This is the iPhone 4 for Qatar and the United Arab Emirates. Oddly enough, there is no FaceTime feature on this. I doubt that will last long, as the carriers in those countries are blaming Apple for the lack of this. Does this have anything to do with UAE banning the BlackBerry …

We’ve been reporting about how entire countries like the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia have canceled BlackBerry. I just have word from my Source that Saudi Arabia has BlackBerry again. I’m not certain what the deal is. Why in the world make such a commotion about yanking BlackBerry service if only …

Remember when we reported that the United Arab Emirates (UAE) was getting rid of all things BlackBerry? I believe that I also said that Saudi Arabia is getting rid of their BlackBerry services too. In fact, they are not waiting for the UAE deadline, as they are starting this Friday. Source

I’ve never seen this from any country before, but the United Arab Emirates has banned the BlackBerry from their country. I believe the decision has something to do with telco overseers in the UAE not being able to monitor how people use their RIM devices. I have heard that the shutdown of BlackBerry …

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 [...]