Company says it is taking a $485 million charge because they are selling the Blackberry Playbook at around $200. The good news is that they are actually selling. The bad news is that they are sold about about a $150-$200 loss per unit. A $485 million writedown for the discounting, along with costs related to [...]
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2011 Christmas Gift Ideas for Your Husband/Boyfriend/Men in Your Life
It’s Wendy again and I am pretty lucky as Jordon does all of the Christmas shopping in our family and over the years he has created some incredible gift guides for his website which have generated a loyal following. I traditionally write the Gift Guide husbands/boyfriends/fathers and this year I get to kick off the [...]
4G speed
While I loved my Blackberry Curve, it’s still CDMA and I want to take advantage of SaskTel’s new network. Plus, the HSPA network has better coverage at the cabin. Instead of the new Blackberry Curve, I am thinking of getting the new Samsung Galaxy Ace. The Blackberry apps really are inferior and with declining market [...]
We love our smartphones
I may not be addicted to my Blackberry so much as I just really love it. Friends who have accidentally left home without their iPhones tell me they feel stressed-out, cut off and somehow un-whole. That sounds a lot like separation anxiety to me. Not long ago, I headed an effort to identify the 10 [...]
RIM Slashes Playbook’s Price
I think this is a good move by RIM. It’s a seven inch tablet for the same price as the 10 inch iconic iPad. By slashing their prices (Wal-Mart is offering them for $249), it gives people like me a reason to look at them. Hewlett-Packard Co.’s TouchPad device was deemed a spectacular failure when [...]
Another horrible strategic move by Nokia
Since launching Windows Phone 7, it’s marketshare has dropped 38% which means that by the time that Nokia introduces Windows Phone 7 devices, the OS may be about as popular as the Symbian OS it dropped in support of Windows 7. The question is for how much longer handset makers and carriers will consider it [...]
Ping!
Wendy and I have become big fans of Ping! for the iPhone and iPod Touch. My Blackberry loving friends love their Blackberry Messenger which allows for free real time messenging between Blackberry devices. They love to taunt use Apple users with it. Sadly the iPhone and iPod Touch has nothing like it… until now when [...]
