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Confirmed this week is a mobile phone that a LOT of people have wanted to find out about. Featuring a touchscreen, it’s set to take Blackberry mobile phones to whole new heights of excellence. And it’s called the Blackberry Storm 9500…

Of Blackberries and iPhones

The history of Blackberry mobile phones goes back many years, to when the company RIM decided that what people wanted was access to emails on the move. but that wasn’t enough, RIM reasoned that people wanted emails on their mobile phones that arrived without them having to do anything (like clicking SEND/RECEIVE) extra. And you know what? They were proved right, when the first Blackberry mobile phones took off. There is no other mobile phone on the planet that does emails as well as the humble Blackberry, but in the past, most Blackberrys couldn’t be called pretty, really. Nowadays, though, that’s different, with mobile phones like the Pearl, the Curve and the Bold wowing us with their looks as well as their power. Still there was something missing, and that something was confirmed by the arrival of the iPhone: what Blackberry mobile phones needed now was a touchscreen.

The Blackberry Storm 9500 – a touch of genius

And so, RIM took it upon themselves to create a mobile phone with a touchscreen… and the result is, frankly, phenomenal. the Blackberry Storm 9500 is everything that we hoped it would be!

The big gimmick of the Blackberry Storm 9500 is not just the fact it has a huge touchscreen; it’s the fact that the Blackberry Storm 9500 has a huge touchscreen, that MOVES. The reason for that is actually very clever. You see, when you’re using normal mobile phones, they have tactile buttons that click when you press on them. Touchscreen mobile phones don’t… well, they don’t unless they’re the Blackberry Storm 9500, that is, because THAT right there is why its screen moves. It replicates the click of you pressing a physical key, so that when you type no the onscreen keyboard, for example, the Blackberry Storm 9500 actually makes it feel like you’re pressing a real, physical key.

Which is just mind-bogglingly clever, and completely unique amongst mobile phones!

That’s why I’m utterly convinced the Blackberry Storm 9500 is going to be a game-changer. It matches the uniquely fluid style of the iPhone, and gives it proper, useful functionality, instead of stupid pointless gimmicks. The email is superb, the 3 megapixel camera is superb, the media player is superb. Everything about the Blackberry Storm 9500 screams quality, and I’ll be honest, in the world of touchscreen mobile phones, it’s hard to think of a handset that can touch it!

Though market is flooded with various mobile phones but BlackBerry 8110 Pearl Silver Blue and BlackBerry 8120 Pearl Pink steals the show.

Blackberry leads the mobile phone industry by offering high-end quality mobile phone handsets. The BlackBerry 8110 Pearl Silver Blue and BlackBerry 8120 Pearl Pink are the supreme examples of how sleek and eye-grabbing mobile handsets it can produce.

The present business world is highly competitive and fast. BlackBerry 8110 Pearl Silver Blue facilitates smooth communication. It also helps people make a style statement. Plus the volume of work has increased manifold, which means that you have to work even when you are moving. For this, you require mobile phones that can give you high level performance.

The BlackBerry 8110 Pearl Silver Blue model looks sleek and stylish and has been designed for professionals in the corporate world. It weighs 91 grams, has 107 x 50 x 14 mm of dimensions and is highly portable. It also possesses high-resolution display unit. Its QWERTY keyboard enables users to type mails smoothly. It has standard battery Li-Ion 900 mAh and talk time up to 4 h 10 min.

As for the BlackBerry 8120 Pearl Pink model, it bears the same looks as the BlackBerry 8110 Pearl Silver Blue. Like the BlackBerry 8110 Pearl Silver Blue version, the BlackBerry 8120 Pearl Pink mobile phone is fitted with strong GPRS and EDGE technologies. If you like browsing, then these technologies will come in handy for you due to their high speed and sophistication.

