This last couple of years haven’t been the best for Research in Motion. No matter what they do, they seem to be attracting derision from all sides and seem unable to turn around the perception that they are a failing company in the eyes of US media. With the mis-fired launch of the PlayBook [...]

Just putting in my first post using the official WordPress for Blackberry software. About time, too! Although only a beta version at the moment, it’s working nicely and I think that this will be one of my must have apps when i’m on the move!

A few days ago – a weird square icon appeared in the middle of the top part of the screen on my BlackBerry. I knew that I’d pressed a button, but I couldn’t find it for the life of me. It would actually cover the call duration on the theme I’m using. It got to [...]

Well, the BlackBerry is coming along nicely. I’m gradually getting it to work the way I want it to work. So far, the cool bits are: Google Maps uses either GPRS or GPS (you can connect a GPS receiver with Bluetooth) Yahoo! Messenger works off the bat and can stay connected at all times. Never [...]

My new phone has finally been transferred. After living with the agonisingly difficult Nokia N80 for 2 years – I’ve arranged to try out the BlackBerry Pearl. Orange managed to cock up the transfer to the new SIM card, so I’ve been humping a spare phone around with me for 10 days because I wouldn’t [...]