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Xobni has slowly made a name for themselves starting back in Outlook and then on the BlackBerry platform, but those of us who use Gmail also want to make our inboxes smarter. Xobni is now launching a private beta for Gmail and also plans to launch their mobile applications on both Android and iPhone in the coming months so if you’re a multiple device user, you can stay in sync across the board. Read more at the Xobni blog if you are interested.
The Xobni for Gmail plugin works with Chrome and Firefox while easily keeping all your contacts plugged into Xobni and up to date. You’ll now have all of your Gmail contacts at your [...]
Continue reading: Xobni For Gmail Hits Beta, Android And iPhone App Coming Soon – Sign Up For Alpha Testing
Apple has topped J.D Power’s smartphone customer satisfaction survey for the fifth time running. The iPhone recently earned a score of 795 out of a possible 1,000 points. Competitors such as Motorola and HTC followed Apple with scores of 763 and 762, respectively. J.D Power weighs the total result from the various categories:
Operation (30%); physical design (30%); features (20%); and battery function (20%). For smartphones, the key factors are: ease of operation (26%); operating system (24%); physical design (23%); features (19%); and battery function (8%).
Palm (736), Nokia (734), and Samsung (734) all scored below the industry average score of 761. RIM’s BlackBerry smartphones ranked lowest on the survey with a score [...]
Continue reading: Apple’s iPhone Ranked First In J.D Power’s Customer Satisfaction Survey
According to the most recent data published by prominent digital measurement provider, comScore, Google’s Android and Research in Motion’s BlackBerry have become the largest mobile platforms, respectively at the onset of this new year. Firmly standing its ground in third place is Apple’s iPhone, although it should be noted that the data reflects the period immediately before the release of the Verizon iPhone.
The data all comes from comScore’s “MobiLens” service, which reports key trends in the US mobile phone industry. The latest study surveyed some 30,000 mobile subscribers, leading to the discovery that Google’s Android OS has compared the lead among smartphone platforms with 31.2% market share. RIM, meanwhile is in second place with a [...]
Continue reading: Android And BlackBerry OS Pass iPhone In Total Smartphone Market Share
Great news for folks with BlackBerry Messenger (BBM)-obsessed friends: Research In Motion might be bringing its popular BlackBerry Messenger app over to Apple iOS and Android devices.
According to a report by BGR, RIM is looking at the success garnered by copycat services such as WhatsApp and clearly feels that it should have a piece of the cross-platform instant messaging pie.
According to our sources, RIM has not yet finalized details surrounding timing or pricing, but we have heard that the company might make the software free to all users. We’re also told strategy is still being developed, however, and RIM may end up charging users a one-time fee or even a recurring fee for access [...]
Continue reading: RIM To Bring BlackBerry Messenger (BBM) To iOS And Android Devices
Even though Apple’s CEO, Steve Jobs has mentioned several times that a smaller form factor of the their tablet is not planned, reports are persisting otherwise. The latest rumors are saying that instead of a small iPad, the new 5 to 7 inch device might in fact be a large iPhone, sized to compete with not only small competitor tablets such as the Samsung Galaxy Tab and the BlackBerry PlayBook but also larger smartphones like the Dell Streak.
The Concord Security analyst who was formerly with the Taiwanese publication Digitimes – Ming Chi Kuo – recently told AppleInsider that Apple is looking into a mid-sized iOS device that it would be bringing to market possibly as [...]
Continue reading: 6-inch MiniPad or MaxiPod To Possibly Come This Fall
A series of leaked internal slides from RIM have revealed details surrounding various OEM BlackbBerry PlayBook accessories. While the authenticity of the slides obtained by the enthusiast blog Fommy hasn’t been confirmed, they may give us our first glimpse as a variety of OEM accessories for the BlackBerry PlayBook, as well as pricing details and some projected availability dates. The slides show a variety o cases ranging in price from a $29.99 neoprene sleeve to a %59.99 book-style leather binder. The slides also indicate a $49 BlackBerry music gateway, a $99 Bluetooth keyboard and a $79.99 charging dock that props the PlayBook up while recharging the battery at the same time.
The [...]
Continue reading: Blackberry PlayBook Release Date And Accessories Pricing Revealed
Today RIM launched their Built For BlackBerry Program, a new initiative that brings RIM together with select market-leading brands in the development of accessories and peripherals. It is built for BlackBerry products are specifically designed to work with Blackberry smartphones and BlackBerry’s soon to release PlayBook tablet. The program offers technical, strategic, and marketing support, which allows members to complement the BlackBerry portfolio with “exciting accessories.”
RIM’s new Built for Blackberry program aims to make sure that verified and approved third party manufacturing partners deliver specifically designed accessories and peripherals for their devices. RIM not only details the program to offer “technical, strategic, and marketing support” to members of the program, along with [...]
Continue reading: RIM Launches “Built for BlackBerry” Program For Accessory Makers
Just in time for the Consumer Electronic Show (CES), RIM is showing off the BlackBerry PlayBook again, this time with a deeper dive into the web browser. You can check out the video below to watch Matthew from the web browser group at RIM really put the PlayBook’s browser to use. In the video he views content in both HTML5 and Adobe Flash, logs into Facebook (the full Facebook), and even plays flash games on the web. Overall, it’s looking to be a really compelling experience.
Multimedia, games, and social networking were all shown in the video and they seemed to be pretty fluid. If RIM can keep this up then the PlayBook will definitely have [...]
Continue reading: RIM Demo’s BlackBerry PlayBook’s Web Fidelity
The excitement is building with CES 2011 only a few days away, much of the excitement is due to the new crop of tablets that are anticipated to be announced and shown off. The tablet hype started last with Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer displaying the HP Slate, a Windows 7 based tablet. This paved the way for a bunch of other Windows 7 based tablets from other big name players in the industry. But unfortunately none of the promised devices ever saw the light of day. The Slate did finally make it to the market but in a form design for a specific niche as corporate centric product. While all this was happening, the iPad was launched [...]
Continue reading: Competition Mounts For iPad From Tablets Expected At CES 2011
Amidst all the iPad and BlackBerry PlayBook news, Motorola has announced a tablet of their own, which is known as Motorola’s Honeycomb tablet. The device’s official name has not yet been publicized but the pieces of the puzzle are finally coming together as the folks over at Engadget scored seven pictures of the 10-inch slate.
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Unfortunately some of the pictures are blurry and the graininess in some is so bad that it isn’t entirely possible to discern what is being conveyed. [...]
Continue reading: Pics of Motorola’s Honeycomb Tablet Surface; Confirms Verizon
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