Archive for the 'BlackBerry' Category

Study: BlackBerry has twice the failure rate of iPhone

Monday, November 10th, 2008

Apple’s iPhone has half the failure rate of RIM’s BlackBerry in the first year of use, a study carried out by a mobile-phone warranty firm has found. Apple’s iPhone has half the failure rate of RIM’s BlackBerry in the first year of use, a study carried out by…
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BlackBerry rumor mill takes a page from Apple

Friday, August 15th, 2008

For the past few months, writers have been churning out rumors about several new flavors of BlackBerry. Is RIM using careful leaks to beat Apple at its own rumor-fueling game? If you thought iPhone nano rumors were hard to avoid, consider the myriad BlackBerry incarnations haunting cyberspace. …
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HSBC could order 200,000 iPhones

Wednesday, August 13th, 2008

Global banking giant HSBC is considering ditching the BlackBerry and adopting Apple’s iPhone as its standard staff mobile device. Global banking giant HSBC is considering ditching the BlackBerry and adopting Apple’s iPhone as its standard staff mobile device, a move that could result in an order for some 200,000…
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The curse of the BlackBerry

Tuesday, July 29th, 2008

Creating an epidemic of BlackBerry dependency may serve short-term business interests. But the trouble is one day the addicts might just fight back. Although he’s supposed to be on holiday, U.K. Prime Minister Gordon Brown admits his BlackBerry will remain on as he wanders pensively along the North Sea…
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