Blackberry Pearl

A BlackBerry That’s Easy on Your Thumbs

Katherine Boehret in The Mossberg Solution on January 27, 2009 at 5:04 pm PT

In two weeks, the latest version of the BlackBerry, the Curve 8900, arrives. This device doesn’t have a sleek touch screen or completely overhauled operating system, nor is it meant to compete with the likes of Apple’s iPhone. But it has a physical keyboard and still manages to look stylish — and that’s no small feat.

WARNING: iPhone Sales Ranking in Mirror May Be Smaller Than It Appears

John Paczkowski in News on October 6, 2008 at 10:17 am PT

Get this: Apple’s iPhone 3G is now the second best-selling mobile handset in the U.S. According to NPD Group, the device outsold the BlackBerry Curve, BlackBerry Pearl and Palm Centro between June and August to claim about 17 percent of the U.S. smartphone market. Moreover, about 30 percent of stateside customers who purchased an iPhone 3G during that period switched mobile carriers to do so.

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RIMM: Needham Cuts Rating on Threat From the iPhone

Eric Savitz, Blogger and Columnist, Barron's, Tech Trader Daily in News on July 16, 2008 at 10:29 am PT

Needham’s Charlie Wolf this morning cut his rating on Research In Motion (RIMM) to Underperform from Hold and cut his estimates on the company to reflect the growing threat from explosive sales of the Apple (AAPL) iPhone 3G.