So, you are probably thinking to yourself, “can’t you already get your Gmail pushed to your BlackBerry for free?” The answer is yes, however, the argument could be made that getting email on your BlackBerry via BIS is really not free because you pay a service charge for you BlackBerry every month.

emoze, on the other hand, is now offering push Gmail to just about every mobile handset and they are claiming that it is completely free. All you have to do is download the emoze client directly to your mobile device by visiting mobile.emoze.com from your handheld’s browser, or via a web-based wizard at www.emoze.com.

I would argue that emoze isn’t really free either unless wireless carriers have started offering free data plans. To make a long story short, if you don’t have a BlackBerry but would still like to get BlackBerry-like push based email on your mobile phone from your Gmail account, you’re in luck.

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Get Free Push Gmail To Your Mobile Device From emoze is a post from: RIMarkable

The FCC has just issued a $100,000 fine against Amp’d Mobile, the “pay as you go” MVNO aimed at the young adult market, for failing to protect consumers’ personal calling records from thieves.

Amp’d, who buys excess bandwidth on Verizon’s network is, is known to have phones and service that are “Cool as $#!+”. Looks like their protection of customer information is unsecure as $#!+ too.

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Amp’d Mobile

Amp’d Mobile Is Unsecure As $#!+ is a post from: RIMarkable

I didn’t become completely addicted to my BlackBerry until the 7100T came out. In fact, I carried a BlackBerry and a cell phone before I got the first SureType device. I like mobile devices that don’t look like scientific calculators and I have to admit, I really like the design of the Helio Ocean.

Some folks may think that it is kind of bulky, however, I am currently rocking a BlackBerry 7130e which is 0.9 inches thick and the Helio Ocean is only 0.86 inches think and has a full QWERTY keyboard.

Don’t get me wrong. I am not saying that I am swapping out my BlackBerry for a Helio. I am just saying that if RIM ever starts making devices that look like this, I will be first in line to get one.

Helio Ocean

Will RIM ever make a BlackBerry as cool as this? is a post from: RIMarkable

Remember a week or so ago, we talked about the second round showdown of emoze and BlackBerry happening at CTIA? Well, yesterday was the day and emoze, as expected, won again.

As Steve St. Pierre puts it best, “nobody cares.” I don’t want to rewrite the same stuff that I wrote the last time emoze beat the BlackBerry, however, emoze’s offering, although “faster” than the BlackBerry, is quite poor in my opinion. Just take a look at the comments from the last post…

emoze

The emoze vs. BlackBerry Showdown 2 Results Are In…. is a post from: RIMarkable

CNBC is reporting that a major Palm shareholder, who did not want to be identified or his stake disclosed, is expecting Motorola to acquire Palm for about $2 billion.

“They (Palm) generate a lot of cash,” the shareholder added. “Paying $2 billion in cash for a company generating $120 million in free cash flow is not a stretch. They could pay up to $25 a share and the deal would still be accretive. Accretive immediately.”

We heard a couple of days ago that Palm might be ready to sell. It was believed, however that Nokia, not Motorola had the inside track.

Motorola

Major Palm Shareholder Expects Motorola Deal Soon is a post from: RIMarkable

I was just reading an article over on the Washington Post that asks the question, “Why would Google want a phone?” The piece almost makes it seem like it is a mistake for Google to move into the already crowded mobile phone industry.

Commentaries have been mostly about rumors, and they lack a good motive for such a move. Google makes software, not hardware, and rumors that it was developing a PC a few years back turned out to be wrong–it was simply making software for PCs.

I decided to answer the question here and to make a long story short, Google wants a phone simply because it allows them to move from being the middle-man in the content delivery system to just being the man.

When you think about it, Google supplies the content in the case of YouTube for millions of people watching videos and provides the mechanism, Google’s index, to find almost all other content. They are the the gate keeper between the content you want and the device that you get it on. If Google builds the content delivery system and makes it cheap, well, that is the Golden Goose.

Google Phone

Why Google Wants a Phone is a post from: RIMarkable

Taiwanese computer manufacturer Acer has decided to get into the smartphone game and has its sights squarely aimed at Research in Motion’s BlackBerry.

At what point will these companies understand that you can’t keep doing the same thing expecting to get a different result? Mark my words. Unless MS completely rewrites Windows Mobile from the ground up, no Windows Mobile powered smartphone will ever compete with the BlackBerry.

I guess Acer thinks that they will get lucky.

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BlackBerry Killer, Acer

Acer… The Next Company to Fail Miserably At Crushing The BlackBerry is a post from: RIMarkable

Have you heard any rumors about the Google Switch, the new mobile phone that, supposedly, Google and Samsung are working on? We first heard about the Switch, or GPhone as some are referring to it, a couple of months ago.

Well, it looks like more Google phone rumors are surfacing all over the place…

Google Phone, Google Switch, GPhone

Google Switch: Have you heard the Google Phone rumors? is a post from: RIMarkable

 
Apple is making sure that they get the word out that about the upcoming iPhone as they just aired an iPhone commercial during the Oscars. We will update this post with a video as soon as someone sticks one up on YouTube.

UPDATE: View the iPhone Oscars commercial after the jump…

Oscars, Academy Awards

Apple Aired An iPhone Commercial During The Oscars is a post from: RIMarkable

I was just thinking about what RIM co-CEO Jim Balsillie said about the BlackBerry soon becoming the MP3 player of choice for consumers and even though I think that this is a bit unrealistic, Research in Motion could make some legitimate noise if they are smart about things.

We all know that Apple and Cingular will release the first version of the iPhone sometime around the June time frame. Even with the extravagantly high price tag the iPhone will be a big hit for Cingular and Apple. It will probably crush whatever estimates Apple is putting out there for sales and will undoubtedly be one of if not the big story this year in the mobile phone industry, at least in the United States. Research in Motion, however, if they are smart about things, can capitalize on all of the hoopla that has and will continue to surround the iPhone.

Jim Balsillie was exactly right when he said that “Apple has done us an enormous favour by saying you should expect music on your cellphone.” With the announcement of the iPhone, Apple changed the perception of a built-in MP3 player being a “cool to have” to a built-in MP3 player being something mobile phones just “should have”.

If RIM is smart about things and does something like come out with a new BlackBerry that plays MP3s and takes pictures right before the Apple iPhone is released, they could capture the attention of consumers that may have been looking at the iPhone. If Balsillie was serious about the BlackBerry becoming the MP3 player of choice for consumers they need to start now before Apple gets a stranglehold on the market. They need to start letting people know that a new picture taking MP3 playing BlackBerry is getting ready to come out. They need to get these devices into the hands of celebrities who love getting their picuture take while holding their BlackBerry. They need to start marketing BlackBerrys to consumers that read magazines like People and not only to ones who read Forbes… They basically need to do a lot of the things that Apple is doing with the iPhone.

That is if RIM is smart about things…

If RIM Is Smart About Things… is a post from: RIMarkable