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Last year, Apple’s iPhone nearly doubled its worldwide market share of smartphone sales to 14.4 percent, up 6.2 points from the year before, according to the latest market share figures put out by Gartner. The iPhone still trails behind Nokia’s Symbian-powered smartphones (No. 1), which saw their share decline 5.5 points to 46.9 percent, and RIM Blackberries (No. 2), which gained 3.3 points to end the year with a 19.9 percent share. Remember, these are worldwide estimates. In the U.S., both Blackberry and Apple are much larger than Symbian . And when it comes to mobile Web traffic, Apple and Android dominate with 81 percent share. According to Gartner, Android phone sales…

The website Fandango had an interesting promotion (if you can call it that) a few days ago, which already ended and included “free” Blackberries for users who had to a lot of stuff and spend a few thousand bucks. To be eligible to the so called promotion, a user had to sign a 2-year contract with

We can’t confirm this Verizon Infomanager screen at this point, but if true, when the BlackBerry Storm 2 launches on the network, one of the big touted features will be its MiFi capabilities for sharing 3G internet over WiFi. It’d be smart branding move, sure, but MiFi is also the name Novatel uses for its hardware, so either we’re talking here about an application of some sort or it’s just internal communications short-hand. Also mentioned here is an October 21st launch, although it’s been noted by Crackberry that the date’s apparently been replaced with TBA. Without a doubt, we can confidently say we’ll know for sure in the next, oh, 52 hours or so. [Thanks, Marc-Anthony S.] Read - Intranet snapshot Read - Launch date pulled Filed under: …

Verizon customers are already aware that their favorite carrier is currently running a BOGO promotion when it comes to RIM smartphones. Choose any BlackBerry, except for the Tour, and Verizon will offer another one for free. Sure you’ll have to get a new contract but hey, a free phone is a free phone after all.

For those BlackBerry users who want a dictionary, your wish has come true. Dictionary.com has announced a free app of the dictionary and the thesaurus that has over 500,000 words definitions and synonyms. This app can also do spelling suggestions as well as the Word of the Day in Spanish and English.

Research In Motion shares took a beating on Friday and several analysts cut their ratings on the stock after the company posted disappointing sales for its fiscal second quarter and ratcheted down expectations for the current one. But while increasing competition and ever-dwindling price points may make for a rough few months in the smartphone market, RIM’s long-term prospects will hinge on the success of its new app store. Smartphone manufacturing is becoming a cutthroat business as the space heats up. Verizon Wireless — which has provided a huge boost to BlackBerry sales with its buy-one, get-one offer &#…

Listen, we feel your pain, we know you’ve been dying to find another use for your REDFLY Mobile Companion, and while we’re not sure this is it, at least you’ve got another thing you can tell your friends when justifying the purchase. Celio Corp’s announced it’ll be bringing BlackBerry support to the Companion C8N and C7 as a free update in mid-Q4 of this year. It works via either physical cable or Bluetooth, and at this point supports Bold 9000, Curve 8900, and Tour 9630, with more phones promised as they’re released. Crackberry’s managed to obtain a video demonstration, which is after the break if you’re interested. It’s okay if you’re not, we understand. Read - Press release Read - First…

In case you’re not going to wait for the BlackBerry Bold 9700, then maybe the Storm 2 9550 is the next BlackBerry in your life. And the phone has decided to star in a brand new video. Check out the video above and you’ll see for yourself that the phone is a lot better than its predecessor. Sure we like the backlit buttons, the metal battery door and the chrome but what we really like is the SurePress screen which will only respond to your touch when the phone is in use. And the Storm 2 seems to be a pretty fast device especially since the OS in the video is not…

Research in Motion hit a milestone today, only “achievement” wouldn’t necessarily be the best way to describe it. The BlackBerry maker has finally ended a long-running patent dispute with Visto Corp. , paying out $267.5 million to settle the matter — a much larger fee than the $7.7 million Visto got from Seven Networks , but conversely a fraction of the reported $612.5 million RIM paid to settle with NTP years back. With it, however, comes a fully paid license to use Visto’s patents, and some of the plaintiff’s intellectual property by way of transferred ownership. So now that we can move on …

It looks like RIM wants to offer more GPS services to its customers as the company has decided to get a GPS maker of its own. RIM purchased Dash Express and we should start seeing some results soon. Future BlackBerries will probably come with some improved GPS features but we have no idea right now what to expect. Anyone on the inside care to share the exact details of the deal between RIM and Dash Express ? via PhoneScoop Related Posts Dash Express GPS Now Available for Pre-Order Touted as the first navigation system with two-way internet connectivity, the Dash Express GPS uni… OpenMoko Will Unveil Neo Version 2 Neo is OpenMoko’s 100% Linux-based open-source phone. The handset which looks like a child’s toy, wi… …