Want to improve your sexual appeal? Get an iPhone! :D Works for both men and women. The second best handset to help you get laid is a BlackBerry device, while Android devices come in at third place.
Check out this browser comparison video between the new BlackBerry Torch 9800, iPhone 4 and Samsung Captivate (Galaxy S). The Torch 9800 runs on Blackberrys new OS 6, the iPhone 4 on iOS 4 and the Samsung Captivate on Google’s Android OS.
A quick introduction of the BlackBerry Torch 9800 that was announced earlier today.
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Research In Motion and AT&T today announced the BlackBerry Torch 9800 device. This is the first Blackberry to come with a slider keyboard, and also the first device with Blackberry 6 on board! The BlackBerry Torch 9800 comes with the following features:
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An interesting video by PA Consulting on the iPhone 4 antenna performance. They take the iPhone 4 to their super secret test chamber and compare it to a HTC HD2 and BlackBerry 9700. After you’ve watched the video, head over for the official test results with numbers.
For you BlackBerry fans out there, this is for you. A (-nother) video of BlackBerry 6 on a BlackBerry Bold 9780. Both the OS and the 9780 looks interesting, too bad they don’t sell BB’s here in Finland.
RIM today went on and introduced a location service that works without a real (or assisted) GPS chip. Their Location Service is network based, and will provide application developers with location data based on what towers the phone is connected to. This is much more power efficient than what a real GPS chip would be, but doesn’t give you an accurate fix on your position.
Here is what RIM had to say about this:
Users can be indoors with no GPS coverage, but your app will still be able to guide them to restaurants or points of interest (POI) around them. Although the accuracy of the fixes obtained from the Geolocation service may not always be as high as with GPS, it has use cases for apps that require highly accurate GPS fixes as well as apps that do not. Apps that require high accuracy can use this service to quickly show the user an approximate location while it waits for a more accurate location fix using GPS. This can offer a huge user experience improvement. For applications that do not require high accuracy, this service can be leveraged as a simple yet effective mechanism to provide location information.
This is how for instance also Nokia uses network based location services, they just don’t give it to devices without GPS chips (as far as I know).
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Research In Motion released an official statement on the accusations that Steve Jobs made yesterday at Apple’s Press Conference regarding antenna issues on the BlackBerry Bold 9700.
“Apple’s attempt to draw RIM into Apple’s self-made debacle is unacceptable. Apple’s claims about RIM products appear to be deliberate attempts to distort the public’s understanding of an antenna design issue and to deflect attention from Apple’s difficult situation. RIM is a global leader in antenna design and has been successfully designing industry-leading wireless data products with efficient and effective radio performance for over 20 years. During that time, RIM has avoided designs like the one Apple used in the iPhone 4 and instead has used innovative designs which reduce the risk for dropped calls, especially in areas of lower coverage. One thing is for certain, RIM’s customers don’t need to use a case for their BlackBerry smartphone to maintain proper connectivity. Apple clearly made certain design decisions and it should take responsibility for these decisions rather than trying to draw RIM and others into a situation that relates specifically to Apple.”
- Mike Lazaridis and Jim Balsillie
Steve Jobs sure knows how to make other people angry :)
