April 28th, 2008
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We don’t know how legitimate this auction actually was, however, an unlocked BlackBerry 9000 was listed on eBay earlier today and they had some pretty good close up pictures of the device as well.
The seller listed 2 BlackBerry 9000 devices for sale at a starting price of $399.99. It isn’t clear why the auction was canceled, however, the seller said that they did have the devices in stock even though they wouldn’t ship them until August.
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Written by Robb Dunewood on April 28th, 2008 with 7 comments.
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You know for a wireless company whose network technology largely unused outside of the U.S. with a subscriber base comprised only of sheep, zealots and peons suffering from FUD generated by the anti-consumer machine who have been fooled into believing that their network is superior to everyone else’s (inside joke), Verizon had a pretty good quarter.
Verizon reported net income today of $1.64 billion, 57 cents a share for Q1 08 compared to Q1 07’s $1.5 billion, 51 cents a share. Total revenue is up 5.5% coming in at $23.83 billion. Even though new-subscriber growth was lower by 12%, 1.3 million of the 1.5 million new Verizon subscribers signed up to long term contracts which was almost twice that of AT&T and that includes AT&T iPhone subscribers.
At the end of the day, I doubt most mobile phone users care or possibly even know what network technology their phone uses. A lot, however, can be said for the strength, perceived or actual, of your network.
Written by Robb Dunewood on April 28th, 2008 with 9 comments.
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Maybe it is just me, however, it seems like BlackBerry Curve 8330 advertising has picked up significantly today. I tend to watch for new advertising right before the release of new BlackBerrys and I have seen a lot more for the BlackBerry Curve 8330 today than what I normally do.
I am the first to admit that there is nothing scientific about my observations and they could be completely tainted by my anticipation of the BlackBerry Curve from Verizon.
Is it just me, or, are you guys noticing as well?
Written by Robb Dunewood on April 28th, 2008 with 9 comments.
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There are two interesting things to notice in this particular ad. First, you will be able to get a Sprint BlackBerry Curve 8330 at Best Buy. Second, said BlackBerry won’t be available until May 1st.
This isn’t definitive proof the Sprint won’t releasing the Curve in April, however, if it does come out today, tomorrow, or Wednesday, the nations biggest electronics chain won’t be the first to offer it.
Check the ad out here…
Written by Robb Dunewood on April 28th, 2008 with 11 comments.
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Here is encouraging news to BlackBerry users in India. Not only aren’t the Indian government and Research in Motion close on a resolution addressing concerns about “BlackBerry Security”, Canadian High Commissioner David M. Malone and RIM have sent a letter to the Indian communication and IT minister asking who they can deal with that actually has the power to make a decision.
We and RIM (Canada-based BlackBerry vendor Research-in-Motion) need to understand who in the government of India is empowered to resolve this issue. This is necessary in order to ensure the right representative from RIM at the table.
The discussion managed by DoT to date has inspired little confidence that those involved on the Indian side are actually empowered to settle the matter as Indian government’s demands of RIM keep expanding while media leaks proliferate…
Potential terrorists are now aware, because of these leaks, of technical issues unknown to most of us previously.
The fact that the requirements are a moving target and, thus far, the ones giving them don’t seem to be able to say yes or no effectively seems to make clear that this issue is going to take a while to get resolved.
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Written by Robb Dunewood on April 28th, 2008 with 4 comments.
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