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Some have predicted the fall of BlackBerry even before the BlackBerry 10 OS became a reality. If you’ve been following the company’s exploits for the last year or so, you’ll know that the company formally known as RIM has fallen on some hard times, laying off scores of workers and trimming their device lineup. In…
Just when you think BlackBerry is dead and gone, the Waterloo company surprises us as it continues to truck along. Yesterday, Rogers, Canada’s largest cellular provider clarified to its subscribers that it would in fact carry the next BlackBerry flagship smartphone, the Z30. However many U.S. retailers have yet to show the same commitment to…
As we’ve reported before, the new BlackBerry Z30 will be available from multiple Canadian carriers — including Bell, TELUS and MTS — on October 15th. The pricing is still a mystery though we’re guessing it will sell for anywhere between $149 and $249 on a two-year contract. And now we know how much one of…
And we thought BlackBerry pretty much completed the testing of BBM for Android. Think again. The Canadian company is rolling out another round of tests among select group of Android users who’ll get to see a new welcome screen, the persistent notifications in the status bar and a slightly revamped UI. In addition, the mentioned…
After clearing U.S. Department of Defense high standards for secure communication, BlackBerry did it again, this time with NATO which approved BlackBerry smartphones for classified communications up to the level of “Restricted.” This in turn will allow agencies in NATO countries in all 28 member states to use smartphones made by the Canadian company in…
BlackBerry is on the verge of change. Big change. The chances are it can’t go on like this and will likely end-up being acquired by Fairfax Financial in a deal worth some $4.7 billion. Then what? The way I see things, there are two roads going from there. 1. Fairfax could split BlackBerry into pieces…
BlackBerry has recently reported its quarterly results and they are everything but impressive. The company sold some 3.7 million smartphones in the second quarter for a total revenue of approximately $1.6 billion. Unfortunately though, most of these were BlackBerry 7 (rather than BlackBerry 10) devices. The GAAP loss from continuing operations is valued $965 million,…
Media outlets from all around the Interwebs are claiming that BlackBerry’s manufacturing partner Jabil Circuit will pretty dump its business with the Canadian company. And that’s not exactly right. What Jabil Circuit is saying is that it sees BlackBerry’s trouble and has to start preparing for any changes within BlackBerry. During a call with analysts,…
Motorola is ready to go hunting for some new talent, and what better place to look than BlackBerry’s hometown of Waterloo? According to a report from the Financial Post, the Google owned company is looking to set up shop there. Motorola already has a small office out in BlackBerry land, but it plans to expand…
BlackBerry will not be launching any new BB10 devices until March of next year, according to a report from Pocket-Lint. BlackBerry currently has four BB10 devices on the market, the BlackBerry Z10, Z30, Q10 and the Q5. BlackBerry had stated in 2012 that 2013 would see six BB10 devices released, but due to BlackBerry’s hard…