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Seth Colaner - Sat, Apr 06, 2013
If a leaked photo posted at BlackBerryOS is real, button-mashing BB lovers have cause for joy, as the device has the iconic full keyboard. According to the poster, the phone is a “Curve-like” R-series device that will run BlackBerry 10. There are specs no available for the leaked...
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Ray Willington - Wed, Apr 03, 2013
Flying soon? Thinking of taking advantage of in-flight Wi-Fi? If you're nodding 'yes' for both of those, and you recently picked up one of BlackBerry's new Z10 smartphones, you're in luck. In a bid to lure enterprise / business travelers...
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Paul Lilly - Mon, Apr 01, 2013
Let us preface the rest of this article by saying Android is top mobile platform in the world with a monstrous share of the market, followed by iOS, the two of which combine to account for around 80-90 percent of the world's smartphones (depending on the source data). That leaves all the other...
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Paul Lilly - Thu, Mar 28, 2013
BlackBerry surprised Wall Street on Thursday by reporting a profit for its most recent quarter, posting a net gain of $94 million on revenue of $2.7 billion. Compare that to the previous quarter, during which time the company formerly known as Research In Motion (RIM) lost $18 million. Indeed...
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Seth Colaner - Fri, Mar 22, 2013
BlackBerry CEO Thorsten Heins has reason to be optimistic about BlackBerry’s future as a new lineup of promising devices and a mobile OS are starting to debut, but he’s perhaps crossed the line from confident to arrogant--which is always entertaining. On the eve of the U.S. launch...
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Paul Lilly - Fri, Mar 22, 2013
Well folks, the wait is over. If you've been holding out for a BlackBerry Z10 device (without having to pay out the nose for one), today is your day, provided you're willing to sign a two-year service agreement with AT&T, the first...
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Paul Lilly - Thu, Mar 21, 2013
A mobile platform is only as good as its apps, and on that front, BlackBerry 10 (BB10) is off to a stellar start. According to the company previously known as Research In Motion (now it's simply called "BlackBerry"), the BB10 store has been fleshed out with 30,000 new apps in just the past...
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Paul Lilly - Mon, Mar 18, 2013
How do you call someone a Neanderthal without offending them? We're not sure if there's a tactful way of doing that, but if there is, BlackBerry chief Thorstein Heins would be the one to figure it out. Just look at what he had to say about...
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Paul Lilly - Thu, Mar 14, 2013
Now that Android and iOS dominant the mobile market, BlackBerry desperately needs its Z10 handset launch to be a successful one, and there are reasons to believe it will be. One of those reasons is that one of the company's partners has...
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Ray Willington - Thu, Mar 14, 2013
And just like that, BlackBerry's first U.S.-bound BB10 device has Verizon Wireless' support. The Z10 had yet to be announced for VZW until today, but it looks as if it'll ship to customers of that carrier just days after it arrives on...
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Paul Lilly - Mon, Mar 11, 2013
AT&T is the second major U.S. carrier to confirm plans to carry the new BlackBerry Z10 smartphone. Beginning March 12, AT&T will accept pre-orders for BlackBerry's new flagship device, which will run $200 with a two-year service agreement. General availability kicks off on March 22...
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Ray Willington - Sat, Mar 09, 2013
Well, that answers that. With BlackBerry, formerly known as RIM, in a make-it-or-break-it situation with BB10 as well as the Z10 and Q10 handsets, the company's CEO has confirmed that it won't be delving into the low-end market that it has done quite well in in the past. BlackBerry phones have...
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Ray Willington - Fri, Mar 08, 2013
Those waiting patiently for BlackBerry's Z10 launch -- the wait is almost over. T-Mobile USA is set to become one of the first U.S. carriers to ship the handset, with business sales set to begin on 3/11. In other words, those with the right connections could have a Z10 in their hands by next...
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Paul Lilly - Fri, Mar 08, 2013
If you were truly impatient, you could have picked up a BlackBerry Z10 for $1,000 off-contract from Solavei, a relative newcomer to the wireless carrier market, and you can still pay through the nose if you want to (it's currently marked...
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Ray Willington - Fri, Mar 08, 2013
A mobile operating system is arguably only as strong as the ecosystem it fosters, and that explains why Nokia is charging so hard to get Instagram onto Windows Phone. BlackBerry knows that BB10 is going to live or die based on the apps that ships alongside of it, and early adopters will be...
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Joshua Gulick - Mon, Mar 04, 2013
With all the excitement surrounding Yahoo! CEO Marissa Meyer’s decision to put the kibosh on remote working, another, possibly more important move has gone largely unnoticed: Yahoo! is trimming several major products as part of its...
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Seth Colaner - Thu, Feb 28, 2013
Samsung is already gobbling up market share in the consumer mobile space, so why not tackle the enterprise, too? The company has already invaded the business world by virtue of the BYOD trend, but now Samsung is taking steps to improve...
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Ray Willington - Thu, Feb 28, 2013
You might not hear about it on the evening news, but there's a quiet war being waged in the consumer electronics universe. The issue at stake? Wireless power. It's one of those concepts that everyone realizes will be at the heart of the...
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Ray Willington - Fri, Feb 15, 2013
We've always heard that you can't take it to your grave, but one has to wonder why the former co-CEO of Research In Motion chose now to dump every last bit of remaining RIM stock. Jim Balsillie has liquidated his shares in RIM, leaving him zero shares, zero power to vote, and zero percent of...
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Seth Colaner - Sun, Feb 10, 2013
While BlackBerry is mounting a resurgence with its newly released BlackBerry 10 OS and accompanying smartphones, the release apparently didn’t happen soon enough for Home Depot. According to Apple Insider, the home improvement retailer is replacing its fleet of BlackBerry phones with...
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Paul Lilly - Fri, Feb 08, 2013
Numbers are a funny thing, and contrary to their very nature, far from absolute when a human element is involved. The latest mobile data from two market research firms underscores this dilemma and proves you should always take market share...
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Ray Willington - Fri, Feb 08, 2013
We're pretty sure the executives at RIM, er, BlackBerry, have nothing personal against Japan. It's a fine country, and we're pretty sure the top brass there have given it a visit in recent years. But that said, Japanese citizens patiently awaiting BlackBerry 10 are going to have to swallow some bad news this week. Despite shipping in the company's...
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