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BlackBerry PlayBook with Sr. Application Development Consultant Sarim Aziz

Sprint Android, BlackBerry Remote Wipe Solution Gets Mobile App

Sprint customers with Android and BlackBerry smartphones can remotely manage their devices with a complementary new app for Sprint’s Total Equipment Protection plan.

Sprint is offering subscribers with BlackBerry and Android-running smartphones a new way to protect their data. The carrier's Total Equipment Protection coverage now includes an application that enables users to remotely lock their smartphones, erase their contacts from a lost phone, and back up, manage and restore contact information.

Devices can also be made to sound an alarm, even when in silent mode, or can be located on a map using the phone’s GPS technology.

“Anyone who has lost a phone knows that their personal information is possibly just as vulnerable as if their computer was hacked,” John Carney, senior vice president of consumer marketing for Sprint, said in a Feb. 28 statement. “Now, Sprint customers have peace of mind knowing that their personal and private information is safe. TEP and this accompanying application is a safeguard for customers who want protection from not only loss, but misuse and unauthorized access.”

Sprint’s TEP plan runs $7 a month, though the new Protection app can be added at no additional charge. Customers can access the application at sprint.com/protection.

On Feb. 10, Sprint — the nation’s third-largest carrier after Verizon Wireless and AT&T — announced the results of its fiscal 2010 fourth quarter, which saw the addition of 1.1 million wireless subscribers and its best-ever fourth quarter churn rates.

“It had been almost five years since we added over a million customers in a quarter, and the annual improvement in postpaid subscriber results of 2.7 million vs. the previous year is unprecedented in the history of the U.S. wireless industry,” Sprint CEO Dan Hesse said in a statement.

The Sprint announcement came on the same day that Verizon began offering an Apple iPhone 4, which Hesse acknowledged would likely have an effect that Sprint planned to combat with a strong device lineup, attractive offers and by keeping things simple, which for now includes an unlimited data plan.

Sprint now also faces added competition in the 4G space, as in late 2010 Verizon and T-Mobile each launched networks — LTE (long-term evolution) and HSPA+, respectively — and earlier this year AT&T began describing its HSPA+ network as 4G, and additionally plans to begin rolling out 4G LTE later this year.

Last week, Sprint showed off a little more of that promised strong device lineup with the introduction of the HTC Arrive. The Arrive is the first CDMA-based smartphone — versus GSM based, such as AT&T and T-Mobile’s phones — to run Microsoft’s Windows Phone 7 OS. Featuring a 3.6-inch capacitive touch screen, a 1GHz Snapdragon processor and a 5-megapixel camera, it will go on sale March 20 for $199.

Sprint’s RIM BlackBerry offerings include the Curve 3G, while its Android lineup includes the HTC Evo 4G, HTC Evo Shift 4G, Samsung Epic 4G and the recently introduced Kyocera Echo — the market’s first dual-screen Android phone.

BlackBerry App World beats Android and Nokia; Is the Apple App Store unstoppable?

IHS reports state that while Apple is still wiping the floor with the rest of the mobile market in application market sales, BlackBerry is in second place overtaking both Android and Nokia.

While the battle for younger users is between the iPhone and BlackBerry handsets, these figures show that iPhone users buy and download the most applications. Though BlackBerry users in a far away second place downloading even more applications as they become available.

In short, while it does not show a direct correlation between Apple and BlackBerry users and application sales through their respective application stores, it does show Apple’s dominance in the market.
Granted, the Apple App Store is in clear first place with 82% of all revenue, raking in over $1.78 billion in 2010, with BlackBerry taking second place at 7% and $165 million.

Even though Android is the world’s most used mobile operating system, with a staggering 350,000 Android applications per day, it shows that the Android Market is falling behind all the major players - even Nokia.

But crucially, as BlackBerry, Nokia and Android users are year on year buying and downloading more applications, iPhone users are slowing down.

Once Nokia and Microsoft close the deal and the Windows Phone Marketplace and the Ovi Store is combined, this will further dent the figures. Though truth be told, the merger will probably hit the BlackBerry maker Research in Motion more than the Apple.

Is Apple’s App Store unstoppable?

10 most intriguing tablets of 2011

After a decade of shaky starts, tablet computers have finally arrived. Unlike their bulky, expensive parents, this current generation of slates boasts trim frames, gorgeous screens, and power-house specs. So, here are the 10 most intriguing tablets of 2011, in order of screen size
2. BlackBerry PlayBook

Another pint-sized tablet that still packs a punch.

The BlackBerry PlayBook will be coming out sometime this year. Rather than use Android or iOS, this tablet runs a custom QNX operating system, which should give it an undeniable BlackBerry feel. The tablet, packed with a speedy 1 GHz dual-core processor, is estimated to weigh less than a pound. It will have front-and rear-facing cameras, perfect for both taking snapshots and video conferencing.

Screen size: 7 inches

Price: Not yet announced

OS: BlackBerry OS

Network: Uses BlackBerry has a modem. 4G model to come.

Available: Spring 2011

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