On Lang & O'Leary Exchange Today

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I'm talking about BlackBerry Planet on the Lang & O'Leary Exchange (LOX) today at 4:30 Eastern.

Business News Network (BNN) Interview

I'm talking about BlackBerry Planet on Squeezeplay, with Kim Pardee and Rudyard Griffiths

The Rise of the TeleBrain

Isn't it cool how James T. Kirk's Star Trek Communicator looks suspiciously like the BlackBerry Bold?

Chapter 6 of BlackBerry Planet is called The Rise of the TeleBrain. Click HERE for images related to the chapter.

Footnotes in the book are hotlinked from HERE.

BlackBerry Planet Book Well Reviewed

Here's a great review by Gary Woodill, a pioneering BlackBerry user

BlackBerry Planet Interview with Elizabeth Woyke of Forbes

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A Brief History Of The BlackBerry

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BlackBerry Planet Book Cover

Here's how to order.

BlackBerry Apps For Sale

BlackBerry App World is now open for business. You need a PayPal account to buy, but many apps are free.

No April Fool Jokes at BlackBerry App World

RIM is launching BlackBerry App World on April 1 at the CTIA Wireless 2009 trade show in Las Vegas. Mike Lazaridis and Al Gore are giving the keynote addresses.

Starting price for BlackBerry apps (not including freebies) will be $2.99, vs. Apple’s 99¢. Apparently RIM feels the higher price will limit frivolous apps like fart buttons and beer glasses.

BlackBerry Planet Publication Date

Publication date for my BlackBerry Planet book is scheduled for August 4, 2009. See Amazon.com or Amazon.ca or Chapters Indigo Canada) for pre-ordering information.

BlackBerry App World

CNET's Bonnie Cha reports that RIM's upcoming application storefront will officially be called BlackBerry App World. If you are interested in knowing when the site goes live, you will soon be able to sign up for alerts HERE.