Ben Patterson – What’s the first thing that comes to mind when it comes to a BlackBerry? For me, it’s Research In Motion’s iconic QWERTY keypad, or at the very least the modified “SureType” keyboard, which crams a couple of letter keys on each number key. So it’s a little jarring to get a load [...]

Ben Patterson – What’s the first thing that comes to mind when it comes to a BlackBerry? For me, it’s Research In Motion’s iconic QWERTY keypad, or at the very least the modified “SureType” keyboard, which crams a couple of letter keys on each number key. So it’s a little jarring to get a load [...]

Ben Patterson – Zune users have been able to sync their music and videos over Wi-Fi for years now — not so for patrons of the iPhone or iPod Touch, which can only sync up files via USB tethering. That said, an enterprising developer is looking to change the game when it comes to wireless [...]

Reuters – Dutch navigation device maker TomTom is turning competitive pressure to its advantage, selling content and services to the very same mobile phone providers which are eating into its traditional market for satnav devices. Source:Competition gives TomTom new route to revenue (Reuters)

PC World – Net neutrality rules proposed by the U.S. Federal Communications Commission could upset a complex mobile telecom marketplace and lead to fewer handset choices and fewer smartphone applications, a mobile trade group said Monday. Source:Groups Make Last Pitches on Net Neutrality (PC World)

AP – The Associated Press-GfK Poll on politics and the economy was conducted by GfK Roper Public Affairs & Media from April 7-12. It is based on landline and cell phone telephone interviews with a nationally representative random sample of 1,001 adults. Interviews were conducted with 701 respondents on landline telephones and 300 on cellular [...]

AFP – Four leading Japanese electronics makers said Monday they will team up with top network operator NTT DoCoMo to develop the operating system for its next-generation cellphones, due for launch next year. Source:Japan phone makers team up to develop new platform (AFP)

NewsFactor – Research In Motion said Monday that the company is enhancing its voice over Wi-Fi calling platform to enable enterprise workers to share a work phone number between a desk phone and a BlackBerry smartphone when placing and receiving business calls. Called BlackBerry Mobile Voice System 5 (MVS 5), the technology is designed to [...]

AP – The Associated Press-GfK Poll on politics and the economy was conducted by GfK Roper Public Affairs & Media from April 7-12. It is based on landline and cell phone telephone interviews with a nationally representative random sample of 1,001 adults. Interviews were conducted with 701 respondents on landline telephones and 300 on cellular [...]

Ben Patterson – What’s the first thing that comes to mind when it comes to a BlackBerry? For me, it’s Research In Motion’s iconic QWERTY keypad, or at the very least the modified “SureType” keyboard, which crams a couple of letter keys on each number key. So it’s a little jarring to get a load [...]

NewsFactor – Research In Motion said Monday that the company is enhancing its voice over Wi-Fi calling platform to enable enterprise workers to share a work phone number between a desk phone and a BlackBerry smartphone when placing and receiving business calls. Called BlackBerry Mobile Voice System 5 (MVS 5), the technology is designed to [...]

Macworld.com – Next Mobile Web’s free Craigsphone app, an iPhone interface for the popular online classifieds service Craigslist, has been updated to 2.0. Source:Next Mobile Web's Craigsphone updated to 2.0 (Macworld.com)

NewsFactor – Research In Motion said Monday that the company is enhancing its voice over Wi-Fi calling platform to enable enterprise workers to share a work phone number between a desk phone and a BlackBerry smartphone when placing and receiving business calls. Called BlackBerry Mobile Voice System 5 (MVS 5), the technology is designed to [...]

NewsFactor – Twitter continues to press forward with improvements to its platform even as the young social-media phenomenon moves toward monetization with advertising opportunities. On Friday, Twitter announced it has acquired a mobile-messaging company called Cloudhopper. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Source:Twitter Acquires Cloudhopper To Beef Up SMS Tweets (NewsFactor)

Ben Patterson – What’s the first thing that comes to mind when it comes to a BlackBerry? For me, it’s Research In Motion’s iconic QWERTY keypad, or at the very least the modified “SureType” keyboard, which crams a couple of letter keys on each number key. So it’s a little jarring to get a load [...]

AP – The Associated Press-GfK Poll on politics and the economy was conducted by GfK Roper Public Affairs & Media from April 7-12. It is based on landline and cell phone telephone interviews with a nationally representative random sample of 1,001 adults. Interviews were conducted with 701 respondents on landline telephones and 300 on cellular [...]

AFP – Five mobile operators now own portions of the Netherlands’ new 2.6 Gigahertz frequency band, which allows for super-fast broadband, the Dutch telecommunications agency announced Monday. Source:Five Dutch operators buy into 2.6 GHz band (AFP)

NewsFactor – Research In Motion on Monday rolled out two new 3G smartphones. With its BlackBerry Bold 9650 and BlackBerry Pearl 3G, RIM is offering something for both enterprises and consumers. Source:New 3G BlackBerrys Aimed at Enterprises, Consumers (NewsFactor)