BBM Voice Out Now On RIM OS 7

English: BlackBerry Bold 9000 connected to T-Mobile USA and a DD-WRT Wi-Fi access point. (Photo credit: Wikipedia) While the BlackBerry loyalist community eagerly awaits the release in late January of new RIM BlackBerries and the new OS 10, RIM has been updating to OS 7 with a key feature that those who still talk will … Read more

Skype for (some) Androids Get Video

Skype's the Big Blog served as the news outlet letting Android 2.2 users know that their mobile client is now on par with Apple's iOS without saying so, as video, at least one on one video, is now available for most Android mobile phones. That's good news, as Skype calls actually are working on the … Read more

Still No Xoom Upgrade in Sight for Verizon Wireless Customers

Image via Wikipedia Android, Motorola and Verizon Wireless are about to have some egg on their face. Unlike Apple which underpromises, heck, they don't even promise, they just deliver, the trio are the force behind Android 3.0 and LTE here in the USA. Earlier this month, I noted how it was looking like the promised … Read more

The Sunday Morning Post-There’s Apple and Then There’s Everybody Else

Image via CrunchBase I don't get it. Or really, corporate boards and senior management don't get it. There's Apple. And then there's everybody else. Apple is a different kind of company. They think different. They plan their products better and they execute better. It's that simple. They are product marketers first, and figure out which … Read more