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Developing for the iPhone v. developing for BlackBerry
Toktumi has an interesting article up discussing the disadvantage RIM is faced with as it attempts to position its app world to compete with Apple’s wildly successful iTunes app store. “Having recently developed versions of our popular Line2 app for both the iPhone and Blackberry platforms, I can tell you one major reason for RIM’s difficulties: [...]
Continue reading...How Apple and Google succeed by eliminating the “tyranny of choice”
Wednesday, October 14, 2009
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Not too long ago, we discussed on how a simple product line is integral to Apple’s success. While other companies release an inordinate number of products in an attempt to satisfy every potential customer, Apple has kept its product line-up relatively streamlined in comparison. Not only does this make things less confusing for consumers, but it [...]
Continue reading...iPhone market share continues to accelerate at an impressive rate in the US and worldwide
Monday, October 12, 2009
A recent report from Canalys indicates that iPhone marketshare in both in the US and abroad continues to accelerate at an impressive rate. Canalys’ data found that Apple’s share of the US smartphone market in Q2 2009 came in at 23%, up from 7% during the same period a year-ago and representing an astounding 365% increase year to [...]
Continue reading...Report: BlackBerry Tour experiencing 50% return rate
Thursday, September 17, 2009
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According to analyst Gerard Hallaren of TownHall Investment Research, RIM’s flagship new device, the BlackBerry Tour, is experiencing returns bordering on 50% due to trackball problems. Specifically, Hallaren notes that dirt and gunk tend to get stuck underneath the devices trackball, prompting users to clean the track ball a lot more often than they’d like [...]
Continue reading...The iPhone and letting apps run in the background
Wednesday, September 2, 2009
Kicking it ADB, a great blog who we wish would publish more often, directs us to the fact that the third most popular app on Blackberry’s App World is an app called “Aerize Optimizer - Memory booster - cleaner utility”. As you might have guessed, the app helps eliminate memory leaks, improve sluggish performance, and [...]
Continue reading...A close look at the upcoming BlackBerry Storm 2 and its Piezo-tech keyboard [Video]
Sunday, August 23, 2009
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Check out this close up look at the upcoming BlackBerry Storm 2 from RIM. RIM has implemented a few slight, yet noticeable, aesthetic changes to the Storm 2, and notably, the device will be available on both CDMA and GSM carriers and will include wi-fi connectivity as well. More importantly, the Storm 2 will apparently do [...]
Continue reading...RIM to release Mac desktop client for Blackberry devices
Tuesday, July 21, 2009
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In what should come as welcome news for all Mac users currently using BlackBerry devices, RIM announced today that they were finally coming out with a desktop app for the Mac that will allow users to mange the content of their BlackBerrys with ease. According to The Official BlackBerry Blog, the app will be available in [...]
Continue reading...With only 1% share of worldwide cellphone market, Apple accounts for 20% of profits
Monday, July 20, 2009
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Say what you will about Apple, but one thing’s for sure, they sure know how to make money. In a recent report on the cellphone industry, Deutsche Bank analyst Brian Modoff found that even though Apple’s worldwide share of the cellphone market only comes in at 1%, it accounts for 20% of the industry’s profits. This [...]
Continue reading...What phones are people scrapping for the iPhone?
Saturday, July 18, 2009
With iPhone market share continuing to increase, where exactly are all these new iPhone owners coming from? Well, according to Nielsen’s Q2 2009 Mobile Insights Survey, about 29% of new iPhone owners were previously Motorola owners, presumably leaving their RAZR and Q devices behind, and about 9% of BlackBerry owners ditched their trackball laden devices for [...]
Continue reading...RIM doubles number of available apps to 2,000, and why Apple shouldn’t be worried
Monday, July 6, 2009
RIM has doubled the number of applications on App World with the library of available titles now coming in at 2,000. At the same time, access to RIM’s App World will soon be expanding to include users from Italy, France, Germany and Spain. In the coming months, access will also extend to include users in [...]
Continue reading...Does RIM have what it takes to compete with the iPhone?
Tuesday, June 30, 2009
Boy Genius Report has an in-depth and worthwhile article detailing the challenges RIM faces in light of their many past successes. Specifically, BGR seems to imply that with mobile devices becoming more software-centric, RIM has curiously rested on its laurels while Apple has maneuvered to take over the space with seemingly no competition from the [...]
Continue reading...iPhone share of US Smartphone traffic continues to increase, reaches 69%
Thursday, June 25, 2009
New data released by AdMob shows that the number of people using an iPhone connect to the internet continues to grow at an impressive rate, with 69% of all smartphone traffic in the US coming from iPhone users AdMob, which runs an ad network for mobile websites, compiled the following data for May 2008.
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Wednesday, October 28, 2009
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