BlackBerry

Thinking About RIM, its people and its future

First of all let me tell you something that has been heavily on my mind over the last week or so – RIM is NOT Nortel.  I will write more about that later on, but I believe that Research In Motion and its BlackBerry line of products and services has a long life left in [...]

July 29, 2011 Read the full article →

Carnival of the Mobilists #202: Of Mobile Platforms, Stores, Acquisitions and Banking

After almost a year of following Carnivals and submitting our own entries as well it is a privilege for the Mobile Strategy Blog to host the 202nd edition of the Carnival of the Mobilists!  For this week we have thought-provoking pieces, inside scoops, tough questions and overall interesting posts on a variety of topics.  All [...]

November 30, 2009 Read the full article →

Mobile Applications and Loyalty

Add this one to the interesting and confusing column. But you should still pay close attention. Take a look at the following: 73 percent of Blackberry owners have downloaded 5 or fewer applications; in contrast,  72 percent of iPhone owners have downloaded 10 or more applications. [Source] Smartphone Owners Only Use Half of Installed Applications [...]

October 15, 2009 Read the full article →

BlackBerry Cool: Research Comparing iPhone and BlackBerry Often Flawed

From BlackBerry Cool: The research behind iPhone and BlackBerry comparisons that is making its way into the mainstream media is almost always flawed. The media loves to talk about the prolific nature of the iPhone and how technologically advanced its users are, while almost implicitly ragging on BlackBerry. There may be some slight bias in [...]

September 10, 2009 Read the full article →

MyBlackBerry.com Launch

Last week’s big news for some was the leaked information about the new BlackBerry site (social networking huh?) called MyBlackBerry (at myblackberry.com). When a friend emailed the news to me I was actually somewhat surprised by it.  After reading the piece at Berry Review all I could do was scratch my head and wonder how [...]

July 22, 2009 Read the full article →

WordPress for BlackBerry

New Beta version available here.

July 21, 2009 Read the full article →

Made in Quebec Mobile Applications

The original article is in French, and you can find it here – ‘Applications mobiles «made in Québec».’  But since we are nice here at the Mobile Strategy Blog I am providing you with an English translation as well which you can find here. I have fixed the translation (a little bit) and give you [...]

July 17, 2009 Read the full article →

Everyone is an expert…

… and most are almost always wrong. A friend sent me an email a few hours ago with the following subject: “stupid analysis.”  Thankfully he wasn’t referring to me but to someone referenced in this article over at Electronista. The claim which seems to upset people is the following… “BlackBerry could be a loser in [...]

June 19, 2009 Read the full article →

iPhone in the Enterprise

As I follow the WWDC keynote at MacRumours.com I can’t help but think how … Apple’s knocking at the door of Enterprises is getting louder and louder and in some industries there may be little that the competitors can do to keep the iPhone out. In fact they are banging at the door quite loudly [...]

June 8, 2009 Read the full article →

Access SAP CRM from your BlackBerry

SAP and Research In Motion announced two days ago the availability of an integrated solution that provides customers with anytime, anywhere access to the SAP® Customer Relationship Management (SAP CRM) application on BlackBerry® smartphones.  It is now available from RIM and you can check out the ‘campaign’ section over at the BlackBerry site here. which [...]

May 15, 2009 Read the full article →

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