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Wall Street Journal Digital Network Launches New Mobile Reader for BlackBerry Smartphones
Wednesday, 27 August 2008 13:30

Today The Wall Street Journal Digital Network launched its latest mobile application -- WSJ.com Mobile Reader -- which provides immediate access to business, finance and technology news and analysis from WSJ.com as well as MarketWatch.com, Barrons.com and AllThingsD.com. The customizable application is currently available for free on most BlackBerry(r) smartphones from Research In Motion (RIM) (Nasdaq:RIMM) (TSX:RIM).

WSJ.com Mobile Reader, developed on the FreeRange Communications Mobile Publishing Platform, provides access to the latest headlines, news summaries and updates automatically with no manual refresh required. Easy-to-use content tabs include What's News, Tech, MarketWatch, Opinion, Columns and more. Users can customize category lists and add additional news categories, news sources, keyword alerts and customized stock quotes. Headlines, article summaries and previously downloaded stories are also accessible even if out of wireless coverage, with full access to subscriber content for a limited time only.

"The WSJ.com Mobile Reader is a powerful digital information application and with its ease of use is perfectly designed for on-the-go executives who strive to stay ahead of the news curve and their competition," said Gordon McLeod, president of The Wall Street Journal Digital Network. "The Wall Street Journal Digital Network users can now always be up-to-speed on the latest breaking news, on their terms, wherever and whenever vital business news and information is needed."

Benefits of the WSJ.com Mobile Reader include:

* Utility:
-- Simple user interface and differentiated content tabs -- What's
News, Tech, MarketWatch, Columns and more -- with the option to
customize categories and news sources for a personalized
experience.
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Bold new BlackBerry 9000 to take on expected 3G iPhone
Written by Jacqui Cheng   
Wednesday, 27 August 2008 13:25

RIM said "hello" to the iPhone on May 12, 2008 when it introduced the long-anticipated BlackBerry 9000, also known as the BlackBerry Bold. Aside from its dashing good looks, the Bold has tweaks under the hood that not only improve upon past BlackBerry offerings, but ensure that it stays a step ahead of the competition. For now, anyway.

The Bold is RIM's first BlackBerry to support tri-band HSDPA (3G) networks, which complements its built-in WiFi, Bluetooth, and GPS. The half-VGA screen features 480x320 resolution, which is twice the resolution of the most recent BlackBerry Curve. The Bold, of course, continues with RIM's commitment to the "real" QWERTY keyboard along with a trackball located just under the screen. The built-in 2MP camera has video recording capabilities, built-in camera flash that is common on BlackBerry devices, and 5x digital zoom.

Software-wise, the company revamped its menu icons to look a little more cutting edge, and the phone also boasts "desktop-style web pages." Users can choose to navigate through websites either with the full, desktop-style HTML pages or mobile-formatted versions. RIM also says that it has enhanced the Bold's media player to play video smoothly in fullscreen mode and manage a user's full music collection.

 

It doesn't take a rocket scientist to see that RIM has taken a few design tips from the iPhone this time around. The Bold's all-black enclosure with a chrome border, combined with the high-contrast screen make it indeed a very, er, bold-looking new BlackBerry. Physically, the resemblance is striking:

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Verizon Wireless BlackBerry Smartphones Are Pretty In Pink
Sunday, 24 August 2008 13:19

BASKING RIDGE, NJ — August 8, 2008 — College students can make a statement and be more productive in the classroom when they head back to campus this fall with two of Verizon Wireless’ hottest BlackBerry® smartphones available in pink – the BlackBerry® Curve™ 8330 and the BlackBerry® Pearl™ 8130 smartphones. Both handsets capture all of the features and functionality of their silver counterparts, but the hip, pink colors give students added flair when they are at school or interviewing for an internship or job. Customers can order the pink BlackBerry Curve online at www.verizonwireless.com or in Verizon Wireless Communications Stores beginning today, and it will be in stores on August 15. The pink BlackBerry Pearl 8130 is currently available in stores and online.

