This week RIM have been promoting their BlackBerry Runtime for Android Apps which allows developers to make a few tweaks, repackage their Android apps online then upload them to BlackBerry App World. This should make porting between Android and BlackBerry simple and removes some of the challenges of porting between operating systems to ensure that [...]
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Take nothing away from Samsung: with a 219% year-on-year shipment growth and higher volumes than any other vendor for the first time, the Korean giant can take a moment to celebrate being number one in the smartphone market. Apple will tell you though: this is only one quarter (and the quarter before a new iPhone [...]
There were a couple of news items over the last few weeks that caught my eye. First, that AT&T is rumoured to block NFC capability on the Blackberry 9900 and secondly (and you couldn’t miss this one) that Google is buying out Motorola’s handset business (see Daniel Ashdown’s blog on this here). These events may [...]
A ‘Key’ Announcement from RIM: Five New Devices, All Touchscreen
by Daniel Ashdown on August 10th, 2011
Last week RIM announced 5 new Blackberry models in what amounted to a continuing shift towards touchscreen-centric interfaces. In Juniper Research’s recent report on the Smartphone market we looked in great detail at the trends in interface technology, amongst other things, and RIM’s move fits with what we are seeing. While there are compelling reasons [...]
It has taken a few months, but mobile device and software manufacturers are finally coming up with an answer to the iPad. From September, Samsung’s Galaxy Tab will be available on the four major US networks, and Research in Motion’s Playbook will be available from the beginning of 2011, on the back of a brand [...]
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