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Amazon Does Over $1 Billion In Sales From Mobile Devices Per Year

Loy — Mon, 26 Jul 2010 20:38:53 +0000

We just heard a very interesting stat where Amazon CEO, Jeff Bezos, said that Amazon does over $1 billion in sales from mobile devices per year , most of which comes by way of smartphones.

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Verizon Demos LTE In A Boston Pizza Shop — 8.55Mbps Down, 2.8 Mbps Up

ACDigital — Tue, 11 May 2010 11:42:03 +0000

It will still be a while before we start heading into Verizon Stores picking 4G LTE devices, however, this video showing the super fast wireless network in action at a Boston coffee pizza shop kind of gives a glimpse of what is around the corner.

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Who Will Buy Palm? The Fire Sale Is On

programmer — Mon, 12 Apr 2010 05:10:13 +0000

This probably doesn’t come as much of a surprise to anyone but, maybe, CEO Jon Rubinstein , however, the inevitable Palm buyout is imminent . According to Bloomberg , Palm is working with Goldman Sachs Group Inc. and Qatalyst Partners to find a buyer, although the company has not officially said that they are doing so as of yet.

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TweetDecks For Android And BlackBerry Are Coming

ryan — Fri, 02 Apr 2010 09:05:13 +0000

A lot of folks have been asking if TweetDeck clients for Android and BlackBerry devices are in the works. Here is what TweetDeck has to say about this via their official Twitter account . For those that are asking…yes TweetDecks for Android and Blackberry are coming, as is a big desktop TweetDeck upgrade I guess that answers that question.

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Verizon Launches Droid BOGO Sale — Are They Making Room For The Nexus One?

ryan — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 10:38:05 +0000

Verizon has just launched a new Buy One Get One (BOGO) sale on the Motorola Droid and the HTC Droid Eris . Each device will set you back $179.99 and $79.99 respectively, however, if you purchase one, you can get a second device for free… Along with a 2-year service agreement, of course. I wonder if they are trying to move a bit of stock to make way for the Google Nexus One rumored to make its debut on Verizon by months end

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Become A Fan Of Zenprise On Facebook, Write A Funny BlackBerry Support Story, Get A Chance To Win A Trip To WES 2010

rebste — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 20:41:50 +0000

Zenprise has a pretty cool competition running where you could win a trip to WES 2010 . All you have to do is become a fan on the Zenprise Facebook page, write a funny end-user BlackBerry support story to post on their wall, and get people to notice your submission. You must enter by March 26th and Zenprise will select a winner on March 29th. If you create a video, Zenprise will even kick in $500 for a plane ticket to Orlando. Become A Fan Of Zenprise On Facebook, Write A Funny BlackBerry Support Story, Get A Chance To Win A Trip To WES 2010 is a post from: RIMarkable

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What Did You Think Of The iPad Commercial During The Oscars?

programmer — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 04:28:01 +0000

I have to admit that the iPad commercial during the Oscars was kind of cool. I still have a lot of issues with it, but, the commercial was kind of cool… What Did You Think Of The iPad Commercial During The Oscars? is a post from: RIMarkable

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Android And BlackBerry Web Share Up In February… iPhone, Not So Much

Kit — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 12:20:59 +0000

According to data just released by analytics firm Quantcast , Android and BlackBerry mobile web consumption in the month of February was up while that of the iPhone was down slightly. Android’s share of North American mobile web consumption was up 8.3% from January 2010, to 15.2% of total mobile web consumption for the month of February.

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Guest Post: Is it Time for Blackberry Users to Ride the Windows Phone 7 Bus?

Kit — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 08:37:10 +0000

Chris Ashley from Simple Mobile Review shares his thoughts on the upcoming Windows Phone 7 and the BlackBerry As I was watching all the news coming out of the Mobile World Congress about Windows Phone 7 I could not help but think about the rumors of Microsoft buying RIM . It would be hard and almost impossible to deny that a Blackberry is the most efficient messaging device on the market today. But, it suffers from many of the same problems of Windows Mobile.

Chalk Media Rebrands And Updates Mobile ChalkBoard… Now Chalk Pushcast Software

Kit — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 04:52:24 +0000

Research in Motion subsidiary, Chalk Media , yesterday announced Chalk Pushcast Software 5.4 , the latest and newly branded release of Mobile chalkboard, which facilitates a trackable and secure communication channel for delivering audio- and video-rich content to BlackBerry smartphones. Chalk Announces Chalk Pushcast Software for the BlackBerry Enterprise Solution Features Advanced Manageability, Enhanced Security, and Support for the Latest BlackBerry Smartphones Waterloo, ON – Chalk Media Service Corp

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