The BlackBerry Curve 8330 is the smallest and lightest full-QWERTY BlackBerry smartphone, which makes the handset a natural fit for fashion-savvy students who need to manage their responsibilities at school, while staying connected to their family and friends. Additionally, students traveling off campus can take advantage of Verizon Wireless’ VZ Navigator(SM) service on their BlackBerry Curve to access maps, audible turn-by-turn navigation and information on more than 14 million points of interest. The BlackBerry Pearl 8130 smartphone in pink comes in a compact form factor, and college students can view e-mail and attachments from their professors, stay on-track with assignments using the organizer, and even surf the Internet to quickly look up information when they are studying. Because both the BlackBerry Curve and BlackBerry Pearl smartphones run on the nation’s most reliable wireless network, students can rest-assured that they will be able to perform essen tial tasks quickly and reliably.

The BlackBerry Curve 8330 smartphone in pink is available for $99.99 after a $70 mail-in rebate with a new two-year customer agreement. The BlackBerry Pearl 8130 smartphone in pink is available for $79.99 after a $70 mail-in rebate with a new two-year customer agreement. Customers who purchase a Verizon Wireless Nationwide voice plan to use with their BlackBerry smartphone can also subscribe to the E-Mail and Web for BlackBerry plan for an additional $29.99 per month.

 

 

 

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T-Mobile first with BlackBerry Bold in the UK
Written by Rosemary Haworth   
Sunday, 24 August 2008 13:22

T-Mobile is the first mobile phone operator to announce it will be offering the much-anticipated BlackBerry Bold smartphone to UK customers. The handset will go onsale in the UK from September.

 

The BlackBerry Bold is a 3.5G HSDPA (high-speed downlink packet access) handset capable of internet access at rates of up to 4.5Mbps (megabits per second) via the T-Mobile network.

A GPS-enabled device, the BlackBerry Bold is a quad-band phone and is the first T-Mobile BlackBerry handset that is being launched across all territories, including the Far East. It will come with BlackBerry Maps and offer Wi-Fi connectivity in addition to HSDPA.

The BlackBerry Bold has a full qwerty keypad, offers mobile web access as well as push email, a 2Mp camera and an onboard media player for viewing and roughly editing photos and playing videos.

Extra storage is offered via the Bold’s miniSD/miniSDHC (Secure Digital High Capacity) removable media card slot. These flash memory cards are currently available in capacities of up to 8GB, with 16GB coming later this year.

The device, which is being distributed to UK reviewers this week, was reportedly delayed due to battery issues, which meant it wasn’t able to steal Apple’s thunder when it launched the iPhone 3G in June.

In May, BlackBerry maker Research In Motion (RIM) announced it would start selling the Bold smartphone worldwide this summer, with initial reports suggesting UK availability as early as late June or early July.

 
 
BlackBerry Goes Totally Verbal With Vlingo
Written by Shayne Rana   
Wednesday, 09 July 2008 13:49
                                             
Vlingo Corporation has debuted a new application for BlackBerry smar tphones, offering the industry’s first complete voice-powered interface based entirely on Vlingo’s speech recognition technology. Available free-of-charge, Vlingo’s BlackBerry application lets users send emails and text messages, search the Web, open applications (BlackBerry Calendar, BlackBerry Maps, etc.), dial numbers from their phones, look up contacts and even send notes to themselves – all with the power of voice.

"Just a few months ago, Vlingo was selected to voice-enable Yahoo! oneSearch, which showed the world just how quick and easy mobile Web search can be with the power of voice," said Dave Grannan, CEO of Vlingo. "Vlingo takes this technology beyond Web search into everyday applications that are now instantly more usable and easier to find because you only need to think about one button and a few spoken words. Vlingo believes that we can immediately improve the way every person interacts with their wireless device and the BlackBerry platform is the perfect place to start our aggressive expansion strategy here in the U.S. and abroad."


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