Back in ‘94, Bluetooth was invented and standardized to be a wireless cable replacement technology. After a long battle with adoption and interoperability, Bluetooth is now standard issue in most smartphones, road-ready laptops, and a slew of other devices that connect to them wirelessly.

RIM’s Wireless Enterprise Symposium for BlackBerry Users is coming up and Zenprise is offering you a way to get there. The show is April 27th to 29th in Orlando, Florida.

If I had to boil the week down to the biggest news, I’d say it’s centered around the news that Verizon is dropping a ton of older devices from their inventory. There were rumors from analysts that the Storm (probably the 9530) was going to be nixed because it wasn’t selling well and there were so many complaints about the device.

Verizon’s Backup Assistant has long been the ideal app for backing up contacts from their devices. As far back as my old LG VX-8300, I can remember using the app to backup contacts for easy transfer between devices

Press Release RIM Introduces BlackBerry Enterprise Server Express Free New BlackBerry Software for Microsoft Exchange and Microsoft Windows Small Business Server Allows Companies to Empower All Employees with Wireless Access to Their Corporate Email Without Compromising Security or Manageability WATERLOO, ONTARIO–(Marketwire - Feb. 16, 2010) - Research In Motion (RIM) (NASDAQ:RIMM)(TSX:RIM) today introduced BlackBerry Enterprise Server Express - free new server software that wirelessly and securely synchronizes BlackBerry smartphones with Microsoft Exchange or Microsoft Windows Small Business Server.

If you have a BlackBerry on AT&T, you may want to check out their new app released to keep you up to date on your wireless account.

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RIM have filed a patent with the US Patent and Trademark office that seeks to speed up your Internet connection by setting up a proxy server on the device.

[ youtube video link for mobile viewing ] Apologies in advance for the background noise in this video — it was loud as heck at ShowStoppers at CES 2010 — but it’s worth working through the sound pain so you can hear what Root Wireless is all about.

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