Tag: RIM

  • Get used to buggy phones?

    Mr. Balsillie said such scrambles [to get the Storm out for Black Friday]– and the subsequent software glitches that need to be fixed — are part of the “new reality” of making complex cellphones in large volumes (WSJ). For some reason, I don’t think this is really the case – I can certainly accept that…

  • Waterloo to be Hawking’s “Second Research Home”

    Earlier this year, the rumour mill was buzzing that Hawking would be heading to Canada to be part of the Perimeter Institute. Well today we found out more details behind that. According to Hawking: ”I am honoured to accept the first Distinguished Research Chair at the Perimeter Institute,” Prof. Hawking said in a statement released…

  • Throwing around Bricks… in the dark… are there any glass houses?

    Ok, hang on ’cause this is going to be a dozy of a walk through my brain on mLearning, small chunk content and reading all churned up through what was the most annoying day of the year that came on me yesterday. As I started the day, I was getting ready to update my Bold…

  • One month with the Bold

    Well, one month ago, I got the newest ‘berry and after making sure that UPS would keep it at the depot so I could pick it up in the morning before I came into work, I posted a quick “first impression”. Now one month later it seems right to update the impression into a review…

  • RIM bring Blackberry tools to the Mac

    I found this hunting for an update on the Missing Sync app that I use to keep my contacts up to date between my phone and main (nee work) computer. RIM is planning to bring native Mac tools to support the Blackberry in the first half of the new year. This is not official, but…