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Calling all high-school students…

Published by Ben Kepes on September 17, 2008 in Business and IT. 0 Comments

I ran into someone from the BlackBerry partners fund over in San Francsico a couple of week ago - they’re an investment fund specialising in applications, service and support for BlackBerry and other mobile devices.

They’ve just launched a competition for high school students. Details as follows;

Competition Details
Applicants who successfully setup a Facebook social networking group, register on the BlackBerry Partners Fund™ website, and submit answers to the questions outlined below will be entered into the competition. The BlackBerry Partners Fund™ will review all submitted member applications and offers will be extended to the applicants who deliver the most comprehensive and well thought out answers. Should you be offered and accept a position on the Advisory Council, you will receive one free BlackBerry® device from the BlackBerry Partners Fund™! The choice and cost of service to the device will be the responsibility of the Council Member. In addition to a free BlackBerry® device, you may also be provided access to exclusive mobile software demos, applications, games and subscriptions. We may occasionally ask you for your opinion regarding potential areas of interest to the fund and for strategic thinking group sessions. There is no cash remuneration for Advisory Council participants.
Good luck in creating your social networks and working through the questions. The BlackBerry Partners Fund™ team looks forward to reading through your applications.
Competition Facts

  • Applicants must be between 13 and 18 years of age
  • Geographic Target: Global
  • Languages Accepted: English
  • Social Networking Platform: Facebook
  • Submission Deadline: Oct. 31, 2008 @ 11:59pm EST
  • Advisory Council Seats Available: 8

Competition entry can be made at this page. A good chance for some young technologists to shine….

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A new Blackberry and some new offerings - nah iPhone for me…

Published by Ben Kepes on May 13, 2008 in Design and IT. 3 Comments

Firstly I need to say that I’m not in the camp that heralds the iPhone as a world changing, cure for cancer sort of a device. I do however think it’s cool, and now that enterprise users are seeing the functionality that they need, there is no reason to think that iPhones won’t start to replace RIM devices en masse. After all enterprise users generally use other consumer devices (iPods and the like) so the iPhone concept makes sense to them on an emotional level.

Interesting to see that RIM is trying to hit back with the release of its latest Blackberry device.

Also interesting to see that Microsoft and RIM have inked a deal to see Windows Live services enabled on RIM devices (messenger and hotmail).

The move makes sense for both MS and RIM who are both concerned about the threat from Apple. But at the end of the day it comes down to user comfort and enjoyment. The Blackberry is an austere device that reeks of command lines, greenscreen monitors and tape drives when compared to the iPhone which is sleek and fun.

But remember that I don’t work in a corporate (and to be honest don’t have either an iPhone or a RIM device, but donations gratefully accepted), so lets see what the real world out there thinks;

If your IT department gave you the option, would you chose for business use;

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