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    BlackBerry Bold 9700 Finally Available at AT&T Stores Nationwide

    First 3G BlackBerry Pearl 9100 Pics Leak

    BlackBerry Internet Service's Data Is Down Across the Globe

    The Year Apple and RIM Ate Everyone Else's Lunch

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    11/20/09

    In reply to First 3G BlackBerry Pearl 9100 Pics Leak
    Awesome...I've been waiting for an update to the 8100...lets see how it's specs look...
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    11/20/09

    In reply to First 3G BlackBerry Pearl 9100 Pics Leak
    Actually, having gone from the pearl to the newer curve, if you can give me the enhanced power of the curve into the pearl design, I'm all for it!

    Also, replace the ball (which I've broken repeatedly) with optical touchpad? hell yes!
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    11/20/09

    In reply to First 3G BlackBerry Pearl 9100 Pics Leak
    The 8100 never had a qwerty, it was always suretype or whatever you call it with the 2 letters per key.
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    Image of Gundem Gundem
    11/17/09

    In reply to BlackBerry Internet Service's Data Is Down Across the Globe
    No fuckin' wonder... i tried to get on porn hub and no avail.

    damn you rim.

    BBM works fine tho. #blackberrydataoutage
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    11/17/09

    In reply to BlackBerry Internet Service's Data Is Down Across the Globe
    I'm using T-Mobile in San Francisco and it works. I was having problems earlier today, though. #blackberrydataoutage
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    Image of Monty Monty
    11/13/09

    In reply to The Year Apple and RIM Ate Everyone Else's Lunch
    Interesting stats, but I would be truly interested in seeing a smart phone to compete with BlackBerry in the corporate marketplace. That is where the "real" money is, and as long as RIM is alone with the BES and BlackBerry devices, they will continue to grow in the market place creating some acceptable but hardly overwhelming products.

    Apple, on the other hand, is going to have serious competition in the years ahead from Android.

    In any case, it is neat to see the market shifting so dramatically in such a relatively short period of time. #smartphonemarketshare
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    Image of CraigJ CraigJ
    11/13/09

    @Monty: How is the "real" money in the corporate marketplace? there are over 100 million people in the US who are potential smartphone users. The potential number of device sales to corporate America can't be more than 20% of that. #smartphonemarketshare
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    Image of Monty Monty
    11/13/09

    @CraigJ: Well, okay - I exaggerated slightly. That said, the focus in the media and nearly every web site is the iPhone, which is still behind the BlackBerry in sales. It is not because the BlackBerry is a better device - it is because the corporate marketplace has no choice but to stick with it. I would love to see Apple release a corporate iPhone (and server for managing a fleet of iPhones), or an Android entry into the space - but it has not happened. So, as Apple is competing for the consumer marketplace where there are numerous competitors, RIM will continue to have their profit pouring in. Great for those lovely folks in Canada, but maybe not the greatest for innovation in the business world. #smartphonemarketshare
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    Image of Justin Paulson Justin Paulson
    11/13/09

    @Monty: What is holding corporate accounts away from iPhone? I could see it before exchange support and remote wipe, but what is the big draw to a blackberry over an iPhone for corporate use now? File editing? Is there decent office support on BB? #smartphonemarketshare
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    Image of Googlo Googlo
    11/13/09

    @Monty: IMO...( gulp! ..dont hit me!! ) WinMo phones could have done it ...I think they still have a small chance if they can manage to update their OS and do a little smart advertising ... If you ( not you per say) consider the fact that you can grab a phone with all the aplications needed with out having to shell out money for them...(like BB).... and just go.

    My dissatisfaction with BB led me to use a Korean made WinMo phone and it's surprisingly good (for business aplications, and a few other things).... compared to RIM.... what nightmare they were. #smartphonemarketshare
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    Image of Monty Monty
    11/13/09

    @Justin Paulson: The reason the iPhone is not only not an option for corporate support but is now actively considered Abaddon in slick black is related to the following:

    1. Apple made it seem their device locally encrypted information and never told anyone that it did not.

    2. Apple lied to Exchange Servers saying it was locally encrypting the data when it was not.

    (FYI: These two lies put corporations in litigation peril since they are held to confidentiality agreements and encryption standards, such as national HIPAA regulations. In other words - major problem.)

    3. Apple released a patch that was an insignificant fix for problems that "fixed" this little white lie.

    4. That "fix" that was not communicated broke all earlier iPhones from being able to connect to properly configured Exchange 2007 servers.

    5. Tech departments from all over the world received countless trouble tickets saying their iPhones no longer worked and blamed it on the corporation, not their beloved company in Cupertino.

    6. After getting the facts, companies everywhere started denying access to email data (for obvious reasons) to any iPhone devices, many setting it as company policy.

    Oh, sure, there are other problems, too - like being able to control what functions of the iPhone are available to staff - being able to remotely destory the data (corporate necessity), being able to push out applications to each device, etc and so on.

