These days, the term ‘smartphone” usually implies a full-touchscreen device with a virtual keyboard. After all, almost all of the recent mid- and high-tier smartphones have no physical keyboards. There is a reason for this of course. And let’s face it. What most people want are smartphones with large screens on thin devices along with apps that they can use to entertain themselves or get things... »
BlackBerry just launched a new smartphone today, the BlackBerry Q5. At first glance, its very similar to the Q10, but with chicklet-style keys. This is a device aimed squarely at the mid-tier smartphone device, allowing you to get the BlackBerry 10 experience while keeping your wallet happy. But is it worth it? I’ll give you my first impressions of the BlackBerry Q5, BlackBerry 10′... »
Today BlackBerry’s CEO Thorsten Heins announced a new BlackBerry 10 smartphone aimed towards the lower end of the market. The new BlackBerry Q5 was leaked as the R10 over the last few weeks, and is the anticipated QWERTY device that is aimed to broaden BlackBerry’s marketshare. The phone features a similar square display, and a “curve-like” QWERTY keyboard. The BlackBerry... »
Nokia looks to be unveiling a new QWERTY device tomorrow. The company announced, “On Wednesday morning at 7am GMT (8am UK time) we will be announcing something new, followed by a Q&A session with Neil Broadley from our Mobile Phones team and a special guest.” The company’s teaser has had many speculate whether or not the QWERTY device will be an evolution of the current Asha device. Or, ... »
The past week has revealed quite a few leaks on the upcoming QWERTY BlackBerry 10 smartphone, a refreshing change from the multitude of images we’ve seen of the full-touch BlackBerry 10 smartphone. Now that it’s pretty much unofficially confirmed how both smartphones will look like, which one will you be getting? If you’re a super fan and are getting both, just pick your favori... »
Research In Motion will unveil its first two BlackBerry 10 smartphones on January 30th. However, initial availability may not be likely. Boston-based research firm Detwiler Fenton states in a research note today that the first all-touch BB10 phone won’t appear in the U.S. until March and that the QWERTY keyboard version won’t debut until June. “RIM’s stock has been on a tear recently thanks to a n... »
Last week Nokia polled smartphone customers on their favorite input method. Not surprisingly, users in North America gave a 47.22% favor towards touchscreen-only devices. Whereas, their European and Asian counterparts highly favored QWERTY keyboards. To put this in perspective, in the Philippines, which has the fastest growing smartphone market in Asia, the picture looks like this: QWERTY keyboard... »
Android device from RIM? Windows Phone maybe? There’s a lot of rumors running around the future of BlackBerry maker after the earnings call Q1 fiscal 2013 results and the delay of the BlackBerry 10 device were announced yesterday. If there’s one thing we know, a lot of people are putting interest in the company. Google’s Director of Android User Experience said he would very much... »
During the earnings call for RIM’s Q1 FY2013 results, CEO Thorsten Heins announced that the BlackBerry 10 QWERTY device would “release in close proximity to the first BlackBerry 10 device.” This is something we speculated would happen upon hearing the news that BlackBerry 10 devices had been delayed to Q1 2013. Nevertheless, as we revealed this week, the first two BlackBerry 10 d... »
Many have wondered what the BlackBerry N-series is going to be like. From what we’ve been hearing, it is essentially similar in size to the Bold 9790. However, the BlackBerry N-series will lack one of the staple features of a BlackBerry. There will not be a TrackPad on the BlackBerry N-series. As the internal slide above describes, RIM has found a solution to combine the touch nature of the ... »
