Epidsode #28 of the Simple Mobile Review Podcast is up.  Regular subscribers may have noticed that we’ve changed the day that the show is recorded and aired.  At least for the rest of the summer, the SMR Podcast will be recorded on Sunday nights as compared to Wednesday. In this episode, as you can imagine, we talk a lot about Apple’s press event last Friday , Antenna Gate , as Steve Jobs referred to it.  Let’s just say that Mr

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Simple Mobile Review Podcast #28: Lies, Damn Lies, And Statistics

I have you haven’t looked and any tech blogs, picked up a newspaper, or watched any news broadcast since last Thursday, you may not have known that Apple held a special press conference Friday to address receptions issues that plague the iPhone 4.  Steve Jobs, for the most part down played the issue kind of making it seem like it is more perception than reality (nothing shocking there), however, did address iPhone 4 owners concerns by basically giving all iPhone users a case. Steve Jobs, however, didn’t stop there.  In a move that is pretty classless no matter how you look at it, he drug Research in Motion and Nokia into the conversation by, not only stating that handsets from both carriers suffer from the same type of problem plaguing the iPhone 4, but actually showing a video of a BlackBerry demonstrating the issue.  Needless to say, this did not sit well with RIM… RIM Co-CEOs, in a joint response to Apple, had this to say: “Apple’s attempt to draw RIM into Apple’s self-made debacle is unacceptable. Apple’s claims about RIM products appear to be deliberate attempts to distort the public’s understanding of an antenna design issue and to deflect attention from Apple’s difficult situation.

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RIM Responds To Apple Over “Unacceptable” (read bogus) Reception Claims

A video of the, yet to be officially announced, BlackBerry Curve 9300 is making its way around the web.  As most BlackBerry Curves to come before it, the 9300, code named Kelper, appears to be a pretty solid device.  The BlackBerry Curve 9300 is definitely still in pre-production.  It only runs a version of OS 5, however, we imagine that this device will be upgradable to BlackBerry6 if it doesn’t come out of the gate with it. [Via TechnoBuffalo ] Video Preview: BlackBerry Curve 9300 is a post from: RIMarkable Related posts: Nokia 9300 with BlackBerry Connect now available from Cingular BlackBerry Javelin Gets a Model Number: BlackBerry 9300 BlackBerry Gemini 9300 First Images Of The BlackBerry Curve 9300 Make Their Way Online

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Video Preview: BlackBerry Curve 9300

We haven’t talked much if at all about the Microsoft Kin One or Kin Two , however, Best Buy has dropped their respective prices to $0 and $50 on two year contracts which make these devices a bit more interesting by way of being incredibly inexpensive.   Not only do the Kins cost less than most smartphones or even feature phones, Best Buy’s pricing puts them into the range of standard mobile phones…  You remember, the ones that you used to just make and receive phone calls on back in the day. Microsoft must have spent a pretty penny on marketing of the Kin One and Kin Two because you see commercials for the devices during any network programing that has a target audience remotely close to the demographic MS is going after with the Kins.  It will be interesting to see how well the Best Buy does with these devices.  I’m guessing pretty well. [Via Engadget ] Best Buy To Offer Kin One For Free, Kin Two For $50 is a post from: RIMarkable Related posts: Nokia to Offer Free Blackberry-style ‘Push’ E-mail Apple Leaves Door Open For An iPhone Competitor iPhone SDK To Offer Enterprise Exchange Push: No Threat To BlackBerry… Yet Sprint To Offer Unlock Codes To Customers

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Best Buy To Offer Kin One For Free, Kin Two For $50

As much as the the blogosphere, myself included, have been ragging on BlackBerry maker Research in Motion, the company still sells a ridiculous number of smartphones.  Shipping 10.6 million devices between January and March, RIM is now the world’s 4th largest phone manufacturer with 3.6% market share.

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Research in Motion has had a private beta site for some time, however, today introduced BlackBerry Beta Zone to the general public. BlackBerry Beta Zone is designed to allow BlackBerry smartphone users to engage early and often with upcoming RIM products and services

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Research In Motion Launches BlackBerry Beta Zone

The Nokia N96 is a great looking phone, and it will do a lot of things for you, but it all comes with a high price tag. The Nokia N96 is total multimedia with a 5 megapixel camera on the back, a smaller camera on the front, video recording, 2.8″ video display, 16GB memory which can be expanded, Hi-Speed USB, Nokia Video Center , GPS, and the ability to connect to the internet in multiple ways.

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