Under the Hood: Blackberry wins handset data-rate bakeoff (Embedded Systems Programming Magazine)

In recent years, the consumer electronics industry has seen a steady trend toward convergence. In the past, users carried several separate devices–from cell phones to portable music players, PDAs, video players and cameras–in order to meet all their communications and media needs.

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UAE: Etisalat offers BlackBerry on instalments (Zawya)

27 November 2007 ABU DHABI — Etisalat is offering Internet mobility convenience to more people by making available blackberry smartphones in one- or two-year instalment schemes.

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MPs set to join the BlackBerry age (Computing.co.uk)

Parliamentary reporter, Computing , Monday 29 October 2007 at 00:00:00 But only after a three-and-a-half hour debate tried to prevent the use of handheld devices MPs are set to be allowed to bring blackberrys into the House of Commons after rebel members failed in an attempt to prevent their use - despite three-and-a-half hours of… >  Read the full article

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Instant messaging, texting growing as business tools (BizJournals)

Cell phones, blackberry devices and laptops are often the first items that come to mind when people think of business-related technologies. It may be time to add another technology to that list, however: instant messaging programs.

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BUSINESS CALENDAR (The Toledo Blade)

The future of wireless and innovation is the subject of the keynote speaker Robert Crow at the 16th annual Canada-Ohio Business Dinner Nov. 7 at Bowling Green State University, at 4:45 p.m. in 101B Olscamp Hall. Speaker: Mr. Crow is an executive at Research in Motion Ltd., which made the blackberry wireless platform. Fees: $20.

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Microsoft, Blackberry maker trying to win over consumers (Austin American-Statesman)

Push to sell mobile software outside business market a daunting challenge for rivals.

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RIM enables users to update Facebook via Blackberry (Philippine Daily Inquirer)

MANILA, Philippines — Research In Motion (RIM) has announced a “native” application for its blackberry handsets, allowing users to access social networking tools without going to the site.

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MPs set to join the BlackBerry age (Addict 3D)

Parliamentary reporter, Computing , Monday 29 October 2007 at 00:00:00 But only after a three-and-a-half hour debate tried to prevent the use ofhandheld devices MPs are set to be allowed to bring blackberrys into the House of Commons after rebel members failed in an attempt to prevent their use - despite three-and-a-half hours of…

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Your BlackBerry’s fine, it’s just a daylight-saving snafu (New York Daily News)

Many gadget-junkies found their BlackBerries, phones and laptops automatically switched off daylight-saving time in the early hours Sunday, even though time doesn’t “fall back” until next weekend.

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BlackBerry maker’s stock zooms to a record high (Sonoma Index-Tribune)

RIM stock surges 21 percent. Strong returns and positive outlook spur analyst upgrades

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