AT&T is claiming that the Blackberry’s first 3G phone Bold is only available through AT&T. Does this mean RIM will not sell Bold to any other carriers? Highly doubtful. Maybe AT&T will be the first carrier to carry the Bold until the other versions are available.

If you said Apple iPhone, you are wrong. According to IDC, RIM (Blackberry maker) had commanding 44% market share in Q1 2008 compared to iPhone’s 19.2%. Who’s number 3? Palm.

The first blackberries to support 3G network and improved internet browser.

In an article concerning BlackBerry’s strategy, the NY Times is quoting “two independent developers writing software for coming R.I.M. devices” that a touchscreen BlackBerry is in the works. It is yet unknown if it will have a hardware QWERTY just as the rest of its phone or will be an all-touch phone. However, known as the “Apple Killer” it is sure it will be consumer oriented device.

With the release of the Pearl and Curve series, the brand now offers non-professional features such as camera, memory card slot, multimedia player and headphones jack, clearly pointing out it cares about the consumer market. However, iPhone offers both Microsoft’s corporate e-mail and a bunch of other features, such as desktop-like Internet browser and advanced multimedia player. This way, most people who require more than an email client, prefer the Apple iPhone to any of the BlackBerry devices. The manufacturer is obviously trying to change this, as we’ve seen in the contemporary looking interface running on one of its rumored devices, so a touch-device also sounds realistic.

This appears to be targeted for Rogers. The rumor is that the launch of Blackberry 9000 is delayed until Jul/Aug 2008.