Is there a smartphone less interesting than the BlackBerry these days? No. Research in Motion, BlackBerry’s maker, is desperately trying to change that perception but it hasn’t been easy. RIM is losing market share at an alarming rate, as Android phones and the iPhone continue to attract new users. So can the BlackBerry Torch, RIM’s [...]
If we are buying so many smartphones these days, why is the phone industry smarting so much? In a year marked by the re-emergence of Motorola and design savvy of HTC, we are witnessing notable hardware departures from Microsoft and, gasp, Google.
The momentum has swung so strongly toward Apple’s iPhone and a host of truly compelling Android-based smartphones (Motorola Droid X, HTC Incredible, HTC Evo), that the only reason many BlackBerry users stick with the device is because they don’t like using touch-screen keyboards.
After its first disastrous foray into touch-screen devices to compete against the Apple iPhone, Research in Motion appears to be preparing a new touch-screen phone — this time to include a slide-out keyboard — to regain its lost sales momentum.
Need a last-minute Mom’s day gift? It is Sunday, in case you forgot. A friend of mine forwarded information on a stylish and feminine line of iPhone and BlackBerry cases that should please any tech-savvy mom. The Case-mate products were designed by artists Deanne Cheuk and Shadow Chen and made for the iPhone 3G and [...]
