Poor Mikey! First he blogs about his company furnishing a Blackberry to his department’s managers—a distinction that amazingly includes him:
blockquote>you do NOT understand the ramifications of being issued a BlackBerry. Among other things, if you have one, your boss can Email, IM, call or SMS you 24/7 and expect you to reply. This wasn’t the case for me prior to being issued one as I always had the “I’m sorry I wasn’t able to call you back. My phone went dead” excuse and the “I’m sorry I wasn’t able to email you back, my DSL got cut today. You see, …read more

It’s almost three years to the day when Everyone Sick of BlackBerry Patent Battle was published. Yet it still provides a great summary of one the more high-profile legal and technological cases in recent history:
Three years ago [2002], a jury decided against the maker of the wireless e-mail device, Research In Motion Ltd., but Spencer held off on an injunction that threatened to shut down BlackBerry service in this country. Now the suit — along with its 40-page docket — is back in his courtroom after a round of appeals.
This time, the judge is clearly running low on patience.
Turns out …read more

For the US smartphone market, ChangeWave research has compiled some detailed, yet ultimately not surprising, data. The iPhone has reached the 11% mark. RIM, out of apparent desperation, has worked hard to push its Blackberries over the past year. Its share is now up to 42%.