BlackBerry The Number 1 Selling Smartphone In The UK 2011
With all the news surrounding RIM and BlackBerry currently you would be forgiven for thinking that the above headline was misleading, to say the least. In fact we have just been sent this press release from RIM’s PR co in the UK and they state: "The latest results from data firm GfK show that BlackBerry® was the #1 selling smartphone in the British market for the second year running. It continues to dominate the market, grabbing 26.3% of December sales and averaging 27.7% through 2011". Does this come as a surprise to you? Read on, you may find even more surprsing facts below… Subscriber Base "The BlackBerry global subscriber base…
New BlackBerry Bold 9790 And Curve 9390 – Announced
At last RIM have officially announced the BlackBerry Bold 9790 and BlackBerry Curve 9380 – two new additions to join the OS 7 portfolio. The 9790 is an improvement over the 9780 with 2.44 inch screen, complete with 360×480 resolution and powered by 1GHz of CPU power. There’s also 8GB of memory onboard and a microSD slot that gives an additional 32GB of extra space. The 9390 Curve has a larger 3.2 inch screen with a 480×360 display along with a 5 MP camera. It’s described as ‘the first all touch smartphone in the BlackBerry Curve family’. No word on prices or availability from RIM as yet, but we’ll let…
