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How many times do you have to be burned by BlackBerry to consider your options? »
What’s the phrase? Oh, yeah: Fool me once, shame on you; fool me twice, shame on me. BlackBerry went down yesterday across North and South America. Users couldn’t send or receive e-mail, and some complained that they couldn’t connect to the Internet. It’s the second time in a week that BlackBerry has failed. Considering how important the service is to some people—I dare you to go to Wall Street and not see everyone using the device—you really do wonder: how long will people tolerate this shoddy service? It also raises the related question of, How wise is it to rely on “the cloud” to host all of your important data? Surely you wouldn’t leave “mission critical” information in the hands of someone else, someone who’s unsettling opaque when it comes to explaining outages?
Viliv N5 clamshell to be revealed at CES ‘10 »
Viliv is on a steady roll releasing hot portable computers and in just a couple of weeks at CES, we’ll see the company’s next creation dubbed the N5 with the already announced S10 . I can’t wait. UMPCPortal has the initial specs and they seem solid: 3G modem WiFi GPS 1024
iPhone Now The Most Popular Phone In The US »
Ranking cell phone companies is a tough thing to do. Some of these companies have a bunch of popular handsets, whilst others have just one or two yet manage to sell as many or more. Rank the companies by cumulative sales across all of their lines and the results will swing one way; rank them model-by-model, and they might look completely different. Such is the case with the iPhone, according to the latest numbers from The Nielsen Company. While RIM’s marketshare with their BlackBerry line is still nearly double that of Apple’s , the iPhone has now surpassed everything else to become the most popular phone in the US. The iPhone’s lead is fairly tight, coming in at 4.0% of all mobile phone owners while the BlackBerry 8300 series follows closely behind at 3.7%. The rest of the list is made up primarily of feature phones, outside of appearances by the BlackBerry Storm and the BlackBerry 8100 series in 7th and 10th respectively. As the iPhone 3GS doesn’t make an individual appearance on the list, we’re assuming that they’ve combined the 3G and 3GS into one product line. A few more interesting tidbits gleaned from the Nielsen report: The most popular reason people pick pre-paid phones isn’t because the lack of contract — that’s actually #4 — but because the plans are more straightforward. It’s followed by “No monthly bills” and “Emergency use only”. 21% of households now use mobile phones only, with no land line to call their own. This is up from 15% in 2006 15% of households now own at least one smartphone Crunch Network : TechCrunch obsessively profiling and reviewing new Internet products and companies
PayPal Rolls Out Send Money App For BlackBerry »
PayPal is finally extending its money transfer system to the BlackBerry, with a new, free Send Money app for the Blackberry. The app will let you access your PayPal account and easily send money to a recipient. You can find on the BlackBerry App World here. The app will also tap into your contact list on the phone making it simple to choose a recipient to send money too. Users can also access their recent PayPal transactions and monitor their account balances directly from the app.
Blackberry email down across most carriers – Update »
Update: RIM has confirmed the outage , but didn’t state when the service will be restored. Update 2 @ 1:50 pm EST: It might be coming back…we’re getting a flood of emails now. Waiting for a confirmation from RIM. Update: Got it. Everything should be all good again. Now get back to work.
Japan’s smartphone market: The iPhone is huge, the BlackBerry and Android aren’t »
It’s big in Korea , it’s probably big in China’s grey market , and the iPhone continues to be big in Japan. According to a report [JP] released by Tokyo-based research company Impress R&D, the iPhone has captured a whopping 46.1% of the domestic smartphone market. For this year, Impress sees the 3G commanding 24.6% in this segment, while the 3GS contributes another 21.5%. The 3G was introduced in Japan in summer 2008 (the 3GS followed earlier this year). Sources in Japan say that the iPhone user base in Japan now stands at 3 million, which is an impressive 10% of the global userbase. Three models from Willcom , a Japanese mobile phone carrier, are ranked 3 to 5. The HTC HT-03A (aka HTC Magic), the first Android phone in Japan , made it to No. 10 (2.3%). The BlackBerry Bold, which is offered by Japan’s No. 1 carrier Docomo , is one rank behind with 1.2%. A major reason for this development is the hyper-aggressive marketing strategy SoftBank Mobile , the iPhone’s exclusive carrier, pursues in Japan: TV commercials virtually around the clock, print ads in major media, super-competitive pricing etc. do have an effect, it seems. On the other hand, I’ve never seen any of this coming from Docomo for Android or BlackBerry, so it’s no wonder virtually no one in Japan (where I live) knows what these devices actually offer – apart from geeks, obviously. Crunch Network : CrunchBase the free database of technology companies, people, and investors
iPhone leapfrogs WinMo market share »
Oh my. This can’t be what Redmond had planned. But I guess they should have spent more time revising their platform during the years and years they dominated the smartphone field. Now, with the triple threat of consumer-accessible Blackberry devices, cheap iPhones, and legions of Android handsets, it seems that even WinMo 7 may be too little, too late. iPhone users now outnumber WinMo users, according to a recent ComScore survey.
