Earlier today All about Symbian reported that BlackBerry Connect for the Nokia E61 was available for download on the Nokia Business Software site and for a short time it was, however, the download has since been removed.
In the place of the Nokia E61 BlackBerry Connect download is a notice stating that
“The BlackBerry client for Nokia E60, Nokia E61 and Nokia E70 available soon. Please stay tuned.”
My guess is that they found some last minute bugs and had to pull the download from the site….
Nokia E61
The Inquirer has the scoop on an a company here in North America that is planning another so called BlackBerry Killer that, in my opinion, is doomed before it it gets off the ground. Believe it or not, someone has the bright idea that a “clamshell” two-way pager with no voice capability and a proprietary OS is somehow going to dethrone the BlackBerry from it’s lofty pirch on top of the wireless email market. I have 7 words for this marketing genius…
Have you completely lost your frigging mind?
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After a few delays it looks like Motorola’s Q that kind-of-sort-of competes with the BlackBerry is finally coming out. The Moto Q will be available online May 31st and in Verizon stores by June 5th.
Although you can get email on the Q kind of like on a BlackBerry, I think that the traditional PDA manufacturers like HP and Dell are the ones would should be concerned with loosing even more share. The Q has been dubbed the BlackBerry Killer but I think that it will be more of a Pocket PC killer.
Motorola Q, Moto Q, Q
Most of you have probably read this headline and are wondering “What in the world is this guy talking about”, however, the little electronic devices that the rest of earth calls mobile phones, are referred to only as multimedia computers by all Nokia employees.
“We are forbidden to call them phones,” said the vice president of multimedia strategy and business development. Instead, they’re “multimedia computers.”
Seeing how Nokia sells more “ugh umm” multimedia computers, than any one else, they have probably have a clue as to what they are doing and how forbidding their employees to refer to their units as mobile phones will help them even sell more of them, however, I must admit that it seems kind of silly to me.
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Nokia, multimedia computer
Thomson Inc., the leading provider of technology and services to the media and entertainment industry, has decided to move more than 2000 of its mobile workforce off of the BlackBerry and onto mobile devices powered by Good Technologies’ GoodLink software over the next 18 months.
According to Claude Fossati, worldwide voice telecom manager for Thomson, the move away from BlackBerry towards Good was not as much about Research in Motion’s legal woes as because of the wider range of features offered by GoodLink.
The security features that Good offers, especially the ability to remotely ‘wipe’ data from any lost or stolen device, gives me real peace of mind and ensures that sensitive information does not fall into the wrong hands. In addition, Good has added Good Mobile DefenseTM to further increase security. This is a product I believe everybody should use.
Read more here and here…
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According to a Reuters report, Nokia, the biggest handset maker in the world, released the Nokia e61 which is designed to compete directly against the BlackBerry.
“First deliveries started late last week. It’s gradually becoming available across the globe,” Pekka Isosomppi, spokesman for Nokia’s Enterprise division, told Reuters.
It will be interesting to see how the eSeries smart phones fair in the wireless email market. These devices not only compete directly against the BlackBerry they will eventually run BlackBerry Connect that will complement the BlackBerry.
Nokia e61
In a Business Week interview with Brian Bogosian, CEO of Visto, he was asked if he would like to put BlackBerry maker Research in Motion out of business and responded with “Absolutely.” That’s to be expected… RIM is Visto’s biggest competitor and who wouldn’t want to take out their biggest competitor?
What makes me think that this guy is completely nuts is that in addition to taking BlackBerry out, Bogosian expects to be the “Last Man Standing” in the mobile email game by the start of winter next year. That’s right, privately held Visto, with it’s $150 million in VC funding is going to take out the likes of Nokia, the biggest handset maker in the world, Microsoft, the biggest software company in the world, and RIM, the biggest mobile email provider in the world all within the next 18 months.
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Tom Cruise uses a BlackBerry 8700c to stay in touch with with his sweatheart mother-to-be Katie Holmes. Russell from BBHub has a couple of screen captures of Tommy Boy using it during his interview with Diane Sawyer last week.
Tom Cruise, Katie Holmes, Diane Sawyer
BlackBerry competitor Consilient has added a new BlackBerry training course to their lineup of Blackberry related training packages titled BlackBerry Handheld Training.
The 56 minute self directed course will teach you tips and tricks to help integrate the BlackBerry with your day-to-day activities. Even though the course is just shy of an hour long, BlackBerry Handheld Training offers a “Smart Resume” feature that allows you to pause the course and pick it back up where you left off at a later time.
BlackBerry Handheld Training is the fifth BlackBerry specific training course offered by Consilient. It joins:
- BlackBerry for Executives
- BlackBerry Enterprise Server
- Installation & Administration of BlackBerry Enterprise Server
- Carrier Customer BlackBerry Training
Read more here, here, and here…
Consilient, BlackBerry Training, Consilient Push