Posted on June 11, 2009, at 9:55 AM .
Social media has been a huge help for smartphone manufacturers. The blogosphere can be a better PR tool than the largest firms in New York, assuming you have something good to spread. The Hatorade can also spread quickly.
To determine what the Internet thinks of your brand, you have to sift through blog posts, YouTube comments, Facebook wall scribbles, message boards and Twitter “tweets.”
That’s where we look to new software called Sysomos, a social media monitoring tool born out of research at the University of Toronto. There is already some interesting data from the software.
“A brand like BlackBerry has, on average, more than 5,000 posts on a single day … no human can flip through (that),” said Nilesh Bansal, co-founder of Sysomos, a social media monitoring tool born out of research at the University of Toronto.
At 5,000 posts per day, RIM is getting an incredible amount of coverage on their devices. Personally, I’d like to know what percentage of that coverage is ReTweets and post scrapes.
Article courtesy of Robert Rocha and the Montreal Gazette.
Posted on June 11, 2009, at 9:43 AM .
Paul Taylor, chief investment officer of BMO Harris Private Banking, has great things to say about investing in Research in Motion Ltd.
This is unusual given that Taylor has been shifting money out of “defensive” areas such as telecommunications, utilities and consumer staples and into “cyclical” industries, including energy, base metals, technology and consumer discretionary.
The reason he’s sticking with RIM?
“These are still early days for the conversion from ‘dumb phones’ to smart-phones,” Taylor said. “A lot of people are concerned about [iPhone maker] Apple, but there’s plenty of space for both Research In Motion and Apple to be tremendously successful.”
The general idea here is that the smartphone market isn’t as simple as a pie and everyone is trying to get their piece. The pie is ever expanding and there is room for several major smartphone players.
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Posted on June 11, 2009, at 8:56 AM .
[UPDATE: RapidShare has taken down the link for now.]
Personally, I don’t like downloading unofficial OS versions because of what they can do to your device, but this time I’m going for it.
It simply takes too long to get a software update so I’m going to be getting OS 5.0.0.100 for my Curve 8900. This latest update will hopefully fix the bugs found in OS 5.0.0.93 found earlier.
Download OS 5.0.0.100 for your BlackBerry Curve 8900.
Download OS 5.0.0.100 for your BlackBerry Bold.
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Posted on June 11, 2009, at 8:43 AM .
TELUS and Universal Music Canada have partnered to announce the “Summer of Music with TELUS“ contest.
TELUS customers who download music from the TELUS music shop’s newly priced library will be entered for a chance to win tickets to see three hot musical acts.
To register, visit www.telusmobility.com/music.
You could win:
AKON
· Two tickets to see Akon live
· Trip for two (2) to Toronto
Lady GaGa
· Two tickets to see Lady GaGa live & dance lessons with Lady GaGa’s dance crew
· Trip for two (2) to a North American location
Tragically Hip
· Tickets to three Canadian tour dates
· Limo and accommodations
· Press accreditation to take photos and blog about The Hip experience
In conjunction with this contest, TELUS is lowering the prices of their music library. Songs are available at $0.69, $0.99 and $1.29 and the majority of albums are now $9.99.
Posted on June 11, 2009, at 8:33 AM .
There’s a new channel for iHeartRadio called White House Brief which provides quick news on White House and Obama events.
The news is brief so you can listen to it while commuting to work, on the go, etc.
BlackBerry users can get iHeartRadio and the channel at iheartradio.com.
iheartradio is available for the BlackBerry Pearl, Curve (including 8900), Bold and Storm.
Posted on June 11, 2009, at 7:30 AM .
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