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| Feb 20, 2022 | Startup company OnwardMobility’s 5G Blackberry revival is officially dead | Startup tech company OnwardMobility has confirmed that the plans to bring a Blackberry 5G device to the market is officially dead. In a report, Kevin Michaluk, founder of the newly-resurrected Crackberry blog announced that the company will... |
| Feb 12, 2022 | Разработка BlackBerry 5G прекратилась: OnwardMobility потеряла права на имя | Сообщалось, что дизайн BlackBerry 5G скопирован с Priv — смартфона BlackBerry 2015 года выпуска
Стартап OnwardMobility, владелец лицензии на производство смартфонов BlackBerry, прекратил разработку нового смартфона. По слухам, компания поте... |
| Feb 11, 2022 | The 5G Blackberry Dream Is Over As OnwardMobility Loses Blackberry Rights | Just a month after OnwardMobility reassured prospective customers it was still working on a revived Blackberry, new reports indicate the project is vaporware.
OnwardMobility acquired the rights to make Blackberry phones in August 2020, afte... |
| May 11, 2021 | Тернистый путь BlackBerry OS 10 | Всем привет. Давненько не было статей от меня. Вот, решил исправиться. Сегодня хотел бы показать вам тот тернистый путь развития, через который прошла BlackBerry OS 10.Предыстория
На дворе 2010 год. Перспективы у RIM (после официального ано... |
| Jul 7, 2018 | Rumored BlackBerry Ghost Flagship To Boast 4,000 mAh Battery | Carl Velasco, Tech Times 07 July 2018, 10:07 pm
BlackBerry seems to be on its way toward a full recovery. Long after the brand's demise, TCL has been doing its best to resurrect Research In Motion's largely abandoned smartphone line, inject... |
| Jun 27, 2018 | Android Oreo For BlackBerry KEYone: Here's When You Can Expect The Update | John Diente, Tech Times 27 June 2018, 08:06 am
Blackberry KEYone owners receive pleasant news as the manufacturer teases the upcoming arrival of its Android 8.0 Oreo upgrade with a small software update. Living Up To Its Promise
Reports con... |
| Jun 23, 2017 | BlackBerry’s no-phone business model isn’t working out as planned | Enlarge / Hardly anyone is buying these.
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| Apr 27, 2017 | TCL’s BlackBerry KeyOne goes on sale in Canada and the U.S. on May 31 | After an unexpected delay, Chinese electronics company TCL has announced the BlackBerry KeyOne will be going on sale in the U.S. and Canada on May 31. First unveiled in February, the phone was originally supposed to roll out globally in Apr... |
| Apr 27, 2017 | TCL’s BlackBerry KeyOne goes on sale in Canada and the U.S. on May 31 | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
After an unexpected delay, Chinese electronics co... |
| Apr 27, 2017 | BlackBerry’s last internally designed phone comes out at the end of May | reader comments 47 with 36 posters participating
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The BlackBerry KeyOne, a 2017 phone that was manufactured under license by a Chinese company, TCL.
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| Feb 24, 2017 | What to expect at MWC: Five flagship smartphones and the return of the brick | At MWC 2015, the entrance had a massive LED screen that wrapped up the wall, across the ceiling, and down the other wall.
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| Feb 19, 2017 | BlackBerry Mercury Receives Wi-Fi Certification As Official Launch Draws Closer | Joshua King, Tech Times 19 February 2017, 08:02 am
BlackBerry is expected to unveil a new smartphone at its press event at the Mobile World Congress (MWC) 2017. The impending handset has been codenamed Blackberry Mercury and according to re... |
| Jan 28, 2017 | Rumor: BlackBerry Mercury Will Have The Same Camera As Google Pixel, Pixel XL | Carl Velasco, Tech Times 28 January 2017, 05:01 am
BlackBerry-branded devices maker TCL showcased Mercury earlier this year at CES, but has remained very laconic about the latest keyboard-clad flagship since.
