With its upcoming BlackBerry Blend solution, the Canadian company is preparing to go beyond mobile. Said product (software solution) will allow select BlackBerry phone owners to connect their QWERTY device to the big screen and get accordingly better experience. In other words, the extra screen estate will be properly used, allowing folks to more easily…
BlackBerry Passport should come with Snapdragon 801 chip
I personally can’t wait to play with the BlackBerry Passport, but even before I touch it I can’t help but think that the Canadian company should’ve opted for Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 801 rather than Snapdragon 800 chip. The S801 is part of the same family of chips with slightly faster cores and improved GPU. With Snapdragon…
This is the BlackBerry Porsche Design P’9983 aka Khan
BlackBerry is working on another Porsche phone. Unlike the current BlackBerry Porsche Design P’9982 which is a special version of the Z10, the upcoming builds on top of the Q10, boasting a full QWERTY keyboard and, again, slightly beefed-up hardware. According to N4BB, the P’9983 will rock a 3.5-inch touchscreen, 3GB of RAM, 1.7GHz dual-core…
White BlackBerry Passport looks rather awesome, and yes – I want one!
The upcoming BlackBerry Passport has been both the darling of the media and the next thing to hate in blogs around the Interwebs. While BlackBerry fans love it, iFanatics think no one will want to buy such phone. I’m not in any of these two groups but I love the Passport. I would still have…
BlackBerry Assistant to come include as part of OS 10.3
If Microsoft, Google and Apple can have their virtual assistants, so can BlackBerry. The Canadian company is doing just that and will include this feature into its upcoming BlackBerry OS 10.3, which will ship preinstalled with the BlackBerry Passport and BlackBerry Classic. Just like Cortana, Google Now and Siri – the BlackBerry Assistant will too…
T-Mobile BlackBerry Customers: Upgrade to A Samsung Device and Get up to $200 Back
T-Mobile is now offering existing customers who own a BlackBerry device up to $200 back when they upgrade to a Samsung device. It’s a pretty enticing deal, and one that could net you some saving if you want to grab that shiny new Samsung Galaxy S5. Of course, the deal works for other Samsung smartphones…
BBM Adds Stickers, Large File Transfer to Android, iOS and BlackBerry 10 Apps
BBM users will be receiving some sweet new features this afternoon when BlackBerry begins the rollout of an update to BBM for BlackBerry 10, iOS and Android devices. The updates bring stickers to BBM, the ability to send larger files to other BBM users and share pictures while in the middle of a multi-person chat.…
Leaked BlackBerry 10.3 Build Reveals BlackBerry has a Siri and Google Now Competitior in the Works
It looks as though BlackBerry is still in the mobile game. Well, sort of. A new hands-on video from N4BB reveals that BlackBerry is hard at work on a new virtual assistant, the likes of Google Now, Siri and Microsoft’s upcoming Cortana. Whether or not this will make BlackBerry relevant again is up to the…
BBM For Android Updated With Support for Gingerbread Devices
If you’re an Android smartphone user who is still stuck on Android Gingerbread, you may find yourself out of luck when it comes to app compatibility. Gingerbread is quite an old build of Android at this point, but its far from out with over 20% of Android devices still running on the build. BlackBerry is…
BlackBerry “Ontario” caught at Geekbench benchmarks
Popular processor benchmark app Geekbench has been recently updated and someone at BlackBerry decided to try it out with a still unannounced “Ontario” smartphone. That device has been mentioned/rumored in the past and as far as we (don’t) know, it could be launched later this year. Perhaps even during the forthcoming Mobile World Congress at…