Next up in the Tele Atlas Maps in Apps finalists is Pongr, which has a great consumer pricing application. Post a comment and tell us what you think!
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Next up in the Tele Atlas Maps in Apps finalists is Pongr, which has a great consumer pricing application. Post a comment and tell us what you think!
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Tele Atlas was kind enough to give us a sneak peak yesterday of their Maps in Apps contest finalists. Here’s Travel Channel with their Travel Channel to Go app. Post a comment and tell us what you think!
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Finally, here’s Dan Hesse discussing the problems with openness and usability. Or, ‘why your mom won’t use an Android phone’.

Here’s Dotson making the great point that the movement towards open networks does not limit the value of closed, integrated solutions – namely BlackBerry.


In contrast to Dotson, Sprint CE0 makes the great point that openness is only as important as the consumer demand for it, but everone in the audience cheered when asked if they would like open networks and open handsets. Verizon CEO Lowell McAdam also seemed hesitant to be pro-open, which makes sense considering the Verizon/BREW/Qualcomm model is a closed one.
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Here’s Robert Dotson (sweater) talking about the need for openness in the Telecomm space. He seems a big fan of Google.
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First impressions of the BlackBerry Pearl Flip 8220? Not for me, but the ladies and the kids will love it. It’s running OS 4.6.0 and these models aren’t T-Mobile branded.
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Hey, it’s the BlackBerry 8350i which just got launched today. It’s got external microSD, GPS and iDen goodness. People keep asking about the Thunder/Storm, however.
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The BlackBerry Booth is jammed with Americans wanting to get their hands on the Bold. Unfortunately, I’m the only one who can tell them when it will be released on AT&T. Also, the Bolds are unbranded and running OS 4.6.0.
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Day 1 keynote is about to start. No wifi here, so no livebogging, but we’ll vpost anything interesting that comes up.
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