Mercury's full unveiling will f... |
| Jan 4, 2017 | BlackBerry’s last in-house QWERTY phone, the “Mercury,” gets teased | reader comments 70 with 51 posters participating
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Enjoy our official first look at what’s to come from the newest BlackBerry smartphone. More to come at MWC. pic.twitter.com... |
| Dec 18, 2016 | CES 2017: TCL Could Unveil QWERTY BlackBerry Phone, Company President Hints | Chris Loterina, Tech Times 18 December 2016, 01:12 am
BlackBerry has already made known that it will no longer manufacture its own handsets. Although the company has released several devices after that announcement, the expectation is that ... |
| Dec 6, 2016 | BlackBerry’s final smartphone will be as bad as ever, leaked images claim | You’ve really got to hand it to BlackBerry; years of brutal sales and a long history of bad timing and big missteps aside, the company is still holding firm to its belief that the world needs physical keyboards on smartphones. The latest ex... |
| Oct 24, 2016 | BlackBerry DTEK60 Release Date Could Be Oct. 25 | Carl Velasco, Tech Times 24 October 2016, 08:10 am
The DTEK60, BlackBerry's next flagship phone, comes as no surprise for most, since the Android-powered smartphone has gotten its generous share of leaks of late, revealing many notable deta... |
| Oct 21, 2016 | BlackBerry Mercury Visits Geekbench Sporting Android 7.0 Nougat, Snapdragon 625 And 3 GB RAM | Chris Loterina, Tech Times 21 October 2016, 09:10 am
A new BlackBerry device has just surfaced on Geekbench and, no, this is not the DTEK60. The device is dubbed "Mercury" and looks to be the successor to the BlackBerry Priv, if o... |
| Oct 3, 2016 | BlackBerry Priv Starts Receiving October 2016 Security Update | Carl Velasco, Tech Times 03 October 2016, 09:10 am
BlackBerry is rolling out an October security update for the Android-powered BlackBerry Priv, ahead of Google's official release of the patch.
All carrier variants or unlocked versions of t... |
| Sep 21, 2016 | BlackBerry DTEK60 Specs Leaked: Fingerprint Scanner, Snapdragon 820 Processor And More | Sumit Passary, Tech Times 21 September 2016, 08:09 am
BlackBerry is believed to be working on a new Android smartphone called DTEK60.
Previous rumors have revealed that the Canadian mobile phone is working on three new Android handsets this... |
| Jul 20, 2016 | New BlackBerry Devices En Route, More Details Next Week: CEO | Horia Ungureanu, Tech Times 20 July 2016, 10:07 am
BlackBerry will release a few Android smartphones this year, according to insiders familiar with the matter.
At the BlackBerry Security Summit held in New York City, John Chen, the head of ... |
| Jul 4, 2016 | BlackBerry Denies End Of Production For BlackBerry 10: Where Did That Info Come From? | Anu Passary, Tech Times 04 July 2016, 09:07 am
BlackBerry recently came under scrutiny for supposedly ending the production of its BlackBerry 10-powered devices. However, the Canadian company has denied any such information and claims that ... |
| Jul 3, 2016 | US Senate Will Not Issue BlackBerrys To Staffers As BlackBerry Decides To Discontinue BlackBerry 10 OS Devices | Quinten Plummer, Tech Times 03 July 2016, 09:07 am
It's a major blow, but BlackBerry isn't about to dump all of its BlackBerry 10 devices as was asserted in an email to government employees. The U.S. Senate will no longer use BlackBerry dev... |
| Jun 28, 2016 | BlackBerry Hamburg Could Be A TCL Alcatel Idol 4 At Its Core | Alexandra Burlacu, Tech Times 28 June 2016, 02:06 am
The rumored BlackBerry Hamburg could hit the market as a rebranded TCL Alcatel Idol 4, new Wi-Fi Alliance certification suggests.
BlackBerry launched its first Android handset last year i... |
| May 31, 2016 | BlackBerry Priv Updated To June Marshmallow Treat With A Slew Of Fixes: Here's What You Get | Alexandra Burlacu, Tech Times 31 May 2016, 09:05 am
BlackBerry apparently released a new Marshmallow beta to its BlackBerry Priv, and it looks like the June security update.
The update reportedly started rolling out on Friday to the BlackBe... |
| May 20, 2016 | BlackBerry Hamburg Crosses GFXBench: Snapdragon 615, 5.2-Inch Display, Android 6.0.1 | Kyle Nofuente, Tech Times 20 May 2016, 09:05 am
BlackBerry's upcoming device lineup does indeed continue in the Priv's use of Android as the mobile operating system of choice.
