Tag Archives | Mobile Applications

BlackBerry Playbook: RIM’s Infrastructure for New User Experiences for Tablets

By on April 19, 2011

Yesterday I wrote about coverage of the BlackBerry PlayBook launch, partially inspired by three pages of coverage in last weekend’s Globe and Mail Report on Business. But I left with the question of whether competitive comparisons with the iPad are valid or can the PlayBook provide new market directions for tablets. Certainly on content and [...]

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BlackBerry Playbook: iPad Competitor or Another New Category of Appliance?

By on April 17, 2011

Over the past few months there has been lots of coverage of RIM’s forthcoming BlackBerry Playbook and its potential for acceptance in the quickly emerging tablet market. The media frenzy generally perceives it as a competitor to the iPad; the initial reviews of the past week have been mixed, to say the least. The issue [...]

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Android Phones Launched in Canada: Rogers Has Some Interesting Firsts

By on June 3, 2009

Yesterday Rogers launched the first Android phones available in Canada with two devices: the HTC Magic (touch screen only) and HTC Dream (touchscreen and slide-out keyboard). Rogers is the first carrier worldwide offering both these devices and also the first North American carrier to offer the HTC Magic. Over two years ago, in a post [...]

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Will AT&T’s Randall Stephenson Mobilize Skype?

By on May 27, 2009

We all know that Skype for iPhone currently requires that you be at a WiFi access point in order to make a Skype call from the iPhone, even though it supports 3G data. So, when highly respected technology reporter Larry Magid, attending today’s D:AllThingsDigital conference, sends out the Tweet, shown to the right, quoting AT&T [...]

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Skype at CES 2009, Part II: An Overview and Observations

Skype at CES 2009, Part II: An Overview and Observations

By on January 13, 2009

There’s a “new sheriff in town” when it come to running Skype; CES 2009 was a “coming out” event for the new executive team. CES 2009 provided an opportunity to catch up personally with many of the vendors we have covered in Skype Journal including Skype, Truphone, SlingMedia, Philips and Research in Motion (BlackBerry). I [...]

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RIM Demonstrates Ongoing Support for Older BlackBerries

RIM Demonstrates Ongoing Support for Older BlackBerries

By on December 26, 2008

While ZDNet has named BlackBerry Bold the most influential biztech product of 2008, RIM has not been neglecting the millions of owners of older 8xx0 series BlackBerries. Earlier this week their BlackBerry Connection Newsletter announced that version 4.5 upgrades to all 8xx0 Series BlackBerries (using BIS servers via carriers) are now available. Why upgrade? To [...]

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Bold Twittering: When is a SmartPhone Truly a Mobile Microcomputer?

By on December 22, 2008

If I ever had any doubt about the value of Twitter as a commercial social networking tool, it evaporated this weekend as a result of following some Tweets on the subject of smartphones that appeared this weekend. They certainly provide an independent perspective on issues that I’m sure others are wondering about: Mark Evans acquired [...]

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Skype on Mobile: Status Report – October 2006

Skype on Mobile: Status Report – October 2006

By on October 29, 2006

Initiated when Andy invited me to participate in the Nokia blogger program back in June, I have now had the opportunity to work with several mobile platforms and, over time, made several attempts to work with programs that access Skype from the mobile phone. I’ve also been following the Skype perspective on mobile here, here [...]

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Skype for Pocket PC 2.1 Released — Setting Wireless Expectations with Reality

By on October 26, 2006

Today Skype released Skype for Pocket PC 2.1, a release whose accompanying documentation reflects the reality of the limited resources of handheld mobile devices. A full list of features is available here; however, key items include: A new multi-chat interface which supports chats with several participants. Skype Launcher, a small ‘launcher” application that checks available [...]

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