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New York Times, Apr 27, 2008
BlackBerry’s Quest: Fend Off the iPhone

(...) Mr. Lazaridis thinks that e-mail-dependent BlackBerry owners demand the reliability and tactile feedback of a keyboard. But, despite his critique of the iPhone, he does not dismiss the possibility that R.I.M. may itself one day sell a touch-screen phone, aimed specifically at consumers without the e-mail demands of BlackBerry’s core users.

Indeed, two independent developers writing software for coming R.I.M. devices say that a touch-screen BlackBerry is in the works, and that R.I.M. engineers privately refer to it as the A.K. — for “Apple Killer."  ( full story )

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Financial Post, April 29, 2008
Rogers bringing Apple's iPhone to Canada

"We're thrilled to announce that we have a deal with Apple to bring the iPhone to Canada later this year. We can't tell you any more about it right now, but stay tuned," said a statement attributed to Rogers chief executive Ted Rogers in a morning press release.

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itWorldCanada, Thursday, July 10, 2008

According to published reports, Apple stores in Canada won’t be carrying the new 3G iPhone when it’s released in this country because the company is “disgusted” with pricing plans offered by exclusive carrier Rogers Wireless.

Apple Insider reported that the company wants nothing to do with helping Rogers sell its service through Apple retail outlets. The story has been widely circulating on Apple-oriented blogs. Apple Insider has also reported that Apple has diverted a significant amount of the initial 3G shipment to Europe, limiting Rogers to 10 to 20 iPhones per store. ( full story )

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source: itWorldCanada

The Boldest BlackBerry yet made its North American debut on Thursday, with Rogers Wireless and Research in Motion launching RIM’s first HSPA-capable handset at Rogers’s Toronto headquarters. (...)

The Bold features three-band (802.11a, b and g) Wi-Fi support, built-in GPS for location-based applications, a full QWERTY keyboard, full HTML browsing and a media player that’s compatible with Rogers MusicStore and can also synch with Apple’s iTunes. “The screen is really at the forefront of the experience,” Spence said of the 480-by-320-pixel half-VGA display, which supports 65,000 colours. But the most significant feature is the high speed packet access (HSPA) capability, which boasts a theoretical capacity of 3.2 Mbps, though in practice it will be slower, according to Spence.

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 Concerned about the handheld's security, IBM will only let Notes users access the application through a browser so data isn't downloaded. An industry analyst says Apple should give the phone the ability to encrypt data

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Source: ITWorldCanada, Oct 16, 2008

In a move that does not seem to have caught anyone by surprise, Bell Canada and Telus Corp. announced last week they are working together on a High Speed Packet Access or HSPA network, scheduled for completion in 2010. (...) Rather than ditch their respective CDMA and EvDO networks, the companies indicated they will continue to offer existing wireless services for now. Telus said it will support its EvDO and Mike networks “for the foreseeable future” while Bell said it “continues to expand and enhance” its national CDMA network.  [ Full Story ]

See also:
  TELUS Network Evolution client communication.pdf | Open document summary

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"The Ontario government will table legislation today that will ban text messaging and emailing while driving and force motorists to use hands-free equipment when making calls on their cellphones."

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Source: ITWorldCanada, Nov 11, 2008

The failure rate of iPhone units was significantly lower than those of BlackBerry handsets and Palm Treo phone users suffered the most malfunctions according to a study by electronics warranty firm [...] But the iPhone does have a weakness it seems, namely its touch screen, with one third (32 percent) of all reported iPhone problems were screen related. The majority of these screen problems were "dead spots", found on some screens.

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If you were to get one today, which one would you pick? Not sure....? Reading these two articles may help you to make up your mind:

PCWorld.ca, Nov 26, 2008
BlackBerry Storm vs. iPhone 3G: 8 Reasons to Pick the Storm

ITWorldCanada, Nov 21, 2008
BlackBerry's Storm: Awkward and disappointing

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