September 25th, 2007
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There is yet another BlackBerry outage affecting BlackBerry Internet Service (BIS) users on all carriers. I love my BlackBerry and think that Research in Motion is a great company, however, 3 major service outages in less than a year is has moved beyond annoying and into the realm of incompetence.
If I were still running a NOC for a fortune 500 company and one of my a vendor had three outages of this magnitude in 6 months and promised it would never happen again after the first one…
Well, I am not saying, I am just saying… RIM must do better.
Written by Robb Dunewood on September 25th, 2007 with 12 comments.
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Have you heard that BlackBerry maker Research in Motion is a platinum sponsor for the Ontario Linux Fest being held next month? How about that they are looking to hire over 40 Linux-skilled professionals.
Could this have anything to do with the Linux based mobile device that Google is developing? Lisa Hoover from IT Managers Journal thinks it is a possibility.
What do you think?
Written by Robb Dunewood on September 25th, 2007 with 4 comments.
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BlackBerry Enterprise Solution is the First Mobile Platform to Achieve Common Criteria Certification
Research in Motion today announced that it has been awarded the Common Criteria Evaluation Assurance Level 2, EAL 2+ for short, validation for BlackBerry Enterprise Server and and BlackBerry device software.
“RIM is a pioneer and longstanding advocate of wireless security and we are extremely pleased to report that our BlackBerry software has become the first mobile platform to receive the Common Criteria certification” said Mike Lazaridis, President and Co-CEO at RIM. “This certification, along with numerous other security accreditations from around the world, further illustrates why so many security conscious organizations and governments have chosen the BlackBerry solution.”
The BlackBerry is the first mobile platform to achieve EAL 2+ accreditation.
Read the full press release…
Written by Robb Dunewood on September 25th, 2007 with no comments.
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I was just thinking about all the pretty colors that T-Mobile BlackBerry Pearl now comes and how it will be a big hit it will be with all the kids whose parents refused to spend $500 or $600 on a cell phone. Then I thought about how brilliant a move Steve Jobs made when he slashed the price of the iPhone by $200.
Here are 3 reasons T-Mobile needs to cut the price of the BlackBerry Pearl:
- The iPhone only costs $100 more than the BlackBerry Pearl before rebates.
- Before rebates, the iPhone is only $100 more than the BlackBerry Pearl.
- There is only a $100 price difference between the iPhone and the BlackBerry Pearl before the $50 mail-in rebate. Who ever sends those things in anyway?
I was going to make this a top ten list, however, I think that you get my point.
Christmas is exactly 3 months away. Just think of all the extra chores you could get your kids to do if you even hint that you might get them an iPhone as a present. That is well worth the $100.
My 12 year old has agreed to finish the basement and build a room addition on the back of the house if I just contemplate getting her an iPhone for Christmas.
You guys know that I love BlackBerrys. RIMarkable has been running for almost 3 years. I have to be honest though. The BlackBerry doesn’t have close to that type of leverage.
Written by Robb Dunewood on September 25th, 2007 with 4 comments.
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When flying Air Canada within Canada or internationally on a flight departing from Canada, passengers that use their BlackBerrys as a paperless boarding pass when checking in. You could actually use any (supported) mobile device, however, BlackBerry Boarding Pass sounds much better than HTC Vox Boarding Pass or Motorola Q boarding pass.
Lise Fournel, the airline’s Senior Vice-President of E-Commerce and Chief Information Officer, commented: “Introduction of the mobile boarding pass is a key element in Air Canada’s initiatives to use the most recent and secure mobile and 2-D barcode technologies to simplify our customers’ travel experience.
In addition to the simplification of travel and business processes made possible by the replacement of paper with electronic documents, we’re particularly excited about the expanded application of 2-D barcode technology that gives our employees better tools to serve our customers more efficiently.”
I wonder how long it will take this to catch on with other airlines?
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Written by Robb Dunewood on September 25th, 2007 with 5 comments.
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