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Google ending support for the Gmail App for BlackBerry

November 9, 2011 by Robb Dunewood 4 Comments

Google announced this morning that it is ending support for the Gmail App for BlackBerry on November 22nd and will continue to focus their efforts on the mobile browser based version of Gmail.

Although I am sure that some BlackBerry user somewhere will be miffed about this, I really don’t see this as being all that big of a deal.  It’s been over three years since we’ve last mentioned Gmail App for BlackBerry here on RIMarkable and can’t think of any BlackBerry users that still use it.

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Filed Under: BlackBerry Tagged With: Gmail, Gmail for Mobile, Google, Google App for BlackBerry

SMRpodcast #53: All The Comforts Of Home, But, With A Seatbealt In Your Tail

January 31, 2011 by Robb Dunewood Leave a Comment

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Hosts: Rod Simmons, Chris Ashley, Robb Dunewood

  • Recorded: January 30th, 2011
  • Published: January 31st, 2011
  • Duration: 1hr 32min 30sec
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Filed Under: BlackBerry Tagged With: Android, Apple, BlackBerry, Google, Microsoft, RIM, SMRPodcast, WP7

SMRpodcast #52: Cannot Pocket My PlayBook In Skinny Jeans

January 24, 2011 by Robb Dunewood Leave a Comment

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Hosts: Rod Simmons, Chris Ashley,Brent Harman, Robb Dunewood

  • Recorded: January 23rd, 2011
  • Published: January 24th, 2011
  • Duration: 1hr 232min 40sec

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SHOW TOPICS

We talk about the Google and Apple Shakeup

  • Robb says that the Google change is no big deal but the Apple one is
  • Rod is wondering if Steve Jobs will call it quits
  • Chris says no way

We discuss Google porting Numbers

  • Rod says that it is too late for him
  • Chris says that he would not do it
  • Robb is wondering about Google Voice quality

We discuss if the Verizon iPhone

  • Rod says he will get one
  • Chris prays that it drops calls
  • Robb says that it probably won’t

Verizon Offering a Phone return deal (to help people get the iPhone)

  • Rod says this is a bad deal for customers
  • Robb says he has no sympathy for anyone who is stuck
  • Chris says this is a mob move for Verizon

Why were there no Windows Phone 7 devices at CES

PICKS OF THE WEEK

  • iGotYa / Photogram ( lost iPhone App / Windows Phone 7 Picture app) Chris Ashley (SimpleMobileReview)
  • Case Mate Pop Case / Spoon Feed (iPhone Case / App) Rod Simmons (SimpleMobileReview)
  • Read It Later (iPad App) Robb Dunewood (RIMarkable)

Opening Song

Simon Says Pharoahe Monch  – iTunes

Filed Under: BlackBerry Tagged With: Apple, BlackBerry PlayBook, Google, SMRPodcast, Verizon iPhone, Windows Phone 7

Both Apple And RIM Soon To Be Overtaken By Android In U.S. Smartphone Market Share

January 3, 2011 by Robb Dunewood 7 Comments

It’s been just over a month since the iPhone overtook the BlackBerry in total U.S. market share and as we begin 2011, Apple still is in the top spot.  This may not be the case for to long, however, because Android is poised to overtake RIM and Apple with the ridiculous growth that the platform is experiencing.

According to November 2010 data, Apple holds 28.6 percent of the U.S. smartphone market up slightly from 27.9 percent in October. Meanwhile, BlackBerry OS slipped again in November to 26.1 percent, down from 27.4 percent in October and 33.9 percent in June. Android OS closed the distance on Apple and RIM reaching 25.8 percent in November, compared to 22.7 percent in October and 15 percent in June.

It’s pretty clear that Android will over take RIM relatively soon.  This would probably be true for Apple as well if it weren’t for the the fact that the iPhone is soon coming to Verizon.  My gut tells me that the Verizon iPhone will become the fast selling smartphone ever and will probably hold of Android for a bit longer, while increasing the speed of the BlackBerry’s decline as the churn of current Verizon BlackBerry users that switch to the iPhone will probably be at all time high levels.

