RIM's first BlackBerry with a full set of multimedia features for consumers. Upgrades over the 7100 series include a camera, memory card slot, music player, and voice dialing. The 8100 series is ...

It also switches to an optical trackpad and the 9105 offers a traditional 12-key phone keypad. Other features are similar to past Pearls, including 3.5mm audio jack, Bluetooth, memory card slot ...

One needs specialized gear to tap into the satphone network, few of us can justify the expense of satellite phone service, and fewer still care to carry around a brick with a chunky antenna on it ...

It’s worth noting that BlackBerry is not open sourcing QNX and right now the software isn’t really designed to be a user-friendly desktop or mobile operating system. But it has supported that kind of ...

Modern iPhones & Android phones offer satellite connectivity for emergencies. iPhone 14 and up support satellite connection, ...

Text messaging via satellite can be a lifeline in such situations, allowing you to reach emergency services or let loved ones ...

CANADIAN PHONE MAKER BlackBerry is finally out of the smartphone market, sort of, after announcing last week that it will stop manufacturing its own devices and let third-party firms do the job ...

Chinese electronics giant TCL will not release any more BlackBerry-branded phones, the company has announced. In 2016, it signed a deal to produce BlackBerry-branded Android phones, after ...

In the mid-aughts, BlackBerry phones were everywhere. But demand rapidly declined, and in 2016, BlackBerry stopped manufacturing its own phones. So, what happened? In 1984, two Canadian ...

A recent writeup by Tom Nardi about using the 6502-based NES to track satellites brought back memories of my senior project at Georgia Tech back in the early 80s. At our club station W4AQL, I ...

Navigate forward to interact with the calendar and select a date. Press the question mark key to get the keyboard shortcuts for changing dates. Navigate backward to interact with the calendar and ...