Big news out of Waterloo, Ontario this week. At the annual CTIA conference in Orlando, Florida, BlackBerry finally announced the pricing and release date of the PlayBook. The much anticipated tablet will be released on April 19 and will be priced at $499, $599 and $699 for the 16GB, 32GB and 64GB models, respectively. The…
If you have a BlackBerry with a camera, how do you upload media onto the various social media sharing sites? Chances are, you probably don’t. That’s because the present apps on the RIM platform suck for uploading media. Enter ShoZu, which is now available on the BlackBerry App World. When I interviewed Chris Wade, Shozu’s…
The BlackBerry Storm is being lauded as the “World’s First Touchscreen BlackBerry”. If I were to attach a marketing slogan to this device, it would probably read: “The Closest Any Executive Will Get to an iPhone”. Don’t get me wrong, I think the iPhone is a fantastic device. However, I will likely never own one…
According to a report referenced on Ars Technica, the United States mobile phone buying population is increasingly looking at smartphones to replace their less expensive basic cell phones. The clear winners in this transition to more fully featured mobile handsets are the handset makers including Research in Motion, Apple, Motorola, and Nokia who all fared…
TechCraver: BlackBerry Pearl Review Overview: The BlackBerry Pearl is Research In Motion’s (RIM) first attempt at making the BlackBerry a consumer device. For years the BlackBerry has been a device largely meant for enterprise customers to keep in contact with their office through email and calendar. The Pearl has been around for about a year…