Great things you can do with your BlackBerry
The BlackBerry® Internet Service browser just got a makeover.
It’s never been easier - or faster - to download web pages. Now you can visit the most popular sites right from your BlackBerry smartphone, like Yahoo®, Google®, AOL®, Facebook™ or YouTube. You can shop, search, bid and network from your BlackBerry smartphone. Surf sites and zoom into specific areas with new functionality that makes sure you don’t miss a word or image.
Ready, Set, Download
The browser’s new compression technology makes web pages load faster than ever before. So while you’re navigating around a site, your browser is giving you the best visual experience possible.
“The browser on the BlackBerry smartphone is now very close to what you get on your PC,” says Sanjay Kalyanasundaram, Technical Product Manager. “It makes the mobile experience all that more useful and rewarding.”
Imagine the convenience of paying that bill from your secure online banking site, or increasing your eBay® bid, all while you’re waiting in the doctor’s office. Or, while you’re waiting in line for a movie, checking the latest reviews on the Internet Movie Database (IMDb).
It’s easy to get the latest forecast from the local weather site so you know what to wear for dinner out tonight. Then look up the number for the restaurant in the Yellow Pages™, and click directly from your BlackBerry smartphone to call and make a reservation.
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an Open Cellular Network - Proposed by Verizon Wireless
Verizon Wireless has announced that its cellular network will be available to outside devices, services and applications according to a news release.
The FCC auction of the 700-MHz spectrum for wireless broadband networks to be conducted in January is seen as the reason for Verizon’s move. All companies wishing to bid are required to file a license application for the auction which gives a chance for having open and accessible wireless broadband network in the US.
The advantage for Verizon is that developers and manufacturers of handsets, non phone wireless devices like Internet tablets, ultramobile PCs and gaming devices can now manufacture equipment to suit the Verizon network. These devises are usually 3G network capable and based on UMTS technology and not EV-DO system of Verizon.
The announcement by verizon enables mobile phone manufacturers like Sony Ericsson , Samsung and LG Electronics to make phones which would work on verizon’s CDMA network as Verizon’s technical specifications are now available.
With an open network available people especially business travelers can access the internet with their laptops, more features can be added in portable electronic devices and it enables the government and utility agencies to connect any device for example meter readers to the network.
