curve and Samsung U740. The first one was briefly spotted by HowardForums‘ member “blackdogs377” who even got the screenshot of the Canadian carrier’s website to prove. Soon after he posted it,…
Will.i.am’s Dipdive coming to BlackBerry; Barack Obama fans rejoice!
In order to “help merge social networking and multimedia”, Research In Motion (RIM) is partnering with pop artist Will.i.am to gain more traction in the consumer retail market. Will.i.am’s Dipdive online community and content that will probably include the famous “Yes We Can” Barack Obama video are set to hit BlackBerrys around the world. According…
AAA Mobile now available on BlackBerry 8130 and 8830 smartphones
We’ve already covered AAA’s mobile offering in the past. Now they’ve announced that users of the popular BlackBerry 8130 and 8830 smartphones can also use their service, whether they are AAA members or non-members. As with the standard Java ME-based version, the RIM-made device owners can also receive visual and audible (turn-by-turn) directions to any…
RIM’s patent shows touchscreen, slide-out keyboard equipped BlackBerry
The image above illustrates RIM’s idea to use both a large touchscreen and the full slide-out QWERTY keyboard in their future device(s). As you’ve just seen, the BlackBerry maker is dreaming of the HTC TyTN like smartphone that would appeal to both multimedia demanding users and the enterprises. As with all the patents, the bare…
BlackBerry still dominant among business users
As part of a February 11-15 corporate IT pending survey (in the U.S.?), ChangeWave asked respondents involved with IT spending decisions in their organizations who the manufacturer was of the smartphones their company currently provides. Guess which company won? Yap, it’s the BlackBerry maker Research In Motion, which was favored by nearly three-in-four respondents (73%).…
New SpinVox plug-in links voicemails with contacts
The nice thing about the iPhone’s Visual Voicemail system is that you can not only choose which voicemail you want to listen to (playing them back and repeating selected portions at will), but you can also choose to reply to the sender if they’re in your “Contacts” list. It’s pretty handy – iPhone users don’t…