Archive for January, 2005

We’re a bit late on this but better late than never, it has been rumored for awhile that SBC will acquire AT&T but now it has been finalized by the AT&T board just needs to pass share holders and regulatory approval. The FTC better take a close look at this merger, I rather not go [...]

USA ePay has come out with a hardware attachment that will allow automatic credit card processing through the Blackberry. The device works on Blackberry handhelds that have OS 4.0 installed. The program has already been tested and deployed. The first major customer is Prime Time Shuttles, which has been testing the device in its LA [...]

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Mobile 88 has a review on the new Siemens Sk65 that comes with Blackberry connect. It is actually the first 3rd party hardware to come out with the Blackberry connect software. The phone comes in 3 versions, 2 of them with Blackberry connect and the other one without. Unfortunately the reviewer received the one without [...]

The 7100g will actually be first introuced by 3 Hong Kong, instead of Cingular. It is expected to come out mid-February, we still do not have any word when Cingular’s version will be rolled out. 3 Hong Kong was actually the first Asian carrier to introduce the Blackberry handheld and now they will be [...]

The makers of BerryVine Messenger a MSN Messenger client for the Blackberry has released version 1.1 which supposedly fixes some major issues that we encountered with 1.0. This version contains some optimizations for direct TCP connections and large contact lists. Aswell the guys have dropped the price from $39.95 to $29.95. We will be reviewing [...]

RIM has announced at Lotusphere 2005 that they will be beta testing a Blackberry chat client for Lotus SameTime. Those who are not familiar with Lotus SameTime, just picture an instant messenger for corporations.

Dennis Crouch a patent attorney at the law firm of McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP in Chicago. He offers his insight on the RIM-NTP case, here are some interesting tidbits:
From my point of view, RIM should not be held liable for patent infringement because a portion of the patented method was performed on foreign [...]

Magmic has sent us another game to review. This time they sent us their latest Medieval Kings Chess, bringing you the classic game onto your Blackberry. Unfortunately none of us here are Grand Champions so we can’t write a 10 page critique on Magmic’s chess engine. Hardcore chess players will need to look else where [...]