Long rumored for quite some time and recently confirmed to be co... |
| Apr 11, 2016 | Want BlackBerry Priv? You're Not Getting It From Sprint | Aaron Mamiit, Tech Times 11 April 2016, 09:04 am
Formerly an exclusive device for AT&T, T-Mobile and Verizon have both launched the Blackberry Priv, the first Android-based device of the smartphone manufacturer. T-Mobile began to offer ... |
| Mar 30, 2016 | Facebook gives in to BlackBerry’s begging, creates web-based app after killing native app | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more.
BlackBerry will take its victories where it can get them these days, no matter how small they may be.
Today, the company announced a mo... |
| Dec 25, 2015 | BlackBerry Priv Verizon Launch Imminent As Android Smartphone Pays A Visit To FCC | Sumit Passary, Tech Times 25 December 2015, 08:12 am
The BlackBerry Priv will soon debut on Verizon as the handset visits the U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC).
BlackBerry CEO John Chen announced the company's first Android-power... |
| Dec 1, 2015 | BlackBerry Priv Teardown Reveals Screen Easy To Replace, Internals Hard To Take Apart [Video] | Dave Calpito, Tech Times 01 December 2015, 07:12 am
The BlackBerry Priv, the company's very first Android smartphone, is now readily obtainable via the manufacturer, AT&T and, soon, Verizon. New BlackBerry Priv teardown videos have surf... |
| Nov 11, 2015 | First renders of BlackBerry’s second Android phone Vienna leak | Here we go again. First there was the BlackBerry Venice, which was leaked profusely long before it was announced. Now, less than a week after that device launched, rumors of the BlackBerry Vienna have started to leak out.
The Venice code na... |
| Nov 11, 2015 | First renders of BlackBerry’s second Android phone Vienna leak | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more.
Here we go again. First there was the BlackBerry Venice, which was leaked profusely long before it was announced. Now, less than a week... |
| Sep 28, 2015 | BlackBerry debuts Priv Android phone | Handset maker BlackBerryhas confirmed it will make a smartphone running Google's Android operating system, but maintains it will continue to support its existing BlackBerryOS devices.
Currently codenamed Venice, the device will be called Pr... |
| Sep 25, 2015 | It’s official: Blackberry’s Android phone—the “Priv”—will launch this year | reader comments 205 with 132 posters participating
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A few leaked images of the Priv. Just check out that keyboard.
Evan Blass
It's a slider, so here it is open...
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| Sep 2, 2015 | More Shots Of BlackBerry Android Phone Leak Online | We got a glimpse of BlackBerry’s rumored Android-powered smartphone last month, in the form a render shared on Twitter by notorious leaker Evan Blass. Now photos of the Android BlackBerry have apparently leaked too — published by Taiwanese ... |
| Aug 11, 2015 | BlackBerry Venice Internal Renders Leak, Point Strongly At Android And 18MP Camera | Jan Dizon, Tech Times 11 August 2015, 09:08 am
The BlackBerry Passport Silver Edition may be slowly turning heads, but one rumored upcoming smartphone from BlackBerry is beginning to steal the limelight thanks to reports that it will be the... |
| Mar 3, 2015 | BlackBerry will keep making smartphones -- unveils Leap mid-ranger, new slider | BlackBerry shipped an insignificant number of smartphones last year, but the Canadian maker is not giving up the fight yet. Today, at MWC 2015, it announced a new mid-range handset, called Leap, and revealed an upcoming slider phone, which ... |
| Feb 25, 2015 | Would You Use The BlackBerry Leap (Or Whatever They End Up Calling It)? | Share this article:
If like me, you still have a soft spot for BlackBerry phones, then I guess you’d be interested in knowing about the soon to be released device, the BlackBerry Leap (formerly known as the BlackBerry Rio; although not enti... |
| Feb 20, 2015 | Customized PINs and Ad-free Subscription Coming To BBM | Share this article:
It’s no secret that Blackberry has been in a rut lately. They seemingly started getting out of that by monetizing the BBM app and putting ads in feeds and invites, not disrupting the chatting experience but certainly dis... |
| Dec 22, 2014 | The Blackberry Classic Is A Noble Throwback To The QWERTY Era | It’s 2003. Outkast’s “Hey Ya” is playing on your Archos Jukebox as you take the train into work in the near dark. At your hip is strapped a Blackberry 7200, one of the first color smartphones in the world. Your belt buzzes – it’s an email f... |
| Oct 8, 2014 | BlackBerry Passport review: Gadget Watch | In recent years, mobile phone design has for the most part become far less imaginative. With a few notable exceptions, most smartphones feature a rectangular touchscreen display between about 4.5-inches and 6-inches diagonally across.
