RIM’s Lazaridis: if goverments can’t deal with the internet, ‘they should shut it off’
RIM co-CEO Mike Lazaridis has made some pretty bold statements in the past, but he may just have topped himself in responding to the recent issue of countries banning or threatening to ban BlackBerrys -- to which you can now add Indonesia to the list. Speaking with The Wall Street Journal in what's described as a "fiery" interview, Lazaridis said that "this is about the Internet," and that "everything on the Internet is encrypted. This not a BlackBerry-only issue," before adding that if "they can't deal with the Internet, they should shut it off." But that's not all
Categories: BlackBerry, Mobile Phone Tags: before-adding, black, blackberryban, blackberrys, entry, goverments, indonesia, internet, lazaridis, mike, mike lazaridis, saudi arabia
WSJ: RIM testing Blackberry tablet for potential release by year’s end
We're not sure why the Wall Street Journal just posted up a piece talking about BlackBerry OS 6.0 and the Bold 9800 QWERTY slider as though we haven't been running leaked pictures and videos of them for months now , but whatever -- the story also apparently confirms RIM's Foleo-like tablet plans and says the device could be out by the end of the year. Sounds like RIM CEO Mike Lazaridis decided the tablet market is a little clearer than he's been letting on
Categories: BlackBerry, Mobile Phone Tags: BlackBerry, blackberry os 6.0, bold9800, leaked-pictures, little-clearer, mike, pearl-plus, result, rumors, says-the-device, universe, wild-if-rim
Motorola i1 first hands-on!
We're shmoozing with Motorola's team and Mike Rowe -- yes, the Dirty Jobs guy, who's been fittingly selected as the rugged i1's spokesperson -- and we're starting to get our first fleeting moments with Motorola's first Android-powered iDEN handset in the flesh. Believe it or not, it might be the best-feeling Android phone from Motorola to date, besting the CLIQ XT and Droid with a tasteful mix of black chrome and rubber around the edges; if it weren't for the lack of bona fide 3G, we could realistically see putting this in our pockets over, say, a myTouch 3G , Hero , or Behold II . We've been able to confirm that they've basically taken the UI look and feel introduced by Blur and subtracted...
Categories: Android, htc, Mobile Phone Tags: ctia2010, engadget, entry, fleeting, handset, integration, mike, pockets, result
HTC to release widgets for non-HTC devices? « Gadgetsteria
After my colorful rant voicing my displeasure for HTC's move to C&D LevelupStudios and their “Beautiful Widgets” which mimicked the Sense UI widgets, I was mad, sad, and frustrated. But a few obscure, hidden gems on AndroLib highlighted ...
Categories: Android, BlackBerry, htc, Other Tags: Customization, featured, internet, microsoft, mike, mobile-apps, smartphones, tech-politics, windows