BlackBerry's either extremely confident about its forthcoming Q10's chances of success or desperate to pull in any money while it can, with the new QWERTY BB10 model now up for pre-order in the UK at the astonishing price of £579. That's a super-high price usually reserved for established smartphone kings Samsung and Apple. An audacious move by BlackBerry, or commercial death-wish madness? Read More >>
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"oh I wasn't saying they were any good, just that they existed - since you said "BB are starting to get left behind because they can only offer the ph..." More »
BlackBerry's just released its latest set of financial figures for the last year, showing it sold roughly six million smartphones and "approximately" one million BB10 devices. But the real shock news is the decision of co-founder Mike Lazaridis to resign his positions of vice chair and company director. Read More >>
BlackBerry boss Thorsten Heins is already bigging up the smartphone company's next new thing, claiming there's some super-secret "new product" he's really excited about. But obviously he'd rather lots of people bought the Z10 before he tells us any more about it. Read More >>
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"He kind of has to be, like Balmer he has to get excited about poor product performance in a market they used to rule. It's like George Osbourne talkin..." More »
The new BlackBerry ecosystem has might have failed a government security test, meaning it is, for now, unlikely to win itself any large-scale government orders. George Osborne's going to have to carry on using his insecure ASDA Alcatel for the time being. Read More >>
Owners of the new BB10 phones are going to have to look elsewhere for a means of capturing, editing and distributing photographs of their duck wraps and Thai chilli fish cakes, as sources claim Instagram is currently steering clear of the new OS and not working on a custom native app. Read More >>
BlackBerry's Super Bowl ad from last night was... uh... interesting as you can see above. The company claimed that in 30 seconds, it was easier to show us what BB10 couldn't do — which is perhaps some of the laziest marketing ever. Read More >>
If there was one word to sum up general opinion on the BlackBerry 10 launch, it would be 'meh'. There's a feeling that it's too little, too late. But we've been here before -- back in 2009, with Palm, and it seems that BlackBerry's going the same way. Read More >>
Last night BlackBerry demoed what it's calling BlackBerry Balance, a clever way of separating one's personal and work lives in one device. You don't see it as much these days but carrying two phones — one for business, one for pleasure — was commonplace not too long ago. I remember having a BlackBerry 6200 alongside my Sidekick 2; and I'm sure a lot of you remember those days as well. Read More >>
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"If BB made a waterproof, good built(steel body perhaps), big battery(3000+ mAH) with keyboard for a very budget price (£200-£220), I'm pretty sure t..." More »
BlackBerry announced two phones today, but it's clear which is the favourite son. The Z10 looks like a winner; it's got brains and body enough to face the iPhones and Galaxy S IIIs of the world head-on. It's got a release date and a price. It's a phone any company would be proud to call a flagship. In fact, its only downside is that it's totally irrelevant. Whoops! Read More >>
According to RIM, proud Playbook owners (the ones who haven't flogged their devices on eBay, that is) will be getting a BB10 update at some point in the future. Who knows, this might actually make it a viable tablet. Read More >>
Featured comment by Chris Mills:
"Well no, I'm sorry, but those figures were only for iPads sold not through Apple. If you add in Apple retail stores and online, the iPad wins big-time..." More »
BlackBerry unveiled Alicia Keys as its new spokesperson, but turns out she's been posting from her iPhone. Seems a little dubious, but we'll see. Read More >>
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"This is one example of why Blackberry will fail. I was a huge BB10 fan as I love Qt, Cascades and C++ (and QNX). I was at a Carphone Warehouse at 9am ..." More »
At first blush there's a lot to like about BB10, BlackBerry (née RIM)'s last great hope at redemption. But the first thing you might love is the revamped BBM. It's crazy slick, and your iPhone is jealous. Read More >>
Starting today, RIM is rebranding itself as simply BlackBerry. With the official name change, you can say so long to all your RIM-related innuendo. Read More >>
If you're interested in such trifling things as a fallen tech giant rising with power and grace from the ashes in a phoenix-like maelstrom of ashes and redemption, good news! RIM's unveiling its BlackBerry 10 operating system, and livestreaming the feed to all the internets everywhere right now. Read More >>
Well, here goes. RIM is announcing its new BlackBerry 10 OS and hardware today. This could be the launch that gets RIM back in the game for smartphones. Or it could be the last time BlackBerry is relevant. It's a big moment. Read More >>
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"This is meant to be BlackBerry's BIG comeback after a massive decline in marketshare, fans and stakeholder confidence, so in the tech world it IS a bi..." More »
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