Insof... |
| Oct 6, 2014 | Of Course There Is A Gold BlackBerry Passport | Nothing screams spreadsheets and secure communication more than a gold BlackBerry Passport. We reached out to BlackBerry to confirm the authenticity and availability of the device, but have yet to hear back. |
| Jul 24, 2014 | It’s berry white: BlackBerry announces white Passport, cloud-hosted BES10 MDM platform | BlackBerry has announced it is releasing its BlackBerry Enterprise Service 10 (BES10) mobile device platform (MDM) and has also shown off a white version of its forthcoming Passport phablet.
Until now, businesses have had to host BES from t... |
| Jul 8, 2014 | BlackBerry’s square-screened phone to free us from our “rectangular world” | Enlarge / The BlackBerry Passport (center) is certainly different.
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| Apr 4, 2014 | T-Mobile punches back at BlackBerry after being dropped | T-Mobile is now offering BlackBerry users a $100 credit to trade in their device for any other phone
As you probably heard, earlier this week BlackBerry decided that, following months of strained relations between the two companies, it woul... |
| Apr 2, 2014 | BlackBerry and T-Mobile have officially broken up | Relations have been tense since T-Mobile offered free iPhone 5s to BlackBerry customers
Relations between BlackBerry and T-Mobile have been strained for a while now, ever since T-Mobile dropped BlackBerry from its stores and then began offe... |
| Apr 2, 2014 | BlackBerry dumps T-Mobile following “ill-conceived” ad campaign | T-Mobile won't be offering BlackBerry products for much longer.
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| Feb 25, 2014 | BlackBerry proves it's still kicking, announces Z3, Q20 smartphones | BlackBerry has carefully chosen the second day of the MWC conference to announce two new smartphones that run BB 10 OS, namely the full-touch Z3 and QWERTY-equipped Q20. Smart choice. After all, the big players have already showcased their ... |
| Feb 20, 2014 | Blackberry CEO 'Outraged,' Scolds T-Mobile Like A Child For Simple Sales Pitch To Blackberry Users | Blackberry CEO John Chen has a lot to worry about. At the moment his company continues a head-first plunge into potential irrelevance, being incapable of offering compelling products that prevent Apple and Google from eroding its wireless m... |
| Feb 13, 2014 | BBM, now with voice and ‘Channels’ support, is BlackBerry’s killer product | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more.
BlackBerry announced today that it would be adding Channels and Voice to the iOS and Android versions of its highly popular BlackBerry ... |
| Jan 21, 2014 | BlackBerry soars after it is chosen for new DoD program | Company stock rises 10% on Tuesday, hitting highest price since September
Will anyone be surprised if, and when, interim BlackBerry CEO John Chen is officially given the title? Under his leadership the last three months and change, the comp... |
| Jan 14, 2014 | BlackBerry Enterprise Server to soon support Windows Phone? | BlackBerry's efforts to improve its sliding sales and consumer relevance with the BlackBerry 10 touch-friendly lineup have failed. In fact, the company's latest available handsets are actually selling less nowadays compared to the old, and ... |
| Nov 8, 2013 | The state of BlackBerry and Nokiasoft | Over the past week, both BlackBerry and Nokia were in the news for very different reasons. BlackBerry abruptly abandoned its auction process and opted to raise $1 billion in debt to attempt a turnaround. Meanwhile, as the Microsoft deal awa... |
| Nov 6, 2013 | John Chen: Does the New Face of BlackBerry Look to Android for Help? | BlackBerry seems to be in the news on a daily bases, and the only thing that is a constant at the company is that there is continual change – and it does not matter if you were a CEO, board member, engineer, or stockperson – things they are... |
| Oct 14, 2013 | Blackberry Z30: The (Not So) Complete Review | Take away the apparently bigger size, silver-coated bezel and base finish, and the Blackberry Z30 could easily pass for another Z10 device. I’m not sure if the Z30 was intended to be an all-out improvement on the Z10 – Blackberry don’t seem... |
| Oct 14, 2013 | BlackBerry Reaffirms It Isn’t Gone Just Yet In An Open Letter To Customers | BlackBerry is currently dealing with some serious, serious issues — no one wanted its first flagship phone, one of its co-founders might be making a dark-horse bid to buy the company back, and the company might just end up being parted out ... |
| Oct 14, 2013 | BlackBerry fights bad press with an open letter to fans: 'Count on us' | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more.
