Samsung battles Nokia in smartphones

Samsung is counting on snazzy new products, innovative marketing and vaulting ambition to close the gap on rival Nokia in this lucrative segment.

You might consider him cocky or overly ambitious. But Ranjit Yadav, Samsung India country head of mobile and IT makes no bones of his company’s ambition: “We want to be the number one smart phone player in the country. Our target is to grab 40 per cent market share by the end of this year”.

Is the BlackBerry Bold 9900 priced out of the consumer range at $349.99?

We have been waiting to see RIM release the BlackBerry Bold 9900 and I was seriously considering the mobile phone device to go along with my PlayBook, but if the pricing shown in this leaked T-Mobile document is true then it looks like I am not going to be joining the BlackBerry community anytime soon. $349.99 before the $50 mail-in rebate (can’t these things just die?) with a 2-year contract is crazy pricing on a phone that runs a slightly modified version of an old OS and IMHO cannot compete with iOS, Android, and Windows Phone devices.

When a consumer can pick up the latest and greatest smartphones at their carrier store for $199 I don’t know why they would even consider the Bold 9900 at $100 more. I wonder if RIM is giving up on consumer market with the Bold 9900 so they can price some of their other upcoming BB OS 7 devices down in the $199 or less range. I know the initial cost of a smartphone is not the defining cost and has little effect on the contract cost that we pay here in the US, but it is a mental thing and does offer a comparison point with other smartphones. If it does launch at $199 with a contract and in the $400 off contract price, then I still may consider one.

RIM Launches Three New BlackBerries

Research in Motion has launched BlackBerry Bold 9900/9930 and two new Torch models, BlackBerry Torch 9810 and 9850/9860.

The two BlackBery Bolds, as well as the new BlackBerry 7 OS all of these devices are based on, were originally introduced back in May.

Best mobile phones for chatting and texts

Best mobile phones for chatting and texts are two of the most frequently performed functions on a mobile phone, especially by young users. However, traditional alpha numeric mobile phones are not suitable for the purpose, and apparently not everyone (at least in India) is comfortable with touchscreen phones for texting either.

Hence, for audiences whose mobile phone usage involves heavy texting and chatting, we've shortlisted the best handsets that have Qwerty keypads and are value for money devices. We've aimed to stay within a budget of Rs 15,000.

How To Factory Reset the Blackberry Playbook

Your Blackberry Playbook not playing nice? Wish you could undo everything on it and start from scratch? No problem, let me help you with that.

In the video below, I show you how to go in to the Blackberry Playbook’s settings and erase all the applications you’ve downloaded, all the data you’ve stored, and just bring the device back to factory specifications. Why do this? Well, if your device isn’t working the way you think it should, or if you just feel the need to wipe the slate clean, this procedure will do that for you.

BlackBerry to launch Bold 9900 in India

NEW DELHI: If you are a BlackBerry fan eagerly waiting for their latest handset, then here comes some great news. Research In Motion ( RIM) has confirmed that their latest smartphone, BlackBerry 9900, will hit the Indian stores in the second week of August.

Just after the launch of Rise of the Planet of the Apes.

RIM improves social experiences through BBM 6

I haven’t personally owned a BlackBerry smartphone for long enough to get into the whole BBM craze, but understand it is quite addictive and I did enjoy it when I was using an eval BB for the last few months and if RIM ever releases the Bold 9900 I may get one for myself. Tonight RIM announced BBM version 6 with greatly expanded social functionality that lets application developers integrate a BBM experience into their apps and services.

As you can see in videos on the BlackBerry Blog you can chat with friends on BBM within games, use Foursquare to check in and then notify a friend via BBM that you are there, and even share apps with friends via BBM 6.