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The Truth About Software Keyboards

Written on June 11, 2009 by Tom Reestman and 24 people have commented

Harry McCracken at Technologizer wrote a nice piece about the virtues of hardware keyboards on smartphones.
I think one reason a keyboard argument even exists is because when competing in a given market, you have to tag a competitor’s hot product with a “missing feature,” and then provide that feature. (How many manufacturers claimed FM radio [...]

How the iPhone Should Have Made the Blackberry Storm Launch Easier

Written on November 24, 2008 by Tom Reestman and 20 people have commented

There have been a lot of reviews lately regarding the new Blackberry Storm. I summarized a few myself, but things haven’t improved much. While there are some bright spots, the overall tone of the reviews is that the Storm is a disappointment.
Still, as a Blackberry on the Verizon network I suspect it’ll do fine regardless. [...]

The Storm Arrives: Is It Just A Drizzle?

Written on November 20, 2008 by Tom Reestman and 9 people have commented

The Blackberry Storm will be available on 11/21 in the U.S. It’s getting some early reviews and they’re a mixed bag. Will this be an “iPhone killer”, will it have similar problems that the Bold encountered, or at the end of the day is it just another Blackberry (not that that’s a bad thing)? 
A [...]

BlackBerry Media Sync for Mac, Storm Announced Stateside

Written on October 08, 2008 by Darrell Etherington and 21 people have commented

The Boy Genius Report brings word of relief in sight for Mac users with BlackBerry.  The official Research In Motion (RIM) application BlackBerry Media Sync for Mac will bring all the functionality of BlackBerry Desktop Manager to OS X users.
Third party solutions like PocketMac for BlackBerry have filled the void left by RIM’s lack of [...]