Mumbai terrorists used BlackBerry, not iPhone

Posted by Saad Hamid on December 2, 2008

A couple of days ago the world witnessed one of the worst terrorist attacks of all times where over two hundred people were held hostage in the legendary Taj Mahal Hotel in Mumbai, India and over hundreds were killed in the aftermath.

One of the interesting observation regarding this incident was the fact that the terrorists used BlackBerry smartphones to monitor the world's response in real-time after all the cables to the hotel were cut down.

Even though iPhone was launched in India earlier in August this year, it still doesn't seem to have become an integral part of the mobile communication system.

Blackberry still leads the market share with over twice the percentage of the iPhone and is still known to be more user-friendly and feature enrich.

Apple needs to focus more on usability then merely on eye-candy and touch effects. As the technology evolves, it will surely bring new horrors and disasters like it always has.

After all, terrorists make use of technology too.

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  • I don't think criticizing on technology would help us solve the matter. As for the Apple, to me i think Apple is one of the best popular brand around and to compete and to stabilize themselves with the market's ups and downs they must have to consider adding features which helps in term of usability and of course being an eye-candy as well.


    -Peace
  • Mickey
    You also say that they are terrorists! I expected -as a Muslim- you to say they are heroes and truly deserve a medal of honor for their heroic actions on enemy's soil. May Allah Bless them all.

    If you repeating that they are terrorists like a parrot from what you hear and see from mass media. I want to tell you that it's no their intention to kill civilians; those blessed heroes wanted to kill those scoundrel agents of CIA and Mossad who always convene at Taj Mahal Hotel. This hotel was viper's nest of dirty espionage.

    Reconsider your stray thoughts.
  • And this just shows that , if they came from a village in Pakistan they wouldn't even know what a blackberry is :P
  • Haha

    Find the perfect reason, not blame to each other...
    Pakistan and India these two countries like brothers
  • Does it really matter what they used? These killers killed innocent people. It shows that with advanced technology crime is easier to commit. Look how these killers coordinated with each other.

    Also you said "worst terrorist attacks of all times" no it wasn't the worst, the worst was in 9/11.
  • Must have forgotten to mention 'the worst terrorist attacks of all times in south Asia' but it definitely was one and Yes! it does matter what they used. Just to let people know that terrorists don't live in caves.
  • Which phone is that Black Berry Bold or Black Berry Storm? I wanted to know what advance features have supported them more frequently?
  • Mohammad Ajmal
    For the one who posted this:
    "You also say that they are terrorists! I expected -as a Muslim- you to say they are heroes and truly deserve a medal of honor for their heroic actions on enemy’s soil. May Allah Bless them all"

    Don't ever claim you are a Muslim or that you know anything about Islam, if you still do, I would doubt your knowledge and/or interpretation of the Quran. If you dont call them terrorists, then whatever you call those "things" that came by boat to Mumbai, are the curse of this planet. The biggest curse however consists of the group of people like you who support it and interpret it in your own way and think that what you conclude is final. You people are making Islam look like the curse of Planet Earth and humanity.
  • Sir!

    If you think that spreading terror and killing innocent people is 'heroism' than not only them but even Bush is a hero. I would not comment further on this as my point basically was to only highlight the technology aspect of the Mumbai terror attacks and not turn this whole issue into a political debate.
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