    I could go on, but you get the idea.. The iPhone is not a corporate device. Not yet, at least, and given the track record, probably not for a long time. #smartphonemarketshare
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    11/13/09

    @Googlo: We have a few staff in our office that love WinMo devices. I do think that WinMo had an opportunity in the business world to compete with RIM, but right now Microsoft is virtually ignored. Unfortunate. #smartphonemarketshare
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    Image of TheSonOfKrypton TheSonOfKrypton
    11/13/09

    In reply to The Year Apple and RIM Ate Everyone Else's Lunch
    iPhone says: "Nom Nom Nom NOM NOM NOM!!!" #smartphonemarketshare
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    Image of hbuzzell hbuzzell
    11/13/09

    In reply to BlackBerry App World Gets Carrier Billing Next Year
    Yeah - this makes it much easier! #blackberry
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    11/05/09

    In reply to LG Chocolate Touch, BlackBerry Curve 8530, and Samsung Convoy: Verizon's Second-String Lineup
    The Verizon curve has WiFi?! Huzzah for waiting on my upgrade! I love my 8330 and have been waiting for a decent option to upgrade to. #lgchocolatetouch
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    11/05/09

    In reply to LG Chocolate Touch, BlackBerry Curve 8530, and Samsung Convoy: Verizon's Second-String Lineup
    I just want a droid but it will probably still be out of my price range tomorrow #lgchocolatetouch
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    11/05/09

    @Tawnie is saving no daylight: perhaps this is the Droid you're looking for

    [gizmodo.com] #lgchocolatetouch
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    11/05/09

    @matt_mcmhn: those are still contract discount prices on the eris. I am already a customer so no discount :( #lgchocolatetouch
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    11/05/09

    In reply to BlackBerry Bold 9700 Impressions: Small and Chirpy, Like a Black Hummingbird
    should i get it or should i wait until i buy an iphone? #blackberrybold9700
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    11/05/09

    @edgareliud: wait until you buy an iPhone. then buy a BlackBerry Bold... #blackberrybold9700
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    11/05/09

    @brobot: pshhhuh? #blackberrybold9700
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    11/05/09

    @edgareliud: Check your english language, broheim. #blackberrybold9700
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    11/05/09

    In reply to BlackBerry Bold 9700 Impressions: Small and Chirpy, Like a Black Hummingbird
    Hmm... I might just have to "lose" or "damage" my current Blackberry and see what they do about it. #blackberrybold9700
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    11/02/09

    In reply to RIM Is Definitely Developing a WebKit (Read: Decent) Browser
    Opera Mini isn't really that bad on my Curve. It's real fast and you can even do the whole "iPhone thing" of seeing the entire page and zooming in where you want. This still would be nice, though. #blackberrywebkit
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    Image of AlabamaIceman AlabamaIceman
    11/02/09

    In reply to RIM Is Definitely Developing a WebKit (Read: Decent) Browser
    But the Blackberry already has a physical keyboard! So it's a better web device than the other ones, like the iPhone! Remember? REMEMBER? #blackberrywebkit
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    11/02/09

    @AlabamaIceman: Has anyone ever actually made that comparison?

    I've always held that physical keyboard is better than virtual but thats never been because of the browser. #blackberrywebkit
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    Image of jamesdelacroixv jamesdelacroixv
    11/02/09

    @tande04: browsing is definitely way better on the iphone, and their copy paste feature is fantastic it actually will copy the html so when you paste it you get the same look, font, layout etc. However, the physically keyboard of the blackberry is the best, coming from bb I miss it, though iphone texting is fine
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    11/02/09

    @opanitch: Eh, that was my over all point. I've never seen the keyboard mentioned as an essential feature for the "web" part of any phone.

    Personally I'm not a big fan of navigating a webpage with a trackball either but even then thats never been part of the keyboard/no keyboard debate that I've ever experienced. That debate usually falls to the tactile nature of a physical keyboard and the benefits there of as opposed to a virtual one.

    @jamesdelacroixv: Browsing on anything is better then browsing on a blackberry. Thats not really a question (after all thats why they wrote the article). But the physical/virtual nature of a keyboard has nothing to do with it. If anything I'd say that the virtual keyboard makes it worse since you lose so much screen space to the keyboard you don't always know what field your in. #blackberrywebkit
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    11/02/09

    @tande04: Many of my friends use that as the sole fallback as to why the iPhone or similar device is inferior to the Blackberry devices. After I ask them directly if they would ever even use some of the other features, such as the openness of the OS, the only thing they have left to say is "Well, at least mine has a real keyboard!"

    Besides, with my man-sized hands, virtual keyboards that work well are much better than the finger hopscotch I do on the "real thing." #blackberrywebkit
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    11/02/09

    @AlabamaIceman: But not solely in terms of web browsing. Your friends may not know all the little tech bits (which brings up the question which of those are "open") of what their phone can do but even that doesn't really have to do with its usefulness one way another while on the internet.

    Plus generally speaking physical keyboards are preferred over virtual for people with larger hands. You are defiantly the first I've ever seen say that. #blackberrywebkit
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    10/30/09

    In reply to BlackBerry Storm 2 Review: Improving, But Still Mostly Cloudy
    I have the Storm 1. I've updated to the 5.0 OS and so far it's made some very good improvements as far as responsiveness launching apps, email, and even typing and the pos screen is a lot better than before. 4.78 or whatever helped a lot as well but this new 5 is really great.

    Imo the Storm isnt for business, cause if you have to type 100 emails, notes, memos a day on this thing you'd wish you'd stuck with a real keyboard....as I do!

    Storm would be fine for a general purpose phone but come Feb I'm getting a BB with a keyboard! #blackberrystorm2
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