Tag: RIM

  • Congrats and rats to RIM

    Yesterday I was in a presentation with a number of companies including Telus and RIM. It was comical to watch Telus try to push its “services” to a group that was largely hostile to the company because of its lame handset selection and Internet service (blocked ports and all). It was interesting to see what…

  • 9000 Series

    It seems that RIM was trying to get a touch screen device to market by the end of this year, but it looks like we can look forward (GN) to seeing this by the summer of next year. Having used the iPod touch, and the iPhone, the actual keyboard is something that, either because I’m…

  • Cracked Calendar

    So, I got my new/refurbed Pearl via UPS yesterday and today has been the exercise in frustration that is moving data between my two devices. The first problem – I’ve got third party apps that I needed to bring over to the new device – I’ve already paid for them, so why should I pay…

  • iSlates vs Crackberry / Safari vs Opera

    Well after two days of light to moderate use on the touch (not from full charge, but about 75%), it finally died this morning, this is about the same life that one would/could/can expect out of the Blackberry. So from that perspective, they are on even footing. Bringing the browsers into the game, Safari is…

  • Happy Mac Again

    Well, it seems that after deleting  a few prefs, and reinstalling some apps, 10.5 is up and purring along. Now the only issue is getting the firmware update on the Blackberry to get it to understand the new DST – RIM, why can’t you push it out over the network? … Wait, didn’t I write…