[Via Gigaom]

Filed Under: BlackBerry Tagged With: Android, Apple, Google, iPhone, U.S. Smartphone Share, Verizon, Verizon iPhone

Rant: Jim Balsillie On RIM Is Going To Stat Competitive With Apple And Google

December 17, 2010 by Robb Dunewood 10 Comments

During yesterday’s third quarter fiscal 2011 earnings call, Research in Motion co-CEO Jim Balsillie had this to say when Rod Hall of JP Morgan essentially asked how RIM is going to stay competitive with Apple and Google getting people to believe that RIM isn’t just playing catch-up…

I think the PlayBook redefines what a tablet should do. I think we’ve articulated some elements of it, and I think this idea of a proprietary SDK and unnecessary apps — though there’s a huge role for apps — I think is going to shift in the market, and I think it’s going to shift very, very quickly. And I think there’s going to be a strong appetite for web fidelity and tool familiarity. And I think there’s going to be a rapid desire for high performance. And I think we’re way ahead on that. And I think CIO friendliness, we’re way ahead on that.

Now, how do you align or go over the top on carriers and content providers? Well, we have different strategies, and that’s fine, and there may be room for more than one model, who knows. And, you know, it’s a very dynamic market. Plus, there’s enormous growth and shifts happening around the world, you know.

How many fronts people want to take on contention, that’s a question you can ask. Do you want to go over the top of banks, do you want to go over the top on content, do you want to go over the top on carriers, do you want to go over the top on video content providers? I mean, who knows, you know? What part of it’s good strategy and what part of it’s a bridge too far? I mean, who knows?

The truth of it is, you really want a lot of it on your smartphone, and you really want a lot of it, we believe, on a tablet. And you fit with your content providers — who are really changing their strategies for mobility, because they want a sustained model — carriers are aggressively trying to change their models, banks are getting involved.

So, I think the PlayBook clearly sets the bar WAY higher on performance, and you’re going to see more. I think the enterprise stuff, we’re seriously extending. I think the BlackBerry is still number one in social collaboration. And I think with the PlayBook and that environment we’re going to set the new standard on performance and tools, very powerful tools. And we’re growing very very fast. So, that’s a lot.

Connected home? I think there’s ways to seamlessly extend what’s going on in the home, and you’re going to see a lot of how we’re doing that, rather than going over the top. But, you know, it may be a prerogative.

But you’re going into some pretty serious plays when you go in the connected home too hard. You have to pay attention to the fact: What’s the role of the satellite company or the cable company in that? The content vendors get fed paying through them. And also, how do you insert ads very well with these content vendors?

There’s a lot of moving parts, but I think we’re just well ahead on the PlayBook, well ahead internationally, and extending very very well. And so, people can have their views on sentiment, but when is it a good entry strategy, and when is it a bridge too far? Who knows? We have turbulent ecosystem right now. How do you work with banks, how do you work with carriers, how do you work with content, how do you work with enterprise ecosystem?

And I think these business models are highly shifting, and if people think there’s just a straight-ahead shot for everybody, and it’s all just predictably extended the way it’s going now, I think that’s a highly questionable assumption. These business models are highly in flux.

One thing I’ve always liked about Jim Balsillie is that if you ask him a question he usually will tell you what he is thinking.  He may wrap lot of other stuff on his mind around his answers that actually end being more interesting than his actual answers, but, answer your questions he will…

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Filed Under: RIM Tagged With: Apple, BlackBerry, BlackBerry PlayBook, Google, Jim Balsillie, Q3 Fiscal 2011 Earnings, RIM

Google Offers Free Google Voice Calls To Haiti For Next 2 Weeks

January 19, 2010 by Robb Dunewood 1 Comment

In an effort to help U.S. based families reach relatives in Haiti,  Google has made Google Voice calls to Haiti free for the next two weeks.

