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Everyone’s at it… The BlackPad?

May 10th, 2010

The Apple iPad is looking like a success and with Apple closing on Blackberry sales with it’s iPhone maybe it’s time for RIM to try to take something back from Apple. There are rumours of a potential tablet PC from RIM, the makers of the Blackberry, that would take on the iPad.

Originally cited to use the Android platform the BlackPad (as it’s becoming known) will likely use the latest version of the Blackberry OS to run the tablet. At the moment everything is still in the rumour stage but it’s amazing how often these thigs become reality!

Of course, any tablet PC will have to compare extremely favourably to the iPad so we’ll just need to wait and see what the outcome of this rumour is, but if RIM can make a Blackberry tablet as appealing as the recent smart phones then we may yet see a BlackPad come to market sometime in 2011…

RIM moves into top five mobile phone companies

May 4th, 2010

Thanks to the recent surge in demand for smartphones and the increasing popularity of the Blackberry, Research in Motion has, for the first time, broken into the top five phone mobile phone companies worldwide in sales.

Blackberry OS 6.0

April 29th, 2010

RIM have just announced the new Blackberry operating system will be available and updated in the next quarter of the year. Blackberry 6 is designed to work with existing and future hardware with emphasis on improving speed and graphics.

Celebs and their Blackberrys

April 28th, 2010

It turns out that there are plenty of celebrities who want to show off their phones and in particular the Blackberrys they love! According to a recent news story Demi Moore can’t live without hers:

“I would have to say, of all the products and gadgets, that one would be a hard one to put down.”

Of course, Demi and her husband Ashton Kutcher are well known on Twitter for regular posts and being two of the first celebs to fully embrace the micro-blogging service. So, I thought I’d see who else loves their Blackberry – turns out there’s quite a few.

Free Blackberry applications to social network

April 27th, 2010

The Blackberry market is running at approximately 1million downloads every day and with so many apps to choose from it’s hard to know which are the best to use and what you can download and use for free.

We’ve brought together a short list of applications that can turn your Blackberry into a social networking machine.

Blackberry Pearl 3G

April 27th, 2010

RIM have announced their latst phone – and it’s the smallest Blackberry ever with just a standard 14 key numeric keypad. By switching from a QWERTY keypad to a standard numeric keypad shows that RIM are hoping to get an even stronger foothold in the consumer smartphone market.

A new layout and tidying up

February 1st, 2010

If you’re a regular visitor you may have noticed a bit more information on the homepage and the search results across the site. We’ve been tidying up the code and trying out some new features…
For thos of you who are new to the site, we hope you like it and please don’t forget to submit [...]

Blackberry Bold 9700 Smartphone

October 28th, 2009

The BlackBerry Bold 9700 smartphone offers top-of-the-line performance, functionality and features with support for 3G HSDPA networks around the world, a next-generation (624 MHz) processor, 256 MB Flash memory, built-in GPS and Wi-Fi®, a 3.2MP camera and a sharp, dazzling display. Cutting edge engineering and premium finishes extend to the exterior of the handset as [...]

BlackBerry 9550 Storm II

October 13th, 2009

There has been lots of noise recently regarding the BlackBerry Storm 2 handset.  This new touch screen phone should get a better reaction from users than the original Storm phone which got some terrible reviews and comments from around the globe on its launch.
RIM says that it has solved the problems that held back the [...]

BlackBerry users work longer hours

August 26th, 2009

Being always connected and always online is, for many, a great advantage in the working world. But that can also mean that working hours are being stretched.
A recent study by employment law firm Peninsula has found that employees who use BlackBerry phones extend their working week to 55 hours – an extra 15 hours on [...]

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