USB and the A2DP enabled Bluetooth technologies along with Wi-Fi 802.11b/g WLAN technology ensures that BlackBerry 8120 Pearl Pink has smooth connectivity. This way you are able to transfer and share files with no fuss. The document viewing software allows the users to read their documents easily in Word, PowerPoint, PDF formats, and Excel.

This shows that BlackBerry 8120 Pearl Pink model and the BlackBerry 8110 Pearl Silver Blue are great phones that can be purchased by both the youth and the people in the corporate world.

Blackberry made by Canadian company Research In Motion Ltd. (RIM), is among the most popular mobile platforms. The blackberry solution consists of smart phones integrated with software that enables access to a variety of data and communication services. It is a platform that shoots e-mail to you instead of making you go fetch. It provides a variety of solution to meet your every need whether it is business and professional solutions, productivity tools or entertainment. It helps you simplify your communications and streamline your lifestyle so you get more accomplished and have more time to do what is important to you.

The facilities

The blackberry mobile phone sits on a high pedestal due to its mobile e-mail capabilities. It has many solid features It’s extremely secure, it combine well with other platforms, it works with several carriers, and it can be deployed globally. It is easy to administer, has a much longer battery life, and has a small form-factor with an easy-to-use keyboard.

Whether the business size is small, medium or enterprise or industry specialization, there is a solution that can power:

Field service and sales force automation

Office productivity

Enterprise data access

Network systems management

Business intelligence and more

Email features

The email provided is fast. Blackberry Enterprise Server that allows the handsets to send and receive e-mail pushes the e-mail out to the device. It also provides good supports for email attachments.

Battery

One remarkable feature about the Blackberry mobile phone is the fact that it takes breaks and nearly shuts down momentarily between keystrokes, this reduces consumption and the battery life is extended. The company holds patents for the thumbwheel and QWERTY keyboard found on the devices.

More features

The blackberry mobile phone comes equipped with maps, organizer, applications, games, the Internet and more. Some smart phones even include a media player and/or camera so you really have everything you need in one stylish device. It can be customized to meet the needs of one person or an entire enterprise, to any scale, in any industry. There’s a Blackberry smart phone for every need.

Models

The Blackberry® 8700 Series and Blackberry® 7200 Series provide an intuitive interface and QWERTY (typewriter-style) keyboard to let you get started quickly. Blackberry® 7130 Series provide leading Blackberry functionality, but with a smaller, sleeker design and a SureType® keyboard.

Many people, especially those who are involved in business, will recognize the BlackBerry on sight, as it is one of the few smartphones that is recognizable by brandname. What the BlackBerry does is combine a cellphone, PDA, laptop and camera into a handheld mobile device. For the real estate agent who is juggling a full schedule of home showings, client appointments, MLS monitoring and more, it may just be the ideal co-ordinator of one’s working and personal life.

What do you do all day? You have appointments for home showings, the office, you have stuff you have to get done, you have papers that need filing and a hundred other little tasks that can pile up and be forgotten if they aren’t brought to your attention. You’re on the road a lot to appointments, seminars, lunches, etc. Maybe you have to keep track of a lot of clients and colleagues. You may have a family, which will mean that you need to make sure that you’re there for them when they need you. You need a portable system that’s easy to use, but is also powerful enough to help you do all of this.

The BlackBerry allows you to sync your computer calendar/organizer with the Blackberry software. If you use Google Calendar or one of many other popular calendar/organizer software, your BlackBerry can update it as well as downloading information changes. This makes it easy to ensure that all of your appointments and reminders, including the ones you note on the fly are sent to where you will be able to see them when you are planning your schedule. While small, the keyboard for a BlackBerry is functional enough to support fairly quick data input.

Need to get to an address? BlackBerry Maps can help you by pinpointing your location with the BlackBerry GPS and showing you where the address you’re seeking is on a map. You can plan a route or get driving directions to wherever you’re going.

