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Sprint and Research in Motion today introduced the BlackBerry 7130e to Sprint’s BlackBerry lineup. We’ve known that a 7130 series BlackBerry was coming to Sprint for a while, however, we thought the device would be called the BlackBerry 7130i.
Read the press release…
Earlier today All about Symbian reported that BlackBerry Connect for the Nokia E61 was available for download on the Nokia Business Software site and for a short time it was, however, the download has since been removed.
In the place of the Nokia E61 BlackBerry Connect download is a notice stating that
“The BlackBerry client for Nokia E60, Nokia E61 and Nokia E70 available soon. Please stay tuned.”
My guess is that they found some last minute bugs and had to pull the download from the site….
KT Powertel, a nationwide carrier providing an integrated network for PTT (Push-To-Talk) and voice calls, and Research In Motion today introduced BlackBerry for the first time in Korea. KT Powertel is launching the BlackBerry 7100iTM together with BlackBerry Enterprise ServerTM for its corporate customers.
KT Powertel is proud to be first to launch BlackBerry in Korea with RIM. BlackBerry is trusted by business and government organizations worldwide for its push-based, secure, manageable and scalable architecture. KT Powertels customers will join over 5 million BlackBerry users who enjoy the productivity and connectivity benefits of BlackBerry, said Kim Woosik, CEO of KT Powertel. BlackBerry is a strong addition to our offering of total business communications solutions. KT Powertel will address the mobility needs of the corporate market in Korea by providing the world-leading BlackBerry communications platform leveraging KT Powertels PTT network.
Read press release…
As reported earlier, the BlackBerry 8707v was introduced today in Germany by Vodafone Germany and RIM.
The BlackBerry 8707v elegantly integrates advanced hardware and software technologies in a stylish and lightweight handset that supports UMTS networks and Vodafone Germany already offers UMTS support in 1800 German cities, said Hartmut Kremling, CTO of Vodafone Germany. The BlackBerry 8707v is the perfect choice for business professionals looking for uncompromised email, browsing and voice performance in an all-in-one device. With the ability to use the handset as a modem for laptops, the BlackBerry 8707v also offers users another great way to stay connected.
The Inquirer has the scoop on an a company here in North America that is planning another so called BlackBerry Killer that, in my opinion, is doomed before it it gets off the ground. Believe it or not, someone has the bright idea that a “clamshell” two-way pager with no voice capability and a proprietary OS is somehow going to dethrone the BlackBerry from it’s lofty pirch on top of the wireless email market. I have 7 words for this marketing genius…
Have you completely lost your frigging mind?
[Read more…] about This BlackBerry Killer has no chance…
Optus, along with Research in Motion and Palm, today announced the availability of BlackBerry Connect for the Treo 650 for Optus customers in Austrailia. BlackBerry Connect will allow new and existing users of the Palm Treo 650 to connect their devices to BlackBerry Enterprise Servers and enjoy the many benefits of pushed based BlackBerry email.
With BlackBerry Connect, Optus customers have a greater choice of mobile devices that are supported by the robust and secure capabilities of BlackBerry services and a wider choice of wireless email solutions on the feature-rich Palm Treo 650 smartphone.
There is a very interesting thread over on Howard Forums that asks if you would use a BlackBerry without a data plan. For me personally, the BlackBerry is not a good enough PDA nor mobile phone for me to use it without being able to get email or even browse the web. Others have a very different opinion, however.
Would you use a BlackBerry without a data plan?
After a few delays it looks like Motorola’s Q that kind-of-sort-of competes with the BlackBerry is finally coming out. The Moto Q will be available online May 31st and in Verizon stores by June 5th.
Although you can get email on the Q kind of like on a BlackBerry, I think that the traditional PDA manufacturers like HP and Dell are the ones would should be concerned with loosing even more share. The Q has been dubbed the BlackBerry Killer but I think that it will be more of a Pocket PC killer.
Thanks to RIMarkable commenter Acnst, we now know that the BlackBerry 8707v will be unveiled at a BlackBerry 8707v launch party a week from today in Frankfurt, Germany.
If you can read German you can get the details from www.BlackBerry8707.com…
The BlackBerry 8707v hasn’t been officially announced yet but here is more evidence that it’s arrival really is imminent.
Russell Shaw from BBHub has found a BlackBerry Knowledge Base Article titled 8707v does not support BlackBerry services when used for dial-up networking.
The BlackBerry 8707vTM can be used as an external modem to connect a laptop computer to the Internet. When providing a dial-up network connection, the BlackBerry handheld cannot support other BlackBerry services (for example, email reconciliation or calendar synchronization).
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