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Can we just call it the BlackBerry Bold Touch already? This Bold 9900 / Bold 9930 thing is driving me crazy!
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Can we just call it the BlackBerry Bold Touch already? This Bold 9900 / Bold 9930 thing is driving me crazy!

Posted by Kevin Michaluk on 14 Jun 2011 2:14 pm
Maybe it's just because I blog about BlackBerry so am continuously typing it out and worrying about post headlines and tagging articles and site organization and visitors easily finding information about the device they own quickly, but I'm finding it **really** annoying that RIM decided to abandon/ignore the unified naming convention on their upcoming touchscreen BlackBerry Bold to be both...
BlackBerry PlayBook Feature Request: Two Finger Bezel to Bezel Gesture to Power Off Display
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BlackBerry PlayBook Feature Request: Two Finger Bezel to Bezel Gesture to Power Off Display

Posted by Kevin Michaluk on 25 Apr 2011 2:59 pm
I may not work for Research In Motion, QNX, The Astonishing Tribe or Teknision, but a good UI idea is a good UI idea regardless of where it comes from. And this is a GOOD IDEA and I hope RIM reads this and implements it asap on the BlackBerry PlayBook.  Without contention, the least liked hardware feature of the BlackBerry PlayBook is the power button (see our BlackBerry PlayBook Review). It...
Why RIM is launching the BlackBerry PlayBook without a native email client (and why this may or may not matter to you)
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Why RIM is launching the BlackBerry PlayBook without a native email client (and why this may or may not matter to you)

Posted by Kevin Michaluk on 29 Mar 2011 1:38 pm
The PlayBook's web browser should pull up your Gmail just fine... until the day (hopefully soon) that RIM rolls out the native email and PIM apps There is no doubt in my mind that the single biggest point of confusion and concern amongst the uninformed surrounding the BlackBerry PlayBook tablet is the sentiment that you need to own a BlackBerry Smartphone in order to use a BlackBerry...
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How RIM Can Win the Next Great Tablet Race - PlayBook in Cars From Factory

Posted by Kevin Michaluk on 16 Mar 2011 3:01 pm
[ youtube video link for mobile viewing ] It was still launch day when the folks at SoundMan Car Audio custom mounted an Apple iPad 2 into the dashboard of a Ford F-150 (see video above). The end result is definitely impressive and it makes for an interesting argument, as our friends at TiPb pointed out... The iPad 2 is the perfect car audio and entertainment system, the way these...
CrackBerry Poll: Should RIM make BlackBerry Messenger available to non-BlackBerry smartphones?
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CrackBerry Poll: Should RIM make BlackBerry Messenger available to non-BlackBerry smartphones?

Posted by Kevin Michaluk on 26 Nov 2010 6:20 pm
Do you think RIM should expand BlackBerry Messenger to work on other platforms?online survey I've had a lot of interesting conversations this week concerning Kik, the BBM-like cross platform instant messaging application available for iPhone, BlackBerry and Android. Kik is still pretty bare in features, but it's quick, uses data (not SMS) and like BlackBerry Messenger has Delivered and...
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So Research in Motion did look at buying Palm... what does that mean for BlackBerry beyond 6?

Posted by Kevin Michaluk on 15 Jul 2010 4:45 pm
Well this is interesting. According to a recent SEC filing and report by Business Insider, the information has come forth that it wasn't just HP who was looking at buying Palm, but also other big players including Apple, Google and Research in Motion. It's always fun to hypothesize on what big companies should do and who should buy who, and on many a CrackBerry Podcast we had the discussion...
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BlackBerry Messenger stress test 2 conclusion and video highlights; Bold 9650 did better than 9000 but not all was :)

Posted by Kevin Michaluk on 10 Jun 2010 11:55 am
That's it. I'm done with BlackBerry Messenger stress tests. Well, at least I'm done with them for a little while. Maybe I'll give it another go once we have a new device rocking BlackBerry 6 and a 1GB of memory (Storm3 perhaps?!). While the Sprint BlackBerry Bold 9650 we conducted this BBM stress test on did run a LOT smoother throughout the process than the Bold 9000 we did our original...
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BlackBerry Messenger stress test 2 update...

Posted by Kevin Michaluk on 6 Jun 2010 6:45 pm
If you added me before and it's pending, please delete it.  * pin and barcode now removed... contacts pretty much full * * Update 3: Backing up contacts went easy peasy this time around. Calling it quits on the BBM test for now... look for the final "aftermath" post later this week. * * Update 2: Things have come back to life and I filled up the contacts. I did a broadcast message. The...
BlackBerry Messenger Stress Test 2 - Add Me as a Contact!!
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BlackBerry Messenger Stress Test 2 - Add Me as a Contact!!

Posted by Kevin Michaluk on 26 May 2010 1:44 pm
Add me to your BlackBerry Messenger contacts! Scan my barcode below or add me via pin: 32181312 * Be sure to read the updates below!! * It was back in October of 2009, upon the release of BlackBerry Messenger 5.0, that we had the whacky idea to put the new BBM 5.0 to a test to see just how many contacts and active conversations it could handle (see the original BBM Stress Test). For the...

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