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It’s not the UnCarrier announcement we’re waiting for, but its a good one nonetheless. T-Mobile has announced that they will be purchasing some spectrum from Verizon Wireless. T-Mobile will be spending $2.365 billion in cash to purchase certain 700 MHz A-Block spectrum licences from Verizon. The deal will also see T-Mobile transfer some AWS and…
BlackBerry Messenger has proven to be very popular on non-BlackBerry hardware, with Android and iOS users downloading it in droves. Now it looks like the company has made some of the latest and greatest features of the service available in the Android version of the messaging app. The latest BlackBerry Messenger Beta for Android features…
A new year, and more bummer news for BlackBerry. The Waterloo company has decided to let go one of their most important staff members, Alicia Keys. That’s right, she hung around longer than good ol’ Thorsten did. Wow. Alicia Keys was appointed to Creative Director of BlackBerry last year, and was the first of many…
As far as I’m concerned, Evernote is one of those apps that can easily make or break some platform. Luckily it’s readily available for BlackBerry 10 users though they don’t get to access all of the features iOS and Android apps have at their disposal. Still, the popular note-taking service is getting better with the…
After the American FCC’s bombshell ruling that phones and other devices were safe for use on airplanes, the European Aviation Safety Agency looked into its own regulations and made a change. Scandinavian Airlines became the first carrier to allow gate-to-gate electronic use on its flights. Now British Airways has followed suit and made gadgets even easier…
While gold-colored smartphones are nothing new, they certainly seemed to catch on in 2013. Apple made a splash with their gold or “champagne” colored iPhone 5s, and Samsung released a curious gold-colored flip phone with smartphone innards, the Galaxy Golden. A few 24-carat gold encrusted smartphones released as well, with the HTC One and BlackBerry…
Recent reports have claimed that carrier Sprint has plans to acquire competitor T-Mobile in the near future. Now it looks like there might just be another contender in that market. Reuters reported today that TV provider Dish Network is eyeing T-Mobile as well. According to the report, Dish is considering making a bid for T-Mobile…
In an unlikely move, struggling smartphone manufacturer BlackBerry has partnered with LG to bring its BBM messaging app to future LG devices right out of the box. LG will be preinstalling BBM on some future handsets, beginning with the LG G Pro Lite. BBM is probably the only real success BlackBerry had in 2013. The…
BlackBerry device owners are in for a treat today, as Twitter has updated their BlackBerry app with some awesome new features. Twitter now includes BBM integration, allowing users to Tweet and update their BBM status at the same time. Here’s the full changelog from BlackBerry World: Larger Home Timeline Photo Preview – Tweets with Twitter…
The Wall Street Journal has just published an interesting report in which Sprint is reportedly eyeing the acquisition of America’s magenta carrier, T-Mobile. The report cites “people familiar with the matter” who claim that Sprint is beginning the steps to make a T-Mobile purchase possible. Sprint is currently sifting through all of the regulatory hoops…