Beejive for BlackBerry 2.0 Released »
If you’re a BlackBerry owner who’s looking for something small to get themselves this holiday season, this might help. Earlier this morning, Beejive released version 2.0 of their BlackBerry IM application – and just in time for the season of getting .. awkward family dinners .. giving, they’ve lopped 50% off the price tag. The new features: * Facebook chat: Chat with your Facebook friends while on the go, and see a record of your chats on facebook.com. * Clickable Twitter usernames: Click on a Twitter username in a chat to launch Twitter. * Refined and responsive UI: Take advantage of BeejiveIM’s custom-written user interface, offering speedy and responsive controls and a modern look-and-feel. * Voice notes: Instantly record and send voice messages to your IM contacts. Voice notes are perfect for on-the-go chatting, such as when you are walking down the street or need to get information to someone quickly and don’t have time to type. * GPS location: Send your current GPS location with a link to Google Maps, taking advantage of your BlackBerry’s location features and adding a new location-aware element to your chats. * More chat styles: Customize your chat styles and colors and set different backgrounds and wallpapers. * File transfers with all IM services: Easily send, receive, and review file attachments, and see previews of images right inside your chat. * Push notifications: Whether running in the foreground or the background, BeejiveIM will always notify you of new instant messages. * Improved Battery Life: Staying in touch with all your friends is now far gentler on your battery. * Support for the 5.0 OS and Storm: BeejiveIM supports all BlackBerrys running 4.2.1+ and 5.X operating systems, including the Storm and Storm 2. From today until January 1st, a one-device license will set you back $9.95 (usually $19.95), while a swappable license will come in at $14.95 (usually $30). If you’re not ready to jump in just yet, there’s always the 30-day trial . Crunch Network : CrunchBoard because it’s time for you to find a new Job2.0
Seesmic for BlackBerry gets updated, pushed to the App World »
While Seesmic has been available for BlackBerry handsets since right around the end of November, it has thus far required you to manually download the application by visiting http://m.seesmic.com/. That’s like what, a million letters to type? Typing is for chumps. Fortunately for all of us lazy-thumbed folks, RIM has just given Seesmic the greenlight for distribution in the BlackBerry App World – no typing required. Seesmic is celebrating their newfound availability with an update to the client, adding a handful of new features to the mix. So what’s new in the latest build? Here’s the big list: Support for BlackBerry OS 4.5 We now have versions for our older models that support OS 4.5. With most of our Keyboard shortcuts Now you can use standardized set for keyboard shortcuts to easily navigate and manage your messages. Here are just the small examples of keystrokes to navigate through your messages: * T (for top) – brings you to the top of the messages * B (for bottom) – brings you to the bottom of the messages * R (reply) – reply to your message * L (reply To all) – reply to all the usernames in the message More keyboard shortcuts can be found here: http://help.seesmic.com/forums/29256/entries/88794 Auto-correction and Spellcheck We’ve incorporated the BlackBerry standard Notifications improvements Due to your feedback, we’ve made some modifications for our notification system. Icons will now only show up on new replies and messages and will include the total amount. Favorite Tweets We’ve added the ability to favorite a tweet within your timeline. We’ll work to have a Favorites view in a future release. Font Size Selections Choose different sizes to your liking of small, medium, and larger in our settings menu to best read your tweets. Added Send in Menu Action button to Send in when composing a message Choosing different type selections (Advanced Users) * Checkbox to – Use WiFi if Available (Seesmic will search for Wifi first with ) * WAP – Wireless Application Protocol (Activated by the Operator) * Device Default * Direct TCP – If you have TCP/IP settings * MDS – Mobile Data Service (Only if you have BES setup) Crunch Network : TechCrunch obsessively profiling and reviewing new Internet products and companies
The tide has turned: Nook is dead this season »
The Nook is the Blackberry Storm of 2009. Straight up. Reviews are so bad and popular opinion is so negative that it will be a wonder if these things don’t end up under a parking lot in the New Mexico desert come May. Take this example: Ben Clemens , late of San Francisco, for example, returned his already and everyone is talking about Mossberg and Pogue’s reviews. While the original Kindle was no great shakes, it seems like B&N tried their hardest to make this one of the clunkers of the season.