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BlackBerry is facing some trouble. Just yesterday, we heard that a few U.S. carriers and retailers slashed the price of the BlackBerry Z10 and Q10 smartphones to $49. A new report from Barron’s today claims that the company will be slashing production of the two BB10 devices, due to weak sales. One analyst, Stuart Jeffrey…
It looks like BlackBerry won’t be sitting on its Z10 and Q10 offerings much longer, as the upcoming BlackBerry A10 has just leaked out in the form of both a photo and video. The BlackBerry A10 looks like it will be aiming directly at the latest Android handsets, as it’s rocking a large, 5 inch…
As BlackBerry is rebuilding its position in the smartphone market, the company’s CEO Thorsten Heins said that it is “important to know what you stand for,” adding that they’ll focus on “no more than six” devices. This focus, however, has its casualties, one of them being the PlayBook tablet which won’t get its BlackBerry OS…
AT&T and BlackBerry have released a software update for the BlackBerry Z10, which will bring the BlackBerry 10 OS up to version 10.1. The update will bring improvements to the user experience with keyboard improvements and stability updates. The software update includes: Improved device tutorial and set up tool Keyboard improvements Delete words with a…
Thanks to leaked images from the Crackberry forums, we now have a glimpse into what the rumored Blackberry 10.2 update will look like. The images reveal actionable notifications and support for Wi-Fi direct, which will enable BlackBerry devices to connect to each other via a Wi-Fi connection. Previous rumors have pointed to new features such…
The BlackBerry Q5 has launched today, showing up in the U.K. and South Africa. The keyboard touting, BlackBerry 10 OS running smartphone packs a 1.2GHz dual-core processor, 2GB of RAM, a 3.1-inch 720×720 pixel screen, a 5MP rear facing camera with flash, 2MP front-facing camera and 8GB of internal memory. While the price of the…
John Sculley will forever be known as the CEO who ousted Steve Jobs from his position as Macintosh head in 1985. Now working as a partner at healthcare investment firm Sculley Brothers, Sculley is a fan of the BlackBerry platform and its Qwerty keyboard-focused handsets. Speaking to Bloomberg about the struggling Canadian handset manufacturer, Sculley…
BlackBerry has posted a net loss of $84 million for its first fiscal-quarter of this year, prompting the share price drop of 25%. However, it’s important to add that this loss is still a considerable improvement on the $518 million the company lost a year ago. Revenues were $3.1 billion, which is 9% more than…
Today, CEO Thorsten Heins confirmed that the BlackBerry Playbook will not be receiving the BB10 update during the company’s quarterly earnings call. The company missed estimates, leaving the stock down more than 25%. BlackBerry itself has seen quite a few setbacks, to put it nicely, in the past few years and this news certainly won’t…
It’s funny to think that a year ago, most folks couldn’t imagine seeing two adequate BlackBerry handsets on the market. No one was a believer because the Canadian phone maker was losing market share and relevance seemingly by the day. In comes 2013, Thorsten Heins and company wanted a clean slate and convinced customers that…