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iPhone & AT&T Named #1 Combination

March 7th, 2010 BBerryNews

Here’s some food for thought. AT&T has prided themselves in having the best coverage in the US, leaving their competitors in the dust. After the bashing by Verizon Wireless with their “Map For That” commercials it just might be AT&T laughing in the end.

PC Magazine conducted tests in 13 cities from 20 stationary outdoor locations in each city that represented the largest user base. These cities included Baltimore, Boston, Chicago, Denver, New Orleans, New York City, Orlando, Phoenix, Portland, San Diego, San Francisco, San Jose, and Seattle.  The test was all about data and not voice usage or quality.

The results of the test are as follows:

Apple’s iPhone and AT&T have been named number one in smartphone & service combination in the PC World Magazine second 3G wireless performance test.

Seated at number two is Sprint with the Hero followed by the T-Mobile’s G1 and taking its place in fourth was the Motorola Droid from Verizon.

AT&T is at the top right now and hoping to keep it that way as they are the only US provider for the soon to be released iPad by Apple.

For more information on PC World’s wireless performance test follow this link.

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Sprint Launching the BlackBerry Curve 8530 in Red

March 6th, 2010 BBerryNews

Sprint may to be launching the BlackBerry Curve 8530 in Red. Currently, Sprint carries the device in black and violet, and red would make the 8530 the most colorful modern BlackBerry. I’m pretty sure Sprint launched the BlackBerry Curve 8330 in a variety of colors including red, and they probably had a lot of success with the color in the past. What about a neon yellow 8530?

© Matt Cameron aka W4LNUT for BlackBerry Cool, 2010



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BlackBerry Curve 8530 and more to support OpenGL

November 12th, 2009 BBerryNews

The BlackBerry Curve 8530, which has been announced from Sprint, will come with OpenGL support. This is going to be huge for the device as it will bring some really slick applications which compelling UIs and 3D graphics.

The news comes as we recently got clarification from RIM that CDMA devices with OS 5 and the latest Qualcomm chipsets, will all ship with OpenGL support.

So not only will you be able to get the 8530 in Black, Royal Purple and Red, but it looks like you will also be able to get some awesome games like Super Monkey Ball (not confirmed).

© Kyle for BlackBerry Cool, 2009



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What games to expect for the Storm2 with OpenGL

November 12th, 2009 BBerryNews


YouTube video from IntoMobile

So far at the BlackBerry Developer Conference we have seen 3 games for the BlackBerry Storm2 using OpenGL. The first, Need for Speed Sprint by EA, was by far the most impressive. The game uses 10 years and millions of dollars behind EA’s 3D mobile graphics engine and it looks amazing on the Storm2. The others are by Concrete and Sega. Concrete is releasing PBA Bowling for the Storm2 and they have leveraged OpenGL to provide a slick-looking 3D bowling experience. Lastly, Sega gave a quick preview of Super Monkey Ball, which wasn’t demoed on the Storm2, but we were told to expect it.

So what other rich 3D games and content can we expect from the Storm2? Currently, there isn’t much but everything we’re seeing here at Dev Con is telling us that early to mid 2010 is when we can expect to see development take off. The problem lies in that having only one device with OpenGL support may not be enough to convince smaller developers to make great games that use these new features. It’s really easy for a huge company such as EA to make a 3D OpenGL game for the Storm2, regardless of whether the revenue will justify it.

Smaller companies like IUGO, that make incredible iPhone games, aren’t taking advantage of OpenGL for the Storm2, because it’s hard to justify the development costs. The new tools that RIM have announced at the BlackBerry Developer Conference are going to generally help development, but in the end we need more devices supporting OpenGL to make it worth it.

If you’re a Storm2 user and you’re looking for more games that use the features of the device, some larger companies such as EA will be around to satisfy your immediate needs, but early to mid 2010 is when this device is going to get really good.

© Kyle for BlackBerry Cool, 2009



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BlackBerry Tour now sans camera for government agencies

September 21st, 2009 BBerryNews

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Government clients need a BlackBerry without a camera. The reason is simple: when you have such an incredible amount of top secret documents lying around, you can’t have people with cameras entering the facilities. While cameras can be controlled with IT policies, it’s safer to not have the hardware at all.

Government agencies also love a World Phone; in particular, foreign affairs. These two features make the BlackBerry Tour 9630 a great device for government.

It seems Sprint is capitalizing on this and offering the Tour without a camera in order to capture the government clients, as well as some enterprise clients with similar needs.

This could mean huge sales for the Tour if a few foreign affairs departments pick it up.

If you’re in government, or a large enterprise organization (1,000+ employees), we have a few questions for you:

1) What BlackBerry device are you using?
2) What IT policies are set on your device? (ie. Can you use Facebook?)
3) Does your organization/department allow cameras on the device?

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