There's a new official Facebook app out for those using BB10, which might bring an end to the endless stream of vicious one-star user reviews the battered old social app has been picking up. Read More >>
The arrival of BBM on Android and iOS will be a slightly limited affair, with BlackBerry deciding it's best to focus solely on smartphones -- meaning the messaging app won't work on the iPad, Nexus 7 or any of the other large-screened devices that are currently dominating the tech world. Read More >>
Today, at the BlackBerry Live Keynote, the company announced that it will be launching BBM on iOS and Android this Summer. This is a big move for the company that has found itself increasingly trapped in a prison of its own making. Read More >>
Featured comment by jacal2011:
"Doesn't matter, simple chat is more than enough for me between friends on a different device. I wouldn't move back to a BB just so I can get a little ..." More »
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 >>
Featured comment by Someone Else:
"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 »
Featured comment by ian1175:
"So the music is going down boohoo how many people who read these articles are actually bothered about blackberry anymore ?
Blackberry had its day an..." 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 >>
Featured comment by Someone Else:
"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 >>
BlackBerry 10 is here at last and so, of course, there's another BlackBerry-tastic music video from VP of Developer Relations, Alec Saunders. Now that BlackBerry's actually delivered on those promises from the first song, you can't fault 'em for wanting to take a victory lap, even if it's really hard to watch. Read More >>
With the launch of the last-chance Z10 around the corner for the rest of the world, BlackBerry is giving itself a pep talk to keep those hopes high despite not exactly doing great on our shores. And according to CEO Thorsten Heins, the iPhone's hardly in the race BlackBerry's fixin' to win because it's old news. Read More >>
The WhatsApp, err, app may be free, but the service isn't. You're going to have to pay a yearly subscription fee to keep messaging people, even if you're an iPhone user. Read More >>
BlackBerry's demise, much talked about and somewhat goaded, is on hold while the world reacts to the BlackBerry 10 OS and two handsets launching on March 22. And already someone has come forward to buy a million units. So that's...unexpected. Read More >>
Featured comment by lancsDavid:
"so, if a sailor caught you in his fishing net & hacked off your fin to make soup for a bunch of other dudes, i presume you'd be feeling general in..." More »
You might call it a lack of ambition. Or you could just call it being very pragmatic. At a recent roundtable with reporters in Tokyo, the head of Sony's mobile business professed his desire to be the No. 3 player in smartphones behind Apple and Samsung. BlackBerry's CEO said the same thing heading up to the launch of BlackBerry Z10. Breaking the Sampple duopoly is no easy task, given that IDC says the two companies account for more than 50 per cent of smartphones sold worldwide. Read More >>
Earlier this week it was reported that Netflix has no plans to develop a BlackBerry 10 app. While that specific nugget of news wasn't surprising, we began to wonder what other popular apps may or may not be coming to BB10. Read More >>
Featured comment by shadowmatt:
"Maybe I could add the account to the email app as well. It adds the Gmail account automatically as it needs an account to be setup with google for all..." More »
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