Blackberry

Google’s Android OS-based phones and Apple’s iPhone maybe get all the media love, but one analyst firm believes that it will be RIM’s BlackBerry that will be the smartphone king of the U.S. market in five years. Pyramid Research expects the device to be the biggest… Read More »

I just got off the phone with jkOnTheRun’s Kevin Tofel, and like every other geek, we were talking about Droid and its impact on the market. We were both wondering if Motorola’s release today of its Verizon-focused Droid handset killed the BlackBerry Storm2, the new version… Read More »

FourSquare, the location-based mobile application game that launched back in March, has been getting a lot of attention here in the U.S., but in the meantime, an offering made available in the iPhone App Store that same month has been gaining users internationally: Gowalla. Created by… Read More »

From Loopt to FourSquare, it seems like every mobile-focused startup these days wants to hop on board the location-based application train. Aloqa launched an iPhone version of its free Android and BlackBerry application last week (the startup’s CEO, Sanjeev Agrawal, spoke during a panel at our… Read More »

Phanfare, a subscription-based video and photo archival service, has paired up with Hewlett-Packard to offer an updated version of its Photon application for the iPhone and iPod touch, and it’s available starting today for free in the iTunes App store. The new version of Photon lets… Read More »

Any upstart looking to dent the retail music download market, currently dominated by Apple, faces myriad challenges: heavyweight competitors with powerful brand names, downward pressure on price and a marketplace for music that’s shrinking overall. But British retailer 7digital is undeterred, and as such is launching… Read More »

Adobe today unveiled a new version of Flash in an effort to expand support for the popular technology beyond the traditional Internet to mobile phones, netbooks, set-top boxes and other connected consumer devices. Flash Player 10.1 will run on platforms including Google’s Android, Research In Motion’s… Read More »

Why RIM’s App World Is Key to Its Long-term Success

Research In Motion shares took a beating on Friday and several analysts cut their ratings on the stock after the company posted disappointing sales for its fiscal second quarter and ratcheted down expectations for the current one. But while increasing competition and ever-dwindling price points may… Read More »

BlackBerry Should End This Tour

About two months ago, I became a happy Verizon customer. I signed up for the company’s unlimited calling and data plan. I got myself RIM’s brand new release, the BlackBerry Tour, a well-balanced cross between the Curve 2 and the Bold, and was hooked onto a… Read More »

SocialScope Makes Tweeting Easy on the BlackBerry

Ask any BlackBerry owner about their device, and there’s a good chance they’ll sing the praises of the keyboard, the push email, and the ability to rapidly exchange text messages and IMs. Plus, a fairly decent Facebook client for the gadget integrates seamlessly with the BlackBerry… Read More »

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