Additionally, Google has created a Google Crisis Response page from which you can donate directly to to unicef or Care via Google Check Out.  They have also listed the organizations accepting SMS donations.

  • SMS text “HAITI” to 90999 to donate $10 to Red Cross relief efforts
  • SMS text “YELE” to 501501 to Donate $5 to Yele Haiti’s Earthquake Relief efforts
  • SMS text “GIVE10” to 20222 to donate $10 to Direct Relief

Filed Under: BlackBerry Tagged With: Google, Google Voice, Haiti

Google’s Got A Plan For Overcoming Android’s App Storage Limit… Does RIM Have One For BlackBerry?

January 6, 2010 by Robb Dunewood 14 Comments

I read an interesting post over on Engadget Mobile today about how Google has a plan to overcome Android’s 256 MB application storage limit.  BlackBerry users are all too familiar with having virtually unlimited storage for media on removable micro SD cards but very little memory, 128 MB or less on most BlackBerry devices, to actually store and run applications from.

The issue isn’t quite as dire for Android users as it is for BlackBerry users.  Only core application files need to reside within internal memory in Android.  The BlackBerry, however, requires that entire applications be installed to internal memory.

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Filed Under: BlackBerry Tagged With: Android, BlackBerry Application Memory, Google

Google CEO Resigns From Apple’s Board

August 3, 2009 by Robb Dunewood 4 Comments

Google CEO, Eric Schmidt, resigns from Apple’s board.  Does this have anything to do with Apple’s ban of all things Google Voice?  I would have to guess that it probably does.

To make a long story short, Google, with Android and Google OS, is moving in on Apple’s turf.  Mr. Schmidt recusing himself from conversations where there was a conflict of interest wasn’t enough any longer.

Filed Under: BlackBerry Tagged With: Apple, Apple Google Voice Ban, Google

FCC Launches Investigation Into Apple Ban Of Google Voice App

August 2, 2009 by Robb Dunewood 1 Comment

I knew that this wouldn’t be the last that we heard of the Apple ban against Google Voice apps on the iPhone.  The Federal Communications Commission has launched an official inquiry as to not only why Apple rejected the official Google Voice app for the iPhone, but why they kicked off every other third party GV app for the iPhone as well.

The FCC sent out letters to Apple, AT&T, and Google, and, to make a long story short, they asked Apple why they did what hey did and if AT&T had anything to do with it.  They asked AT&T pretty much the same thing as they asked Apple and they also wanted to know if AT&T get to dictate what applications Apple can put on the iPhone.  They asked Google if they knew why Apple rejected Google Voice.

AT&T has already responded publicly and they are pretty much allowing Apple to fall on their own sword.

AT&T does not manage or approve applications for the App Store. We have received the letter and will, of course, respond to it.

Customers can use any compatible GSM phone on our network, not just the ones we’ve approved and sell. And they also can use apps we don’t approve. We don’t approve iPhone applications.

I am sure that there will be much more to come.

Filed Under: BlackBerry Tagged With: Apple, Apple Google Voice Ban, Google, Google Voice, iPhone

Should Google And RIM Collaborate On A Next-Gen Android Powered BlackBerry?

May 28, 2009 by Robb Dunewood 14 Comments

Android Powered BlackBerryI just read an interesting post over on ZDNet how a Google Android powered BlackBerry would be the ‘Perfect Storm‘, pun intended.  I’ve actually thought for a while that RIM should create a device that runs Android.

A “Perfect Storm”: The Linux-based Android OS, and tight integration with Google’s web services, running on  BlackBerry hardware and connected to RIM’s corporate messaging/calendar syncing infrastructure would be an unstoppable mobile enterprise device platform that not even Apple’s iPhone, Windows Mobile or Palm webOS could dare to challenge. But could the marriage ever be consummated?

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Filed Under: BlackBerry Tagged With: Android, Google

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