Research in Motion
RIM’s New Tablet OS and BlackBerry OS Unveiled
BlackBerry maker Research in Motion showed off new features for both its Playbook and smartphone operating systems at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas.
The BlackBerry Playbook OS 2.0 has added several new features for messaging and e-mail. The OS now features a unified inbox for personal and work e-mail, as well as social networking messaging accounts, tabbed e-mail for keeping multiple messages open at once, support for rich-text such …
BlackBerry App World Review
BlackBerry App World is available for BlackBerry smartphones with a trackball or touchscreen such as the Pearl, Bold, Curve, and Storm.
To test App World I used a BlackBerry Bold and AT&T’s 3G network, later switching to Wi-Fi to see if downloads were significantly faster (they weren’t). Installation was reasonably fast and simple. Once in App World, I found hundreds of applications in categories such as News, Weather, Finance, Games, Productivity, …
The Latest Crop of BlackBerrys
Some of my favorite mobile devices have come from Research in Motion, including the BlackBerry Pearl. Now there are three new BlackBerry smartphones: the Bold from AT&T, the Pearl Flip from T-Mobile, and the Storm from Verizon Wireless.
BLACKBERRY BOLD
The Bold is the BlackBerry that has it all: 3G, Wi-Fi, GPS, high-res display, and full keyboard. If you liked the Pearl or 8800, you will love the Bold. A new UI …
Security Alert: Is Your Smartphone Vulnerable?
Is your smartphone secured or was a password too much of a bother? Think about what’s stored in your phone, including contact lists, e-mail messages, documents, proposals, spreadsheets, and presentations – many of which could be confidential.
Smartphones are much easier to lose track of than a laptop; they are also much more likely to be damaged or stolen. Many don’t have remote wipe capabilities, a security feature popularized by Research …
Four World Phones
RESEARCH IN MOTION BLACKBERRY PEARL
Both T-Mobile and Cingular offer the BlackBerry Pearl by Research in Motion, although only T-Mobile has the new white Pearl. The Pearl is an 88 gram quad-band device with a 240×260 color display. It supports GSM/GPRS and EDGE (Enhanced Data for GSM Evolution) and includes a memory expansion slot for a MicroSD card. It supports BlackBerry e-mail, public instant messaging via AOL, ICQ, MSN, and Yahoo, …
