As scheduled release of Apple's iPhone on June 29 draws ever closer, some IT managers are hustling to get ready to support the new devices, anticipating the moment when the CEO walks in with one and demands to read his corporate email on it.
French concerns about the use of BlackBerry devices in government, which erupted this week, are shared in Australia and New Zealand.
We already have a wealth of digital content available to us, so the next few years will be dominated by the battle for easy access to it, says industry analyst Andy Seybold.
Verizon Wireless and Research In Motion has launched the BlackBerry 8830 World Edition smart phone, which is designed to provide business travellers data and voice connections in 60 countries.
Consumers aren't willing to pay what Apple may ask for the iPhone but if the price drops they'll switch their mobile service to AT&T in order to get it, according to results of a survey released Thursday.
In another major acquisition, Motorola is to buy mobile email vendor Good Technology.
Research in Motion’s Blackberry was the device that started many people’s mobile email addiction, leading to it being nicknamed the “Crackberry”.
On the morning of July 7, 2005, Kenneth McCrae left his hotel in central London and headed for Baker Street Underground station. It was a warm day and he remembers looking longingly across the street at the green grass and trees in Regent’s Park before heading down to catch his train. McCrae boarded at 8.42 am along with the millions who jam the city’s famous subway system each day. On a whim, he decided to take the Metropolitan line instead of the Circle line. It turned out to be a good choice. At 8.50, a series of powerful bombs exploded underground, and one of those seriously damaged a train on the Circle line, just two trains ahead of McCrae. Above ground, another blast would rip apart a bus in Tavistock Square nearly an hour later.
Blackberry users may be breathing a sigh of relief now the long-running lawsuit with NTP is over, but Blackberry maker Research In Motion (RIM) will be counting the cost - in lost customers - for some time to come.
Several patent hassles facing Research In Motion (RIM) will cost it a good deal of money to resolve, but speculation about the demise of the BlackBerry or its network service is a waste of time. RIM is a company that knows how to tough it out — it’s hung on through a lot worse than this. That seems easy to forget. The media also loses sight of the differences between the BlackBerry and other devices such as PDAs and smartphones with email capability.
The phrase “security clearance” will become more common in general business as well as sensitive government agencies, says Unisys security consultant Terry Shubkin.
Visto has filed a lawsuit against Microsoft, accusing it of improper use of patented Visto technologies in Microsoft's software for accessing email from phones and other wireless devices.
NTP has offered Research in Motion (RIM) a new settlement deal that asks for 5.7% of RIM's future revenue from US BlackBerry sales, the Wall Street Journal reports, citing an unnamed source.
Enterprises should halt business-critical deployments of BlackBerry devices and investments until its maker, Research In Motion, (RIM) clarifies its legal position with regards to its patent tussle with NTP, Gartner is advising.
A US federal judge won't hold up court proceedings in NTP's patent lawsuit against Research In Motion (RIM), opening the door to a possible injunction that would stop sales of BlackBerry mobile email devices and shut down BlackBerry service, at least in the US.