Vodafone UK has announced a deal with Neverfail, to deliver HA (high availability) and DR (disaster receovery) service for people using BlackBerry. HA/DR solutions are extremely common with the telecoms industry, to the point where if you are selling in to an MNO (as I’ve done lots of times previously), then these requirements are standard.…
T-Mobile BlackBerry 8820 possibly delayed
And here we were getting all set and ready for T-Mobile to drop the BlackBerry 8820 on us Yanks in less than two weeks. We should have known better than to expect the T-Mobile HotSpot @Home-compatible handset to launch without any possible delays. Boy Genius just recently led us to believe that the T-Mobile BlackBerry…
Sony Ericsson patent application for self adjusting mobile phone projector
We’ve yet to see the pico-projector (that is, projectors embedded within mobile phones) even break into mobile phone reality, and Sony Ericsson is already thinking about a future filled with mobile phone projectors. By the time mobile phone projectors hit the mainstream (perhaps by 2010), Sony Ericsson plans to have the patents to back a…
BlackBerry Enterprise Server 4.1 SP5 overview
Research In Motion is set to release their BlackBerry Enterprise Server 4.1 SP5 platform next Friday, February 29th and BoyGenius got his hands on the slides from RIM’s platform overview. The BlackBerry Enterprise Server 4.1 SP5 platform is an enterprise mobile messaging solution from Research In Motion and the new release will bring a host…
T-Mobile coming to BlackBerry 8820 on March 5th?
It seems T-Mobile is preparing to announce the BlackBerry 8820 in the near future. According to the always highly informed Boy Genius, D-Day is set for March 5th and from then on, U.S. CrackBerry addicts will be able to grab the GPS and WiFi equipped device. The Deutsche Telekom owned mobile operator certainly could use…
Amosu’s BlackBerry Pearl Limited Diamond Edition makes 20 people who can afford it *really* stand out from the crowd
The folks behind such “mass-market” products like gold the Sony Ericsson W880i, gold LG Prada phone, diamond-coated Nokia N95, diamond encrusted iPhone, and Motorola RAZR2 V8 Luxury Diamond Edition, has decided it’s about to time to deal with the CrackBerry addicts. That’s ultra-rich addicts to be clear – hence, they’ve announced the BlackBerry Pearl Limited…
Motorola and RIM battling it out in court over patent dispute
Motorola is claiming that RIM is violating some of their patents with the 8800 class of devices and the BlackBerry Enterprise Server Software, RIM is claiming that Motorola charges way too much to license their patents and that they have infringed on some of their patents as well. Legal battles are never fun and I…
Vodafone adds BlackBerry to the set of preferred consumer operating platforms
During the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Vodafone announced that it will collaborate with Research In Motion (RIM) on the development of Vodafone consumer services for the BlackBerry platform. This move sees Vodafone add the BlackBerry platform to the set of preferred consumer operating platforms that it strategically supports. Other preferred platforms are Windows Mobile…
Quickplay’s Streaming announcements
You may remember that yesterday I made a couple of posts regarding Mobile Advertising – one of these was about Vodafone Italy and Amobee doing a deal – Amobee’s part of which is powered by QuickPlay Media. Well, a nice lady from QuickPlay’s PR agency emailed me to let me know about a couple of…
Can’t find your BlackBerry? Berry Locator to the rescue!
How many times have you forgotten where you placed your car keys/wallet/purse/sunglasses/watch/mobile phone? Well, if you’re like us, you’re always scrambling to figure out exactly where those sneaky buggers run off to. They really have minds (and legs) of their own. Scatter-brained BlackBerry owners have a friend in the newly launched Berry Locator. No matter…