Articles tagged with: Research in Motion
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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, Social Networking, and Health. Many are free but some were relatively pricey ($59.99).
Installing a free app was straightforward. I downloaded …
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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 provides bolder and crisper graphics; the keyboard is even better than previous models, and the display is the best I’ve …
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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 in Motion’s BlackBerry devices, allowing the IT department to remotely delete all data from a lost or stolen device.
Before going …
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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, corporate instant messaging (Lotus Sametime), an HTML browser, and uses RIM’s SureType keyboard technology. Phone features include voice activated dialing, …
