Comments on: Mike Lazaridis introduction at WES http://www.blackberrycool.com/2007/05/08/wes-time-2/ The voice of the BlackBerry community. Sat, 21 Nov 2009 03:42:37 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: BlackBerryCool » RIM, voice-to-text, and fixed-mobile convergence http://www.blackberrycool.com/2007/05/08/wes-time-2/comment-page-1/#comment-129472 BlackBerryCool » RIM, voice-to-text, and fixed-mobile convergence Wed, 09 May 2007 15:38:42 +0000 http://www.blackberrycool.com/2007/05/08/004355/#comment-129472 [...] When Laziridis was putting so much emphasis on voice, maybe he shouldn’t be putting all his eggs in one basket. Given, that’s pretty unfair to say about the God of Hybridization himself, but hear me out. We’ve got two software releases from WES that are duking it out to provide voice-to-text conversion for BlackBerrys, which would seem like a step backwards if we’re to run with RIM’s current focus on voice. First on the list we have SpinVox, launching Voice-to-Screen Messaging Service. After converting your voice mail to text and e-mailing it to you, the software links up with your address book, so you can reply by SMS, e-mail or phone. [...] [...] When Laziridis was putting so much emphasis on voice, maybe he shouldn’t be putting all his eggs in one basket. Given, that’s pretty unfair to say about the God of Hybridization himself, but hear me out. We’ve got two software releases from WES that are duking it out to provide voice-to-text conversion for BlackBerrys, which would seem like a step backwards if we’re to run with RIM’s current focus on voice. First on the list we have SpinVox, launching Voice-to-Screen Messaging Service. After converting your voice mail to text and e-mailing it to you, the software links up with your address book, so you can reply by SMS, e-mail or phone. [...]

]]> By: BlackBerryCool » More red phones! http://www.blackberrycool.com/2007/05/08/wes-time-2/comment-page-1/#comment-129448 BlackBerryCool » More red phones! Wed, 09 May 2007 12:55:28 +0000 http://www.blackberrycool.com/2007/05/08/004355/#comment-129448 [...] The blogging community is breathing a collective “WTF” over Rogers’ covertly released red Pearl. Doug eyeballed it during a keynote at WES which got him a little excited. $249.99 with a 3-year hook in your cheek, just like all the others. [...] [...] The blogging community is breathing a collective “WTF” over Rogers’ covertly released red Pearl. Doug eyeballed it during a keynote at WES which got him a little excited. $249.99 with a 3-year hook in your cheek, just like all the others. [...]

]]> By: Blackberry Cool http://www.blackberrycool.com/2007/05/08/wes-time-2/comment-page-1/#comment-129179 Blackberry Cool Tue, 08 May 2007 18:13:10 +0000 http://www.blackberrycool.com/2007/05/08/004355/#comment-129179 Sharp eye. Guess he DOES need full QWERTY. ;) Sharp eye. Guess he DOES need full QWERTY. ;)

]]> By: nofx http://www.blackberrycool.com/2007/05/08/wes-time-2/comment-page-1/#comment-129177 nofx Tue, 08 May 2007 18:07:51 +0000 http://www.blackberrycool.com/2007/05/08/004355/#comment-129177 "They have a read Pearl up on the screen (woot!) with a screenshot of Medieval Kings Chess 2, I believe." You meant the RED PEARL, right? “They have a read Pearl up on the screen (woot!) with a screenshot of Medieval Kings Chess 2, I believe.”

You meant the RED PEARL, right?

]]> By: BlackBerryCool » BlackBerry Cool at WES 2007: Random Thoughts (updated) http://www.blackberrycool.com/2007/05/08/wes-time-2/comment-page-1/#comment-129148 BlackBerryCool » BlackBerry Cool at WES 2007: Random Thoughts (updated) Tue, 08 May 2007 15:59:49 +0000 http://www.blackberrycool.com/2007/05/08/004355/#comment-129148 [...] Number the Third: Like I said while live-blogging, I heard strong rumors last night that Mikey L was too sick to keynote, but my man came through anyways. However, did anyone else notice that during pauses in the keynote where he didn’t have to talk (like when RIM played about 18 video clips of CEOs talking about how great BlackBerrys are), he kinda looked like he was gonna keel over? It takes some serious brass BlackBerrys to deliver an opening keynote in front of so many people when you’re not feeling up to it. [...] [...] Number the Third: Like I said while live-blogging, I heard strong rumors last night that Mikey L was too sick to keynote, but my man came through anyways. However, did anyone else notice that during pauses in the keynote where he didn’t have to talk (like when RIM played about 18 video clips of CEOs talking about how great BlackBerrys are), he kinda looked like he was gonna keel over? It takes some serious brass BlackBerrys to deliver an opening keynote in front of so many people when you’re not feeling up to it. [...]

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