The constant connection to the Internet offered by most BlackBerry plans can be ideal for the busy agent, who is nowhere near an office, a computer and/or WiFi, to search the MLS and email clients. There is no more waiting to get back to the office; with a BlackBerry, the office comes with you. While not as powerful or as versatile on the Internet as a true laptop, the BlackBerry is more than capable of getting the essentials out immediately. The BlackBerry also supports MSN Messenger, Yahoo! Messenger, BlackBerry Messenger and Google Talk for realtime conversations.

Need to send a picture of a property or feature? The BlackBerry has a camera with zoom capability. The Internet connection makes it easy and fast to send said picture to Facebook, email or Flickr. If your clients are asking about what something looks like, you don’t have to tell them – you can show them!

One of the most exciting features that BlackBerry is going to offer to Realtors is the eKEY from BlackBerry’s parent company, Research in Motion (RIM). The eKEY will retrieve data directly from the MLS and enable users to search by ID number, address or buyers’ profiles. Google Maps is connected so that listings can be viewed on a map. Contact information is constantly updated, so that you can contact other agents, no matter what company they are working for. Users can also get real-time notifications on home showings and the agent(s) representing the homes being shown.

All the bells and whistles that this little machine offers are perfect to help out Realtors on the move. If you’re looking at changing your phone and wondering what would suit you best, check out the BlackBerry. It is a great solution to some of the problems of an “on the go” career.

Blackberry has changed the lives of people in the corporate world, in more than one way. With Blackberry, loaded with applications, the executives can carry their office with them, wherever they go. They can do many things like accessing emails, opening the attachments in the emails, maintaining their calendar and address book etc., all on their Blackberry, itself.

Common Applications

Email: The connectivity of Blackberry to POP3 or Microsoft Exchange servers was the first and foremost application that made Blackberry a hit. The executives can access their office email anytime anywhere on their Blackberry and it is always ‘ON’. Initially, it was not possible to open the attachments in emails but this also got resolved with applications like Mobile Office. You can also access your Gmail account using Google mobile application.

Viewing Documents: As mentioned earlier, with new versions of Blackberry, it has become possible to view your documents, which are in Word, Excel, PowerPoint or PDF format. There are various applications like eOffice, available for viewing Microsoft Office documents. Using these applications, you can not only view but also create office documents. Also, there are applications to check your spellings and grammar while creating a document. Oxford dictionary and thesaurus is also available in a Blackberry.

Messenger Application: Various messenger applications are available to make your life easy. Some of the famous ones apart from the Blackberry messenger are Google Talk, IM+ All in one mobile messenger, IM+ for Skype and Twitterberry. You can chat with your clients, colleagues, or vendors while you are on move using these applications with any of your existing accounts like ICQ, Yahoo, AOL, MSN, Google talk etc. These applications help you to save the cost of text messaging.

Calendar: Blackberry applications act as your personal secretary and remind you of all your schedules, important meetings and events. You can maintain your calendar using Google calendar and use Google Sync to synchronize the same with your Blackberry. So, your Blackberry would ensure that you do not get late for your meetings or miss an important event.

Plan your travel: Blackberry has made life easier for all those people who are always on the move. Not only do it help you to communicate with your colleagues and clients but also helps you to plan your travel. With the applications like WorldMate Live and TravelMate, you can book your hotels, check weather, track your travel expenses and know your flight status etc. Google Maps helps you to know where you are and search where you want to go.

Google Search: The most widely used search engine is available for your Blackberry also. You can use this to search anything you are looking for. For e.g. it can help to search some technical information while preparing for a meeting or a presentation, or any other information required before meeting an important client.

With all these applications and many more getting added everyday, Blackberry has become an indispensable tool for all executives and entrepreneurs. Even organizations are looking at it as a productivity improvement tool and are training their staff on correct and efficient use of the same.

The Blackberry Curve offers several new features that can make this phone a great investment. If you like thin mobile phones you will like the Blackberry Curve. But don’t be fooled by the thin design, it features a large screen so you won’t find your self struggling to read your messages. The Blackberry Curve is still one of the larger mobile phones in overall size compared to the simple smaller packages of the newer mobile phones today.

