BlackBerries are to be enhanced with 3D design

Soon after QNX purchase and BlackBerry 6.0 OS release it was announced that new changes are about to come. BlackBerry mobile devices are going to be enhanced as a result of RIM’s collaboration with The Astonishing Tribe (TAT).
BlackBerry manufacturer strives to catch up with its main competitors on the mobile devices market – Apple and Google. Currently iPhones and Androids are more desirable among mobile users who prefer these devices twice more often than business-oriented BlackBerry smartphones. Thus, BlackBerry producer lays its hopes on the new partner in an attempt to gain enough share on this lucrative market and raise its sales.
TAT is a Swedish company that specializes in the development of visually appealing and intuitive user interfaces for various mobile gadgets. It has extensive experience in working with such well-known manufacturers of mobile devices as Samsung, Motorola and Sony Ericsson. The company has also worked on UI solutions for Androids.
New BlackBerry solution is mainly aimed at developing 3D-based design and enhancing user interfaces. The mobile manufacturer believes that this software company will help it raise BlackBerry brand popularity. Recently RIM has also introduced some changes to its app store, which gives better opportunities to mobile app developers to showcase their BlackBerry-based apps.

44% of British people can’t imagine their lives without mobile phones

According to the research conducted by the BM Savings Company, more than half of Britain’s population (51%) never leaves their houses without mobile phones. 44% of British people can’t even imagine their lives without mobile devices.

26% of respondents admit that they feel upset after leaving their mobile phones at home and missing calls. About three quarters of the questioned people spend half an hour talking on the phone daily. And the youth (88%) don’t regret spending more than two hours daily chatting on the phone or using various mobile applications. As a result, mobile application developers work hard to create more and more useful applications for iPhones and iPads, etc.

Half of the participants consider mobile banking the most convenient financial service and 49% of them prefer dealing with real people while solving financial matters. At the same time 52% are satisfied to use mobile banking at any time at any place and 38% use this service when can’t reach the bank.