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RIM’s first tablet, the BlackBerry PlayBook, has reportedly sold 250,000 units after the first month in stores, and Wedbush Securities analyst Scott Sutherland estimates sales by the end of the quarter (i.e. this month) to be in the 450,000 range. While that sounds decent, Sutherland soured his outlook on RIM. Early pre-launch estimates for PlayBook…
If you’re looking for a new smartphone, it’s going to be a wonderful time over the next few months as we should see a variety of high-quality handsets. Let’s take a look at some of the contenders and let us know what phone you’re most looking forward to. The one big question is if the…
Zagat’s mobile app for BlackBerry has just been updated to version 8.0 with a bunch of new features. The last update to the Android app got friendly with Foursquare and Foodspotting, and though this BlackBerry update isn’t quite the same, it is finally enabling GPS, so you can map restaurants close to your current position.…
Word has it from an anonymous big box retailer that the BlackBerry PlayBook is missing internal sales targets by 90%, and that 7% of those that do sell are being returned – way higher than the Motorola Xoom, appraently. To be fair, this is only one retailer, and analysts have actually been very optimistic about…
As if it wasn’t bad enough that the BlackBerry PlayBook could only handle e-mail through the browser unless tethered via Bluetooth to a RIM smartphone, at launch AT&T didn’t even approve the app for their branded phones. Barring the particularly industrious that employed a workaround, this made the PlayBook a non-started for AT&T BlackBerry owners.…
This morning, RIM wrapped up their relatively short beta phase for the official Twitter BlackBerry client, and within the next 24 hours, will be available in App World for downloading. The update to 2.0 mostly revolves around an interface reshuffling, so there’s not so much room being taken up at the top of the screen,…
Gartner has posted their report for the first quarter of 2011, which shows predictably solid growth in smartphones, and re-establishes many trends we’ve been seeing all along. Nokia’s hardware market share has dipped to 25%, Samsung is down to 16%, and LG to 5.6%. That leaves Apple with 3.9% market share (up from 2.3% last…
The BlackBerry PlayBook is off to a solid start, as analysts are estimating that Research In Motion’s first tablet sold about 250,000 units in the first month. While that’s nothing compared to the Apple iPad 2, it’s a more-than-respectable figure for the company first foray into the tablet space. After doing some extensive retail checks,…
Move over, Sensation 4G and Hercules, T-Mobile’s 2011 roadmap has just leaked, and it’s bringing a horde of new devices and a hotspot to the table. From new Android devices to BlackBerrys, Magenta’s upcoming portfolio is sure to impress. All dates are subject to change, of course, but there’s no doubt that the carrier will…
As it turns out, tacky musical numbers relating to smartphones can be used to defame brands just as much as promote them. British rapper GT Solo has recently published a song called “BB is Dead”, which rags on the BlackBerry’s camera, GPS, internet browsing, app selection, and obsession with BBM. Though Android gets some props,…