Battle of the Mobile Phone Operating Systems [Lifehacker Faceoff] (4)
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As smartphones get cheaper and more featureful than their stripped-down siblings, more folks are walking around with full-on operating systems in their pocket—but which is the best? Our brother site Gizmodo shows off its promiscuous use of every smartphone on the block in an informative explainer about the current roster of mobile operating systems out there, from Windows Mobile, iPhone 2.0, and Android to Symbian, BlackBerry, and Palm. In the wake of the iPhone 3G ...
BlackBerry fans will flip over the new Pearl 8220 (1)
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I've been a flip-phone fan ever since my Motorola StarTAC days, but much of the smartphone market has stayed away from the form factor. There have been a few exceptions and RIM adds another one today with the launch of their BlackBerry Pearl Flip 8220 on T-Mobile's network. The 3.6-ounce handset is small like most flippers, only taking up 3.9” x 1.96” x 0.68” of space when folded. Even with the small size, RIM still ...
BlackBerry Pearl Flip Review [Blackberry Pearl Flip Review] (1)
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If it hadn't been leaked so damn much, the BlackBerry Pearl Flip 8220 would be something of a surprise. Not simply because it's the first-ever clamshell BlackBerry, but the fact that RIM went in this direction at all, especially when you look at the rest of its new phones, with their clean, almost aerodynamic lines, and compare them to this beefy slab of a phone. Landing on T-Mobile today, the big-boned Pearl Flip is aimed ...
Next2Friends streams live video from a BlackBerry (1)
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Looking to get your BlackBerry invited to the live-streaming scene? Qik is out of the question because it only supports Symbian S60 and Windows Mobile devices for the time being. However, Next2Friends just announced support for their competing service on the BlackBerry Curve and Pearl handsets. The company already supports Symbian S40 & S60 devices as well as Windows Mobile 6 handhelds. You'll have to sign up for the free service first and then you ...
Fuite du HTC T8290 (1)
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Ces images d’un nouveau téléphone HTC proviennent de Nedge2k et révèlent un surprenant appareil dans la gamme du constructeur taïwanais: à mi-chemin entre le Touch HD et le Diamond, et avec le WiMax s’il vous plait. Peut-être que cette dernière fonction n’intéressera pas tout le monde, mais en Russie, ce sont plus de 20 millions de personnes qui pourront tirer profit de cette connectivité. Vous pouvez voir sur les captures d’écran que la vitesse de ...
Agility with four billion users (1)
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Copenhagen, DENMARK - Yup, still in Denmark. But, before the week is out I wanted to make a few comments on what we are up to, the way the industry is growing, and some other items that keep me awake at night. Do you know what four billion means? And do folks really know how to use their phones or even dispose of their phones? Read on to learn more. Excuse me? That was how ...
Blackberry Gets It's First Live Video Streaming Client [Video Streaming] (4)
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Next2Friends has released the first live video streaming client for newer Blackberry phones, like the Curve and the Pearl. Similar to Qik or Justin TV, you download the Next2Friends client to your phone, and it streams to the internet whatever your camera records. Qik has been around on the N95 for so long now that I kinda figured similar services had made their way onto to the Blackberry. I was wrong. In any case the ...
Première prise en main du BlackBerry Storm (2)
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La toute première fois que vous toucherez le BlackBerry Storm —le tout premier téléphone tactile sans clavier de RIM, qui vient juste d’être annoncé pour Verizon Wireless—vous serez vraiment surpris. Peu importe le nombre de fois ou vos doigts ont dansé sur des téléphones tactiles avant, la sensation lorsqu’on appuie sur l’écran est unique: vous ressentez un clic. Oui, l’écran est un bouton géant, sur lequel vous devez appuyer pour chaque action, y compris chaque ...
Orange Pulls BlackBerry Bold Over Quality Concerns [Blackberry Bold] (1)
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According to a leaked memo obtained by Mobile Tech Addicts, UK based cellphone carrier Orange have pulled the BlackBerry Bold off of their shelves temporarily citing quality issues with the device. What specific issues they are referring to are unknown, but Orange claims they are awaiting solutions from RIM and plan to have the device back on shelves in "a couple of weeks." As you probably already know, the US debut of the Bold has ...
Giz Explains: Illustrated Guide to Smartphone OSes (27)
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You're more likely than ever to buy a smartphone, not just because they do so much more than dumb feature phones, with real email, decent web browsing and downloadable applications, but because they're cheaper than ever. With the exception of some expensive ass unlocked-but-unsubisized European models, you generally don't have to pay more than $300 for a balls-to-the-wall smartphone—though the voice plan plus data fees can easily run you $80 or more per month. Here's ...
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Rahul Gaitonde said:
Great review + comparison. Breadth over depth.
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Mark said:
What an excellent comparison of mobile OSes.
