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Colin Gibbs
Wednesday, October 21, 2009

Research In Motion often goes unmentioned amid all the iPhone/Android hubbub, but the guys from Canada continue to churn out handsets at an impressive rate. RIM today unveiled a new version the BlackBerry Bold that will be available on AT&T and T-Mobile USA in time for the holidays, and Verizon stores and Best Buy are already receiving Storm 2 dummy units. Yes, developers have issues with the BlackBerry OS, and yes, BlackBerry’s mobile-browser technology is still significantly inferior to some other platforms. But I still believe RIM is well-positioned as we enter the all-important holiday season.

The next disruptive iPhone feature? HD audio

I don't know whether this is truly a priority for Apple, but whoever can manage to make a great smartphone with superior audio will have a hit.

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Telcos will find out that API payments are a two-way street

Dean Bubley predicts that operators "will (and indeed should) be paying for capabilities from Facebook, Google, Amazon and others..." And nobody covers this stuff as well as Dean Bubley.

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RIM gets desperate to move BlackBerry PlayBooks

As my colleague Ryan Kim says in this solid post, RIM can't stop shooting itself in the foot. And a fire sale on its half-baked tablet isn't going to help.

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HP to decide webOS’s future in “next couple of months”

I don't think webOS has much of a shot anymore, but the platform loses value every minute HP can't decide what to do. Sheer incompetence.

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CTIA wins battle over labeling on phones

This ruling seems pretty logical to me, but I'm not expecting San Francisco to give up this fight anytime soon.

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