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This conversation really illustrated for me that with the massive influx of consumers picking up their first smartphone, perceptions about what is “cool” about smartphones are shifting away from what corporate users and gadget geeks think are cool. I'm sure this parent's husband told her all the stuff that he likes about the BlackBerry, but, unfortunately, none of those “cool” things were applicable to how his wife would interact with her new BlackBerry Torch. As we continued our conversation, I tried to think of applications that this novice smartphone user might find interesting. I noticed that she had four or five reward card bar code tags hanging off of her key chain, so, I showed her CardStar which I had running on my device… To make a long story short, I had to show her and another parent with a BlackBerry Curve how to install this application on their devices. Of course, they both asked about other applications that they should install, so, I figured that would repeat the question here. What applications should new smartphone user install on their BlackBerry?
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It's not like this phone came out of left field, since we knew about its pending release for some time now, but it's good to see an official word come out from Waterloo. Apparently, the new Bold is ready for sale as of next month and I fully expect the usual suspects (Rogers, AT&T, etc.) to pick it up. As far as specs, the 9780 is much the same as the Bold 9700 before it. The form factor and fundamental layout are the same, but the camera's been bumped to 5.0-megapixels and the RAM has been doubled to 512MB. Perhaps more importantly, the Bold 9780 comes with BB OS 6.0 out of the box. I really enjoyed many of the OS improvements when I experienced them on the Torch. The multitasking was great, the web browser is greatly improved, and even Social Feeds added some value. I do want to know how they'll handle the multi-tier dock without a touchscreen though. SOURCE: Giz
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The new mobile commerce offering will allow PayPal merchants, along with Appcelerator's Web developers to build native iOS, Android, and Blackberry commerce applications on handsets, tablets, and connected TVs. Appcelerator is already the number two Apple App Store publisher because they enable rapid mobile innovation, said Osama Bedier, PayPals vice president of platform, mobile and new ventures.
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Leave your comment Send to a friend Filed Under: News & Rumors, BlackBerry Apps ; Tags: BlackBerry 6, NFL Mobile, Verizon
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CNN and iReport have made available a new APP for your iPhone, Andriod or Blackberry that in all honesty is about the most boring application I think I've seen so far to date for any of these phones. It's made available for free, which is the one saving grace, but the rest is essentially not worth the time to download it. It claims to take the "political pulse of the country". Since it doesn't really represent a true cross section of the country, and also allows those that don't even live in this country to participate, this is hardly a political pulse that is remotely accurate.
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When I changed over to me new Samsung Galaxy S, I found some functionality did not exist yet I managed to add it via some free apps from the Andriod marketplace. The default ring tones are not too good for use around offices (I don't like music, etc), so I just wanted something simple.
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But I've been refining my collection of BlackBerry apps for a while now. Mostly with my Bold 9000 but these apps have served me well on the Torch for the brief time that I've enjoyed using it. As you check out the list below, remember that my BlackBerry device is primarily a business tool needed for communicating day-to-day support issues plus nightly oncall support notifications. So it needs to be available for all this – sometimes 24 x 7 – and it needs to do all this and be a reliable telephone to boot. In order of usefulness and not including standard apps that come with the phone : Pocket Informant: (in app store) Without hesitation the most useful application I have. It replaces the default calendar, tasks and contacts applications and expresses daily commitments in a clear and useful manner. I can quickly see what scheduled calendar entries I have for any day along with relevant tasks so I can work through them as the day progresses. I favor the agenda view as being most suitable for my needs.
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BlackBerry Partners Fund co-managing partner Kevin Talbot told us that its current $150 million BlackBerry Fund is about one-third committed with 12 investments, and has room for about three to four new startups. The separate $100 million fund in China will be folded into that. We opened an affiliate fund in China in May, and in that process, we came to the realization that it was not going to yield the results that we wanted, he said. Geography is meaningless in mobile. You need to be dominant in a specific sector. While we are remain focused on investing in China, theres other markets we need to have a presence in. We are reinventing our strategy to make more use of our resources. The weakest link it felt it clearly had was in Silicon Valley, where mobile startups are a dime a dozen. It plans to open a new office there during the first quarter, and then will expand internationally to other countries, where mobile is quickly being adopted by consumers. They declined to discuss locations, but said interesting regions include: India, China, Brazil, UK, Germany, Russia and the Middle East. To fuel its expansion plans, the entity will soon be required to raise new funds. Talbot said they plan to announce a new fund soon. We are raising a second fund, but we are not announcing it today.We are in discussions with our limited partners and we expect to announce it in near future. We cant commit on the date, but we are in the process right now in putting it together. As part of these new goals, the original $150-million BlackBerry Partners Fund founded in 2008 will be restructured. The fund originally was being managed by partners from JLA Ventures and RBC Venture Partners, but going forward it will consolidate responsibilities. Talbot explains how inefficient the process was before: We had two offices and two teams, and we are both in the same city. There are operational efficiencies and cost savings. It allows John [John Albright, co-managing Partner, BlackBerry Partners Fund] and I to have singular focus on mobile investing going forward. BlackBerry Funds limited partners include Research In Motion, Thomson Reuters (NYSE:TRI - News) and RBC.
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