With little hope of combating all of its negative press, BlackBerry is choosing to embrace it and remind fans that “you can continue to... |
| Oct 3, 2013 | AH Tech Talk: BlackBerry's SEC Filing Acknowledges That Android and iOS Helped in its Demise | BlackBerry has finally stated the obvious in it latest SEC Filing a few days ago – that Android and iOS helped bring down the once mighty BlackBerry, formerly know as Research in Motion (RIM). BlackBerry was once on top of the mobile phone ... |
| Sep 29, 2013 | After Near-$1B Inventory Write-Down, BlackBerry Starts Selling Unlocked Smartphones Direct To U.S. Buyers | Well that was quick: Not long after T-Mobile announced it would stop carrying BlackBerry hardware in its retail stores (but continue selling them online), the Canadian smartphone maker has revealed a new direct selling model that it likely ... |
| Jul 12, 2013 | “A crappy product”: BlackBerry boss admits PlayBook tablet didn’t have enough memory | BlackBerry chief executive Thorsten Heins is defending a recent decision to not allow an upgrade to the company’s BlackBerry 10 operating system by admitting the device was too underpowered, as reports surface the company has fired its mark... |
| May 14, 2013 | BlackBerry May Be Dabbling In Phablets With A 5-Inch Z10 Refresh | BlackBerry’s wryly jovial CEO Thorsten Heins spent quite a bit of time talking up the new mid-range Q5 at this morning’s BlackBerry Live keynote address, but the folks in Waterloo may be working on a follow-up smartphone that’s staggeringly... |
| Apr 29, 2013 | BlackBerry Q10 selling at rate of “thousands per hour” in UK | reader comments 57 with 40 posters participating, including story author
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| Apr 18, 2013 | BlackBerry 10.1 update beta shows the future of the future of BlackBerry | Qualcomm Snapdragon chips power the BlackBerry Z10 and many other smartphones.
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| Apr 12, 2013 | BlackBerry Takes Its PR Fight To The SEC: Seeks Review Of “False” Report On Return Rates Of BB Z10 From Detwiler Fenton | BlackBerry, the beleaguered Canadian handset maker, today said it is contacting the Securities and Exchange Commission and the Ontario Securities Commission for formal reviews of the analysts Detwiler Fenton, after its analysts issued a sta... |
| Mar 13, 2013 | After A Change Of Heart, WhatsApp Officially Debuts On BlackBerry 10 | When BlackBerry 10 launched, it did so with a dearth of big-name applications available in its BlackBerry World content portal. Even now some companies (I’m looking at you Netflix) continue to shy away from the platform, but at least one co... |
| Mar 6, 2013 | German government embraces BlackBerry Z10 as UK retailers slash prices | Blackberry’s Z10 smartphone has received a large vote of confidence in the form of a major order from the German government, although UK retailers are slashing prices on the device.
CrackBerry reports the German government has ordered 5,000... |
| Mar 4, 2013 | There’s No Native Instagram App For BlackBerry 10, But This Ported Android Version Gets The Job Done | BlackBerry 10 may have launched with over 70,000 apps, but fans of taking pictures of their lunch were saddened to learn that Instagram wasn’t one of them. While there’s still no official version of Instagram for BlackBerry 10 devices, the ... |
| Feb 20, 2013 | From the car to your phone: How BlackBerry ported over QNX for its new OS | reader comments 62 with 45 posters participating
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By now, you know all about BlackBerry 10, with its myriad gestures, its bustling notifications Hub, and the BlackBerry Bala... |
| Feb 11, 2013 | IMPI: Is this SA startup going to become the Symantec of the mobile age? | With its growing popularity, the Android mobile platform, much like Windows, is rising to number one on the cybercriminal hit list.
At the end of 2012, Trend Micro reported 350 000 “malicious” and “high-risk” Android apps — up from a mere ... |
| Feb 11, 2013 | IMPI: Is this SA startup going to become the Symantec of the mobile age? | With its growing popularity, the Android mobile platform, much like Windows, is rising to number one on the cybercriminal hit list.
At the end of 2012, Trend Micro reported 350 000 “malicious” and “high-risk” Android apps — up from a mere 1... |
| Feb 5, 2013 | BlackBerry’s Canadian Z10 Launch Event Had Balloons, CEOs And Customers! | It’s not exactly reminiscent of BlackBerry’s 2008 launch of the Storm, but the Z10 still seems to be off to a good start.