Finally, a worthy iPhone challenger (1)
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In response to T-Mobile’s gPhone and AT&T’s iPhone, Verizon Wireless is getting a bPhone — the new BlackBerry Storm, which was leaked last week and officially announced this morning.The new BlackBerry 9530 appears to be the flagship smartphone of the world’s largest cellphone carrier, Vodafone, and is being first released by its partly-owned US subsidiary, Verizon Wireless. It melds the traditional BlackBerry features with an iPhone-inspired touch screen interface, showing that Research in Motion is ...
RIMM Finally Realizes BlackBerry Users Might Own a Mac (16)
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The BlackBerry syncing situation on Macs is, to put it lightly, abysmal (from RIM anyway). But it looks they're finally realizing people who own Blackberrys might just use a Mac too! Boy Genius brings us the first look at their BlackBerry Media Sync for Mac, a clean, appropriately Mactastic version of their standard PC program that'll sync music, photos, videos, and even iTunes playlists to BlackBerry devices. It's not the final version, so the options ...
Motorola Q11 WinMo Smartphone Lacks 3G, Common Sense [Motorola] (1)
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We've known that the Motorola Q11 (an update to the Q9) was in the works, but today Motorola made it officially known. Maybe I'm the last person you should listen to when it comes to this particular Windows Mobile line, but I don't even think Motorola cares about this baby. It does have the requisite Wi-Fi, GPS, microSD support up to 32GB, a 3-megapixel camera and the ability to read H.264-encoded video, but with the ...
BlackBerry Storm specs claim it runs iPhone software [Dumbphones] (4)
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Research In Motion's iPhone substitute, the touchscreen-equipped BlackBerry Storm, has debuted. Perhaps a bit hastily. In the U.K., it's sold by Vodafone, which has displayed a page of specifications. The screenshots show the Storm displaying the iPhone's characteristic icons and Apple's Safari Web browser. Has Apple licensed the iPhone's operating system to RIM? No, what this looks like is a rushed-out product launch, and an overeager Web designer. Another shot:
BlackBerry Storm First Hands On [Blackberry Storm Hands On] (7)
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The very first time you touch the BlackBerry Storm—RIM's first all-touchscreen keyboard-free smartphone, just announced for Verizon Wireless—you will be startled. No matter how many times your fingers dance on the screen like you've been trained on every other touchscreen, nothing will happen. At least, not until you push the screen all the way down and you feel a click. Yes, the screen is a giant button, one you have to punch for basically every ...
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Mark R said:
The major problem with Verizon is their pricing scheme, guaranteed this phone is going to require one of their "premium" plans
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iomegadrive said:
This looks really good. I also like the ClickThrough tech, esp. given my dexterity issues with the iPhone. It also looks very very pretty...
Blackberry Storm Goes Live On Vodafone With 3D Tour, Official Spec Page [BB] (2)
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Vodafone just launched the Blackberry Storm on their site (HUGE BOMBSHELL ANNOUNCEMENT), complete with a 3D image that offers a full view of the phone and a link to the Storm's spec sheet. Other than that, not a whole lot new here, just seems to (more or less) confirm what we already suspected. [Vodafone]
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Wes has a really good idea for a Loop that this could tie in to...
Blackberry App Store Already Has Third Party Competition in BerryStore [Blackberry Apps] (2)
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After today's reveal that RIM will launch an official app store in the near future, TechCrunch reports on BerryStore, which not only promises to provide apps for the Storm, but the rest of the Blackberry line as well, including the old phones. What makes this a legitimate challenger to the official app store is that BerryStore's content will be available to everyone, regardless of the carrier (the official app store will make different apps available ...
Firefox Mobile Alpha sortira “dans quelques semaines” (1)
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Le développement du navigateur Firefox Mobile se poursuit. Juste au moment où on commençait à trouver le temps long et où des rumeurs commençaient à circuler sur le fait que le développement risquait de s’éterniser, on a appris de source plutôt sure que ce n’était pas le cas: John Lilly, PDG de Mozilla, a déclaré que la première alpha de Firefox Mobile sortira “dans quelques semaines”. Firefox Mobile pourrait ouvrir un nouveau front dans la ...
Mozilla CEO: First Firefox Mobile Alpha Release "In a Few Weeks" [Firefox Mobile] (5)
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When we saw Firefox Mobile in action a few months ago, it looked pretty snazzy, but we were a bit concerned by a few reports floating around that it might be a long wait to actually get our hands on it. Happily, that's not the case. Mozilla CEO John Lilly says that we'll see the first Firefox Mobile alpha releases "in a few weeks." Is anyone else psyched for Firefox Mobile and the start of ...
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O meu amigo José Antônio publicou hoje um link muito útil com dicas para aqueles que necessitam conectar um celular Nokia em um computador com Linux (Distribuições Debian). Para ter acesso ao tutorial clique aqui. Se você ainda não conhece o Fórum do Blog NokiaBR, visite o link http://forum.noki.... Fonte: NokiaBR.Shared by Lee G. (31)Contribute comment
