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Is Anyone Using Kik Messenger?

by Rod on November 9, 2010 · 18 comments

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It took Kik just 15 days to boast 1 million users on their messaging platform, which is rather impressive. If you stack Kik and BBM side-by-side, BBM destroys Kik in every category except one: cross platform messaging. Kik is a hot new enhanced messaging platform that runs on BlackBerry, iPhone, and Android. One of the Read more...

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It’s Confirmed… RIM Practically Giving BlackBerry Devices Away To Maintain Share

by Robb Dunewood on October 27, 2010 · 19 comments

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You don’t have to look far to find a good deal on a BlackBerry these days.  It is almost as though the deals are “too” good to be true.  T-Mobile has set BlackBerry Bold 9780 pricing at $129.99.  That’s 130 bucks for one of the highest end BlackBerry devices you can get.  I hinted at Read more...

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What if BlackBerry 6 isn’t The Next Generation BlackBerry Operating System?

by Robb Dunewood on September 22, 2010 · 26 comments

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After recording the SMRpodcast last night, I pulled up and watched the first AT&T BlackBerry Torch commercial because there is an interesting quote in it.  ”Less an evolutionary leap, more like a triple axel.”  The first time I saw this commercial, I just assumed that it was referring to the the Torch.  I wonder now, Read more...

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Jim Balsillie’s Dance Around Why The BlackBerry Torch Has No Legs

by Robb Dunewood on September 17, 2010 · 21 comments

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Research in Motion reported 2nd quarter fiscal 2011 results yesterday, and, although many of RIM’s numbers were positive, several beating the street, the one that many will be looking at this morning, subscriber growth, missed for the second quarter in a row.  RIM added 4.5 million net new subscribers…  The street was expecting 4.9 to Read more...

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Why Is RIM Releasing New BlackBerry Devices With Old BlackBerry Operating Systems?

by Robb Dunewood on September 14, 2010 · 14 comments

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Can someone please explain to me why Research in Motion is releasing brand new BlackBerry devices that run BlackBerry operating systems less than BlackBerry 6?  Devices like the BlackBerry Pearl 3G and Curve 3G say that they are BlackBerry 6 Ready, but, run new builds of BB OS 5 out of the box. I understand Read more...

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10 Reasons Why I Am Returning My BlackBerry Torch

by Robb Dunewood on September 14, 2010 · 40 comments

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I’ve been a die hard BlackBerry user for about the last 7 years or so.  I’ve been writing about BlackBerry devices almost daily right here on RIMarkable  for about 6 of those seven years.  In all of that time I’ve owned well over a dozen different BlackBerry devices, and, I’ve never returned one simply because Read more...

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5 More Reasons Why RIM Should Build A Device That Runs Android

by Robb Dunewood on August 24, 2010 · 21 comments

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A couple of years ago I wrote a fairly popular post titled  ”5 Reasons That RIM Should Make A BlackBerry That Runs Android“.  Today, I feel even more strongly about this so I am doing a follow up with 5 More Reasons RIM Should Build a Device That Runs Android. I’ve changed gears just a bit Read more...

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The BlackBerry Torch 9800 Seems Like A Proof Of Concept

by Robb Dunewood on August 17, 2010 · 3 comments

BlackBerry Torch

As many of you who listen to the SMRpodcast already know, I broke down and bought a BlackBerry Torch this passed weekend. I hate to reiterate the sentiment of most every other objective BlackBerry Torch review out there that you will find, but, at the end of the day, the device is what it is… Read more...

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He who Sacrifices Freedom for Security Deserves Neither

by Rod on August 6, 2010 · 0 comments

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Over the years I have ‘jailbroken’ my iPhone 2G, 3G, and 3GS.  Additionally, I have installed a variety of leaked BlackBerry OS’s on my Storm 9530, and a LOT of those leaked ROMs were run through Shrink-a-OS to remove stuff I don’t need or use.  On top of that I have rooted my Motorola Droid Read more...

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