RIM Announces BlackBerry Trade-Up Program
[adsense] Phone swapping must be all the rage right now. We just mentioned AT&T’s brand new trade-in program in partnership with FlipSwap and now we bring you news that Research In Motion (RIM), father of BlackBerry, is announcing its own “trade-up” program. Depending on the model and condition, you could be getting up to $ 120 from RIM for trading in your old BlackBerry for a new one. The BlackBerry trade up website offers two links—one for those with less than 5 BlackBerry smartphones to trade-in and the other for corporate or government accounts that have 6 or more. However, if you do have 6 or more for some odd reason, the whole process seems a bit more complicated as you’ll have to call in for assistance. The RIM website states that the trade-up program is only for a limited time. Also, it seems that they are currently offering an [...]
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Chat Program / CNN app Detailed at Google Android Honeycomb Event
[adsense] With a single click, the user appears to be able to connect with video chat. The user’s individual pick sits in the lower right, while the other user appears full screen. This functionality appears to work instantly and smoothly. The video quality isn’t perfect, but the quickness appears so fast, we’re willing to forgive. A CNN rep steps on stage to show their wares. Vice president of Mobile for CNN is speaking of a CNN app that will be launching for the Honeycomb tablet in the near future. This is a giant gallery app that appears to work very smooth, flicking back and forth between stories, showing live coverage of news via the tablet. Head stories as well as breaking news are shown instantly via Honeycomb in this CNN app. Lila shows iReport – a portion of CNN that allows people to show videos and photos from their corner [...]