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BlackBerry App World Now Available Through Your Browser
Despite Fierce Competition, RIM Manages 33% Profit Increase
A Blackberry Tablet: CEO Mike Lazaridis Speaks To the Idea
Wi-Fi-Enabled BlackBerry Storm 2 Coming to Verizon in September?
BlackBerry App World Tour and Impressions
BlackBerry Might Get Mobile TV Service
RIM's New Blackberry Enterprise Server 5.0 Launches in Q2 2009, Adds Better Desktop Syncing
BlackBerry Storm's Shipping Delay: Blame the Firmware
Apple Leapfrogs RIM to Become #2 Smartphone Seller in the World
BlackBerry 8320 Curve Official Shots Leaked

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DPeezy
08/18/09

In reply to BlackBerry App World Now Available Through Your Browser
I know everybody's first reaction will be "yes, all mobile stores need to do this; are you listening iTunes/Apple!?!?"

But in reality...how often do you NOT have your phone with you to do this directly? If I see an app right now for the iPhone, I sure would NOT be going to some web-interface to email myself a link; I'd just take out my phone and download...
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zenpoet
08/19/09

@DPeezy: for some folks like myself who have big meaty hands, its easier to interface with a keyboard and mouse. It okay to surf on the Berry when I have no alternative, but if I have my druthers, I would much rather use a pc.
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Kaiser-Machead
05/27/09

In reply to A Blackberry Tablet: CEO Mike Lazaridis Speaks To the Idea
Tablets are just a notch above a gimmick. As one looking to set up a Wacom and computer combo for my art doin's, I first looked at tablet PC's to see if I could just compress these two things into one device. Even with the Wacom software, the tablet is basically an overly gimped Cintiq compared to an Intuos, so it's out of the question. Typing, file searching, media controls and other regular computing activities don't seem to be improved at all being brought into a touch screen. Since we're talking about something that takes up roughly over a square foot of surface area, there's simply no need, when toggles, keyboards and trackpads do all of these things with relative ease.

Multitouch, on a tablet, is even more of a gimmick, if not completely. A question I've yet to find an answer for is: what is the real benefit? I've come to the conclusion that there really isn't one.
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frigg
05/27/09

In reply to A Blackberry Tablet: CEO Mike Lazaridis Speaks To the Idea
If hobbits can add a second breakfast to fill up that vast cavernous space of no food between breakfast and brunch, surely there's a device that can fill the gap between a phone and a notebook.
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Nick
05/27/09

In reply to A Blackberry Tablet: CEO Mike Lazaridis Speaks To the Idea
what tech falls in the middle of a tablet and a notebook?
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Lite: hates Illinois Nazis
04/06/09

In reply to Wi-Fi-Enabled BlackBerry Storm 2 Coming to Verizon in September?
Will the touchscreen still suck as much as the original Storm? Because, I don't think I could buy a phone for the Verizon network unless it had at least one majorly craptastic feature going for it. Other than Brew that is, or Verizon wanting to charge you a fee for even looking at your phone in a cross manner.
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Marc Rajs
04/06/09

@Lite: has Voodoo Doughnuts: Umm actually the click touchscreen is great. The OS that Verizon released is dog sh*t and that's why people hate on the Storm but the newer OS's (beta) that are out are perfect. My Storm has NO lag now and is faster loading web pages on 3G than my IToy is over Wi-Fi.
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Lite: hates Illinois Nazis
04/06/09

@Marc Rajs: I've read nothing but bad reviews about the touchscreen, and they seem to repeatedly state that it is dog sh*t even after the updates.
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venc
04/02/09

In reply to BlackBerry App World Tour and Impressions
I have played around with the App World since came out, and I think they made it thinking mostly on the storm. As it is so smooth and easy go around the store.

The selection is not the best, but no store opens with thousands of Apps, Apple Store didn't start with thousands either. This thing is only one (1) day old. Give it time!!
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Will Nickelson
04/02/09

@venc: This is Giz, remember? If it isn't the Jesus phone then it's automatically crap. And it's not like they'll ever give it a second review, because again, that's reserved for the iPhone exclusively.

