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Windows Mobile 5.0

Steve Ballmer says that the BlackBerry is “Niche” Player

December 8, 2006

I just read an interview over on News.com where Microsoft CEO, Steve Ballmer, has some interesting things to say about “smart devices” and the BlackBerry.
Ballmer seems to believe that when it comes to smart devices the only two players or Nokia/Symbian and Microsoft.
Actually, I’ll be so bold as to say that the two [...]

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Cool Cingular commercial… Too bad it’s for the BlackJack and not the BlackBerry Pearl

November 25, 2006

You would not believe the number of times that I have been asked over the passed couple of days if the the new Cingular BlackJack from Samsung is the new BlackBerry that takes pictures and plays MP3s that I have been talking about.
There is a really cool Cingular BlackJack commercial out that has people going [...]

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Should Microsoft come out with Zune MarketPlace for Windows Mobile?

November 1, 2006

In case you haven’t heard already, Microsoft is about to launch their iPod killer that they have been talking about all summer called the Zune. The Zune is a little bit bigger, lot uglier, MP3 playing knock off of the iPod, however, it does have Wi-Fi and a builit-in FM tuner. (too bad I mostly [...]

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How Much Does Stability Really Matter?

October 12, 2006

I don’t think too many people reading this blog would argue the fact that the BlackBerry OS is more stable than Windows Mobile. Many a BlackBerry user are converted Windows Mobile device users for this very reason. In business you cannot afford to use a device that you cannot depend on to work [...]

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Will T-Mobile’s new smartphone Dash BlackBery Pearl Sales?

October 12, 2006

 
Forgive me for the pun, but I just couldn’t resist. The question, however, is a valid one. Will the T-Mobile Dash slow down BlackBerry Pearl sales at all?
T-Mobile unveiled it’s new Windows Mobile powered smartphone yesterday. The Dash has:

2.4-inch transflective TFT display
Quad-band GSM / GPRS / EDGE
WiFi and Bluetooth
128MB [...]

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Should Research in Motion create a Windows Mobile powered BlackBerry device?

October 2, 2006

Should RIM create a Windows Mobile powered device? This isn’t the first time that I have asked this question, however, I do have a bit of a different spin on it this time.
Tangent coming…
Over a year ago, when Microsoft put out the first beta of Windows Mobile 5 SP2, I wrote a [...]

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Are Verizon BlackBerry users switching to the Motorola Q?

September 20, 2006

 
I work for a company where almost everyone carries some type of mobile smart device with them. The vast majority carry a BlackBerry and we are on a corporate Verizon plan. I would say that over the passed few months, a lot of my coworkers have switched from their BlackBerry 7250 or BlackBerry [...]

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Palm just doesn’t get it…

August 29, 2006

I was just reading over on Gizmodo where the Palm Treo 700wx from Sprint will be released on September 3rd. This is Sprints version of the fairly popular Windows Mobile powered Treo that first came out on Verizon.
If you really want a Treo that runs Windows Mobile 5 on Sprint’s network, this, [...]

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Motorola Q coming to Sprint

August 4, 2006

According to Sprint Nextel COO Len Lauer, Sprint Nextel will add the Motorola Q to to it’s line-up of mobile devices in the fourth quarter this year.
Although the Morotorla Q has been known to have a technical glitch or two as compared the BlackBerry, Verizon sales are seen as a total success and [...]

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