April 21st, 2008
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In the 2008 Brandz.com Top 100 Most Powerful Brands (pdf) report BlackBerry moved up 390% sliding into the 51st over all spot on the list. The Brandz list isn’t simply just a popularity list, but, is an almost complex formula based on corporate earnings, brand contribution, and market valuations and growth potential.
Not only does the BlackBerry brand sit in the 51st place on the list, the brand is estimated to be worth $1.3 billion.
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Written by Robb Dunewood on April 21st, 2008 with 5 comments.
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We seem to keep going back and forth on the release date of the Sprint BlackBerry Curve 8330.
When Sprint first announced the BlackBerry Curve they said that it would come out in April. Then we heard a lot of rumors that the launch of the Sprint Curve had been delayed, possibly all the way into June. Just the other day Engadget Mobile reported that the Sprint Curve indeed would ship in April. And today, we see that the device won’t be available via the Sprint Store until June 1st.
Now, The Sprint Store technically isn’t Sprint, but, an authorized Sprint reseller. One could gather, however, that if Sprint’s authorized resellers aren’t carrying the device until June, the device probably isn’t coming out until June.
What do you think?
When will the Sprint BlackBerry Curve Ship?
Written by Robb Dunewood on April 21st, 2008 with 30 comments.
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Alltel usually lags a few weeks behind Sprint and Verizon when it comes to releasing their branded version of CDMA BlackBerry devices, however, this time around they plan on getting the goods into their subscribers hands just as, if not more, quickly than everyone else.
Alltel this morning announced that the BlackBerry Curve 8330 will be available in Alltel retail stores beginning May 1st. That is next Thursday for those of you not keeping track.
The Alltel BlackBerry Curve is pretty much just like the one coming out on Sprint, both of which, aren’t nearly as locked down as Verizon’s model.
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Written by Robb Dunewood on April 21st, 2008 with 6 comments.
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If you’ve been following the continuing saga of the potential BlackBerry ban in India, you may remember that Tata Teleservices application to offer BlackBerry on their network was the fire spark that set all of the “BlackBerry is too secure” controversy off.
Well, despite the Indian DoT’s initial rejection of Tata’s application to carry the BlackBerry and the threat of a potential BlackBerry ban, Tata Teleservices has decided to launch the BlackBerry anyway.
TSL has told the government that the delay was costing it heavily in terms of “loss of business opportunity and recurring revenues.”
“We do appreciate that there are security concerns and concerns on the subject of lawful interception. We, however, feel that having followed procedures to seek approvals we can’t be suffering vis-à-vis such operators who never sought such clearances,” the company explained in a letter to the DoT.
To make a long story short Tata says regardless of if they have the governments blessing or not, they will be rolling out BlackBerry service on their network.
I wonder what the DoT will have to say about that?
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Written by Robb Dunewood on April 21st, 2008 with 5 comments.
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