One month until I get my Storm...
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frigg
04/02/09

@Will Nickelson: It's actually the opposite. Most comments are like yours, rooting for the underdog. Pre gets untold love from Giz and similar sites. The question is once it's released, will regular people feel the same way.
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Renegade05
04/02/09

In reply to BlackBerry App World Tour and Impressions
I've always wanted to know what camera gizmodo uses to take these pics?
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matt buchanan
04/02/09

@Renegade05: Our iPhones.
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frigg
04/02/09

In reply to BlackBerry App World Tour and Impressions
Since the cheapest Blackberry App is 2.99, and the cheapest App Store app is .99, that makes Blackberry more like Whole Foods and Apple more like Target at the cash register.
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OMG! Ponies!
11/23/08

In reply to BlackBerry Storm's Shipping Delay: Blame the Firmware
I'd like to extend a warm round of congratulations for displacing Microsoft as the company whose shipping delays have pissed off the business sector most.

That's okay, RIM. You ship your OS whenever you feel like it. No one had a problem with the year in between 4.2 and 4.5.
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DarkCobra
11/22/08

In reply to BlackBerry Storm's Shipping Delay: Blame the Firmware
Frankly, I'm going to wait until after "ALL" the holidays. Something tells me there will be even MORE important changes coming, some of which may have to be hardware (physical) and not all software correctable! I say that because they have already tried to fix things via software and it didn't work out which is why they had to go backwards to a version that at least worked somewhat. If that's the case . . . if you think there's some pissed off owners now just watch this get worse!
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johnnyabnormal
11/09/08

In reply to Apple Leapfrogs RIM to Become #2 Smartphone Seller in the World
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAH
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helfrez
11/08/08

In reply to Apple Leapfrogs RIM to Become #2 Smartphone Seller in the World
I'm kinda sick of seeing this article. It stinks with half truths. Gotta love how the apple loving blogs play it up. As the previous poster pointed out...THIRD QUARTER SALES!!! get it through your thick skulls people. This isnt worldwide market share. TBH if anything, it's not something to brag about.

SHOCKER NEWSFLASH!! Apple release a new version of their smash hit phone in the third quarter, and outsold RIM who didn't release any new devices. If anything, kudos to RIM for battling it out and managing to sell almost as many of their OLD MODEL phones in a quarter that apple released a hot upgrade.

Get some perspective people, Iphone is kewl, no doubt, and Apple is doing a good job selling units. But check the total units for a year, or heavy forbid look at the number of nokia units sold...reality check, Nokia ships what millions of units a month?

Again, not trying to steal anyone's glory, Iphones are kewl, but stop ridding pole so hard, it's not that serious
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sos10
11/09/08

@helfrez: the flaw in your reasoning is when you replace RIM with Apple and vice versa.... the post is about world marketshare in Q3 of 2008...if in Q4 a new RIM coes out and sells more than Apple than that is also because of the introduction of a new model and only about Q4....
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frigg
11/08/08

In reply to Apple Leapfrogs RIM to Become #2 Smartphone Seller in the World
The iPhone really is a big leap of a device. All the nitpicking, cynical grousing, and media saturation, do little to diminish its significance.

And I'm not just sayin that cause I love me some Koi.
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Kaiser-Machead
11/08/08

In reply to Apple Leapfrogs RIM to Become #2 Smartphone Seller in the World
Considering how few different models (if capacity and color can even count as separate models) that Apple makes, it has pretty impressive numbers to say the least. Wouldn't matter if it was behind WM or not, since WM runs on a wide variety of phones, while OS X lite is pretty much like OS X for computers.
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hooked-on-tronics
11/08/08

In reply to Apple Leapfrogs RIM to Become #2 Smartphone Seller in the World
Apple could release an alarm clock that wakes you up by kicking you in the balls and people would still buy it. The iPhone having a high market share says nothing of its "importance".
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ILikeMacsWhatAboutIT
11/08/08

@hooked-on-tronics: By importance they're saying they've raised the bar so now other companies have to up their game. Just think of what the Prius did to the auto industry.
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hooked-on-tronics
11/08/08

@ILikeMacsWhatAboutIT: How did they raise the bar? By adding a touchscreen and a beer simulator? I admit that its gimmickness is enticing, but if we're talking smartphones then we should keep the emphasis on the phone aspect, not how many people bought it simply because of the big Apple logo.
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sos10
11/09/08

@hooked-on-tronics: no, because it is an amazing piece of technology.
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