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Title: New BlackBerry can connect with WiFi - Associated Press Post by: Stephen Taylor on July 25, 2007, 04:41:11 AM New BlackBerry can connect with WiFi - Associated Press
Research In Motion's newest BlackBerry model, the 8820, will provide wireless voice and data access over cellular and WiFi networks, the company says. RIM president and co-CEO Mike Lazaridis also said the attention Apple Inc. CEO Steve Jobs and Apple's iPhone have brought to the sector has benefited RIM. Research In Motion's new BlackBerry, the model 8820, can use regular cellphone networks or WiFi connections. RIM "Hats off to Mr. Jobs for growing the whole industry," Lazaridis said Tuesday night at RIM's annual shareholder meeting in Waterloo, Ont. "We all knew the smartphone market was growing. Some of us believe that eventually all phones will be smartphones. I think what the iPhone announcement did was that it just accelerated the public's awareness and acceptance of a smartphone." Read More.. (http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2007/07/18/tech-rim.html) |