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A Downsized BlackBerry Bold With Oomph

Katherine Boehret in The Mossberg Solution on November 10, 2009 at 3:16 pm PT

The Mossberg Solution compares the new BlackBerry Bold 9700 with two of its siblings.

A BlackBerry Priced Right For Newcomers

Katherine Boehret in The Mossberg Solution on August 12, 2009 at 12:52 am PT

A new BlackBerry costs less than any other BlackBerry did at launch—that is, if you buy it at the right place.

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.

Getting Mobile Novices to Check Email

Katherine Boehret in The Mossberg Solution on September 23, 2008 at 6:00 pm PT

Are you a member of the “I-check-my-email-constantly-even-when-I-know-no-one-has-emailed-me” club? If so, your mobile email device is never far and you’ve found yourself wondering how other people can leave unread emails sitting in their inboxes all day.