Saudi Arabia Pulls the Plug on BlackBerry Messenger Service

Remember 1973 Kingston Jamaica Joe Fraizer vs George Foreman the words of that fight echo in the minds of so many boxing fans.  Down Goes Frazier! Down Goes Frazier! Down Goes Frazier! Well here we go Down Goes BBM! Down Goes BBM! Down Goes BBM! Ok not as exciting as...

Ban RIM: Round-up of Who is Playing this Game

This story is not going away anytime soon.  Lebanon just joined in on the party of banning BlackBerry Services.  Most of this is focused on BBM and Email but 5 countries is nothing to take lightly. India United Arab Emirates (UAE) Saudi Arabia Indonesia Lebanon I...

This Week in Google Reinvented BlackBerry App Security

I was listening to This Week in Google Episode 54 and they talked about new concerns over application security. To give a little background, Android had a recent issue where a wallpaper app was sending user data to some server in China.  After the app was pulled from...

I Really Like the BlackBerry Bold 9650

The best BlackBerry decision I have ever made was to upgrade from the BlackBerry Storm to the BlackBerry Bold 9650.  Robb previously raised the point that the Bold 9650 could not do anything the Storm couldn’t, so why upgrade?  Well, 512 MB of RAM is a lovely...