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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…
Some very interesting things happened with 10 of the world’s biggest smartphone makers in Q1 2011. The likes of Apple, Nokia, RIM and Samsung have performed in ways we couldn’t have imagined just three or four years ago. And now that the quarter is over and each of the companies have all the numbers in,…
Al Jazeera’s coverage of the explosive situation in the Middle East, most notably their live cameras covering Egypt descending into complete and utter chaos, have earned them an award from the Columbia Journalism School and have also made many people start taking the news channel seriously. Before everyone just thought of Al Jazeera as a…
Hot on the heels of the IDC report yesterday, Comscore has just released its report for March 2011 in the US market. While Samsung may be the fourth largest handset manufacturer globally, the company is the largest in the US, followed by LG and Motorola. Samsung holds the top spot in the US with 24.8%…
Research In Motion has just updated its Twitter and Facebook apps for the BlackBerry smartphones and this includes improved user interfaces and a few new features. If you recall, the Facebook, Twitter apps were built with the help of RIM itself, so these have deeper ties into the operating system than some third-party programs. This…
Adobe is hoping to capitalize on the tablet craze, as its Creative Suite 5.5 version now includes tools to target the Apple iPad, Android and BlackBerry tablets. The Adobe Creative Suite 5.5 is a set of tools that are commonly used by content creators to create things like magazines, newspapers, websites and much, much more.…
Which will come first? Angry Birds for PlayBook, or a native e-mail client for RIM’s lukewarm tablet? It’s hard to say, but if I had to guess, it’d be the beloved avian-versus-swine game. This morning during Mike Laziridis’ keynote speech at BlackBerry World in Orlando, Florida, it was announced that, in addition to the 3,000…
This morning at the BlackBerry World keynote in Orlando, Florida, attendees were a little surprised to see Microsoft’s Steve Ballmer take the stage. What could he possibly be doing down in Orlando during a BlackBerry event? Well, it turns out he was promoting Microsoft’s search engine, Bing, and Bing Maps. In partnership with BlackBerry, future…
Prior to their big show, RIM blasted out a ton of announcements yesterday, prominently including a new enterprise product that will support Android and iOS, as well as the Bold 9900, their first smartphone in an upcoming series with NFC chips, faster processors, and support for augmented reality applications. We’re covering it live, and hoping…
It’s going to be a big week for BlackBerry with BlackBerry World taking place in Orlando, Florida, and we’re already off to some big news. The new Bold 9900, which is reminiscent of the Bold 9000 that came out in fall 2008, was just announced this morning and we’ve learned that it’s going to come…