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According to a report in Bloomberg, BlackBerry CEO Thorsten Heins is not too keen on the tablet market. Speaking during an interview yesterday at the Milken Institute conference in Los Angeles, Heins said, “In five years I don’t think there’ll be a reason to have a tablet anymore. Maybe a big screen in your workspace,…
BlackBerry has always had a grip on the UK market, and if the release of the BlackBerry Q10 in the U.K. is any indicator, the company formally known as RIM still has a foothold there. The BlackBerry Q10 was released last weekend in the U.K., and retailer Carphone Warehouse saw an amazingly strong demand for…
RIM, it’s a nasty word we just don’t use anymore. The newly rebranded company, now going by BlackBerry, is releasing its keyboard touting, BlackBerry 10 OS running smartphone in Canada on May 1st of this year. Canadian carriers such as Rogers Wireless, Bell Mobility and Telus will be selling the Q10, which will retail for…
Well, RIM’s not off to a good start with the launch of the BlackBerry 10 operating system and new BlackBerry Z10 phone. Let’s be real though: did anyone actually think BlackBerry 10 was going to be RIM’s total saving grace? While it’s a definite step up from the BlackBerry models we’ve come to loathe, the…
Along with the upcoming release of BlackBerry’s new Q10 handset is a revamped BlackBerry 10 OS that will make its way to the recently released Z10 as well. Even though the update will be available for both of BlackBerry’s new devices, it will be touting optimization for the QWERTY keyboard sporting Q10 handset. The Q10 is…
If you’re interested in the new BlackBerry Q10 smartphone, now is a good time to pre-order one. Phones4U is offering a free BlackBerry Playbook with the first 300 Q10 pre-orders, which is quite a deal. Phones4U is offering the 64GB version of the Playbook, which unfortunately does not run on the new BlackBerry 10 operating system.…
The BlackBerry Q10 is finally available for pre-order, but only in Canada. Major retailers north of the border such as Rogers, Future Shop, Telus and Best Buy have announced to customers that they can pre-order the QWERTY device. Rogers will be offering the Q10 in both black and white, shipments will go out on April…
Today I’m attending BlackBerry’s developer event in Belgrade, Serbia, which is organized by the company’s Balkan developer network. Even though the Canadian company was losing market share in the last few years, they’re eager to tell everyone they’re a different company now, one that has a brand new platform to compete in today’s market. We…
If you’re an Android or iPhone user who is interested in checking out BlackBerry’s new BlackBerry 10 OS, a new live web demo is now available that turns your smartphone into a temporary BB10 device. By pointing your mobile browser to BlackBerry.com/glimpse, users can take a tour of the new OS, checking out the BlackBerry…
BlackBerry reported its Q4 2013 earnings today and surprised Wall Street with a surprise profit of $98 million, or $0.19 per share diluted for the quarter. This is a significant improvement from the same quarter last year when the company reported a loss of $118 million. “We have implemented numerous changes at BlackBerry over the…