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RogersDude69 brings us a pic of some promotional materials that have arrived at the Rogers retail outlets in Canada. It seems we’re really close to this device launching and we’ll be getting more details soon.
The only thing this flier reveals is that it will support TalkSpot, for unlimited Canada-wide calling.
There isn’t much else to say here, but we’re all hoping that Rogers will launch the device in some new colors such as the coveted white BlackBerry Curve 8520.
Anyone buying?
Today BlackBerry Cool passed 7,000 posts! The site is doing very well almost 5 years and 7,000+ posts later and we’re all excited about things to come.
Here are some great articles from the past:
The BlackBerry 9700 is the BlackBerry Onyx? (For the record, we were the first to bring you this tidbit.)
T-Mobile BlackBerry Gemini 8520 review, pics and comparisons
“Storm vs. iPhone: which will win?” (Weekly Contest)
And of course, best of all, is our very first post dated the January 5th, 2005:
Something else you might enjoy, remember when we interviewed the Boy Genius?
The BlackBerry Cool Podcast: Boy Genius Interviewed (Pt. 1)
The BlackBerry Cool Podcast: Boy Genius Interviewed (Pt. 2)
Exclusive: Boy Genius interviewed – round 3
Looking forward to another 7,000 posts with the BlackBerry Nation!
What was your favorite BlackBerry Cool article? Comment and let us know!
The Score have launched version 1.2 of their BlackBerry app ScoreMobile. The new version of the application features customizable content, game reminder features, and optimized navigation and display functions.
ScoreMobile is a free application and the recent enhancements to the application include:
Check out ScoreMobile in BlackBerry App World free of charge.
w2bi have announced the availability of AetherPal 2.3, which allows administrative support for all Blackberry devices.
AetherPal 2.3 features:
Continue reading ‘Aetherpal 2.3 mobile device management for BlackBerry enterprise users’
Our Rogers ninja, RogersDude69, is reporting that Rogers has been giving their employees extra incentives to sell HTC Android devices. Apparently, Rogers is running internal contests where you sell 5 and get 1 free. While this isn’t necessarily news, and Rogers often runs these contests, it comes along with a recent statement from the president of Rogers Communications’ wireless business, Rob Bruce.
Rob Bruce, said he expects that phones with full slideout keyboards, as well as those based on Google’s Android operating system, will chip away at the dominance of RIM’s BlackBerry and Apple’s iPhone.
Speaking at an investor conference, Bruce said the so-called QWERTY slider devices made by manufacturers such as Samsung and LG Electronics “are peeling off the low end of the smartphone market right now and in effect putting pressure on that duopoly.”
He characterized Android-based phones that are making their way to store shelves as the “other major vector” in challenging RIM and Apple for dominance of the lucrative smartphone market.
BlackBerry Cool readers are well educated when it comes to the various operating systems out there. So I put the question to the readers:
Can RIM and BlackBerry learn anything from the Android platform?
In 5 years, BlackBerry or Android?
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In general, print media is dying and paving the way for online media. As print sees their advertising rates drop, they are continually trying to find ways to make up these revenues.
One such way is to charge for readership. The National Post is reporting that The Wall Street Journal will be charging BlackBerry users for access to their services, in order to make up for lost advertising revenue. The WSJ will begin to levy a US$2 weekly fee for access by non-subscribers, Mr. Murdoch said at the Goldman Sachs Group Inc. Communacopia conference in New York. Journal subscribers will have to pay US$1 a week, he said.
So if you have the WSJ BlackBerry application, prepare to see it become monetized in the very near future.
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