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Over half of smartphone buyers plan to purchase iPhone 4S

By Andrew Wray, Thursday, Jan 12, 2012 a 3:14 pm

ChangeWave has a new survey out indicating 54 percent of near-term smartphone buyers are planning on picking up the iPhone 4S over competing devices.

The late December survey looked at smart phone demand trends going forward, and finds Apple iPhone demand remains incredibly strong more than two months after the iPhone 4S release. Among respondents planning to buy a new smart phone in the next 90 days, better than one-in-two (54%; down 11-pts) say they'll get an iPhone. Apple has never dominated smart phone planned buying to this extent more than two months after a major new release.

Apple giving backdoor cellular access to Indian military?

By Allyson Kazmucha, Sunday, Jan 8, 2012 a 2:34 pm

According to a group of hackers in India, Apple, RIM and Nokia could be providing backdoor access to the Indian government, allowing them to monitor user data. The Indian government might be insisting on this access in exchange for allowing Apple and other smartphone vendors to offer their products and services in India, they have allegedly given them access to cellular communications. The agreement appears to be called RINOA (Rim, Nokia, Apple).

Girls Gone Gadgets 03: Chewing through the restraints [NSFW-L]

By Rene Ritchie, Monday, Jan 2, 2012 a 12:28 am

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Ashley, Georgia, and special guest Kim talk RIM execs on a plane, Penny Arcade vs. bad marketers, the dangers of sex chat gone public, and games and accessories for iPad. This is Girls Gone Gadgets!

Argentina blocking iPhone sales in order to boost its ailing economy

By chrissyboy6969, Wednesday, Dec 28, 2011 a 3:22 am

Argentina has blocked the sale of iPhone and BlackBerry devices in a move that is intended to boost its ailing economy. The ban is part of a selective consumer electronics ban aimed at slowing inflation and balancing its own pesos currency against the U.S. dollar.

The new ban is an extension of the Argentina Ministry Industry's March 2011 decision to eliminate the automatic import license of certain smartphones, forcing Apple and RIM to wait 60 to 180 days for Customs Authority approval to sell their devices.

Stock Talk 02: Apple value, RIM results, Android uptake

By Rene Ritchie, Friday, Dec 23, 2011 a 12:08 pm

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Chris, Ed, and Rene talk Apple value, RIM's latest results, the uptake of Android, webOS going open source, Microsoft's mobile chances, HTML5 platforms, the future of LTE, and the year ahead. This is Mobile Nations Stock Talk.

RIM cuddles up to iPhone, iPad IT admins, announces BlackBerry Mobile Fusion

By Rene Ritchie, Tuesday, Nov 29, 2011 a 4:28 pm

RIM today announced BlackBerry Mobile Fusion, something they're touting as "The Next Generation Enterprise Mobility Solution for BlackBerry, Android and iOS Smartphones and Tablets". Really. Says so right here:

We are pleased to introduce BlackBerry Mobile Fusion - RIM's next generation enterprise mobility solution - to make it easier for our business and government customers to manage the diversity of devices in their operations today," said Alan Panezic, Vice President, Enterprise Product Management and Marketing at Research In Motion. "BlackBerry Mobile Fusion brings together our industry-leading BlackBerry Enterprise Server technology for BlackBerry devices with mobile device management capabilities for iOS and Android devices, all managed from one web-based console. It provides the necessary management capabilities to allow IT departments to confidently oversee the use of both company-owned and employee-owned mobile devices within their organizations.

BlackBerry and Android strike back: BBX superphones and Galaxy Nexus

By Rene Ritchie, Tuesday, Oct 18, 2011 a 9:49 am

Apple had their big Let's talk iPhone event a couple of weeks ago and have now released [iOS 5](http://www.imore.com/iOS 5) and iCloud, and launched the iPhone 4S -- now it's RIM's and Google's turn.

Kevin and Adam from CrackBerry.com are live at BlackBerry Dev Con 2011, hoping to get their keyboard-crunching hands on a next generation BBX (QNX) based superphone and Playbook OS 2.0.

iPhone holds highest retention rate over competing smartphone makers

By Andrew Wray, Thursday, Sep 22, 2011 a 5:48 pm

A new UBS survey suggests Apple currently holds the top spot in smartphone retention rates by a long shot, holding a strong 89% rating over the nearest hardware competitor HTC at just 39%. Apple also had no trouble beating out the Android platform in general, although being a platform gave Google an added "stickiness" of around 60% retention among consumers.

Mobile Nations 7: Beta

By Rene Ritchie, Saturday, Sep 17, 2011 a 8:22 am

Phil, Kevin, and Rene beta test a new video rig, survive technical problems, and talk RIM results, BlackBerry striking back, next generation Android phones, Windows 8 tablets, and a tale of two iPhones. This is Mobile Nations!

BlackBerry opposing Apple's WebKit trademark filing

By Rene Ritchie, Wednesday, Aug 31, 2011 a 9:50 am

BlackBerry maker RIM is opposing Apple's trademark filing for WebKit, the open source browser rendering engine they developer based on Linux Konquerer/KHTML. WebKit has become the most popular browser engine in Mobile, powering iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad Safari, as well as BlackBerry's Torch Mobile, Google's Android, Palm's webOS, and other browsers -- as well as Apple Safari and Google Chrome on PCs. So popular, in fact, that RIM couldn't wait to advertise they'd finally joined the modern internet by getting a WebKit browser.

Could that be part of the reason for the opposition, fears that Apple would try to restrict use of the trademark? Even CrackBerry.com doesn't seem to know for sure.