Eugene can bee seen singing the praises for the devices in a report in ComputerWorld.  He states that the battery life on the BlackBerry is twice of all other devices that they have tested, and he states that he cannot live on a iPhone.  The majority of the devices will be Q10s from what the employees have voiced.

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We brought you the news that BlackBerry and Mercedes have teamed up together, and now we have a new video showcasing the partnership. The Mercedes AMG Petronas drivers, Lewis Hamilton and Nico Rosberg, are big fans of some of the new BlackBerry 10 features.  It only seems right that we see some more news on this partnership as we approach the start of the F1 season.  As BlackBerry fans we will of course be cheering for the Mercedes AMG Petronas team.  Hi the break to check out the video.

It seems that Lewis loves to use BBM Video chat, while Rosberg is enjoying the separation of work and play that BlackBerry Balance provides.  Check out the video below and let us know what you think of it in the comments below.

Check out the photo gallery of the BlackBerry branded Mercedes AMG Petronas car

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From 11th December, anyone who downloads the GetTaxi app from BlackBerry App World can enter the code ‘BlackBerry’ into the ‘me’ section of the app to instantly credit their account with £7 black cab credit. This credit is redeemable against the user’s first journey. You can downlaod GetTaxi by clicking the image below

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ICE will be purchasing as many as 17,000 devices for the agency to use.
RIM hasn’t released a new OS in a year now and still months to go before Blackberry 10 launches, so maybe in the future we will see a return Blackberry being the business device.

Go to this link to see why Apple was chosen.

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“TomTom’s market-leading real-time traffic information will provide BlackBerry customers with the best mobile travel experience.”

“Through our strategic relationship with RIM, we are enabling the future of mobile travel with powerful location content and real-time information, including HD Traffic,” said Nuno Campos, Vice President of Sales and Marketing for TomTom Licensing. “TomTom’s market-leading real-time traffic information will provide BlackBerry customers with the best mobile travel experience.”

“We’re thrilled to work with TomTom to leverage their industry-leading traffic and travel content for BlackBerry Traffic and BlackBerry Maps, and to enable access to those capabilities for BlackBerry developers as well,” said Martyn Mallick, Vice President, Global Alliances and Business Development at Research In Motion.

According to a recent study, TomTom’s traffic information saves commuters 50 minutes of travel time per week or approximately 40 hours per year. With HD Traffic, BlackBerry customers will be able to select the best route to their destinations in an effort to not only save time but also fuel.

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The cool thing about this partnership is that you can now be able to put “BBMshirt” shirts and sweatshirts on their Jingu Avatars.  User will then be able to purchase the actual shirt/sweatshirt from BBMShirts.com.

This is the first of many great things that will be coming from this partnership between JinjuApps and BBMshirts.com.

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The Jamaican Ministry of Education has announced today that they have entered into a partnership with RIM to get a BlackBerry smartphone into the hands of over 20,000 educators on the island. The Ministry, with the help of the Canadian  High Commission, is hoping that the introduction of BlackBerry’s to their teachers will help to promote technology in the school system.  The initiative will hopefully be in full swing by the start of the school year in September and will run for 3 years, with the prospect of an extension depending on how well the program is received over the next three years. The teachers will be able to upgrade their devices after the first two years, in an effort to keep the phones they are using as current as possible.

Under the partnership with RIM, the company will be making two of its newest technologies available to teachers – the Blackberry Mobile Voice System, which will reduce costs by having one phone extension for multiple numbers; and the Blackberry Pushcast to enable distribution of content such as PowerPoint presentations, videos, or audio files.

Users will benefit from closed user group (CUG) service, whereby calls between the teaching population and the Ministry will be free of cost; instant messaging with other smart phone users; and panic button for automatic calls to the police, fire department, and other emergency services.

Director, Management Information Services (MIS) in the Ministry, Debon Panton informed that the Ministry is in the process of reviewing proposals from the three major cell phone carriers in Jamaica to provide the service.

He said that project will last for two years initially and may be extended following a review of the programme. New devices will be issued at the end of the two years.  He said that the possibility of teachers using the smartphones to input grades and attendance data into the Ministry’s database management system is being looked at.

 

This is great initiative that RIM has entered into, not only will it help to promote technology within the education system of Jamaica, but it may also push other manufacturers to get involved in programs like this one.  For more information on this program please hit up the source link below.

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