BlackBerry

BlackBerry’s next flagship smartphone, the all-touchscreen BlackBerry A10, will launch during the holidays, CNET has learned. The BlackBerry A10 is the successor to the Z10, and further builds upon the company’s burgeoning lineup of devices. The A10 will occupy the highest tier, moving the Z10 and keyboard-equipped Q10 to the midtier. The lower-end Q5 will continue Continue Reading →

If you purchase a Windows Phone or BlackBerry 10 smartphone, don’t expect to download the same applications your friends are using on their iPhones and Android devices. A new report from research firm Canalys has found that a majority of the top Android and iOS applications still aren’t available on Windows Phone or BlackBerry 10. Continue Reading →

BlackBerry released its Z10 as a touchscreen competitor to the Apple iPhone. Running the new BlackBerry 10 OS, it has features that may keep BlackBerry customers from jumping to the iPhone or Android devices. Loyal BlackBerry fans, who still seek a tangible “QWERTY” keyboard, have a new option: the Q10, which maintains BlackBerry’s classic look Continue Reading →

Market research firm IDC just released its latest quarterly look at the smartphone market, and for the first time Windows Phone marketshare has eclipsed BlackBerry. During Q1 2013, Windows Phone devices accounted for 3.2 percent of all smartphones shipped around the world, while BlackBerry devices made up 2.9 percent of the market. That’s a change Continue Reading →

On Tuesday at BlackBerry Live, CEO Thorsten Heins announced the availability of BB 10.1 for the Z10. This first major update to BlackBerry’s next-gen mobile platform starts rolling out immediately and packs a moderate amount of updates. “By the end of this week, the vast majority of our international carriers will offer this update,” Heins Continue Reading →

BlackBerry revealed a new device, the Q5, running the BlackBerry 10.1 operating system aimed at emerging markets and available in black, white and pink colors. At the BlackBerry Live event in Orlando, Florida on Tuesday, BlackBerry CEO Thorsten Heins said that the Q5 would be launching with global carrier partners in the summer. The press Continue Reading →

We’ve gotten word of a new BlackBerry smartphone today, and we now also have some news about familiar one. Verizon, Sprint and T-Mobile have all confirmed that they’ll soon be carrying the BlackBerry Q10, although some are being more specific with details than others. Verizon is saying that it will be available sometime in June Continue Reading →

On Tuesday, during the BlackBerry Live Keynote, the company announced that it will be launching BlackBerry Messenger—BBM—on iOS and Android this Summer. This is a big move for the company, which has found itself increasingly trapped in a badly-built prison of its own making. Now, BlackBerry will make one of its most popular features to Continue Reading →

Our initial look at the BlackBerry R10 quickly suggested that the smartphone would be a budget alternative to the Q10, but it wasn’t clear just what we’d lose by penny-pinching. If DGtle is on the ball with its newly claimed specs, though, we won’t sacrifice as much as we thought. Along with offering more photos Continue Reading →

In what would have been a blow for BlackBerry, word broke on Wednesday that Apple iOS devices and some Samsung Galaxy phones would be approved for use by the Department of Defense. The DoD has now officially issued those approvals, and not only is iOS not mentioned, but BlackBerry 10 devices have been approved. BlackBerry Continue Reading →