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Despite it’s status as the nation’s No. 4 wireless carrier, T-Mobile has steadily been atop the BlackBerry game. They’ve got the original Pearl, the 8800, and the Curve, plus the new Pearl is coming. Adding to that already impressive lineup is the BlackBerry 8820, an updated model in the 8800 family. Just what upgrades does this new model have, you ask? Well, since T-Mo is making a big push in WiFi, it only makes sense that the 8820 would have this. So that makes two BlackBerrys through T-Mo which have WiFi, with a third to be added with the Pearl 8120. This is only going to drive up the desire for the Hotspot @Home service.
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Apparently, the USPS is feeling some heat, as competitors like UPS, DHL, and FedEx cut into their government-funded business. Part of the solution: better technology. And so AT&T has delivered 5,400 BlackBerrys to the post office. They’re of the 8800 and 8820 models, and will be distributed to IT staff, execs, and high-level managers.
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We were psyched up enough when Research In Motion announced that the new BlackBerry would be WiFi capable. We’re getting to a good point with mobile data speed, but it still doesn’t come close to a solid WiFi connection. Now, though, it appears that T-Mobile will be tying in the soon-to-be-released 8320 with their Hotspot @Home service. So now not only will you have WiFi data transfers, but you’ll also have free calling at T-Mobile Hotspots.
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If there’s one thing we don’t understand, it’s technical documents. So when we came across a Russel Shaw blog regarding a Research In Motion patent, we knew we were in for it. We could feel our eyes glazing over as we read. It’s a lot to digest, but the long and short is that we could be seeing a feature in the next series of BlackBerry that allows for a voice-activated switch from speakerphone to handset mode.
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What if we told you that a division of NASA — yes, those guys who send people into space — decided recently that they were going to issue PDAs to their employees? You’d probably think: oh, those tech geeks will probably go batty over the iPhone. It’s all cool and technologically and advanced and all that jazz. Well, the division is ODIN — Outsourcing Desktop Initiative — and their initiative is basically outsource their IT. But guess what? They’re going with the BlackBerry 8800.
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We have to admit that something does peeve us about the BlackBerry. It advertises instant messaging, but that’s really limited to BlackBerry Messenger. There’s nothing wrong with it, really, it’s just that when we hear “instant messaging” we tend to think MSN, Yahoo, or AIM. After all, most of our friends use it, so to have access from our BlackBerry would be pretty sweet. Alas, we’re left wanting in that area. But those crazy cats at Sprint are ready to deliver what we’ve been looking for.
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This morning, like most mornings, we were reading article after article, in search of anything BlackBerry related (really, we’re this geeky over it). The news was pretty much the same old, same old — yes, we know that the French have banned the BlackBerry for government communication. The only other big stories to repeatedly reach our inbox related to the iPhone. Yes, you know, that device that’s being released later this week that’s supposed to revolutionize smart phones.
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In the modern business world, falling behind even one day can mean doom for a company. That one day turns into one week, which turns into one month…pretty soon, the company is a year behind the competition, and they’re blown out of the water. Keeping up is essential — but it’s not exactly easy.

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