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Latest web leak showcases budget-minded BlackBerry R10

Latest web leak showcases budget-minded BlackBerry R10
  • Posted May 6, 2013, 4:38 PM by Shawn Knight | Filed in Mobile Computing
  • Leaked images from a BlackBerry fan site in China show what is allegedly the firm’s next smartphone, the BlackBerry R10. This isn’t the first time we’ve seen images of the phone find their way to the web as previous leaks…

Blackberry CEO believes the Q10 will sell tens of millions of units

Blackberry CEO believes the Q10 will sell tens of millions of units
  • Posted April 30, 2013, 8:00 AM by Shawn Knight | Filed in Mobile Computing
  • Where most believed the Z10 would pull BlackBerry back into contention, it’s the QWERTY-laden Q10 that has CEO Thorsten Heins excited as of late. The executive recently told Bloomberg he expects to sell tens of millions of Z10 handsets after…

BlackBerry swings back to profit despite shrinking subscriber base

BlackBerry swings back to profit despite shrinking subscriber base
  • Posted March 28, 2013, 3:00 PM by Jose Vilches | Filed in Industry News, Mobile Computing
  • 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 CEO calls out the iPhone's dated interface

BlackBerry CEO calls out the iPhone
  • Posted March 18, 2013, 10:30 AM by Shawn Knight | Filed in Mobile Computing
  • In a case of what many might consider the pot calling the kettle black, BlackBerry CEO Thorsten Heins called out Apple’s iPhone during a recent interview for being outdated. Speaking with the Australian Financial Review, Heins made it clear that…

HTC One delayed until late March, early April for select markets

HTC One delayed until late March, early April for select markets
  • Posted March 13, 2013, 7:30 AM by Shawn Knight | Filed in Industry News
  • It looks as though the HTC One will miss its original launch date in the US and abroad. The handset was scheduled to arrive on March 15 but is now being pushed back to late March for certain markets and…

First BB10 update addresses battery life, low-light photos and more

First BB10 update addresses battery life, low-light photos and more
  • Posted March 1, 2013, 1:00 PM by Jose Vilches | Filed in Software, Mobile Computing
  • It’s been almost a month since BlackBerry 10 launched alongside the Z10 smartphone and users are already being treated to their first update for the operating system. Announced this morning in a blog post by BlackBerry product manager Michael Clewley,…

BlackBerry Z10 sales estimates slashed by 83 percent

BlackBerry Z10 sales estimates slashed by 83 percent
  • Posted February 21, 2013, 8:00 AM by Shawn Knight | Filed in Industry News
  • News that BlackBerry’s new Z10 handset had set sales records in Canada and the UK gave most the impression that the company had perhaps found the path back to prosperity. Those hopes, however, are rapidly falling to the wayside as…

Home Depot drops BlackBerry as official handset, switching to iPhone

Home Depot drops BlackBerry as official handset, switching to iPhone
  • Posted February 12, 2013, 9:30 AM by Shawn Knight | Filed in Industry News
  • 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 Z10 Review: The Last Hope

BlackBerry Z10 Review: The Last Hope
  • Posted February 5, 2013, 7:48 PM by Andrew Kameka | Filed in TechSpot, Mobile Computing
  • The BlackBerry Z10 is a sink or swim device that will likely determine if the company will manage to hold on to its dwindling market share and right the ship that sent it from first to worst in smartphone relevance.

    The first smartphone to run the BlackBerry 10 OS debuts at a time when smartphones are as much about play as they are productivity, and this phone can thrive in this era only if it can strike a balance between entertainment and enterprise. Can the BlackBerry Z10 be the savior that BlackBerry so desperately needs?

RIM renames itself BlackBerry, launches BB10 and all-touch Z10 smartphone

RIM renames itself BlackBerry, launches BB10 and all-touch Z10 smartphone

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