Nov

21

Stormy Reviews – A Shot Across The Bow – and other news

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“But people who were hoping for a credible iPhone alternative fortified with BlackBerry’s strengths as a mobile tool for corporate travelers will likely find the Storm a disappointment. When it comes to touch interfaces, Apple still has no peer.” – PC World’s Yardena Arar

And no WiFi!

The Blackberry Storm will be released today (Friday) and the first hands-on quick reviews are out. They make for good and essential reading. I have already written a preliminary piece on this device based on news around the web. Those of you who are gadget hungry and have been waiting for a touch screen Blackberry may be disappointed. Also be aware that the new Storm may not be able to sync to your Mac. At the moment, Pocket Mac, whose sync software is licensed by RIM for use with the Mac OS, does not support the recently released Blackberry Bold (however, The Missing Sync does and, it appears, the Storm). RIM has promised more Mac centric apps and tools from it in the first HALF of 2009!

Editor’s Note 11-26-2008 – Read David Pogue’s NY Times Review of the Storm – the iPhone has nothing to worry about!

In Other News:

Don’t be surprised if iPhone owners wake up to a new 2.2 Firmware update. iTunes 8 was just updated this evening to version 8.0.2 in anticipation of the new firmware which will bring greater security, Google Maps street views, direct Podcast downloading (yeah!) and more to the evolving Jesus Phone. If you do update your phone, please allow iTunes to make a backup. I also suggest you backup your iCal calendar and Address Book as outlined in my downloadable guide in the  How To… section of this blog.

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One Response to “Stormy Reviews – A Shot Across The Bow – and other news”

  1. admin on November 22nd, 2008 2:36 am

    A client of mine emailed in response to this post pointing out…

    …that Missing Sync is fine for the BB Bold. Well, kind of. What I have found is that if you input the contact and calendar information on the Mac, it will download to the Bold…BUT NOT VICE VERSA. So any information put on the Bold is NOT uploaded to the Mac. You should be aware of this for your clients.

    Thanks for your feedback.

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