The Iphone takes the Market By Storm!

There is no question that this summer belongs to
the newest iphone from apple. This iphone with 3gs
technology is faster from the past model. It can add
edit video and record faster than any other device ever made
previously.The charging system has been upgraded The charge
lasts longer than any other model on the market.Plus the upgraded
features are exactly what users have been waiting for. such as (cut
and paste stereo bluetooth tech and landscape keyboard)There is also
apples 50,000 apps apple store which comes fully stocked with high quallity
games and programs which can activate sports latest sport stats,instant messages
alerts and turn by turn gps applications
So is all other devices doomed NO not by a long shot.
According to IDC the blackberry family still got 55% of the market in the US
during the first quarterversus 20% for apple.
I guess people still prefer to support the Rim Corporations 3.5 billion dollar fortune.

BlackBerry Messenger 5.0 Availiable to The Public

An unofficial version of BlackBerry Messenger 5.0 has been leaked and it is compatible with most BlackBerry smartphones. The new software offers a host of improved features for the mobile messaging maniacs out there.

If you are a heavy user of the BlackBerry Messenger instant messaging client, the new 5.0 version is something to get excited about. It can be downloaded here, and is compatible with nearly all BlackBerry models, including the Tour, the Storm, the 8900 and the Bold.

The biggest change is an entirely new user interface and layout. Users can now add and edit avatars at will. They can also control location and status messages with better tools.

Another really cool new feature is a barcode that can be used to add new contacts. Each user is assigned an individual 2D barcode, which can then be scanned by another BlackBerry and automatically add the contact data of the person's barcode. BlackBerry Messenger Contacts can also be linked to the phone's main contact application, making it easier to keep tabs on your contacts.

Perhaps the best feature, is that BlackBerry Messenger contacts lists can not be backed up to either the storage card of the phone's main memory. Restoring them is easy.

There is a new Broadcast Message feature, which enables users to blast out the same message to multiple messenger contacts at the same time.

The download is free and they are available here.

If you want the best that BlackBerry Messaging has to offer, I highly recommend you check it out.

[via CrackBerry]

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BlackBerry Curve outsold iPhone in 1Q

NEW YORK (AP) - Research In Motion Ltd. is throwing Apple Inc. a curveball in the smart phone game: The BlackBerry Curve outsold Apple's iPhone in the first quarter, according to market researchers at The NPD Group.For one stretch last year, Apple said it sold more iPhones than RIM, the longtime market leader, sold BlackBerrys.But in the first three months of this year, the Curve benefited from its widespread availability, since it is sold by all four major U.S. wireless carriers, while the iPhone is available only through AT&T Inc. A buy-one-get-one-free promotion by Verizon Wireless also helped the Curve, NPD analyst Ross Rubin said.The iPhone slipped to No. 2, while RIM's touch-screen BlackBerry Storm - also available through Verizon Wireless - came in third.NPD did not release sales numbers along with the rankings, saying those expanded figures are only provided to clients.Apple doesn't say how many iPhones it has sold, but the company said it shipped wireless carriers a total of 3.8 million iPhones during its fiscal second quarter, which ended March 28. RIM shipped 7.8 million BlackBerrys during its fiscal fourth quarter, which ended Feb. 28.NPD estimated that RIM snagged almost 50 percent of the U.S. smart phone market in the first quarter, up 15 percent from the fourth quarter of 2008. It believes that Apple and Treo maker Palm Inc. both saw their share of the smart phone market drop 10 percent during that time.RIM declined to comment. An Apple spokesman did not immediately return a call seeking comment

Compare Blackberry tour vs Nokia N97

This summer there are some very strong devices out there including Blackberry Tour, Nokia N97, HTC Magic, iPhone 3G S, Palm Pre. Some may prefer iPhone 3G S or Palm Pre, but at last I have narrowed down my choices to Blackberry Tour and Nokia N97, and I’ve had a really tough time choosing between the two:

Blackberry tour:
· Supports high-speed 3G EV-DO Rev
· Non-touchscreen, a large, highly tactile, full-QWERTY keyboard for fast and precise typing
· Advanced media player for videos, pictures and music, a 3.5 mm stereo headset jack and support for the Bluetooth Stereo Audio Profile (A2DP/AVCRP)
· 256MB Flash memory, support cards of up to 16GB
· Built-in GPS with support for geotagging, BlackBerry Maps
· Allowing users to edit Microsoft® Word, Excel and PowerPoint files directly on the handset
· Easy mobile access to Facebook®, MySpace and Flickr®, as well as popular instant messaging services including BlackBerry Messenger, Yahoo! IM, AIM®, Google Talk and Windows Live Messenger
· Support for BlackBerry App World, as well as third-party mobile applications
· BlackBerry Internet Service allows access to up to 10 supported personal and corporate email accounts
· No Wi-Fi, it is said to be added in the future.

Nokia N97:
· Sliding QWERTY keypad and touchscreen display
· Memory – 32GB Internal memory, 128 MB RAM, microSD up to 16GB
· Camera – 5 MP (Carl Zeiss optics)
· OS – Symbian
· Battery – 6.6 hours talk-time and 430 hours standby
· Radio – Stereo FM radio with RDS, Visual radio; FM transmitter
· Widescreen – 16:9, 3.5in TFT, 640 x 360 pixels
· 802.11b/g; USB; Bluetooth with A2DP; GPS with A-GPS
· 3.5mm audio jack
· Handwriting Recognition
· A little expensive, at about $650

That’s the simple information I have got about the two phones. Here I should explain my smartphone requirements. I’m looking for a device to serve as my personal telephone, media player, mini computer and business assistant. For personal telephone, it is used for daily contact, to make calls and receive calls. Both Blackberry tour and Nokia N97 were easy to use and very convenient to dial a number.

For multimedia, both of them are advanced media player for videos, music and pictures. Blackberry tour supports video formats including MPEG4, H.263, H.264 (encoding and decoding 30fps), WMV and audio format including MP3, AAC, AAC+, WMA. Nokia N97 can play mp4 and 3gp videos with up to 640*360 pixels resolution. Personally I prefer to watch movies with Blackberry tour. In the meantime I go to Nidesoft Inc to get programs Nidesoft Blackberry Converter Suite, which rip DVDs and videos into Blackberry-friendly files. Just copy the converted file to memory card, pop it into phone’s card slot, and enjoy. Or use program Nidesoft Nokia video converter if you would like to choose N97 as media player.

As for connectivity, the Nokia N97 looks like a good all-rounder, with Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, and an Infrared port. The BlackBerry Tour features Bluetooth as well, (with A2DP) but is somehow lacking Wi-Fi (just like the much-derided BlackBerry Storm). Although the rumor said that the Blackberry Storm 2 will have Wi-Fi. N97 also features an FM radio, which the Tour doesn't.

If you always travel around for work then Blackberry can be a wonderful assistant. The BlackBerry Tour smartphone provides the industry's leading mobile solution for email, messaging (IM, SMS, MMS) and social networking together with built-in GPS. I like type emails and message with the full-QWERTY keyboards fast and easily. N97 also have GPS and can send emails, but the business-oriented Blackberry tour is better for business assistant.

In the end, I make up my decision. The Blackberry tour won out, it made the most sense to me as media player and business assistant. But as I’ve noted the Nokia N97 was also pretty impressive and could be a viable option for many others.