Author Archives: Forbes

The locked down nature of the iPhone platform makes it hard to get your app out to be tested by users. Tools like TestFlight have to fill the gap to help you deploy to beta users (TestFlight is terrific by the way—a developer friend of mind who has …. Continue reading →

But the reality is this: for 99% of my clients use their iPhone, Droid or Blackberry is like a toy. It's time to stop playing games. Smart, boring, conservative companies are getting serious about mobile applications. Slowly but surely, they're… Continue reading →

Innocent-seeming Smurfs can turn into vociferous billing beasts if an employer uses a smartphone abroad and keeps harvesting blackberries hectically. Certain games are designed to be “high-touch” applications that require regular tending.See all st… Continue reading →

Innocent-seeming Smurfs can turn into vociferous billing beasts if an employer uses a smartphone abroad and keeps harvesting blackberries hectically. Certain games are designed to be “high-touch” applications that require regular tending.See all st… Continue reading →

“They make it easy for everyone to make applications, regardless of their background in development,” said Chad Tetreault, an independent software developer who has created LensBoost, a photo sharing app for the BlackBerry. Attendees also speak hig… Continue reading →

In light of this here today, gone tomorrow reality, it would be easy to dismiss Research in Motion as irrelevant given how far the BlackBerry has tumbled in the past couple of years. Once the dominant smartphone player, the BlackBerry is scrambling to … Continue reading →

It's up to Chief Executive Thorsten Heins, appointed in January, to impress at the BlackBerry World Conference here in Orlando Tuesday. Say this: at least he isn't in denial. While his predecessors were derided for painting an optimistic pictur… Continue reading →

Sterne Agee analyst Shaw Wu took a fresh look this morning at how much value there is in the BlackBerry maker's various parts – the cash, subscriber base, patent portfolio and network. His overall conclusion is that “there is value” there, ….. Continue reading →

The success formula at RIM has long been to “own” the “enterprise” marketplace with the Blackberry server products, offering easy to connect and secure network access for email, texting and enterprise applications. Handsets came along with the … Continue reading →

Last week saw the latest example of this phenomenon, as the next dramatic chapter was written in the evolution of Research-in-Motion (RIM), the once world-beating maker of the Blackberry smartphone. Once again, a founder overstayed his welcome and paid… Continue reading →