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As reported by GigaOM and The Verge, BlackBerry had a chance at a turn around last year when a group of angel investors, armed with a radical plan and $1 billion in cash commitments, wanted to take over the company. The takeover plan eventually failed, and BlackBerry again is now facing a financial crisis and possible…
A hands on video of BlackBerry’s rumored upcoming smartphone the Z30 (previously known as the A10) has been released from Vietnamese retailer Cellphone S. The video showcases BlackBerry’s next flagship smartphone, which is seen by some as a last-ditch attempt to save the struggling company. The BlackBerry Z30 will not be touting a QWERTY keyboard…
Blackberry announced on Monday that is ready to explore options to keep the company afloat. In a press release, BlackBerry confirmed that it will “explore strategic alternatives to enhance value and increase scale in order to accelerate BlackBerry 10 deployment.” BlackBerry is open to a joint venture, strategic partnership or an outright a sale of…
BlackBerry may be thinking to go private and get some “breathing room to fix its problems out of the public eye.” Citing “several sources familiar with the situation,” the Reuters report says that the Canadian company is in talks with private equity firm Silver Lake Partners, which is the same company that leads Dell’s current…
BlackBerry has just received the OK from the U.S. Defense Information System Agency (DISA) to use the Q10 and Z10 handsets on the Department of Defense’s networks. DISA is currently developing the infrastructure to support the BlackBerry 10 smartphones, with support for 10,000 BlackBerry Q10 and Z10 devices by the fall, and 30,000 by the…
BlackBerry has certainly seen better days. Not only is it struggling to move enough phones, but also to keep its senior management in place. Heck, it wasn’t long ago when we saw the Canadian company letting go of 250 research and development staff in its headquarters of Waterloo, Canada. And now, three more senior executives…
BGR got its hands on a snapshot of BlackBerry Messenger running on a Galaxy S3. There's not much revealing in the image, just a login screen, but commentary from the source of the leak says the software "isn't bad." That's not exactly a glowing recommendation, but can we really expect people to get excited about…
Some more troubling news for the company formerly known as RIM comes today, with reports stating that BlackBerry has laid off 250 of its workers at a product testing facility in Canada. The layoffs were made in the R&D department, where employees work to test and develop new technologies. BlackBerry is making these cuts as…
The BlackBerry Q10 and the Samsung ATIV S Neo will be available on Sprint’s network soon, according to a leaked photo obtained by Engadget. Sprint had previously announced that it would be carrying the devices, but had not detailed a release date. The report states that the QWERTY keyboard touting BlackBerry Q10 will be shipping…
Oh how the tables have turned… and then turned again. Nokia is now selling more Windows Phone-based Lumia phones than BlackBerry is selling of its own phones. Nokia said that as of last quarter it sold a record high of 7.4 million Lumia smartphones. Meanwhile, BlackBerry shipped 6.8 million smartphones. For the first time, the…