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- The BlackBerry Storm touches down
- The BlackBerry Storm has been one of the most hotly anticipated cell phones of the year. On Friday, November 21, it hit store shelves for $200 with a two-year service agreement through Verizon. But the question is, does it live up to the hype? CNET Reporter Kara Tsuboi finds out.
- Tags: RIM BlackBerry, Handhelds, Hardware, News, kara tsuboi, bonnie cha, blackberry storm, iphone, apple
- Videos 2008-11-21
- Will email and text messages get shorter with the BlackBerry Storm?
- I am admittedly a very big fan of physical keyboards on my mobile phones and have what fellow MobileTechRoundup podcast co-hosts James and Kevin call "magic thumbs". I am able to pick up devices like the Palm Treo Pro, HTC Fuze, T-Mobile G1 or BlackBerry Bold and quickly type emails...
- Tags: Apple iPhone, RIM BlackBerry, E-mail, BlackBerry Device, Storm, Keyboards, Hardware, Peripherals, Matthew Miller
- Blog posts 2008-11-21
- Lines out door, around corner for BlackBerry Storm
- The day has come, the time is near, and RIM's BlackBerry Storm has arrived in a store near you. So what kind of reception are we looking at here -- a mile-long frenzy like that for the Apple iPhone 3G, or the collective sigh for the T-Mobile G1? ...
- Tags: Page, RIM BlackBerry, St., Ave, Storm, Handhelds, 3G, Hardware, Cellular Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Andrew Nusca
- Blog posts 2008-11-21
- Gallery: Blackberry Storm User Interface Hi-Res
- A quickee gallery of the Blackberry Storm User Interface by Jason O'Grady
- Tags: RIM BlackBerry, Handhelds, Hardware, BlackBerry Storm, Bluetooth, card slot, EDGE, GPS, GSM, HSPA, HTML, landscape, MMS, navigation, November, portrait, removable battery, Research In Motion, RIM, touch screen, Verizon, Wi-Fi, Jason O\'Grady
- Image galleries 2008-11-21
- Gallery: Blackberry Storm user interface
- I've posted a quickee photo gallery of the new Blackberry Storm (9530) user interface. Click through for 30 shots of the iPhone's latest competitor. Sorry about the lack of captions, look for an update this afternoon. by Jason D. O'Grady
- Tags: User Interface, RIM BlackBerry, Photograph, Handhelds, Hardware, Jason D. O\'Grady
- Blog posts 2008-11-21
- Gallery: Blackberry Storm User Interface
- Some pictures of the new Blackberry Storm user interface. by Jason O'Grady
- Tags: RIM BlackBerry, Handhelds, Hardware, BlackBerry Storm, Bluetooth, card slot, EDGE, GPS, GSM, HSPA, HTML, landscape, MMS, navigation, November, portrait, removable battery, Research In Motion, RIM, touch screen, Verizon, Wi-Fi, Jason O\'Grady
- Image galleries 2008-11-20
- EIC podcast: Jerry Yang; BlackBerry Storm; Gadgets
- On this week's EIC squared Dan and I talk Yahoo's new CEO, Verizon Wireless and the BlackBerry Storm, CES and pushing gadgets in a down economy. First, the big news of the week was Jerry Yang and his move to step down as CEO of Yahoo. A...
- Tags: Jerry Yang, Podcast, Yahoo! Inc., RIM BlackBerry, CEO, Handhelds, Hardware, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-11-20
- Up close and personal: The BlackBerry Storm
- A first look at the BlackBerry Storm. by Josh Taylor
- Tags: RIM BlackBerry, Handhelds, Hardware, Josh Taylor, Blackberry Storm, Blackberry 9530
- Image galleries 2008-11-20
- News to know: Storm; Holiday gift guide;Lenovo malware; Dell
- Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily: Josh Taylor: Hands On: The BlackBerry Storm Gallery: Up close and personal: The BlackBerry Storm ZDNet's 2008 Holiday Gift Guide: Top...
- Tags: Apple iPhone, Larry Dignan, Dell Computer Corp., Yahoo! Inc., T-Mobile, Malware, RIM BlackBerry, VUDU, Handhelds, Home Entertainment, Hardware, Personal Technology
- Blog posts 2008-11-20
- Be careful when syncing your Gmail contacts with the updated BlackBerry sync utility
- When I had my BlackBerry Bold I used the Google Sync for BlackBerry utility to keep my calendar updated with my Google Calendar since my Google Calendar was also synced to my Outlook/Exchange account. Google has now added contacts sync to the utility that makes it even more functional. If...
- Tags: Google Inc., Google Gmail, RIM BlackBerry, Google Calendar, Handhelds, Hardware, Matthew Miller, E-mail Providers, Internet
- Blog posts 2008-11-20
- Hands On: The BlackBerry Storm
- First off, a warning: Be very skeptical of any review you read in the next 24 to 48 hours that proclaims to be the definitive word on the Blackberry Storm. While clearly I have my own early impressions, the Storm is so different than any other smartphone...
