News (28)

  • RIM's first clamshell BlackBerry

    Research in Motion has unveiled its first, long-awaited BlackBerry smartphone in a clamshell format.

  • Bug halts BlackBerry Bold UK sales

    UK mobile operator Orange has temporarily stopped selling the BlackBerry Bold while it tries to figure out a solution to unspecified 3G-related problems on the handset.

  • RIM working on Next G BlackBerry

    A Research In Motion executive has confirmed the company is working on a BlackBerry device for Telstra's Next G network.

  • iPhone now most popular US phone

    Apple's iPhone 3G topped the US sales charts in the third quarter, according to market research group NPD.

  • BlackBerry Bold lands in Australia

    Canadian phone company Research in Motion (RIM) launched its first HSDPA BlackBerry in Sydney today, the BlackBerry Bold, with Vodafone, Optus and Telstra confirming they will carry the handset.

Blogs (2)

  • Read the blog post - Juha Saarinen

    Telecom's XT network still off at launch

    Telecom New Zealand yesterday launched its new XT 3G mobile network at a ritzy event in Auckland. But the network hasn't gone live yet, which is likely due to new hardware being installed to curb interference that is causing rival Vodafone a headache.

  • Read the blog post - David Braue

    Telstra's iPhone-free parallel universe

    Given that the new iPhone 3G S is rated at up to 7.2Mbps, you'd think Telstra would be all over it as a potential show pony for Next G's purported high-speed performance. Yet the opposite seems to be true.

Features and Case Studies (11)

  • Is there life in Google's Android?

    Given the hype around anything with a single-letter prefix m-commerce, e-learning, iPhone last year's speculation over a Google "gPhone" sent the blogosphere into overdrive. The Android mobile phone platform that Google actually launched, however, took things in quite a different direction.

  • What's the best business smartphone?

    What's the best smartphone for your business? BlackBerry, iPhone, Nokia, or even HTC, Samsung or Android? In a ZDNet.com.au feature, we investigate businesses and talk to CIOs and executives to find out which handsets are picking up speed and which are falling by the wayside.

  • Is 2008 the year of the BlackBerry-killer?

    In 2005, Canadian wireless company Research in Motion (RIM) came from relative obscurity to steal a global lead in e-mail equipped mobile devices with its BlackBerry. Could 2008 be the year that BlackBerry falls off its perch?

  • Taming the alpha mail

    The actual administration of e-mail -- getting it into your company, filtering it, distributing it, providing mobile access to it, archiving it, backing it up, undeleting it -- can be an extremely time-consuming, bothersome process.

  • Photo Gallery: CeBIT people

    A look at some of the people and stands from CeBIT 2006.

Reviews (43)

  • BlackBerry Bold 9700

    While it's hard to recommend it as an upgrade to current Bold owners, the 9700 is an outstanding phone in its own right and is still among the best handsets for business users.

  • BlackBerry 8707g

    The BlackBerry 8707g is reasonably zippy and easy-to-use, but lacks many common smartphone features like Wi-Fi and microSD memory expansion.

  • BlackBerry Curve 8900

    We wanted a "Baby Bold" but instead we got the "Bold lite". Not having 3G seriously cripples an otherwise excellent BlackBerry.

  • BlackBerry Pearl 8110

    The 8110 isn't so much an updated model as its virtually identical to the previously released Pearl 8120, excluding the fact that the 8110 includes a GPS chipset, but is without Wi-Fi.

  • The best smartphone (March 2009) is...

    Looking to buy a new smartphone and confused by all the options? We cast a close eye over the market and rank the best devices available today.

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