Remember that BlackBerry update we told you about last week? Well it looks like Etisalat has indeed infected about 145,000 BlackBerry units with spyware which could be used to spy on customers’ SMS messages. Here’s what RIM had to say about the whole issue: Etisalat appears to have distributed a telecommunications surveillance application… independent sources [...]

Here’s some disturbing piece of news or better yet, ab unconfirmed rumor. It looks like BlackBerry owners in the UAE have received a performance enhancement patch from Etisalat, their official carrier. Said patch is apparently something else! It’s a spyware that will ultimately give Etisalat access to its customers’ messages and maybe more. Well that’s [...]

After a successful trip in other parts of the world, the BlackBerry Storm is now ready to invade the UAE. Etisalat will be the lucky carrier this time.  Abdulla Hashim, VP, Business Solutions, Etisalat, had this to say on the occasion: The BlackBerry Storm leverages Etisalat’s HSPA mobile broadband service with coverage of up …

Evidently, everyone expects Apple to launch a new iPhone in June. And we have plenty of time to talk about the future iPhone, no matter if it will arrive or not in June. The iPhone 3G will be launched in the United Arab Emirates later this month and that might indicate a June release of [...]