Winds of change are starting to blow over Research in Motion (RIM) in Canada. On Sunday co-CEO’s Jim Balsillie and Mike Laziridis handed over their duties to Thorsten Heins.  Heins has been Chief Operating Officer of RIM (BlackBerry) for the past 4 years. The fact that the RIM board felt the CEO position should be held by an insider without looking for a fresh pair of eyes from a neutral person is interesting.  They are obviously trying to make a change without rocking the boat completely. It also looks like a figure head change as Balsillie and Laziridis are no longer associated with the...

BlackBerry unveiled their latest challengers to the iPhone yesterday in Toronto. The current range of BlackBerry products has not got the world on fire in terms of sales. RIM is facing the biggest challenge since their arrival as a cellphone manufacturer. The sales numbers in North America and Europe have not been inspiring. The importance of these new products  have big implications for RIMs future. In South Africa though, they are arguably the most popular cellphone manufacturers.  The BlackBerry Torch (disclaimer: I own one) has been a hit and has given me hope for BlackBerry. The 2 new phones are...

I have had the unfortunate luck of losing my cellphone once and it sucked big time. Suddenly all of your data that was on your simcard (which we take for granted by the way) is gone. Your contact list, sms’s and emails are all no longer yours. I made a promise then that I would look after my phone and help others from not suffering the cellphone fail like I did. A lot has changed since that day. Apple, Android and BlackBerry have made apps or services available that can help in situations of extreme disaster in terms of data loss. If you are the lucky owner of an Apple notebook, iPad or an iPhone you...

You can now download the PriceCheck Mobile Application, which is a Web Icon type of application, onto to your BlackBerry Smartphone to reside alongside all your other applications, for your convenience! This will open up the PriceCheck Mobile Website directly in your BlackBerry’s Web browser! The PriceCheck Mobile Application can be installed on all BlackBerry Smartphones using OS versions 4.5 and higher. You can download and install the application using your desktop PC with your BlackBerry Smartphone connected to your PC via USB, Bluetooth etc. and the BlackBerry Desktop Manager software program....