BlackBerry

BlackBerry’s Little Gem

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Has BlackBerry hit rock bottom? Look at the following chart for BlackBerry’s stock price and value. BlackBerry’s stock right now is around $6.06, which is up from $5.89 (all time low?). It is crazy. BlackBerry has millions of users, with a strong history in the global Enterprise/IT market, with secure software and infrastructure, and communication-and … Read more

The BlackBerry Ban Debacle and General Implications

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And the world has suddenly gone paranoid and/or Big-Brother with RIM: In the UAE where “The issue … against BlackBerry’s super-secure encrypted services” (Reuters); In India where “Indian officials say they need to be able to intercept BlackBerry messages” (Information Week); In Indonesia where “We don’t know whether data being sent through BlackBerrys can be … Read more

Which BlackBerry are you?

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My good friend Michael Yuan (Ringful Health) put together a quick survey on BlackBerry to better understand popular BlackBerry versions and help them prioritize their product road-map. The survey results are public so everyone can benefit from this survey: So, while we are working on BlackBerry versions of our apps, we are really interested in … Read more

Will RIM go the Android Way?

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Will RIM adopt Android? A very interesting thought indeed. But why or not would RIM do such a thing? Some thoughts below: Why this would be unlikely? “Not built here” mentality — this is probably the biggest hurdle for them. There will be internal people resistant to the change, resistant to drastic changes and “throwing … Read more

Mapping BlackBerry Software Version to Device Model

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When writing software for the BlackBerry platform, one of the common questions that come up is “what BB software version (and related JDE) should I be using?” The following helps answer this question: (Source: Introduction to BlackBerry® Java® Development) Not shown above are the following BB software versions to platforms mapping: 4.6 is targeted at … Read more