Blackberry

Bing and Blackberry: Friends Forever!

May 4, 2011

How does it go? The enemy of my enemy is my friend? Two drunks trying to hold each other up? I don’t know. But Microsoft (MSFT) CEO Steve Ballmer announced at the BlackberryWorld conference that Bing would become the default search engine on Research In Motion’s (RIMM) Blackberry devices. This isn’t terribly exciting news for either [...]

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iPhone, Android Still Rule While BlackBerry Falters

April 29, 2011

Just a heads up! I have a new article up at Minyanville discussing yesterday’s vital smartphone-industry news. Here’s an excerpt: On February 7th, IDC reported that smartphone shipments surpassed PC shipments for the fourth quarter of 2011, marking an important first for the mobile-computing industry. Then in late March, IDC said it expected the smartphone market to [...]

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Android Market Share Skyrocketing, NPD Says

November 1, 2010

NPD just released its Q3 2010 smartphone market-share numbers, and one thing’s for certain: Google’s (GOOG) Android OS really is taking over. During Q3, 44% of all smartphones purchased in the US were powered by Android. That’s up from 33% in Q2. No, that’s not a typo. Android actually did gain 11 points of share [...]

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Verizon Rolling Out 4G Service

October 7, 2010

Are your mobile Internets too slow? Then cheer up, because Verizon (VZ) is rolling out 4G wireless internet service in 38 American cities and over 60 American airports by year-end. The initial launch phase will primarily cover cities in the Northeast, including New York City and Philadelphia. Actually, you shouldn’t cheer up because if you [...]

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