Europe’s biggest phone retailer is now bundling navigation software with their BlackBerry 8310s, hosted by Telmap. No doubt the branded app will find its way onto other GPS-enabled handsets on The Carphone Warehouse’s catalogue, both BlackBerry and otherwise. If you’re interested, you can nab one over here.
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A new ABI Research paper is forecasting $100 billion to be made from GPS-enabled handsets, like the BlackBerry 8310, in 2012. In terms of units, that translates to 240 million mobile sales next year to 550 million in four years. Now, I’ve gone on the record for being pro-GPS and all, but Wi-Fi still seems like the feature of choice for a lot of people. Manufacturers are going to be in a tough position where, in an attempt to keep costs low and their handsets slim, they’ll need to be picky about what they would rather have under the hood, and ABI seems to think that many will go with GPS. Which are you guys siding with?
Robb spotted a Seeking Alpha report which gives us a preliminary view of BlackBerry sales last Friday. Verizon’s new BlackBerry 8130 did pretty well, and it’s no surprise that AT&T’s $99 BlackBerry 8310 rocked the charts, too. On the losing end of things we have Sprint, who suffered a “lack of new devices at the U.S. wireless service provider’s stores”. Not enough BlackBerry 8130s to go around, Sprint? Tough break, especially with all that money you’re losing.
We don’t get this whole Black Friday craziness in Canada since our Thanksgiving was back in October, but with sales like $99 dollar Curves, maybe it’s time we pick up the “holiday”. AT&T’s sale will include a bunch of other phones that are also half off, but really, why would you want anything other than a Curve with GPS?
The newest addition to the Independent Software Vendors Alliance, Me Inc., is offering a free beta for their Shout Postcard service on BlackBerry. Shout Postcard makes postcards with pictures taken from your Curve or Treo, along with recorded voice notes and typed out messages, perfect for those snide “wish you were here” cards that you can send by e-mail right from the tropical beach. Now if you could send the newly-supported video clips too, you’d be set. If you’re interested in giving the beta a try, you can download it over the air at www.shoutpostcard.com/downloads/com_meinc_shout2.jad.
It’s been a barrage of Pearl news lately, but the Curve is still kickin’. T-Mobile UK released the BlackBerry 8310 with GPS over the weekend. No word on pricing, as it hasn’t even hit the online store yet, but if Vodafone’s offering can be any guideline, you can expect it to be somewhere in the £130-range or less.
