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The man who help create BlackBerry, Jim Balsillie, has decided to leave the company altogether by selling off his remaining 5.1 percent stake (26.8 million shares in the company). Balsillie’s role shrank over the past year when he stepped down as co-CEO and resigned from the board of directors. This no doubt opens up a…
The BlackBerry Z10 has only been out for less than two weeks, available only to those in Canada and the United Kingdom. A launch in the U.S. is expected sometime in mid-March. Solavei, a prepaid mobile carrier that offers a 4G network, has decided to be first in carrying and offering the device for sale…
It’s been a little over a week now since BlackBerry officially announced its new BlackBerry 10 operating system. Since last week we’ve heard a variety of rumors discussing how well the Waterloo company’s flagship Zed 10 is selling. Some analysts have said there is significant sellouts of the device in the U.K., while others claim the reports…
BlackBerry has certainly done a good job of capturing the world’s attention with their new Z10 and Q10 smartphones, with the handsets already rolling out in the UK and Europe. U.S. customers, however, have been stuck twiddling their thumbs in anticipation of a stateside release. We’ve already heard that the Z10 will most likely be…
It’s been only a week since BlackBerry announced the Z10 in the U.K., and we’re already hearing different theories of how the Waterloo company is fearing with sales. Earlier this week Jefferies analyst, Peter Misek, said that the Z10 is doing well in many retail stores overseas. Misek claimed that the white Z10 was in…
BlackBerry came out with its brand new smartphones less than a week ago. We’re already hearing that the company’s touch screen handset called the Z10 is doing well in the U.K. Today the Waterloo company at a developer conference announced that its BlackBerry 10 mobile operating system will soon begin supporting Android 4.1 Jelly Bean…
It hasn’t been a week yet, but early reports show that BlackBerry (formally Research In Motion) is doing well in the U.K. Some early sales data suggests that the Waterloo company may be seeing strong demand for the Z10. Preorders of the Z10 in the United Arab Emirates and Canada have so far been “solid,” according to…
BlackBerry announced its new BlackBerry OS in late 2011 and today, the Canadian company took the final wraps off its shipping product. There were no big surprises in the presentation as most of the details have been revealed in earlier BB10 events or leaked to the Internet in the past few weeks. Nonetheless, it’s worth…
BlackBerry officially launched its BlackBerry 10 OS today at a morning event held in New York City. Besides unveiling details about its new mobile OS, the Canadian manufacturer also announced the BlackBerry Q10 handset, the first QWERTY phone with tits BlackBerry 10 OS. The Q10 will complement the Z10, a full-touchscreen model also unveiled today…
BlackBerry held its big BlackBerry 10 launch event today and the Canadian manufacturer used it time in the spotlight to announce the BlackBerry Z10. The Z10 is one of two handsets RIM is using to kick off its new mobile OS platform. As expected, the Z10 will sport a 4.2 inch HD display with a…