O2 have released details of an eco rating system for mobile phones, part of their Think Big strategy that they hope will put them at the forefront of sustainable business ideas.
The scheme is based on information that O2 have used internally for a while now, and is worked in conjunction with a host of major [...]

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The BlackBerry brand has significantly grown in popularity over the last 12 months with the youth market. These days it is not uncommon to see what was once the preserve of the business user being handled by teenagers, as they take advantage of the advanced BlackBerry messaging capabilities to keep in touch with their friends. [...]

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In the smartphone market, BlackBerry hold a very unique position. The range of handsets are limited, but the popularity of the BlackBerry brand cannot be doubted. Once the domain of the Road Warrior salesman and busy mobile executive, RIM have expanded the appeal of their BlackBerry handsets so that the brand is amongst the fastest [...]

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It may be that Android is gaining ground fast in the mobile world, but amongst the teen and youth market, the device of choice is BlackBerry. Once the mainstay of business users, BlackBerry devices have increased in popularity as more and more youngsters look to get on the BlackBerry bandwagon.
One reason teens admit to owning [...]

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With all the talk in the last few days surrounding the flaws in the design of the iPhone 4 antenna, it is easy to begin to overlook the positive impact that the iPhone in all its guises has had on the mobile industry as a whole.
The iPhone is mainly responsible for kick-starting the whole mobile [...]

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BlackBerry have given us another sneak peek of their upcoming new Operating System, OS 6.0. As well as on forthcoming devices, the new OS is rumoured to be compatible with some of the more recent BlackBerry devices, such as the BlackBerry 9700. This would be good news for many loyal BlackBerry users; the videos of [...]

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A few years ago, as the possibilities of the mobile internet were only just becoming clear, one of the ‘killer applications’ that was often talked about was the ability to get email on the move. Most commentators were of agreement, that being able to access email on the go would be the one feature that [...]

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When the original BlackBerry Pearl was announced back in 2006, it caused quite a stir. Until that point, BlackBerry handsets were rather large, and chunky, and very wide. But then came the Pearl, and suddenly Blackberry handsets were almost the size of a normal mobile device. The size issue with Blackberry handsets was caused by [...]

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In the modern mobile smartphone world, it is not enough to just release handsets that pack in every feature you can think of, you also need to be updating existing handset firmware as well as looking to bring new firmware to market for new and some existing devices. So you see Android constantly updating, adding [...]

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For such a popular manufacturer, Blackberry does not release many phones, and generally most devices follow a similar design format. But that doesn’t seem to have done them any harm, and as Blackberry devices have come down in size, they have gone up in popularity with the younger generation of people who value messaging as [...]

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