Posted on May 4, 2009, at 10:31 am .
First thing you should know: don’t expect any hardware announcements at WES. The show is more centered around BES announcements as well as giving international press a chance to see the inner workings of their MVS, push API and systems that BlackBerry Cool readers are already very familiar with. That being said, the show will still feature some great announcements on the software side including a fairly big announcement from Google (NDA lifts at 17:30 EST).
Click through to read a roundup of announcements at WES 2009
Posted on May 1, 2009, at 7:32 am .
vPost by Vayyoo has become a great tool for covering conferences. Even RIM used the tool internally to cover the BlackBerry Developer Conference.
That’s why we’re working with them to bring you the highlights for WES 2009.
Follow our Twitter account:
Twitter.com/bestofwes2009
Also, you’re going to be at WES 2009, leave your Twitter name in the comments section and we’ll follow you back.
The idea is that each company does their pitch to the feed, and we vote on them. Companies can use vPost to send in their pitch themselves, or individuals can record them on their own device.
To contribute a pitch, download a copy of vPost for your device.
Send your vPosts to:
post@wes2009.posterous.com
Hope you can make it out this year to see what’s in store for BlackBerry.
Posted on April 29, 2009, at 9:43 am .
We’re fast approaching WES 2009 and this year BoxTone is having a daily draw of laser etched BlackBerry cases by Coveroo. To win, you just have to follow @BoxTone_Lounge on Twitter and you might get randomly selected.
Once 1,000 Twits are following The Lounge, a random winner will be selected for a special prize.
Hope you win!
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Posted on April 23, 2009, at 8:13 am .
Photo courtesy of BoxTone.
BoxTone will be hosting some great content at WES from their event The Lounge, sponsored by BoxTone. The Lounge will feature a variety of discussions during what they call the Birds of a Feather. Everyone is invited to stop by and hang out in The Lounge. We’ll be podcasting from The Lounge so you can also come meet BlackBerry Cool there. Check out some of the topics being discussed:
- The In’s and Out’s of Managing > 3,000 Smartphones
- Tweaking the BES Performance
- Controlling IT Policies
- Terms of Use & Employee Owned Devices
- Migrating to BES 5.0
BoxTone will also be hosting a panel entitled, “Media Predictions: Top 3 Predictions in Next 3 years.” I’ll be presenting at this panel and although it’s not available to the general public, everything will be taped and made public soon after.
Posted on April 22, 2009, at 11:29 am .
T3 is a tech magazine that is reporting that RIM and T-Mobile are “holding a mystery joint event tonight” where the BlackBerry Niagara 9630 will be announced. It could be true that the event will demo the phone to certain parties and give them a first look, but I doubt it will be a public announcement. It would make more sense for RIM to announce the device at a conference such as WES 2009.
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Posted on January 30, 2009, at 12:23 pm .
2009 is barely out of swaddling clothes, but it’s already time to talk about WES 2009, which takes place in sunny Orlando, Florida, from May 5th to 7th. Maybe that’s because WES 2008 was such a great show, with tonnes of people, energy and enthusiasm. Our friends in Waterloo are already banging the drum for registrations, and while I would normally ignore such requests until the last possible minute (no offense meant guys, I also have this mindset with movie rentals and filing taxes), RIM has sweetened the pot with a fairly hefty discount. If you register for WES 2009 before March 6th, you can save $400, not exactly chump change in these troubling times. We’ve included the WES registration link below, as well as links for hotel registration and a list of keynote speakers (Mikey L. and Malcolm Gladwell, yes!). See you at WES 2009!
WES 2009 Registration Page
WES 2009 Hotel Registration Page
WES 2009 Keynote Speakers List
Posted on November 26, 2008, at 12:35 pm .
While some may balk at thinking about WES 2009 before we’ve even reached December 2008, those people probably do not realize that WES is where the BlackBerry ecosystem gets its bread buttered. Besides, the early bird gets the BlackBerry, as the story goes.
RIM has posted a WES 2009 PDF e-brochure and budget planning tool at www.attendwes.com that outlines the costs of attending WES. More than a price pitch, the PDF is a useful tool to help plan for the total cost of attending WES, including registration fees and estimates for flights and hotel costs.
Registration for WES opens February 2nd, 2009. You must remember to register by March 6, 2009 to receive the Early Bird $400 discount! While you’re at it, you may as well sign up to be notified of the latest WES 2009 announcements. See you at WES 2009!
WES 2009 Sponsorship Prospectus
WES 2009 Budget Planning Tool
WES 2009 e-Brochure
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Posted on October 21, 2008, at 10:35 am .
Palringo, one of the most popular instant messaging applications for mobile phones, has added live location information to the latest version of its application—Palringo Local.
Accurate to the suburb or even street level in a city, and to the closest named town in rural areas, Palringo users can opt to display their location alongside their status, for fun, personal, social, business or any other purpose.
Continue reading this press release from Palringo
Posted on May 27, 2008, at 1:15 pm .
You already heard what the people have chosen, and now to announce what the supposed experts have to say. Like we mentioned in last week’s podcast, it’s a tough call to make with such a wide range of products being shown off at WES. The judges for each category had their own set of standards (as you can see), so the results are bound to be highly subjective. The fact of the matter is every exhibitor at WES had something worth showing off, and these were just some of the few that stuck out in our judge’s minds.
Winners after the jump…
Posted on May 27, 2008, at 8:14 am .
ITTOMP, the lovingly-anacronymed picture-sharing service, announced an update at WES, including geotagging support. Although not new, it was news to me that the service supports video sharing too, which is pretty awesome considering how impressed with Qik I was. Geotagging is getting increasingly popular, with whole apps like GPSed revolving around it, and even becoming integrated into the BlackBerry 9000. You can nab the latest version of iTookThisOnMyPhone for free right over here.
