Millennial Media’s most recent Mobile Mix (May 2011 edition) illustrates the current trends in the mobile landscape. In comparison to last month’s edition some rankings remained the same, aside from a few shockers. Apple and Samsung both remained leaders in the Top 15 Manufacturers and Top 20 Mobile Phones categories. Amid pessimistic reports, May was a decent month for RIM’s Blackberry. The Curve and Bold 2 devices ranked in the top 5 on the Top… Read more »

Yesterday, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer announced that Microsoft and RIM will be partnering to integrate Bing’s Search and map applications into RIM devices. At the Blackberry World Expo, Ballmer said, “We’re going to invest uniquely into the BlackBerry platform.” As a Blackberry fan, I’m wondering if this will help save my beloved devices. Once king of the smartphone market, will this partnership help regain or boost their marketshare? Nielsen’s latest survey (Jan 2011-March 2011) on… Read more »

Arianna Huffington has quite the thing for Blackberries. She owns three, as you may have read last week. It’s not just the devices that make her heart flutter, though. She’s also pretty fond of the Blackberry app PointAbout developed for her thriving news site, as you can see around the 4:30 mark of her appearance on last week’s “Conan.” Other topics of conversation: jeggings vs. skinny jeans, Angry Birds vs. Doodle, the popularity of the… Read more »

Here at PointAbout, we’re always happy when clients we’ve worked with in the past walk back through the proverbial front door and ask us to help them build another app. When that client happens to be the Huffington Post, well, we’re happier still. Yesterday saw the release of the Huffington Post’s Blackberry app, which can be downloaded here by all you Blackberry users out there. Working with the Huffington Post’s team means working with some… Read more »