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Verizon Storm 2 BOGO Rumor: Cause for Celebration or Concern?

Verizon Storm 2 BOGO Rumor: Cause for Celebration or Concern?

We all like a bargain, especially in this economy, but I’m a bit concerned about the Verizon BlackBerry Storm 2 buy-one-get-one-free rumor.  We’ve seen a lot of halo product releases recently; the HTC Touch Pro2, Motorola Cliq, Palm Pre etc. They all come down in price given time, but they start off being priced as [...]

HardTalk: Is RIM Playing it too Safe With the 9700 and Storm 2?

HardTalk: Is RIM Playing it too Safe With the 9700 and Storm 2?

The current Bold and Storm are very different devices and that’s for good reason. The Bold was a solid evolution of the traditional BlackBerry form factor and the Storm was a more revolutionary move for RIM, taking the company head-to-head with Apple.
Whilst the Bold was a winner in its sector, it’s not perfect; and heck [...]

How Much of a Beating Can a BlackBerry Take?

How Much of a Beating Can a BlackBerry Take?

On a night out along Bourbon St, New Orleans my BlackBerry Bold took a beating.  I was taking a photo in a pretty rowdy bar with the Bold raised above my head when someone accidentally whacked it out of my hand and it fell six feet to the ground with solid force.
Naturally I feared the [...]

Things I've Noticed about My Bold Recently

Things I’ve Noticed about My Bold Recently

The way the un-lit segments of the digital clock receive peripheral light from the lit segments demonstrates wonderful attention to detail.
My Bold has taken to rare moments of spontaneously rebooting during playback on my Motorola stereo Bluetooth headphones.  When it is playing fine, which is 99% of the time, the strength of the Bluetooth signal [...]

What Does the Release of Windows Mobile 6.5 Mean for BlackBerry Fans?

What Does the Release of Windows Mobile 6.5 Mean for BlackBerry Fans?

In a word nothing not much. Yes I know that’s two words because my initial reaction was perhaps unfair. Windows Mobile 6.5 is a good step forward for Microsoft; heck I used a pre-release version on an HTC Touch Pro for a few months and it was way better than 6.1. In fact I really [...]

Bold-ly Going To Africa

Bold-ly Going To Africa

Packing for a trip should be easy, but it takes me a while due to time spent figuring out which ‘essential’ gadgets I need to take.
My most recent trip was to Johannesburg in South Africa, which isn’t a regular occurrence. So I would need plenty of toys: navigation, music, Internet access for news feeds, still [...]

5 Reasons Why BlackBerry is Still Better than the iPhone

5 Reasons Why BlackBerry is Still Better than the iPhone

So you just purchased that new iPhone 3GS and you’re thinking you have the best phone on the planet right?  Well you might want to rethink that because the Blackberry smartphone still reigns supreme.  Sure on the outside with all its flash and looks the iPhone seems like it’s the best thing ever but when [...]

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