Verizon Blackberry 8530 launches quietly

Research in Motion's Blackberry Curve goes for sale on Verizon Wireless online.

One of the quietest debuts for any RIM phones in a while, but will be a hard sell with the 8900, Bold and Storm on sale for a penny(all have a better camera and resolution). With the Motorola Droid, HTC Hero and iPhone GS released this summer some great RIM products are left in the storm(no pun). RIM should focus on ONE product or two and do it well then release it to the market. Some of the recent products didn't give customers a great reason to switch over and felt/were incomplete at launch.

1. The original bold went through complete plastic surgery(I believe in Germany).

2. They forgot to add the Trackpad and Wi-Fi on the Tour. %50 of people returned or exchanged the Tour due to faulty trackpads.

3. And due to outdated contract styles they released the blackberry 8530 on Verizon/Sprint, 6 months after they release the blackberry 8520 on T-Mobile.

Don't get me wrong RIM is a great company with a lot of great products and a proven history of innovation. But if they want to be the best in this game that's changed dramatically in the last two years. They will have to get their act together. The iPhone only release one phone and one upgrade this year. Their customers have little confusion over what is what. With RIM within the last 360 days we've seen, The Flip, 8900, 8520/8530, Tour, Storm 2 and Bold 2. Even more confusion on which has 3.2 mega pixel cam, 480/360 res, 3G and Wi-Fi. If the customers are confused that means the management and company are confused as well.

It's really funny how a lot of companies are copying the iPhone at every square inch. But in last two years they can't do the one thing the iPhone has done well. Make one solid product and then release it when it's ready with a bang, not quiet release.




more info on the blackberry
www.blackberry.com/
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BlackBerry
crackberry.com/
www.blackberryforums.com/

Blackberry Pearl and Bold slams iphone in Media speed test(RIM's secret revealed)

Research in Motions Blackberry Pearl knocks out the iPhone with downloading movies.

The old saying you can't judge a book by it's cover has never been so true and is more valid when applied to cellphones. As we've seen the blackberry curve has twice the SAR levels of the blackberry storm. Gregory A. Quirk of Semiconductor Insights takes a look under the hood of the phones and see's what most reviews don't. Most only look at the specs that the manufactures give them.

Now it appears that the Blackberry Pearl 8120 about 5 times faster than the iphone when transferring media files to the phone. Very useful if you down a lot of files to your phone or in the event you need data recovery.

"According to the average transfer rates shown earlier, the iPhone would take 23 minutes, the BlackBerry six minutes using its media manager and five minutes when using direct file transfer"

"The secret behind these speeds is the Cypress Semiconductor CYWB0124AB... Instead of routing files from the computer through the phone processor to the storage device, the west bridge sets up a tunnel running from the computer directly to the storage device."

It worked so well for the blackberry pearl 8120, RIM later implemented it into the Blackberry Bold. I'm guessing that it is probably in every new blackberry device. Blackberry Bold downloaded movies nearly 3 times faster than the iphone at a rate of 13.9 Mbytes/Sec with Movies, TV & CD's. While the iphone 3G was moving only at 5 Mbytes/Sec. Again RIM's secret here is the Cypress Semiconductor CYWB0124AB... Another great thing that Gregory discovered that they other phones couldn't do is "you can still watch video and listen to music on the BlackBerry's internal memory while downloading content to the MicroSD card"

to see the video here of the Bold showing Apple they aren't the best at everything

http://www.eetimes.com/showArticle.jhtml;jsessionid=FLB20EME2CT5TQE1GHPSKHWATMY32JVN?articleID=203101718


http://www.eetimes.com/showArticle.jhtml;jsessionid=FLB20EME2CT5TQE1GHPSKHWATMY32JVN?articleID=212002500


http://www.eetimes.com/showArticle.jhtml;jsessionid=FLB20EME2CT5TQE1GHPSKHWATMY32JVN?articleID=218900528

more info on the blackberry
www.blackberry.com/
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BlackBerry
crackberry.com/
www.blackberryforums.com/

Wall Street Journal Blackberry Bold Review

Katie Boehret, Walt Mossberg's protege at the Wall Street Journal reviews the new blackberry bold.

Katie wasn’t too shy with the review she ended of by saying “But since many of the Bold 9700’s features are about the same as less-expensive BlackBerrys, it’s worth considering the Tour and Curve 8900 before you spend $200 on a device that no longer lives up to its bold name.”





more info on the blackberry
www.blackberry.com/
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BlackBerry
crackberry.com/
www.blackberryforums.com/

Blackberry Bold 9700 appears on RIM, ATT & T-mobile's web sites

The blackberry bold is clearly one of the best every made. I love the blackberry bold over others as it has dual voice and data on ATT's 3G. Is it the best smartphone that's left to be weakly/strongly debated...

The blackberry bold details can be found on the carrier web sites below but no release date....

ATT
http://www.wireless.att.com/businesscenter/BlackBerryBold9700/

T-Mobile(has a intro that doesn't match the latest Motorola Droid Commercial)
http://t-mobile9700.com/?WT.z_unav=mst_disc_innovate_bold

RIM
http://na.blackberry.com/eng/devices/blackberrybold9700/

Boy Genius Review

Hanging up BB Sneakers: Blackberry Tour 9630 is improved but not enough

I've owned and loved blackberry phones since the very first 950 pager but it's time to move on. The times it worked during 9/11 and NYC blackouts were priceless. The single double A battery that lasted a month was incredible. But technology and user demands have evolved into a new era where companies have to deliver more than reliable email. Real time email isn't the key it's real time data the Twitter Age.

I recently upgraded to the Blackberry 9630 from the previous 8830. While the 9630 has a improved 480/360 screen, 3.2MP Cam, 528Mhz chip and one of the best blackberry keyboards it's still not enough for today's "attention economy". The OS to be much slower and less snappy than older phones and battery drains a lot quicker. Steve Jobs in the iPhone presentation mentioned 3 simple things yet most phones today still can't do them well(Phone, Internet and Media Player(Youtube, Music, Video). While the blackberry browser is improved I still find my self using the Opera mini browser to cope. Also still have to get to a computer to watch a youtube link. Visiting simple online photo albums lacks clarity.

I know I'll spark debate with loyal blackberry owners. But thousands of blackberry hardcore fanatics have jumped ship. Simply because RIM hasn't done a good job at evolving to meet higher consumer expectations. For those that need a basic email, text and phone. The Blackberry is perfect and does that best. However those who expect more from the Facebook, Twitter, Applications, Youtube etc... Will have to start finding other phones that have stepped up to the plate.

The phone I will be switching to is the HTC Hero on Sprint. I've tested all available Android phones on the market(Motorola Droid, Samsung Moment etc...) HTC seems to get it, the OS, the design and hardware feel. The Samsung Moment for lack of a better description looked like a fisher price phone. It was done without care another phone of their thousands on their to do list to make. Google may have to do something to control the quality of phones that come out. Or they will wait for the market to tell Samsung that the Moment is another badly play game of 'BlackJack".

In short it may not be fair to compare the Blackberry to the iPhone or Android phones as they aren't cut from the same cloth. The Operating System is the heart of the issue and dictates mostly what's possible. Apples OS X and Googles Android are built ground up from a Unix base that gives it greater possibilities. Android the newest comer even at 2.0 is enough to make their competition take a hard long look. And consumers enough to take the leap to a new home for their PDA experience...

I welcome comments and feedback...