A recent report claimed that sales of the BlackBerry Q10 were below those of the Z10 when it first arrived, and the folks over at Seeking Alpha decided to take matters into their own hands. Ends up that the Q10 is not only selling spectacularly, but it’s actually out performing the Galaxy S4 in UK’s largest mobile phone retailer. Michael Collins at Seeking Alpha did his own research an... »
After a very exciting BlackBerry Live and a lot of new announcements BlackBerry wants that momentum going. Always a treat when we see more and more apps hit BlackBerry World and here are the highlighted apps for this weeks App Wednesday. BlackBerry Z10 Apps: Music & Audio: Animoog (Moog Music Inc.) - As featured at BlackBerry Live Gaming: Tesoro Submarino (Discovery Latin America, LLC) Da... »
BlackBerry founder and ex-CEO Mike Lazaridis said he believes iPhone and other devices users will embrace the BlackBerry Messenger app. The app was announced to be available for iOS and Android this summer during the BlackBerry Live conference. Reaction to the announcement has, so far, been mostly positive from other platform users. “BBM is by far the most compelling wireless experience and wirele... »
Apple’s iTunes has become the pinnacle in digital sales for music. However, BlackBerry could be well on their way to reaching closer and closer to iTunes marketshare. “20 per cent of overall purchases on BlackBerry World is music,” Charlie Miller, BlackBerry’s Director of Alliances said to TrustedReviews, he added: “That’s just music, not movie and TV and that’s a lot higher than some.” “The... »
DBrand makes vinyl skins for the BlackBerry Z10. I personally don’t use skins on my phone and I am hesitant to do so because I am very specific and precise with these types of things. That being said I was nervous applying the skin, but the first thing that was a positive was that the skin removed easily when I was refitting the device with the skin. There was no sticky residue which was pos... »
Since the playbook originally released BlackBerry faithful have been praying and wiating for Netflix to bring their popular streaming app to their devices. With BlackBerry10 now available and off to a good start we have seen apps like Skype , Kindle and many more make their way to BlackBerry World. Unfortunately Netflix still remains the holy grail for the US markets along with Instagram. At lea... »
Last week in Orlando, BlackBerry took the stage to update the state of the company and give us a flurry of new announcements which included the Q5 mid-tiered smartphone, BBM channels , 10.2 and of course BlackBerry Messenger for iOS and Android. Do you think BlackBerry Live was a success? Did you expect more? Maybe less? Vote Below and make sure you leave a comment telling us why! »
During the BlackBerry Live 2013 general keynote session, BlackBerry unveiled a new commercial aimed at the success of the QNX operating system. QNX Software Systems has spent the last 30+ years perfecting its ultra-reliable software, now used everywhere reliability, performance, and connectivity matter. It’s actively being used in places like the international space station, next-generation ... »
BlackBerry is baking in direct 3rd party game controller support in Unity. This allows game controllers from MOGA and SteelSeries to be used with a BlackBerry Z10 when playing a supported game. The controllers do sync to the BlackBerry Z10 via USB, but exhibit no latency. For the MOGA controller, there is a dedicated “holster” to enclose the device. We sat down with BlackBerry’s ... »
BlackBerry announced today a diverse range of sectors, including high tech, banking, retail and government in North America that have adopted BlackBerry 10 and BlackBerry Enterprise Service 10 as part of their mobile strategy. The number of organizations that are adopting BlackBerry as their Enterprise Mobility Management solution is growing bigger. Some other organizations include BMO Financial G... »
BlackBerry today announced that the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department (LASD) is currently deploying BlackBerry 10 and BlackBerry Enterprise Service 10. The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department, the largest sheriff’s department in the nation, has tested the advanced mobile computing and communication features of BlackBerry 10 and is now deploying BlackBerry Enterprise Ser... »
Well this has been an exciting day for BlackBerry, after all the announcements we heard today we thought nothing else would surprise us, but we were wrong. One of the most wanted applications on BlackBerry has been found online. Instagram version 3.4.4 has been leaked for the BlackBerry Z10. Since it’s a leak, it has it’s bugs but you’re still able to post pictures and view your ... »
BoxTone has announced it will support BlackBerry 10. The company will extend its Enterprise Mobility Management to the new BB10 platform. “BoxTone has a long tradition of supporting the BlackBerry platform and delivering value added Mobile Service Management solutions to complement BlackBerry’s strong security and management for enterprise mobility,” said Alan Snyder, CEO of BoxT... »
During BlackBerry Live 2013, it was announced that BlackBerry Enterprise IM 3.0 supports secure instant messaging and collaboration with Microsoft Lync, Microsoft Office Communications Server and IBM Lotus Sametime. Press Release WATERLOO, ONTARIO–(Marketwired – May 14, 2013) – BlackBerry® (NASDAQ: BBRY)(TSX: BB) today unveiled BlackBerry® Enterprise Instant Messaging (Enterprise... »
During the BlackBerry Live 2013 keynote, QNX rolled out the QNX Bentley. Showing the amazing QNX CAR platform, Mark Rigley, demoed an in-car BBM Video chat. This was a first for any company. A video call within a car to a mobile phone. BlackBerry certainly demonstrated the power behind BlackBerry 10 as a mobile computing end point. QNX also demoed how seamlessly they could update the Bentley’... »
Good Morning #TeamBlackBerry! We are officially up and running as we are preparing for the days activities. We are excited and can’t wait for the Keynote to kick off and see what BlackBerry has in store for us. Will we get a new PlayBook? an announcement for BB10 on the current Playbook? Maybe the R10 or maybe the mighty Aristo. Who knows but the excitement around these halls is pretty evid... »
harmon.ie, the user experience company for the mobile enterprise today announced a native Office 365 and SharePoint app for the BlackBerry® Z10 and BlackBerry® Q10 smartphones is available on the BlackBerry® World™ storefront. harmon.ie for BlackBerry 10 will be offered as part of the harmon.ie 4.0 product suite, also announced today. [Press Release] harmon.ie Office 365 is almost like Docs To Go ... »
I just got an email from Wikitude that let me know that they are all set to launch a beta of their new Wikitude Places app for BlackBerry 10. If you had a BlackBerry running OS 7 or 7.1, you’re familiar with what Wikitude can do. However, the BB10 version will have a brand new user interface and features that we’re sure to love, all in time for BlackBerry Live! This is, of course for r... »
A lot of family and friends of mine are vivid BlackBerry users. Some are in countries where phone subsidies don’t exist. Purchasing a phone can be very expensive so people are always looking for that perfect deal. BlackBerry 10 will soon bring two more devices that are scheduled to be introduced for those markets. These devices are also great for the markets like the U.S. because you can get... »
The debate once was Qwerty or not? Today that battle has become a full blown out war. I was at a tech event yesterday and of course I showed everyone my Z10 and Q10. To my surprise it became a full blown heated debate about which one is better. You all know I am a full blown Qwerty fan boy so I’m clearly biased toward the Q10. To me it’s the most powerful time saving business device ev... »