BlackBerry today released the BlackBerry Z10 all-touch smartphone in its homeland of Canada on Rogers. The launch was ... |
| Jan 30, 2013 | Music And Videos Go Live On BlackBerry World Web Store Ahead Of Today’s BB10 Launch | Today is D-Day for BlackBerry-maker RIM. Or rather BB10 day — as the company will finally do the big reveal of its rebooted mobile OS platform. With hours to go until the launch event kicks off, RIM has flicked the multimedia switch for its... |
| Dec 5, 2012 | RIM preparing for BBM video calls in BlackBerry 10 | Research in Motion could be planning to add video call capabilities to its BlackBerry Messaging (BBM) service as part of BlackBerry 10.
According to CrackBerry, the latest BlackBerry 10 developer software update includes a folder called “bb... |
| Nov 14, 2012 | Here’s A BlackBerry 10 Device Next To An iPhone 5 | RIM is launching BlackBerry 10 in February 2013 with several devices. Little is known about these handsets but the pic here shows the touchscreen model next to an iPhone 5. Tantalizing, I know.
Draw your own conclusions but what we’re looki... |
| Oct 12, 2012 | Playback: RIM’s BlackBerry PlayBook, 18 months later | reader comments 89 with 69 posters participating, including story author
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The news that RIM is quickly headed for extinction has been greatly exaggerated. Sure, RIM is no lo... |
| Sep 28, 2012 | BlackBerry 10 Touch, Qwerty Devices Leak In Video; RIM Wants Lady Gaga To Help Sell BB10 | RIM is still bathing in the afterglow of yesterday’s Q2 2013 fiscal results not being quite as awful as some had feared. The company remains in the invidious position of having to flog an out-of-date OS (BB7) while it tries to get its next-... |
| Jun 20, 2012 | RIM Confirms Layoffs As They Rally Developers Around BlackBerry 10 | Rumors and reports of layoffs at RIM have been swirling around for weeks now, and now the Waterloo company has confirmed what we all expected — they’re letting people go in an effort as part of their bid to save $1 billion by 2013.
Unsurpri... |
| Jun 13, 2012 | Developer Teaches RIM’s PlayBook A New Trick: How To Run iOS Apps | For all its (largely software-based) shortcomings, RIM’s BlackBerry PlayBook really isn’t that bad a tablet, even if RIM ended up losing a fair bit of money on some of them.
This past weekend, a user named BusinessCat2000 posted a video (se... |
| Jun 13, 2012 | Look ma! iOS apps running on the BlackBerry PlayBook! | Here’s something that will likely annoy Apple to no end: one intrepid developer has managed to get iOS apps running on RIM’s BlackBerry PlayBook tablet.
A developer calling themselves “businesscat2000” posted a series of videos to the Crack... |
| Jun 13, 2012 | Look ma! iOS apps running on the BlackBerry PlayBook! | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more.
Here’s something that will likely annoy Apple to no end: one intrepid developer has managed to get iOS apps running on RIM’s BlackBerry... |
| May 31, 2012 | BlackBerry PlayBook Update Adds Improved Android Compatibility | The RIM PlayBook by just received a developers update that adds some interesting new Android functionality to RIM’s tablet. This new version now supports Android apps running in their own windows, improving compatibility with the general An... |
| May 1, 2012 | RIM guarantees $10,000 to BlackBerry 10 app developers, or your money back | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more.
If you’ve got a great idea for a BlackBerry app, you might as well go ahead and develop it. If you don’t make at least $10,000 in the f... |
| Apr 14, 2012 | A Requiem For RIM | Since Research In Motion made BlackBerry synonymous with smartphones in the early aughts, the company has taken a pounding for mis-steps, delays, intentional blindness, equivocations and most tellingly, mediocre products.
Those brickbats ha... |
| Apr 13, 2012 | After Three Years, Visual Voicemail Service YouMail Calls It Quits On BlackBerry | Freemium visual voicemail service YouMail never forgot their roots — they first launched in late 2007 with the mission of making visual voicemail available to the masses, but soon focused their attention on what was then the market-leading ... |
| Apr 9, 2012 | RIM to pull BlackBerry PlayBook away from “chaotic Android cesspool” | reader comments 71 with 51 posters participating, including story author
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Research in Motion plans to drop the ability to sideload Android apps on the BlackBerry PlayBook, A... |
| Jan 27, 2012 | RIM’s New CEO Backtracks: “There Is A Lot Of Change” | On Monday of this week, RIM’s new CEO made a statement that set off a bomb on the blogosphere, and I’m not sure he understood its repercussions at the time. “I don’t think any drastic change is needed.”
