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A New Era in Mobile

June 8, 2008 By Dan Brodie Leave a Comment
The BlackBerry Thunder

A new era in the mobile world is expected to begin on Monday with news from Apple of the next version of the iPhone. The importance of this cannot be underscored enough. On the heels of the iPhone announcement, BlackBerry is poised to release the oft rumored BlackBerry Thunder - their first release of a full-faced touch screen smart phone. Both devices are expected to accelerate increasing web traffic from mobile devices. They are also expected to operate on the faster 3G networks. The guys over at CellFanatic.com have posted a mockup of the Thunder along with initial specs: hybrid CDMA EVDO Rev C, GSM HSPA for international traveling Full Touch Screen 4 Simple Keys: send, end, menu, and back Hybrid device supporting many carrier technologies Available exclusively on Verizon Wireless in the United States Available exclusively on Vodafone in Europe Tentative Model Number is BlackBerry 9500 Enter the next iPhone. The second version of the iPhone would have the following … [Read more...]

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Google’s Android Mobile Platform

May 31, 2008 By Dan Brodie Leave a Comment

A new player will be entering the mobile market space to help other phone manufacturers compete with Apple and BlackBerry. Google's mobile platform, called Android, is building upon some of the strength's of Apple's iPhone. Some features such as the 'slide to unlock' capabilities have been copied and enhanced allowing users to unlock their screen using a preset pattern as opposed to a left-to-right swipe. More significantly, it appears Google is establishing its' own Application Store modeled after Apple's imminent release of their own iPhone App store. The concept is that people can go to a secure, trusted place to download and install software for their phone. Some software will be free while others will cost users to download. The Apple model provides 70% of proceeds to go directly to the developer while 30% covers the hosting, purchasing, marketing and download bandwidth costs that Apple will incur. Google is expected to adopt a similar cost structure. Google's Android operating … [Read more...]

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Apple 3G iPhone Heading to Canadian Shores

May 23, 2008 By Dan Brodie Leave a Comment
ImportGenius

After much anticipation and a significant amount of patience, it appears Canadian shipments for the next-generation 3G iPhone have arrived in Vancouver. A report from ImportGenius indicates Schenker had a number of shipments that had an arrival notification address in Vancouver, Canada. Combined with confirmation from both Apple and Rogers, these shipments appear to coincide with the expected 3G iPhone announcement at the WWDC (World Wide Developer Conference) on June 9th. Here is a quote from the ImportGenius report: The initial shipments were followed on March 27, April 28, May 6 and May 17 with an additional 44 containers—each containing an estimated 40,000 units of the new phone. The sixteen containers imported by Apple Inc. itself—as opposed to the Quanta subsidiary—were delivered on March 19 and 27 to the Jonestown, Pa. facilities of Ingram Micro, Apple’s U.S. distribution partner.  The Quanta Computer USA shipments were delivered to that company’s distribution … [Read more...]

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