Indeed, there is no mail app in BlackBerry 10 as mail communications are managed through the Hub that is never more than one disjointed swipe away.
Instead, he carries a BlackBerry for e-mail and a Motorola 750 flip phone for placing calls.
The agreement ends a lawsuit from Virginia-based NTP, which alleged that RIM's BlackBerry wireless e-mail service infringed upon their patents.
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"The iPhone touch-screen interface is not as optimal as the BlackBerry interface for e-mail, " said Shahid Khan, a partner at IBB Consulting Group.
She sent her boyfriend an e-mail on her BlackBerry.
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People were setting up e-mail accounts, the BlackBerry lay in the future, and the dot-com craze was on.
E-mail has been restored for BlackBerry smartphones after a server crash yesterday left millions without the service.
The BlackBerry 10 operating system will still emphasize work productivity with a BlackBerry Hub feature that collects e-mail and other messages in one spot.
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The iPhone simply doesn't handle e-mail as well as the BlackBerry.
But the BlackBerry doesn't handle lengthy e-mail any better than the Palm VII--its smaller screen transforms even medium-length messages into marathon scrolling exercises.
Cell phones that take pictures and crude video are no longer shocking, nor are handheld e-mail and computing devices like the BlackBerry from Research in Motion (nasdaq: RIMM - news - people ).
Corporate customers have installed some 40, 000 BlackBerry servers, which synchronize and relay e-mail and let data-processingdepartments remotely zap all the data from lost or stolen BlackBerrys.
The phone is clumsy and the e-mail feature is irrelevant if you use a Blackberry.
Cingular, the largest BlackBerry reseller, now sells nine phones with e-mail service.
The phone lacks a keyboard, giving the BlackBerry from Research In Motion an edge as an e-mail device.
Of course, companies like Research in Motion have broken ground by providing their customers with easy-to-use e-mail systems over handheld PDAs, such as the BlackBerry.
Genentech does have 15, 000 BlackBerry users, but they are only allowed to do e-mail, no apps.
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Though it can be used as a phone, the BlackBerry's power lies in its ability to push e-mail automatically from the company server to the end user.
Most BlackBerry phones have a flashing light that blinks when an e-mail comes in, and a built-in option to filter alerts so that you only receive them from contacts you prioritise.
While the BlackBerry's plastic keyboard and tight integration with corporate e-mail systems makes it an unbeatable e-mail machine, Nielsen Mobile's first-quarter data show that the iPhone is all about multimedia, playing music, video and online games far above the average usage of those services for other mobile phone users.
So far he has 26 brands, including Orbitz, ftd, Research In Motion's BlackBerry and Amazon, advertising to clusters of his 3 million e-mail customers.
While AOL offers its services and instant messaging to several mobile carriers and PDA platforms, it's only company-led foray into wireless Internet is through its Mobile Communicator product: a Research in Motion (nasdaq: RIMM - news - people ) Blackberry, running on Cingular Wireless ' network, that has e-mail and instant messenger.
And rapper producer Pharrell Williams proved even mundane tasks like e-mail could be blinged out when he showed off his gold-plated BlackBerry.
You'll be toting your BlackBerry with hopes you'll hit a signal here or there to snag e-mail.
Nokia's Ovi portal is the launch pad for its offerings, and BlackBerry maker Research In Motion (RIMM) has carved out a niche with e-mail, and is branching into multimedia.
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This app and hardware device combo for the BlackBerry and other smartphones, sends automated replies to incoming texts and directs calls to voice mail while in motion, but does allow contact with specified emergency numbers.
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When Good started selling its GoodLink e-mail service five years ago, it was as an alternative software which ran directly on BlackBerry devices.
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