If you’ve been paying attention to RI... |
| Dec 21, 2011 | Spotify For BlackBerry Officially Released, Only Supports Old Hardware | If you’re a BlackBerry user and you’ve been waiting for a music service that’s just a bit more compelling than BBM Music, then you may be in luck — emphasis on the “may.” Spotify for BlackBerry was officially released today, but you’ll only... |
| Nov 22, 2011 | RIM Shows Off PlayBook Email And Calendar Apps | One of the primary criticisms of the BlackBerry PlayBook, and rightly so, was the omission of native email, contacts, and calendar applications. It was troubling then that they hadn’t considered these primary activities as important to addr... |
| Oct 25, 2011 | BBM Music Gets Pre-Release Shout Out From Best Buy Canada | BBM Music has been keeping a low profile since it was announced last August, but a recently leaked image indicates that it may soon see the light of day. Crackberry got their hands on what appears to be a Best Buy Canada circular that touts... |
| Oct 20, 2011 | Will RIM and Porsche Design Unveil A New BlackBerry Next Week? (Update: Confirmed) | Here’s a noodle-scratcher to start your day off: Stuff Middle East is reporting that RIM and Porsche Design are teaming up for an event next Thursday that promises to show off an “exclusive collaboration” between the two companies. Could th... |
| Oct 12, 2011 | BlackBerry outage spreads to Canada and U.S. | 3-day black-out only the latest problem in a bad year for RIM
We're in the 3rd straight day of a near-global BlackBerry blackout. On Monday Oct. 10, services outages affected Europe, the Middle East, and Africa on Monday, with Brazil, Chile... |
| Oct 11, 2011 | BlackBerry Internet Outage Strikes Again While Investors Get Antsy | Oh boy. As if yesterday’s BIS outage wasn’t bad enough for RIM, it looks like whatever solution they managed to cook up isn’t quite doing the trick. Reports of yet another outage have begun to make the rounds, and users in Europe, Africa, a... |
| Oct 10, 2011 | RIM Introduces NFC-Powered BlackBerry Tag | It was all the way back in February when RIM first promised that “many, if not most” BlackBerry handsets in 2011 will feature NFC technology. It proved true with both the BlackBerry Bold 9900/9930, along with the BlackBerry Curve 9350/9360/... |
| Aug 6, 2011 | Why the Heck Would Google Want RIM? | We've got the new (almost) nutty notion of the moment: Google (GOOG) with a 50-50 chance of buying Research in Motion (RIMM). Yes, almost nutty, because, except for one reason, buying RIM would be a huge mistake for Google. The company's re... |
| Jul 26, 2011 | Verizon Mistakenly Leaks Video Of The Touchscreen-Sporting BlackBerry Bold 9930 | Mistakes happen. Sometimes they spur a round of seriously unwanted consequences, but every once in a while, a mistake pays off. Maybe not for the person who screwed up, which in this case would be someone in charge of Verizon’s website, but... |
| Jul 22, 2011 | Android App Player for PlayBook Leaked, Runs Email and Some Apps | The Android App Player for the BlackBerry PlayBook has leaked out, allowing curious gadget enthusiasts an early hands-on with the (still underdeveloped) software. For those unaware, the Android App Player is the software which will allow th... |
| May 16, 2011 | RIM recalls 1,000 PlayBook tablets due to buggy OS build | reader comments 41 with 29 posters participating
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RIM has decided to recall about a thousand of its PlayBook tablets thanks to a buggy operating system, the company has conf... |
| May 16, 2011 | RIM Issues Statement On Recall Of About 900 Playbooks | If you own a Playbook, you’d best check your serial number. There is a very minor issue in some Playbooks that cause it to freeze or fail during an initial software update.
RIM determined that approximately one thousand BlackBerry PlayBook ... |
| May 3, 2011 | RIM Demos Core Apps, Android Apps on PlayBook | At this morning’s BlackBerry World conference, the audience attending RIM’s CEO Mike Lazaridis’ keynote address was given a sneak peek at some of the most noticeable “missing” applications on the new BlackBerry PlayBook tablet computer: ema... |