The Blackberry Curve is one of the latest Blackberry with a trackball located in the center of the phone. We found that the trackball can be is great to help you navigate through your menu selections. This is by far the better way to navigate compared to the older models. The trackball is as easy as using a mouse.

The Blackberry Curve features a 2.0 megapixel camera so you can take a wonderful picture every time. You can also play videos and music from your Blackberry Curve. This feature is built into the mobile phone allowing you to access your music and videos whenever you can.

One of the best features of the Blackberry Curve is the keyboard. Most consumers purchase the Blackberry Curve because it is ideal for messaging and typing with ease. The keypad featured on the Blackberry Curve is large enough to see and type without accidentally hitting other buttons while sending a text. Although the keyboard is protected by a plastic cover they can still withstand the constant typing and pressing of the keys.

The processor built into the Blackberry Curve is a 312 MHz Intel processor. This is the same type of processor that is found in other Blackberry. Keep in mind that this 312 MHz may not sound like a lot but in a small device, such as a mobile phone, it is enough. So you shouldn’t have anything to worry about when uploading and downloading.

The screen is 320 x 240 pixel in LCD. The size of the screen is 2.4 inches. This large screen is great for watching your videos and viewing photos from your photo album. You can also read files and enjoy text messaging because you are able to see it.

Memory is no problem for the Blackberry Curve. With a 64 MB of flash memory built in you will be able to store without worries. Although it may be a hassle, you can find the memory card slot by removing the battery. Use a memory card to store ample songs, videos, photos, and more.

We like music, do you? If you like your music on the go you can use your Blackberry Curve as a digital portable player. The Blackberry Curve includes a built in speaker so you can listen to your music anytime you want. When purchasing a Blackberry Curve, a set of earphones are included in the package for quiet listening.

Over all the Blackberry Curve is an excellent choice for anyone who may be in business for themselves or anyone who works. It may not be so convenient for the younger generation as it doesn’t have everything easily accessible that a teen would want.

Released within a month of each other, the Blackberry 9000, better known as the Blackberry Bold (May 2008) and the Nokia E71 (June 2008) are obvious rival smartphones from these perennial rival smartphone makers as they look, feel, and function very much alike.

Both devices are just about equally sized, at 114 mm x 66 mm x 14 mm for the Blackberry and 114 mm x 57 mm x 10 mm for the Nokia. And both weigh just about the same with the Blackberry weighing in at 133 g to a slightly lighter Nokia’s 127 g.

Both devices have a QWERTY keypad occupying the bottom half of the face of the device with a small display screen (2.6 in on the Blackberry, 2.36 in on the Nokia) above it. Interestingly, the display screens on each device possess a quality superior to that of their counterpart. The Blackberry has better resolution, at 480 x 320 pixels to its competitor’s 320 x 240 pixels; but the Nokia has more colors, at 16 million to its competitors meager 65,000.

Then, for a matter of simple preference, the Blackberry Bold’s primary navigation is a trackball whereas the Nokia E71 uses a 5-way scroll key. Also a simple matter of preference, the Blackberry runs on the Blackberry OS, the Nokia on the Symbian OS.

Other similarities amongst these two candybar competitors are their built-in GPS with mapping capabilities (the Bold using Blackberry Maps, the E71 using Nokia Maps – each coming preinstalled), as well as voice dialing, photo calling, video calling, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth v2.0 with A2DP, and speakerphone. They also both operate on AT&T’s EDGE network and support HSDPA and 3G.

Also, both devices sport microSD card slots for expandable memory up to 8 GB, though the Blackberry has more more internal memory, at 1 GB to the Nokia’s 110 MB (both devices have 128 MB onboard RAM though). And both devices have a USB v2.0 port, though the Nokia also has a microUSB port.

In terms of multimedia features they each have built in digital cameras, but the Blackberry Bold’s is only 2 megapixels while the Nokia E71′s is 3 megapixels. Both cameras, however, have LED flash and video recording capabilities. Both devices also have a built-in MP3 player.

