A Porsche Design stainless steel BlackBerry?

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We’ve seen gold plated iPads and diamond encrusted iPhones, so why not a cool funky luxurious BlackBerry for that special someone? BBM enthusiasts, you will be happy to know that you have not been forgotten.

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Fire sale on BlackBerry PlayBook?

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While searching for upcoming Black Friday deals in Canada, I came across numerous mentions of the 16GB Blackberry PlayBook with Wi-Fi being offered below $200 at Staples stores in the US. After doing a little more digging, I found that they are being advertised on Walmart Canada’s website for an an even lower price, $198.

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Greg talks about BlackBerry vs iPhone on QR77, 630CHED

CHQR LogoQR77 caught wind of my Troy Media article on Apple iMessage being a wake-up call for BlackBerry and asked me to chime in on The Rob Breakenridge show on Friday Evening, June 10th at 10:30PM.   You can listen to the podcast here: It will likely only be there for a week or two.   http://emedia.qr77.com/Podcasts/1022/robbreakenridgepodcastjune10-4.mp3

Apple iMessage a real wake-up call for BlackBerry

SAN FRANCISCO, June 10, 2011/ Troy Media/ – At the opening keynote of the World Wide Developer, Conference in San Francisco earlier this week, Apple previewed iOS 5, its latest update to the operating system that runs on iOS devices such as the iPhone, iPad and iPod touch.  READ FULL ARTICLE AT TROYMEDIA

RIM & Rival Take Issue Over Apple’s Antenna Claims

Blackberrybold9700 Holding 20100715 All eyes were certainly on Apple and Steve Jobs. He admitted imperfection and acknowledged the iPhone 4 in fact did have an antenna problem.  But after showing how other smartphone manufacturers have the same problem, it’s not surprising that the other parties singled-out would have something to say about it.  READ FULL POST AT CANOE TECH BLOG