Features

• What enterprise mobile apps can learn from mobile games

  By John Cox | 15 May, 2012 01:31

  Enterprise mobile apps are shifting from small, narrowly task-oriented programs to larger, more complex ones. To design them well, enterprise developers can learn a lot from a surprising source: mobile games.

• Is iOS secure enough for the enterprise?

  By Ben Camm-Jones | 15 April, 2012 02:11

  iOS is making inroads into the enterprise right now, largely thanks to the growth of the BYOD (bring your own device) trend.

• How to buy a smartphone for your business

  By Ginny Mies | 06 April, 2012 23:00

  Shopping for a new smartphone is tough: With so many phones out there, finding the best one for your work life and your personal life can be headache-inducing. This guide highlights business features among the different operating systems, explains the best specs for business, and offers advice on the apps you should download once you purchase your smartphone.

• What RIM's new BlackBerry needs to succeed

  By JR Raphael | 16 June, 2010 08:26

  Research in Motion may have something big up its sleeves.

• Hands on: RIM BlackBerry Storm 2 smartphone

  By Ginny Mies | 15 October, 2009 20:27

  When the BlackBerry Storm debuted last fall, RIM's first touchscreen device received not-so-stellar reviews.

• BlackBerry Storm browser keeps pace with peers

  By Daniel Ionescu | 14 September, 2009 23:45

  Research In Motion's BlackBerry Storm features a Java-based full-HTML browser, which RIM claims is in the same class with the browsers on iPhone, Palm Pre, Nokia, and Android devices. In many respects, that assertion is true.

• What RIM's Torch Mobile deal means for BlackBerry and you

  By Al Sacco | 26 August, 2009 04:43

  Ask BlackBerry power users for their number one complaint about Research In Motion (RIM) handhelds, and nine times out of ten you'll get the same answer: The BlackBerry Browser.

• BlackBerry Desktop Software for Mac: Four Things To Know

  By Al Sacco | 05 August, 2009 03:39

  Research In Motion (RIM) recently announced that it will finally release Macintosh-compatible desktop management software for BlackBerry handhelds this fall. I was lucky enough to get a quick hands-on demonstration this morning from RIM Product Manager Andrey Feldman at an event in New York City, and I dug up a few previously unannounced tidbits about RIM's upcoming software release for Apple computer users with BlackBerrys.

• iPhone vs. BlackBerry: Readers strike back

  By Galen Gruman | 10 June, 2009 12:36

  In comparing the RIM BlackBerry Bold to the Apple iPhone 3G, after a month-long test of each, I declared that it was time to bury the Blackberry, as it was mediocre in its signature mail functions and pathetic in next-gen mobile capabilities such as Web browsing and applications. I got many heated replies, such as this one from reader Mortys11 (a comments handle, as with the other names cited): "Who is this guy? He must be on the Apple payroll because any tech writer with half a brain would never claim that the BlackBerry is an inferior e-mail device." (Sorry, I do not work, and have never worked, for Apple. I do use a Mac, but until Vista I had used Windows XP.) Smalpre says, "I would have to declare the writer of this article a completely incompetent nontechnical person that obviously has never had a 'real job' in IT."

• Why BlackBerry's lead over the iPhone won't last

  By Jeff Bertolucci | 05 May, 2009 08:05

  Research In Motion's BlackBerry Curve has moved past Apple's iPhone to become the top-selling consumer smart phone in the US in the first quarter of 2009, according to market researcher The NPD Group.

• BlackBerry app developers must make key choices

  By Paul Krill | 16 April, 2009 23:44

  For nearly a year, Apple's App Store for the iPhone has stood out as the sole example of a smartphone platform that's more than a fancy way to take phone calls and look at headlines. It showed the promise of mobile devices as real computing platforms that could run some of the applications we run on our PCs, as well as a new class of mobile-savvy, location-aware programs that would redefine the mobile experience. And it provides a lot of entertainment, from fart-noise generators to mood lighting.