November 15, 2009
Written by Gadget Gurus
Currently, the only way to download an application onto your Blackberry App World is enter all the information in PayPal to your first to make sure you have enough to pay the application itself. What if you’re an avid user of Paypal? Or maybe it’s frustrating enough to have a step in the middle?
Jim Balsillie, RIM’s CEO, announced at the BlackBerry Developer Conference in 2010 that companies can only charge you every time you download an application outside World App. This allows spontaneous purchases and gets rid of the intermediary approach Paypal.
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November 7, 2009
Written by Gadget Gurus
Sprint heard Verizon’s announcement of the Blackberry Curve 8530 and decided the proper move would be to throw in its 8530 announcement early in response. Their version of the phone will also have EVDO and WiFi included. We agree that was the right move. Verizon’s just having a heyday today with the Droid and Droid Eris coming out, as well as announcing several other devices. Sprint needed to do something to divert at least some of the attention away from Big Red.
No pricing set yet, but with Verizon’s model priced at $99.99 we anticipate a similar pricing on Sprint’s end, though it wouldn’t surprise us if Sprint undercut Verizon’s pricing by a small margin.
Sprint’s version will come in a choice of royal purple or black.
Google and Best Buy have announced a new partnership that will make Google Mobile App available in Best Buy Mobile stores across the US. In consequence, users who have a Windows Mobile, BlackBerry or Symbian S60 smartphone can visit a Best Buy store and “get some help installing the app or to see a live demo of what the application can do.”
Also, if you’re buying a new phone at Best Buy, Google Mobile App can be installed as part of the Walk Out Working program.
“We are excited to offer users a new and more personalized way of getting Google on their smartphones. While Google Mobile App is available as a free download from m.google.com, often times users run into problems because they don’t have the right handset or data plan,” declared Marc Vanlerberghe, Director of Marketing at Google.
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