First announced in September, the BlackBerry PlayBook, Research in Motion’s (RIM) ambitious entrant into the tablet market, is now set to… Read more »
eBay, Telefonica Agree To Major App Deal
Mobile purchases – which were already becoming much more common – may soon really increase in frequency in the UK. eBay and Telefonica have struck a two-year deal that will see eBay apps and/or links preloaded on most of the phones O2 sells in the region. This move’s rather significant. For starters, eBay’s already one [...] Read more »
BlackBerry Dakota Specifications Leaked [PIC]
The specifications and an image of RIM’s new flagship smartphone, BlackBerry Dakota, have been unearthed by Boy Genius Report. The device looks quite similar to BlackBerry Bold, with a standard BlackBerry form factor: a 2.8-inch screen… Read more »
Indonesia threat over BlackBerry porn sparks anger on Twitter
Indonesia’s Communications and Information Technology Minister Tifatul Sembiring has given BlackBerry maker Research in Motion (RIM) a 2 weeks deadline to block pornography content off the population, the AFP reported. Government officials have complained about the difficulties of monitoring communications through smartphones. So, the solution here seems to be getting smartphone makers to cut off [...] Read more »
Is Palm Crumbling Before Our Eyes?
Oh how the mighty have fallen. 18 years ago, Palm was founded by Jeff Hawkins. Since then, it has had a tumultuous history of being acquired (in 1995 by U.S. Robotics Corp, which was then acquried by 3Com in 1997), IPOing during the dot-com boom, and splitting off into two pieces in 2002. Yet despite [...] Read more »