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U.S. Carriers Are Desperate—This Week Proved It

Jan 29, 2009 6:53 PM

It’s becoming clearer by the quarter that most wireless operators simply don’t have a phone or user experience that can compete with the iPhone. The financial results reported by the top three U.S. carriers this past week offered the latest evidence, with AT&T (NYSE: T) being the exception: AT&T continued…

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Posted In: Technologies / Formats, Operating Systems, Companies, Apple, iPhone, AT&T, Google, RIM, Samsung, Sprint, T-Mobile, Verizon, blackberry, g1, storm

Verizon Has Sold 1 Million BlackBerry Storms

Jan 28, 2009 6:54 PM

Verizon Wireless (NYSE: VZ) has sold 1 million BlackBerry Storms since launching the handset on Nov. 21, spokesperson Brenda Raney told mocoNews. That’s quicker than the first iPhone, which took 74 days to sell a million handsets, but pales in comparison to the iPhone 3G, which sold 1 million in…

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Posted In: Gadgets, Companies, RIM, Verizon, blackberry, storm

BlackBerry Storm Sales “Promising” But Not Spectacular

Jan 26, 2009 7:43 AM

Verizon (NYSE: VZ) and RIM (NSDQ: RIMM) were pitting it as their iPhone killer, but the touchscreen BlackBerry Storm has sold only 500,000 units in its first month on sale, according to people familiar with the matter, the WSJ.com reports. Though it’s a “promising start” for the device which has…

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Posted In: Gadgets, Companies, RIM, blackberry, storm

Reviewers Get Earful After Calling The BlackBerry Storm Buggy; But User Complaints Keep Coming

Dec 4, 2008 6:30 PM

Following The New York Times (NYSE: NYT) review of the BlackBerry Storm that pegged the highly anticipated touchscreen as a “dud,” reviewer David Pogue dug into his mailbag to share with us some of the reactions he got from his scathing review. And, interestingly, he came to two conclusions: many…

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Posted In: Companies, Apple, RIM, Verizon, Vodafone, blackberry, storm

Earnings
RIM Lowers Outlook; Response to Storm “Exceptional”

Dec 3, 2008 7:31 AM

In a surprise announcement late Tuesday, Research In Motion lowered its profit and revenue outlook for the third quarter, with Co-Chief Executive Jim Balsillie placing the blame on “product launch timing, general economic conditions and foreign exchange volatility.” The new numbers come in well below analyst forecasts. Instead of the…

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Posted In: Gadgets, Money, Earnings, Companies, RIM, blackberry, storm

Reports: Fixes Are Coming For The BlackBerry Storm Bugs

Dec 1, 2008 5:58 PM

Research In Motion is doing all it can to fix some of the early glitches found in the BlackBerry Storm and keep consumers from wanting to return the company’s first touchscreen device. It’s true the launch of the BlackBerry Storm was a hit—thousands of people lined up at Verizon Wireless…

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Blackberry Storm Drenched In Bugs; NYT’s Pogue Calls It A “Dud”

Nov 26, 2008 9:38 PM

Hundreds of people waited in line last week to get their hands on the Blackberry Storm, the first touchscreen device from Research In Motion. Too bad the warning not to buy it didn’t come until today. The highly anticipated phone was expected to be RIM’s and Verizon (NYSE: VZ) Wireless’…

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Posted In: Companies, Apple, RIM, Verizon, Vodafone, Countries, Europe, blackberry, storm

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