Also worth noting, along these same lines, is that unlike the Blackberry (or most smartphones, for that matter) the Nokia does not have a standard 3.5 mm headphone jack but rather a 2.5 mm audio jack, making headphone and speaker compatibility a bigger issue with the Nokia. The Nokia, however, has an infrared port while the Blackberry does not.

You can view Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint documents on both devices, but you can only edit them on the Blackberry.

The battery on the Bold gives up to 5 hours of talk time and 310 hours of standby time. The battery on the Nokia gives up to 10 1/2 hours of talk time in 2G or 4 1/2 hours in 3G, and 410 hours of standby time in 2G or 480 hours in 3G.

Deciding between these two devices is a tough call, and may come down to extraneous features such as the availability of preferred 3rd party apps. Or you may just prefer the Blackberry operating system to Symbian. You may also lean towards the Blackberry Bold if you want to be able to edit Microsoft Office docs, though you might lean towards the Nokia E71 if you’d rather take crisper digital photos. Really these two devices are quite comparable.

When it comes to highly capable mobile handsets, you just cannot ignore the substantial presence of the Blackberry series. Offering you more than you can ever imagine, the Blackberry series is duly adorned by various encouraging reviews across the whole globe. The Blackberry series is the proud product of the Research in Motion Ltd. which is also known as RIM organization. Things have improved a lot, since the advent of the very first Blackberry mobile handset. Moving along nicely, Blackberry further added kudos to its mammoth presence by adding more advanced and powerful handsets. Blackberry’s next highly anticipated presentation is the Blackberry Pearl 8100, which is an excellent performer and offers you lot than you can really think of.

Like other popular Blackberry phones, the Blackberry Pearl 8100 also comes with a host of numerous features. Each and every detail has been perfectly finalised prior to get the final shape of the Blackberry Pearl 8100. To make it an easy to handle device, the Blackberry Pearl 8100 is backed up by an intuitive user interface with a navigation system. Usually, when it comes to business phone, we get a different feeling as most of them are stuffed with a cramped keypad, creating unwanted nuisance. But, the Blackberry Pearl 8100 does not come under this category, as its firm keypad provides you all the comfort while you use it. Moreover, it has been further perfected by sleek dimensions to make it an easy to carry device, which can also fit into your pocket.

Enjoy the soothing viewing experience with the Blackberry Pearl 8100, as it comes with a 2.25 inch TFT coloured screen, which can display more than 65,000 colours to take a very good care of your viewing experience. Furthermore, it is also loaded with the latest light-sensing technology, which spontaneously adjusts the brightness of the screen as per the outer conditions. Beneath the coloured screen of the highly capable Blackberry Pearl 8100, there is a trackball, which is deliberately fitted to let you enjoy four way scrolling. Undoubtedly, the Blackberry Pearl 8100 has to all to be your perfect business phone.

Mobile Phones

Blackberry cell phones have truly revolutionized the way people communicate with other people. It doesn’t matter if you use it for work whether it be a small, medium or large enterprise, you can also use your blackberry to enhance your every day life by organizing lists, appointments, documents, and a lot more. Nonetheless, Blackberries are cell phones and a lot of people call you to it. With all its menus and functions, handling a Blackberry can be difficult, and even the simplest tasks as adding ringtones to a blackberry can turn to a nightmare. This article is going to tell you how to add ringtones to a blackberry and a little bit more of customization.

Depending on your Blackberry, 7100 or 8700 series, you can assign an ADPCM or MP3 file respectively. Adding ringtones to a blackberry as an MP3 file is definitely the best choice for better hearing. It sounds loud and you can appreciate every sound of the song. But don’t worry because both series support a polyphonic MIDI file and those sound pretty loud and great. Once you know how to do it, adding ringtones to a blackberry is going to be fun and you’ll be able to share as many ringtones as you can with all your friends and coworkers.

