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Apple Takes Aim at Blackberry

The iPhone will soon be compatible with Enterprise email. Breathe, people

Yesterday Apple announced that its iPhone is soon going to be able to support company e-mail, which should give it a chance to challenge the all-powerful Blackberry as the device of choice for business folk. This is just one part of a larger plan to open the iPhone up to outside developers.

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Questions Remain About Blackberry Outage

The second major outage in a year leaves the company with more questions than answers

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For the second time in a year, a widespread outage kept Blackberry users from accessing their emails. Research in Motion, the company that makes the smart phones, says North American subscribers experienced intermittent delays late yesterday afternoon, EST, for about three hours.

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The Delicious BlackBerry Pearl

Hands-on with the email-friendliest cellphone

Ever since I was a wee girl with a first-generation iPod, a three-megapixel digicam, a clunky cellphone and a ginormous laptop (OK, I wasn't that wee--it was like four years ago), I've lusted after a gadget that could do everything and take up next to no space. I mean, wouldn't it be amazing to be able to shoot and store photos, surf the Web, check e-mails, and listen to music files on one device small enough to slide casually into a back pocket?

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Curiously Versatile

What other homemade gadgets can be housed in an empty Altoids tin?

In our March issue, we showed you how to turn an Altoids tin into a portable charger for juicing up your cell phone, Blackberry, or MP3 player. Now, check out our slideshow of other Altoids gadgets, complete with links where you´ll find more creative ideas for transforming your favorite metal mint box.

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