- Tags: Touch Screen, Apple iPhone, Phone, Screen, Network, Verizon Communications Inc., Customer, Video, RIM BlackBerry, Plan, Blackberry Storm, E-mail, Handhelds, Keyboards, Online Communications, Hardware, Peripherals, Josh Taylor
- Blog posts 2008-11-19
- Is the BlackBerry Storm too 'consumer'?
- Enterprise customers getting hold of the long-awaited BlackBerry Storm are discovering that the smartphone isn't quite as "enterprise" as they might have hoped. Is the BlackBerry Storm too "consumer" for business customers' tastes? According to a report in The Register UK, the issue is...
- Tags: RIM BlackBerry, Internet Solution, Handhelds, Hardware, Andrew Nusca
- Blog posts 2008-11-19
- Review: OtterBox Impact and Defender Series cases for the BlackBerry Bold
- I picked up a RIM BlackBerry Bold a couple of weeks ago and was extremely happy with the device. The inability to sync with my Exchange account forced me to return it though. If you own a BlackBerry Bold then you may want to check out one of these two...
- Tags: RIM BlackBerry, BlackBerry Bold, Handhelds, Hardware, Matthew Miller, Membrane, Holster, OtterBox Impact Series, OtterBox Impact Series Case, Defender Series
- Blog posts 2008-11-19
- News to know: Microsoft; Psystar; Mozilla; Storm; Office 2.0
- Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily: Ryan Naraine: Microsoft kills OneCare, replaces it with freebie ‘Morro' Mary Jo Foley: Microsoft kills off Windows Live OneCare and Equipt subscription services Adrian Kingsley-Hughes: Microsoft...
- Tags: Jerry Yang, Mary Jo Foley, RIM BlackBerry, Microsoft Corp., Mozilla Corp., Office 2.0, Software As A Service (SaaS), Handhelds, Emerging Technologies, Hardware, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-11-19
- Image Gallery: OtterBox Impact and Defender cases for the BlackBerry Bold
- OtterBox is known for creating cases that offer major protection for mobile devices. They have a couple of cases with different levels of protection for the RIM BlackBerry Bold. The Impact case provides a minimal level of protection while the Defender series gives you a much higher level of protection...
- Tags: Protection, RIM BlackBerry, BlackBerry Bold, OtterBox, Impact Case, Handhelds, Hardware, Matthew Miller, product photos, rim, blackberry, bold, otterbox, cases
- Image galleries 2008-11-19
- Sneak Peek: BlackBerry Storm
- Apple ignited a firestorm of competition when it announced the iPhone in January of 2007. Since then the touchscreen smartphone segment has been ablaze with competition from all the major OEMs and carriers, including Nokia Tube, RIM (Thunder/Storm), LG Voyager, Samsung Instinct, Sony Ericsson (X1), HTC (G1) and yes, even...
- Tags: Touch Screen, Apple iPhone, RIM BlackBerry, Keyboards, Monitors & Displays, Handhelds, Hardware, Peripherals, Components, Jason D. O\'Grady
- Blog posts 2008-11-18
- YouTube on the Blackberry Storm
- While the new Blackberry Storm (a.k.a. 9530) from RIM and Verizon Wireless doesn't have a pre-installed YouTube client – like those available on Apple, Nokia and Sony Ericsson – you can easily view YouTube videos by navigating to their mobile Web site (m.youtube.com) from the Storm's Web browser. In this...
- Tags: YouTube Inc., RIM BlackBerry, Corporate Communications, Handhelds, Advertising & Promotion, Marketing, Hardware, Jason D. O\'Grady
- Blog posts 2008-11-18
- Copy and paste on the Blackberry Storm
- In this video (00:50) you'll see how the copy and paste function works on the new Blackberry Storm smartphone from RIM and Verizon Wireless. It works like this: select a range of text with two fingers, press the Blackberry menu key, select copy, then launch the destination...
- Tags: RIM BlackBerry, Handhelds, Hardware, Jason D. O\'Grady
- Blog posts 2008-11-18
- Hands-on with the Blackberry Storm
- I got to spend a couple of hours today with the highly-anticipated Blackberry Storm (a.k.a. 9350) from RIM and Verizon Wireless. I created an overview video (05:51) of some of its features and the overall user interface. Some highlights include: the media application, 3.2MP camera (with flash...
- Tags: RIM BlackBerry, Keyboards, Handhelds, Flash Memory, Hardware, Peripherals, Jason D. O\'Grady
- Blog posts 2008-11-17
- Review: Sprint Touch Pro and AT&T HTC Fuze Windows Mobile devices
- Last week I was quite excited about the BlackBerry Bold and think it is fantastic piece of hardware and the best BlackBerry device currently available. However, I could not get my Outlook Web Access to work with my work Exchange server and the BlackBerry security settings prevented the connection and...
- Tags: High Tech Computer Corp., AT&T Corp., RIM BlackBerry, Mobile Device, Sprint Communications, BlackBerry Bold, Handhelds, Microsoft Outlook, Hardware, Microsoft Office, Office Suites, Software, Matthew Miller, Device, HTC Touch, HTC Fuze, Sprint Touch Pro, HTC Touch Pro, Power Button, Bottom Row, Backlight, TouchFLO 3D, Keyboards, Peripherals
- Blog posts 2008-11-17
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