June 30th, 2006
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Russell Shaw from BBHub makes a very good point about how BlackBerry maker, Research in Motion, is shifting from a company that up until recently, released very little information about future BlackBerry devices and features coming down the pipe, to a company that “that embraces the online world- including blogs- as a way to spread anticipation excitement about forthcoming features.”
To make a long story short, RIM is starting to see the value in allowing people like Russell and other mobile technology bloggers, myself included, to talk about BlackBerry gear yet to be released in order to generate “buzz” and interest.
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Written by Robb Dunewood on June 30th, 2006 with 3 comments.
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Research in Motion and Movistar today announced the availability of BlackBerry Connect for the Palm Treo 650 in Spain.
Demand for wireless email solutions is driven by the need for increased productivity amongst movistars enterprise customers, said Luis Ezcurra, general director of market development and marketing for Telefónica Móviles España. Movistar believes that working closely with Palm and RIM to provide the feature-rich Treo 650 with BlackBerry Connect functionality will address this demand, as enterprise customers are very interested in investing in solutions that support their business, operational and IT objectives.
Read the full press release here…
Movistar
Written by Robb Dunewood on June 30th, 2006 with no comments.
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I was just listening to Research in Motion CFO Dennis Kavelman on Squawk Box this morning and when he was asked if there was any truth to the BlackBerry maker acquiring rival mobile PDA maker Palm, he didn’t definitively say no.
To be fair, he said that such a takeover was highly unlikely and really didn’t make sense for Research in Motion, however, when asked directly if the rumors were false and that RIM had no intention of merger talks with Palm, Kavelman would not flat out say no.
This could be a case of a corporate exec never saying never or could be that RIM never gives you a clue to what they are doing until they actually do it.
What do you think?
Dennis Kavelman
Written by Robb Dunewood on June 30th, 2006 with 2 comments.
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