Apple Passes RIM And Becomes Number 2 Smartphone Maker

Posted by Ponzi Pirillo Categories: Apple, Cell Phones, Corporate News

An analyst has confirmed that Apple has made it to number 2 where smartphone vendors are concerned.  The iPhone has become a holder of 17.3 percent of the market share with RIM trailing at 15.2 percent.  Apple also came in with the highest marks in customer satisfaction, operation, physical design, operating system, battery aspects, and features.  RIM could bounce back to the 2nd place mark with the Bold and Storm, but with the growing sales of iPhone and the “coolness” of the Apple brand, it will certainly be a challenge for RIM.  The results are due to the 6.9 million iPhones shipped during the summer months with no signs of slowdown even though the economy has moved in the other direction.

Read More | J.D. Power

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NTT DoCoMo New Handsets

Posted by Sheila Franklin Categories: Cell Phones, Corporate News, Handhelds

NTT DoCoMo have announced 22, count ‘em, 22 new handsets in four series. The STYLE series is their fashion statement, while the PRIMEs are full feature phones that concentrate on multimedia. The SMART series are targeted at professionals while the PROs are for those who like cutting edge (and higher prices) and includes the BlackBerry Bold. Release times begin this month and will continue through March 2009. We are thinking that unless you just have to have a banana colored cellie, a selection of 4 or five would have been sufficient.

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BlackBerry Bold available for free with plan

Posted by Patrick Phelps Categories: Cell Phones, Handhelds, Hot Deals

The new BlackBerry Bold, which was released yesterday, is suddenly coming to Wal-Mart at an amazing price: FREE.

Billed as the BlackBerry Bold Unlimited, the catch to this seemingly great deal is that you have to sign on with a two-year contract, at least a 1350 minute talk plan and unlimited text messaging, on top of the required BlackBerry data plan – not a bad deal if you talk and text that much anyway. The deal is through LetsTalk, if you’d like to skip the middleman and order direct from them.

Read More | Wal-Mart Online Circular

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BlackBerry Bold launching on AT&T at $299 on November 4

Posted by Sheila Franklin Categories: Cell Phones, Corporate News, GPS, Handhelds, Wireless / WiFi

By now, you have probably seen the new BlackBerry Bold Commercial, the one that says almost nothing but “wow.” Wow again at the proposed price when it comes out. AT&T has announced that the RIM device will cost $299.99 with a 2 year contract, more than they charge for the iPhone. Sales should begin around November 4 to welcome in the upcoming holidays. The Bold will support international navigation services and Wi-fi for folks who do a lot of traveling.  One analyst, Chris King of Stifel Nicolas, says the appeal will be mostly exec types. Those that can probably will.

Read More | Reuters

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