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RIM’s outages were bad, but I think the immediate damage is limited

By Ewan on October 13, 2011 in Services

It’s a total unmitigated arse when your technology doesn’t work as expected. I’ve got an email account at one of the companies I consult with regularly. They’re a top FTSE 100 firm and they were seriously challenged by this week’s BlackBerry outage. One of the implications of the continued outage was that the company’s help [...]

The danger for RIM: Compounding negative press stories

By Ewan on October 11, 2011 in Opinion

I’m a big, big fan of RIM, makers of BlackBerry. Huge fan. Their devices and their services irrevocably changed my life for the better. In today’s fast paced, always-on connected environment, it’s super-important for RIM to continue to manage their reputation aggressively and offensively (as apposed to playing defence — or, in some cases not [...]

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BlackBerry Tag will soon make good use of OS7′s NFC capabilities

By Ewan on October 10, 2011 in Devices

I just got news through from the team at RIM confirming the imminent launch of BlackBerry Tag. The all new Bold, Torch and Curve models feature integrated NFC features — which haven’t really been exploited as yet. The new ‘Tag’ function arrives with the upcoming BlackBerry OS 7 update and will enable users to tap-n-share [...]

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BlackBerry Travel is a phenomenally useful app (and service)

By Ewan on October 7, 2011 in Applications

It just a week-and-a-bit before I arrive into San Francisco for the BlackBerry DevCon event. I’m in Houston first, followed by New York, before flying into the Valley. So that means I’ve been doing the usual jiggery-pokery with hotels and flights. In many cases, I’ve been lucky enough to have a colleague or agency take [...]

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My patience with mobile app exceptions is shockingly limited

By Ewan on October 5, 2011 in Applications

Here’s an illustration of my super-short attention span when it comes to exceptions with mobile applications. I’m surprised by how I am reacting. One of my regular BlackBerry apps is BeReader. It’s a really nice Google Reader client for the BlackBerry platform. I bought it via App World last year and I’ve been a regular [...]

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Video: BlackBerry Bold 9900 walk-through

By Momchil on September 2, 2011 in Devices, News

This is Momchil here with a demo of the BlackBerry Bold 9900. Further to Ewan’s recent post on the new Bold, I would like to show you this video walk-through of the BlackBerry Bold 9900, taken at the BlackBerry 7 Media Event. Here is the video:

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Should you upgrade to BlackBerry Bold 9900? Definitely. Place the order!

By Ewan on August 31, 2011 in Devices

Months ago when I first got hands-on with the BlackBerry Bold at BlackBerry World, I thought it was gorgeous. But, it was pre-release. And I try not to think too much about devices that are specifically marked as pre-release. There are often substantial changes before the device hits the shelves. Now I stopped doing actual [...]

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BlackBerry saves lost hiker — lucky she had signal!

By Ewan on August 18, 2011 in Devices

I wanted to document this one from today’s Telegraph. The poor lady in question got rather lost in foggy weather somewhere in the Lake District. Rescuers couldn’t work out where she was so they got creative: Mr Blakey added: “We asked her to take a photograph of her surroundings on her phone and send it [...]

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Video: BlackBerry Torch 9810 walk-through

By Momchil on August 9, 2011 in Devices

This is Momchil here with a demo of the BlackBerry Torch 9810. This is the second video walk-through which Ewan captured on site at the BlackBerry 7 Media Event. Demonstrating the device is Vivek Bhardwaj, head of RIM software EMEA Product Management. Here is the video:

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London Riots: It’s not about BBM, it’s about proper policing

By Ewan on August 9, 2011 in Opinion, Services

I’ve been reading countless stories and many Tweets about BlackBerry Messenger in connection with the London Riots over the past few days. I think it’s time we — as an industry — took a step back and put some rather outlandish and ridiculous proposed strategies to bed. Most arguments have centred around the ‘youths’ or [...]

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Video: BlackBerry Torch 9860 walk-through

By Momchil on August 8, 2011 in Devices

This is Momchil here with a demo of the BlackBerry Torch 9860. Ewan was on site at the launch event last week and managed to capture this video overview of the all new BlackBerry Torch featuring the new BlackBerry OS7. I’m currently using the first generation BlackBerry Torch and I think I’d like the new [...]

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