iPhone enterprise approach is grim for RIM
Some may gawk that Apple chose to work with Microsoft on a corporate e-mail solution for the iPhone but, really, after Palm did (before it offered Windows Mobile handsets) Nokia licensed ActiveSync...
View ArticleWhat’s in store for smartphone applications
At Mobile World Congress, Nokia and Microsoft joined Apple, RIM, Google and Palm in announcing that they’ll be supporting application stores or marketplaces for their operating systems or handsets....
View ArticleBlackBerry 9670 shows RIM won’t clam up
One of the less successful handsets RIM has launched in the past few years was the BlackBerry Pearl Flip. The phone seemed like a throwback to a form factor from which American consumers – at least...
View ArticleThe WIRE: Week of April 26, 2010
Each week, The WIRE tracks my contributions to other publications and Web sites. CNet No Flash flood in iPad Avoidance, 4/28 In my Volume Up blog, I shared one of the findings from NPD’s recent iPad...
View ArticlePlayBook marks an auspicious platform birth
Most of the reviews of the BlackBerry PlayBook remind me a lot of the first reviews of Motorola Xoom. “It’s no iPad.” Yes, we know, and so do RIM and Motorola and Google. You don’t need to turn on...
View ArticleSeesmic sees BlackBerry later
Last week’s announcement that Seesmic would not discontinue support for its social network client for BlackBerry demonstrated the challenges that RIM has faced competing for developer attention. With...
View ArticleKeyboard input: right from RIM’s playbook
Clearly, a $120 keyboard add-on for RIM’s PlayBook won’t be enough to immediately reverse the fortunes of RIM’s tablet, a product that now bears the burden of carrying RIM from the glory days of the...
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