kNow Media » blackberry http://knowmediablog.com Articles I Find Interesting Mon, 04 Jul 2011 19:40:16 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://knowmediablog.com http://www.tkrawchenko.ca/favicon.ico kNow Media The BlackBerry Application Center is RIM’s answer to the iPhone App Store http://knowmediablog.com/2008/10/07/the-blackberry-application-center-is-rim%e2%80%99s-answer-to-the-iphone-app-store/ http://knowmediablog.com/2008/10/07/the-blackberry-application-center-is-rim%e2%80%99s-answer-to-the-iphone-app-store/#comments Tue, 07 Oct 2008 12:53:42 +0000 Tyler Knowlton http://knowmediablog.com/?p=751 Continue reading →]]> Via Crunch Gear

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You’re looking at the BlackBerry Application Center, RIM’s answer to Apple’s App Store and Google’s Android Market. Same basic concept as the other two—you browse and buy applications that enhance your BlackBerry experience.

The Application Center—we’re running out of variants of the term “application store!”—is set to debut with the BlackBerry Storm software version 4.7. All application data will be stored at the carriers’ locale; RIM is totally out of the loop as far as that goes. It’s supposed to differentiate the Application Center from the App Store in that regard—carriers can put the applications they want on their own little store.

So there you have it, RIM’s attempt to cash into the nascent application craze. I can’ tell if it’s going after Wall Street (well, what’s left of it) or Main Street with this, and the Storm more generally. As if this one BlackBerry (out of how many?) will capture the same type of minshare that the iPhone already. Then there’s the G1.

But, hey, should make for some interesting days ahead.

]]> http://knowmediablog.com/2008/10/07/the-blackberry-application-center-is-rim%e2%80%99s-answer-to-the-iphone-app-store/feed/ 0 Is the BlackBerry cutting into billable time? http://knowmediablog.com/2008/09/06/is-the-blackberry-cutting-into-billable-time/ http://knowmediablog.com/2008/09/06/is-the-blackberry-cutting-into-billable-time/#comments Sat, 06 Sep 2008 13:09:42 +0000 Tyler http://knowmedia.wordpress.com/?p=236 Continue reading →]]> Via the Globe and Mail

MARZENA CZARNECKA

Greg Turnbull loves his BlackBerry.

And not because it’s sleek, sexy and a status symbol. Mr. Turnbull, the managing partner of McCarthy Tétrault LLP’s Alberta practice and a well-respected corporate practitioner in Calgary, doesn’t need a tech status symbol.

Jeffrey Shore is a lawyer at Goodmans who does commercial real state. Since he started working with his blackberry three years ago, that has become an essential tool.

Jeffrey Shore is a lawyer at Goodmans who does commercial real state. Since he started working with his blackberry three years ago, that has become an essential tool. (Arantxa Cedillo for The Globe and Mail)

For Mr. Turnbull, as for most lawyers in the developed world, the BlackBerry is the ultimate client service tool. “You are available 24/7. You can be anywhere in the world and satisfy the needs of your clients. I do a lot of international travel, and the BlackBerry is fabulous for that.”

But, increasingly, Mr. Turnbull has been worrying about the “dark side” of the BlackBerry. Lawyers have “difficulty in unplugging.” BlackBerry-caused interruptions disrupt the flow of meetings, as well as participants’ concentration. There is concern that in some cases, lawyers sacrifice thoughtfulness and quality at the altar of the rapid response encouraged by the technology.

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