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BlackBerry sales still growing

Research In Motion (RIM) the company that makes BlackBerry smartphones has this week announced its quarter three results and once again the company are still picking up an astounding number of new customers.

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RIM

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BlackBerry Bold 9700

 

As a recent convert to a BlackBerry I am constantly amazed how popular the handsets are and I’m sure that RIMs position will continue to increase despite the rapid ongoing growth of both the iPhone and the newer Android OS.

Revenue for the third quarter of fiscal 2010 was $3.92 billion, up 11% from $3.53 billion in the previous quarter and up 41% from $2.78 billion in the same quarter of last year. Approximately 4.4 million net new BlackBerry(R) subscriber accounts were added in the quarter. At the end of the quarter, the total BlackBerry subscriber account base was approximately 36 million.

 

"We are pleased to report record shipments of more than 10 million BlackBerry smartphones during the third quarter with higher than expected revenue, earnings and subscriber growth," said Jim Balsillie, Co-CEO at Research In Motion. "RIM is experiencing a great start to the holiday buying season and the strong Q3 results and Q4 outlook clearly reflect the strength of our diversified product portfolio as well as the success of our efforts to expand into broader customer segments and new geographies while maintaining our strong position in North America."

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BlackBerry Storm2

 

If you are thinking of getting a BlackBerry you can read my recent review of the Bold 9700 here.

 

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By December 18, 2009 Read More →

Nokia N900 coming soon to Vodafone UK – Update

You may have read James’ post the other day – ‘Nokia N900 coming soon to Vodafone UK’ – Well, just a quick update for you…

nokia_n900The Nokia N900

 

It appears that you can now buy it from the Carphone Warehouse on a monthly contract. However, it seems to be out of stock which is not surprising, but you can still make an order for when they come back in stock.
The Nokia N900 will also be available from Vodafone UK stores from January 2010 (I heard it is the 7th of January but I can’t confirm that).

 

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By December 17, 2009 Read More →

HTC HD2 Price Drop!

devicewire.com have an extra price saving on the HTC HD2 on the run up to Xmas.

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HTC HD2

 

Now only £489.99 and with free delivery this could be the perfect opportunity to treat yourself and make your friends jealous?

Head over to devicewire.com. Its in stock and waiting to be yours!

 

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By December 16, 2009 Read More →

Sony Ericsson Xperia Pureness Released

Like most mobile phone manufacturers Sony Ericsson have decided to release a nice novelty based phone just before Chrsitmas.

You may well be asking what the novelty of a phone that will cost around $990 (£676) would be? Well the answer is that the Pureness has the Concierge Service which the Vertu phones have at a fraction of the price. Not only that but it also has a transparent screen which in itself is a huge novelty.

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Sony Ericsson Xperia Pureness

The name “Pureness” comes from the fact that SE have stripped out all the unnecessary things from both form and function and left only the essential phone functions.

SO what does this little baby have then (apart from the obvious)? Well it has a 1.8″ monochrome display capable of video streaming and viewing and. well that’s really it but on the brightside the Sony Ericsson XPERIA Pureness comes with a 12-month membership to the Pureness concierge service which is available 24/7 via phone or email and it can get you perks like room upgrades in hotels, a VIP welcome, free champagne, discounts, tickets with better seating and so on. Point to note though as the service is country dependent.

Why not have a look at their microsite for some more details?

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By December 15, 2009 Read More →

Sony Ericsson Xperia X2: DELAYED

Those of you looking to get your hands on the new Sony Ericsson Xperia X2 will now need to wait until somewhere around the first week in January 2010 according to the official Sony Ericsson Xperia blog.

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Xperia X2 Delayed Release

The Xperia X2 is the company’s second Windows Mobile smartphone and although not directly the reason for the delay they have said that there were some issues when they started to integrate it with some of the network specific apps. According to the blog posting the changes are all minor and include things like extending the battery life and speeding up aspects of the software.

