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BlackBerry CEO Thorsten Heins made some odd comments about tablets today at the BlackBerry Live conference. They’re odd because just last month he seemingly would have disagreed with what he is now saying. “The industry got stuck on the term ‘tablets’,” Heins told CNET, before adding a stance for the company. “We want to create…
BlackBerry kicked off its BlackBerry Live conference by announcing a new, mid-range handset. The BlackBerry Q5 lands under the Q10 and will rock a 3.1-inch touchscreen, a classic QWERTY keyboard and the BlackBerry 10 operating system. It will land this July in Europe, Asia, the Middle East, Africa and Latin America. It will be available…
BlackBerry Q10 is getting increasingly popular and GoldGenie thinks there are certain individuals who would like it dipped in good ol’ gold. 24-carat gold, to be more precise. For those folks, they’ve prepared this special gold Q10 which is currently selling for 1597 GBP, the amount that translates into some $2472. Alongside the phone —…
The upcoming BlackBerry R10, which we’ve already seen before, has been leaked again. This time we see it in red and black, the first of which may prove popular among women and fashionistas who like to carry unique devices. Details are still scarce about this model but we tend to think the R10 is a…
BlackBerry 10 and Samsung Knox devices are secure enough to be used by the military, Department of Defense has announced. And while we’re not surprised about BlackBerry, we are delighted to see Samsung on the list, as well. This means that Android is getting to places where it wasn’t before, namely government agencies which are…
We’ve already told you that BlackBerry Q10 is in high demand in the UK, and now we have the Canadian company’s CEO sharing another tidbit of the good news with its shareholders. According to this Bloomberg report, Thorsten Heins (BlackBerry CEO) stated that “We have very, very good first signs already after the launch in…
A new video prank by ImprovEverywhere hits on one of the most annoying and dangerous developments associated with the rise of the smartphone; clueless looking pedestrians staring at their devices as they navigate city streets. Sure, it can be annoying trying to dodge seemingly clueless people, but we are all guilty of this behavior. And…
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,…
In an attempt to curb stolen smartphone sales, San Francisco police officers are using a tactic that they hope will shock and awe those who buy stolen iPhones out of doing so. The SFPD is sending out plainclothes officers to some of the rougher areas of SF, offering “stolen” iPhones to unwitting civilians. When someone…
Skype is now available for BlackBerry Q10 with Z10 owners getting it as soon as BlackBerry released 10.1 OS update for the all-touchscreen device. Included in the app are all of the standard Skype features such as free face to face video and voice calls, IM, as well as low cost voice calls and SMS…