How about a true Skype client for BlackBerry?

I recently upgraded to the latest beta of Skype, version 2.1, on my Windows Mobile Powered device (yes, I still have one) and I was thinking that a mobile Skype client should be developed for the BlackBerry.

I am not talking about another proxy based desktop pass thru solution like what you get with WebMessenger, but, a true Skype client for BlackBerry that allows you to make VoIP calls directly from your device.
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Written by Robb Dunewood on August 25th, 2006 with 7 comments.
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Remember the BlackBerry Electron?

Remember the BlackBerry Electron? This was the next generation BlackBerry code named that we started rumoring about back in the Spring of last year that we thought was the BlackBerry 8700.

Well, it looks like the BlackBerry Electron, according to a new FCC document, has resurfaced as the code name possibly of a new WiFi enabled BlackBerry also known as FCC ID: L6ARBF20CW.

BlackBerry Electron, WiFi BlackBerry

Written by Robb Dunewood on August 25th, 2006 with 1 comment.
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Why isn’t BlackBerry Connect widley available in the United States?

I just noticed that Vodafone, Optus, and Telstra have released a new version of BlackBerry Connect for the Palm Treo 650 in Austrailia and it just got me to thinking about why BlackBerry Connect is so scarce in the United States.

I understand that Research in Motion still makes dump truck loads of money off of device sales, however, it seems to me that monthly subscriber fees are the key to long term viability for the company as handsets will eventually become commodities.

RIM should take a page from Microsoft and worry not so much about which devices BlackBerry Connect runs on so long as it runs on 87 to 93% of all devices. I know that the carriers play a big role in this and they too should get the ball rolling on making BlackBerry Connect available on more devices.

Written by Robb Dunewood on August 25th, 2006 with 4 comments.
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