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Smartphone Multitasking Fail

When Apple announced that it was going to offer multitasking (some time ago) I was a bit nervous about the experience. I was not sure I was a fan of the idea because I’ve seen others try it and fail miserably. I’m not sure about Android, but I know that …

BlackBerry = Single Point of Failure?

RIM/BlackBerry is starting to make me angry. We’re now in the midst of the second multi-hour outage in a week. Last week we lost (BIS) email in North America. In fact, it was for most of the morning and spilled into the afternoon in my timezone. Today, apparently mail hasn’t …

Obama’s “Secure” Blackberry

Okay, I guess I was behind the 8 ball yesterday when I talked about Microsoft wanting Obama to be on the Microsoft platform due to “security risks” with the Blackberry. It’s official, they’re going to let him use a standard Blackberry with an upgraded encryption package. The device will be …

President Obama to Switch to Windows Mobile?

Obama’s addiction to his Blackberry has been a point of interest to a lot of tech blogs during the election season as well as so far in his Presidency. Obama has made it clear in the past that he would really like to keep his Blackberry, but has not been …

RIM Begins Looking for Apps for Its “App Store”

RIM has announced it is looking for software developers to create apps for its answer to the Apple App Store. RIM, the maker of Blackberry announced in October that it was going to launch a central store to buy applications for Blackberry devices similar to the Apple and Google stores …