Editorials Archive

BBCool Douglas gets his hands on the pink BlackBerry 8310. Verdict? Meh.

Many in the BlackBerry Cool Nation are familiar with the name NJBlackBerry. A BlackBerry Forums Super (Duper?) Moderator, NJBlackBerry has guided many a BlackBerry newb through the growing pains of memory leaks, device wipes, and forgotten passwords. This week he’s been kind enough to help us as a Best of WES judge for IT/Admin products [...]

Are our expectations lowering for RIM?

The iPhone and BlackBerry browsers get a run-down, with Treo and HTC devices pitted in for good measure.

We ask a BlackBerry theme builder what it’s like making themes using Plazmic’s CDK.

RIM’s Co-CEO Jim Balsillie says AT&T’s relationship with Apple over the iPhone is ‘dangerous’, and sets the whole Internet aflutter.

Last week at WES, Jim Balsille personally told me to expect two or three surprises from RIM by the end of the year. With our breaking rumor from the showfloor, and added confirmation from the Boy Genius, it seems clear that the first “surprise” will be a new Pearl/SureType device out sometime this fall (September-October). [...]

While we’ll have our own up soon, BlackBerry Forums stud Jibi has emailed us his thoughts about the best thing he saw at WES. Unsurprisingly, Jibi shows his IT Admin true colors and raps about BES 5.0. Check it out, but by no means believe anything he says.

Of course, the news of the day will be the official announcement of the BlackBerry Curve, but there’s another — and almost as important — story attached to it. That story is the power of tech blogs and the influence they have over what they cover.
It’s been well documented how the efforts of one juvenile [...]