How to add a ringtone to a blackberry? Here is how you do it for an MP3 file:

First navigate to the location of your MP3 file. By default you’ll find it in Media/Music/Media Card. Then locate the MP3 you want as your blackberry ringtone by scrolling to it, select it and then press Menu, followed by Set As Phone Tune. To finalize just click OK to confirm that you want to add the MP3 file as a Blackberry ringtone, and voila! That’s all there is to adding a ringtone to a Blackberry. Your MP3 song will sound as your blackberry ringtone from now on.

You can also assign a Blackberry ringtone to different groups of people in your contact list. Adding ringtones to a blackberry for different contact groups is very helpful to distinguish what kind of call you can expect only with the sound of your blackberry ringtone.

Adding ringontes to a blackberry can be done by downloading the ringtone directly from your mobile phone using its browser. You can also add a ringtone by recording the song or sound you want using the Media Manager.

Research in Motion Ltd (RIM) has been so successful with their Blackberry phone that many people now more readily associate the term “Blackberry” with their phone more so than with the original fruit!

Yes indeed, Blackberry has truly dominated the Business market when it comes to mobile phones and mobile email. Their Hosted mail solutions enabling “Email on the Go” has definitely revolutionised Business Communications and increased productivity levels where companies have implemented their solution.

However the playing field is changing and RIM and they may not have it all their own way for much longer. Juggernaut Microsoft Corp. is going to make a major push on the software side of mobile e-mail and lots of new devices are due to hit the Business Market.

The Treo from Palm Inc (who are BlackBerry’s biggest hardware competitor) are due to launch an newly updated Treo. The new phone will run on Microsoft software. Also both Nokia & Motorola, the world’s two biggest makers of mobile phones have Blackberry clones in the pipeline. Hewlett-Packard also has a iPaq mobile device that launched last Autumn.

This army of competitors couldn’t have come at a worse time for RIM as they are currently locked in a legal battle with a company called NTP Inc. over patents. And this legal battle has even threatened to shut down the BlackBerry e-mail system in the USA. However unlikely the court-ordered shutdown is, it has definitely shaken Business users faith in Blackberry and created opportunities for RIM’s competitors. Good Technology, who are probably RIM’s biggest competitor on the lucrative software side of the business, has fielded more than a 100 calls from anxious BlackBerry customers recently.

Motorola’s Q and Nokia’s E61 both launch this summer and both devices feature QWERTY keyboards and are aimed as being direct competitors to the BlackBerry phone and who’s marketing will target Blackberry users. With all this competition going on though, RIM has been busy making plans and has licensed its system to other phone manufactures, including Motorola. The first non-BlackBerry device in the USA using RIM’s network, was the Nokia 9300,which launched in November 2007. For the most part, RIM’s devices are sold to Businesses who in turn section them out to their staff. Employees can then access all of their work e-mail from the road by using their Blackberry’s. Third party software solutions running on RIM’s Blackberry platform allow a host of useful Business applications. Things like GPS and hand held Satellite Navigation are great for those on the road or in the Transportation Business. Lawyers and Doctors can make use of the turn key Time Recording and Billing Solutions. Sales people can do PowerPoint presentations from their phones instead of lugging bulky laptops around. “Blackberry was the first to market with a turnkey solution,” says Richard Scott of BusinessMobiles.com a Business Solutions expert in the UK…. “It’s kind of a one-stop shop.”

“Whatever Business you’re in there’s definitely a software application that will save you time and money on the Blackberry Platform” BusinessMobiles.com is the UK’s largest independent mobile solutions provider. “The company’s ability to offer a complete device, software and hosted service package has been important to its success” Mr. Scott says.”The whole user experience is kind of seamless.” Much as the iPod dominates the music market in MP3 players Blackberry dominates the marketplace in Business Communication tools.. Analysts estimate that RIM has 70 percent to 80 percent of the mobile e-mail market but with all that competition coming who know for how long??

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