If you cast your mind way back to the X1 release it also faced massive delays before hitting the market so who knows where the future of Windows Mobile and Sony Ericsson lies.

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By December 15, 2009 Read More →

TeliaSonera launches the first 4G network in Scandinavia

For a lot of people in a lot of countries 3G is still the most amazing thing since.. well, sliced bread but now if you live in either the Sweden or Norwegian capital cities (Stockholm and Oslo) you can get yourself this new spangled 4G 100mbps network.

OK, I hear you ask when we are getting it but don’t get too excited because there aint even a phone on the market yet that can make use of this new network, although I’m more than positive that they will come very soon (maybe not at the top speed though). Although the handsets aren’t there yet they do offer the connection to laptop users through Ericsson in Sweden and Huawei in Norway.

So what’s next? Well Finland will have their 4G network up and running in Q1 of 2010, and O2 is already testing theirs in the UK, with the disappointment there being that they aint allowing me to test it for them.

Only time will tell and I for one can’t wait for the time when we can have a mobile network 10 times faster than that of HSPA enabled 3G networks of today.

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By December 11, 2009 Read More →

Tesco to have the iPhone

Tesco have announced that from Monday the 14th of December they will be selling the iPhone.

The lowest tariff that they will offer is £20 a month on a 12 month contract. This seems too good to be true! OK – it is. The handset will cost you £222 on top of this for the basic 3G 8GB one.

The BBC news website pointed out that over the course of the contract the actual monthly cost is £38.50 where as O2’s and Orange’s lowest tariff is £34.26. But note this – the £34.26 tariff is for a 24 month contract.

apple-iphone-3g The Apple iPhone

 

Vodafone will also begin to carry the handset in 2010. They haven’t announced any price plans as yet but we will try to keep you informed.

 

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By December 10, 2009 Read More →

devicewire now have the HTC HD2 in stock

After recently selling all their stock, devicewire.com are pleased to announce they have just had more HTC HD2s arrive so if you are after one of these mammoth handsets you had better get your orders in quick. Click here to order.

 

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HTC HD2

 

In addition they also have some accessories to go with the HD2:

Official HTC HD2 Micro USB Car Charger In Stock – Only £19.99 http://www.devicewire.co.uk/official-htc-rapid-micro-usb-car-charger

Official HTC HD2 Flip Case Now In Stock Only £14.99 http://www.devicewire.co.uk/official-htc-hd2-flip-case

 

If you fancy a brown HTC Hero they also have one of those too -  http://www.devicewire.co.uk/htc-hero-brown

 

Looks like devicewire.com are in for a busy few days!

 

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By December 10, 2009 Read More →

Camera update for the HTC HD2

If you follow the site regularly you will have seen our posts on the camera problem the HTC HD2 seems to have, the dreaded pink blur.

 

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HTC HD2

 

The good news is that if you have an unlocked/sim free HD2, HTC have released an update to enhance the camera.

HTC say: “This update for HTC HD2 delivers clear digital picture quality like never before. Living up to the name of “HD” this phone and its twin LED flash will take beautiful pictures for you to cherish your memories. Displayed in brilliant vibrant colours on its 4.3 inch screen, HTC HD2 camera will delight you”.

 

We are expecting another HTC HD2 for us to play with next week so we will be sure to install this update and put it too the test.

If you want the update now please click here.

 

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By December 4, 2009 Read More →

Sony Ericsson Satio Fixed

You may have read in the last few weeks that some retailers had halted all Sony Ericsson Satio sales due to a software problem.

 

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Sony Ericsson Satio

 

Well, the word on the street is that the problems has been resolved and devices will be on the shelves again tomorrow. This has been confirmed by Carphonewarehouse.

Clearly it may take a while for all retailers to get sorted out as there will be operator specific versions of the firmware that will need tweaking also.

It looks like Sony Ericsson have pulled this one out of the bag just in time for the Christmas rush. It very nearly went a bit pear shaped for them!

 

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