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BlackBerry unveils budget-minded Q5 qwerty smartphone
- BlackBerry is once again on the offensive as the company unveiled a new smartphone at the annual BlackBerry Live conference in Orlando, Florida. The budget-minded Q5 handset is designed with emerging markets in mind and is expected to go on…
BlackBerry swings back to profit despite shrinking subscriber base
- The future of BlackBerry as a relevant player in the modern smartphone market largely hinges on its newly released operating system. So how are things looking roughly two months after launch? Not great, but not nearly as bad as they…
BlackBerry shares up 15 percent on Lenovo takeover talk, again
- Share value in BlackBerry is up more than 15 percent following an interview with Lenovo CEO Yang Yuanqing in a French financial newspaper called Les Echos. The executive told the publication that a deal to acquire the Canadian handset maker…
Former RIM co-CEO Jim Balsillie sells his stake in BlackBerry
- How’s this for a vote of confidence in the newly reformed BlackBerry. Jim Balsillie, the former co-CEO of then-known-as Research in Motion is no longer the third-largest shareholder in the company after selling a roughly 5.1% stake in the Canadian…
Home Depot drops BlackBerry as official handset, switching to iPhone
- Home Depot has confirmed plans to replace BlackBerry smartphones as the official handset provided to store managers, district managers, corporate-level staffers and field ops. The home improvement chain is reportedly already in the process of migrating roughly 10,000 users to…
BlackBerry is exiting the Japanese smartphone market
- BlackBerry is hard at work trying to regain relevance with just-revealed smartphones running the company’s new operating system but according to a new report, they’ll be doing so without the help of the Japanese market. That’s because the company formerly…
BlackBerry Z10 sets new sales records in Canada and the U.K.
- We all know that a lot is riding on the success of BlackBerry 10 for the Canadian-based handset maker. Most would agree that it’s sink or swim at this point. The life preservers have been tossed out in the form…
RIM renames itself BlackBerry, launches BB10 and all-touch Z10 smartphone
- Today’s a big day for the BlackBerry platform. The launch of a new operating system built from the ground up and new hardware to go with it could very well set the stage for a much anticipated comeback into the…
BlackBerry X10 photo surfaces ahead of next month's BB10 event
- Canadian handset maker Research is Motion isn’t out of danger just yet but as we get closer to the promised launch of the company’s next generation operating system, there are at least a few rays of light that indicate good…
Samsung tops Nokia in cell phone shipments, Apple in smartphones
- Samsung is poised to overtake Nokia as the world's top cellphone brand this year, according to iSuppli's preliminary 2012 forecast. The researcher has published its expected rankings for the top five handset OEMs with Samsung accounting for 29% of the…
RIM sets January 30, 2013 as BlackBerry 10 launch date
- Research In Motion has set a firm date for the launch of its next-generation BlackBerry 10 operating system. According to the announcement, the launch event will happen simultaneously in multiple countries around the world on January 30, 2013, and will…
Pentagon drops exclusive BlackBerry contract for iOS, Android
- Despite RIM's impending BlackBerry revamp with BB10 and updated hardware, the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency (ICE) announced it would be dropping its exclusivity contract with RIM. According to Reuters, ICE will be transitioning to Apple's iPhone to fill gaps…
Samsung ships twice as many smartphones as Apple in Q3
- Samsung continued to lead the smartphone market in the third quarter of 2012, with an estimated 56.3 million devices shipped worldwide according to IDC. That’s a massive 31.3% share of the 179.7 million units shipped during the quarter, up from…
Leaked marketing video reveals two BlackBerry 10 smartphones
- An internal marketing video from Research in Motion surfaced on Vimeo last night showing two upcoming BlackBerry 10 smartphones. The clip has since been pulled but not before CrackBerry.com was able to capture several screenshots of what we can expect…
Microsoft licenses exFAT file system patents to RIM
- Research in Motion has entered into an agreement with Microsoft that will allow them to use the software maker’s Extended File Allocation Table (exFAT) file system on select BlackBerry devices. RIM joins a number of other electronics manufacturers that have…
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