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Palm's New Pilot: Jon Rubinstein [UPDATED]

John Paczkowski in News on June 10, 2009 at 2:33 pm PT

Now we know why it was Palm executive chairman Jon Rubinstein and investor Roger McNamee on stage at the D conference last month talking up the Pre, and not CEO Ed Colligan: Colligan was on his way out. On Wednesday, Palm tapped Rubinstein as its new CEO.

Palm’s New Pilot: Jon Rubinstein [UPDATED]

John Paczkowski in News on June 10, 2009 at 2:33 pm PT

Now we know why it was Palm executive chairman Jon Rubinstein and investor Roger McNamee on stage at the D conference last month talking up the Pre, and not CEO Ed Colligan: Colligan was on his way out. On Wednesday, Palm tapped Rubinstein as its new CEO.

BlackBerry Curve More Popular Than iPhone

John Paczkowski in News on May 4, 2009 at 7:19 am PT

Question for you: What was the best-selling consumer smartphone in the U.S. in the first quarter of 2009? What’s that? Apple’s iPhone? Wrong. According to market researcher NPD, it was Research in Motion’s BlackBerry Curve, which slipped past the iconic device in market share bolstered by Verizon’s Buy One, Get One promotion.

BlackBerry Curve More Popular Than iPhone

John Paczkowski in News on May 4, 2009 at 7:19 am PT

Question for you: What was the best-selling consumer smartphone in the U.S. in the first quarter of 2009? What’s that? Apple’s iPhone? Wrong. According to market researcher NPD, it was Research in Motion’s BlackBerry Curve, which slipped past the iconic device in market share bolstered by Verizon’s Buy One, Get One promotion.

First Impressions of the New BlackBerry App Store

Walt Mossberg in Mossblog on April 1, 2009 at 11:09 am PT

Walt gives his first impressions of the new BlackBerry App World. The store has hundreds of apps available at launch, and RIM says it expects around a thousand to be available in its first week. Like Apple’s store, RIM’s offers both free and paid apps that download directly to your device.

How BlackBerry Models Differ

Walt Mossberg in Mossberg’s Mailbox on March 18, 2009 at 4:12 pm PT

Walt answers questions on the differences in the main BlackBerry models, whether it’s safe to upgrade Vista to the beta version of Windows 7, and more.

BlackBerry’s Storm Presses Into the Touch-Phone Fray

Walt Mossberg in Personal Technology on November 19, 2008 at 6:32 pm PT

Walt reviews the hotly anticipated BlackBerry Storm, the first BlackBerry model without a physical keyboard. Typing and navigation require tapping on glass, just as users do on the iPhone. Verizon will be selling the Storm for $250 with a two-year contract, though a $50 mail-in rebate can bring the price down close to the $199 that Apple charges for the base model of the iPhone.

BlackBerry Bold Is Big, Bulky And Beautiful

Katherine Boehret in The Mossberg Solution on November 4, 2008 at 6:18 pm PT

Change is a familiar concept in the mobile-phone industry. Most recently, Apple and Google introduced mobile devices with two vital innovations: They run on fast 3G networks and use touch screens. Yesterday Research in Motion, maker of the BlackBerry, brought out a device that goes halfway: the BlackBerry Bold, which runs on AT&T’s 3G network, but doesn’t have a touch screen.

Moving Music to a BlackBerry

Walt Mossberg in Mossberg’s Mailbox on November 29, 2007 at 12:01 am PT

Walt answers questions about transferring music to a BlackBerry Pearl, using an external hard drive with Leopard’s Boot Camp and removing unwanted software.

Palm’s Centro Tries to Steal Pearl’s Glimmer

Katherine Boehret in The Mossberg Solution on October 17, 2007 at 12:01 am PT

Palm’s Centro is geared toward younger people who traditionally only carry a cellphone. Palm hopes the $100 device, a miniature version of the more expensive Palm Treo, will give it a much needed shot in the arm.