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Tuesday 3 August 2010

UAE to cut off BlackBerry users [printer-friendly] • The Register

UAE to cut off BlackBerry users [printer-friendly] • The Register: "UAE to cut off BlackBerry users
Best before 11 October
By Bill Ray

Posted in Mobile, 2nd August 2010 09:12�GMT

The United Arab Emirates will impose a ban on the email service on RIM's BlackBerry devices from October 1st this year because it's just too secure to be allowed to exist.

BlackBerry-fumblers will however still be able to make phone calls, use SMS and MMS and browse the web freely."

Android surges past iPhone in smartphone sales [printer-friendly] • The Register

Android surges past iPhone in smartphone sales [printer-friendly] • The Register: "Android surges past iPhone in smartphone sales
RIM and Windows Mobile continue to slide
By Rik Myslewski in San Francisco

Posted in Mobile, 2nd August 2010 21:43�GMT

Sales of Android-based smartphones are surging, tearing chunks of market share out of Apple, RIM, and Windows Mobile's hides.

According to a report�[1] released Monday by the analysts at The Nielsen Company, although RIM and Apple still hold their number one and two positions as the top two suppliers of smartphones in the US, Android phones are catching up — fast."

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