By Adriana Lee |
Whether you’re sold on BlackBerry 10 or not, you might be curious about the all-new platform from the company formerly known as RIM. After all, BlackBerries used to be a dominant player in the mobile space, and the company has been struggling to reinvent itself…
By Roy Choi |
BlackBerry (or Research In Motion) announced this morning its new operating system and a pair of flagship devices, the full touchscreen Z10 and QWERTY-packed Q10. While there are a lot to be excited for (e.g., 70,000 apps, plenty of content, BlackBerry Hub, BBM video sharing…
By Todd Haselton |
RIM teased its new BlackBerry 10 handset recently and then, yesterday, we were treated to real hands-on photos. Now we get a chance to dig even deeper into the operating system that is, largely, dependent on RIM’s future success in the smartphone market. The video…
By Brandon Russell |
Jon R. is back to tackle more questions and queries from Buffalo readers, viewers, and fans! In this episode, Jon shares his thoughts on iOS 7 and also what we might see with the iPhone 5S. Jon also touches upon rumors of an “unbreakable screen”…
By Todd Haselton |
RIM’s BlackBerry 10 operating system will launch in January of next year and, even though that date is quickly approaching, the company hasn’t revealed every last feature that the new OS will offer. CrackBerry recently stumbled across a few files in the latest BlackBerry 10 Dev…
By Killian Bell |
Research in Motion has announced a new BlackBerry 10 prototype device, which, like traditional BlackBerry handsets, features a physical QWERTY keyboard. The device is designed to give developers the opportunity to test their BB10 apps with physical keys, with RIM’s original BB10 prototype being an…
By Roy Choi |
RIM keeps getting beat and yet still manages to stay on its feet. Wednesday, the Canadian BlackBerry maker faced another hurdle in its attempt to turn the company’s fortunes around. A Swedish arbitrator determined RIM violated Nokia’s patents that pertain to WiFi/WLAN connectivity. “RIM is…
By Todd Haselton |
Every investor wants the company he or she is invested in to outperform expectations. But a mutual fund owner who has 12.2 million shares of RIM is placing big bets on the company’s BlackBerry 10 operating system, due out in January of next year. The…
By Todd Haselton |
RIM’s BlackBerry 10 operating system will launch in January and the company’s first handsets powered by the new OS will follow shortly after. RIM needs those smartphones to be a success, otherwise it faces almost certain doom. Wall Street is already skeptical about RIM’s ability…
By Todd Haselton |
RIM’s CEO Thorsten Heins recently attended a Lakers basketball game with the vice president of product management, Andrew Bocking, where the two were carrying a pair of brand new smartphones. A sharp eye in the crowd noticed the execs were sitting courtside snapping photos using,…
By Todd Haselton |
One minute. That’s all Research In Motion’s CEO Thorsten Heins thinks it will take for in-store wireless staff to sell you a BlackBerry 10 smartphone. That’s bullish, very bullish indeed. Heins recently spoke with The New York Times and said that he’s confident BlackBerry 10 will…
By Todd Haselton |
Earlier this week RIM announced that its BlackBerry 10 operating system will be final and shown to the world on January 30th. The earlier statements didn’t give us much of an idea of exactly when the devices running RIM’s new operating system would hit the market,…
By Brandon Russell |
“It’s been challenging,” a BlackBerry blog post contemplates, responding to a disparaging Oct. 15 New York Times piece about some users feeling like “Black Sheep.” Challenging might be an understatement. The company has been traversing a slippery slope in 2012, with a realistic possibility that…
By Brandon Russell |
Jon R. is back to tackle the biggest tech rumors of this week! It appears that Samsung, not Asus, was assigned with the task of creating a 10.1-inch successor to Google’s Nexus 7 tablet. In other news, Research in Motion has announced yet another delay…
By Killian Bell |
Research in Motion hasn’t unveiled its much-anticipated BlackBerry 10 devices yet, but it seems one of its employees has forgotten that they should be kept under wraps. A Mexican BlackBerry representative was more than happy to demonstrate an L-Series BB10 handset this week, and the…
By Todd Haselton |
“Developers, developers, developers!” I’m quoting Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer, of course, but developers are a key part of the BlackBerry 10 recipe. Without them, Blackberry 10 will come out with a sour, bitter taste. Today, RIM announced that it’s now accepting BlackBerry 10 applications from developers.…
By Brandon Russell |
Jon R. is back to tackle the biggest tech rumors of this week! It appears that production of the iPad Mini has begun. There are also rumors of an October 10th unveiling. In other news, a new BlackBerry 10 powered device from RIM has surfaced,…
By Roy Choi |
Earlier a leaked spec sheet of BlackBerry London surfaced and now a spec sheet of BlackBerry’s Aristo has popped up: Qualcomm APQ8064 Krait Quad Core 1.5GHz Measures 136 x 68 x 8.85mm BB10.x Display: OCTA Glass OLED 4.65″ – 1280 x 720 – 24 bit…
By Brandon Russell |
It’ll be a few months still until consumers get their hands on BlackBerry 10, but a series of tutorial videos have surfaced that will help fill the void until it arrives. The clips show off some of the basics designed for full-touch L-series devices, including…
By Killian Bell |
Research in Motion’s first BlackBerry 10 devices have been leaked in an internal marketing video that was posted to Vimeo. The clip has since been removed from the video sharing site, but not before CrackBerry had time to grab some images of both the BlackBerry…
By Todd Haselton |
Research In Motion CEO Thorsten Heins took the stage at a BlackBerry Jam press conference today to discuss his firm’s upcoming BlackBerry 10 operating system and the future of RIM as a whole. There was good news: we heard about new features including BlackBerry Hub…
By Todd Haselton |
Research In Motion’s “downward spiral” is expected to continue, even with the coming launch of BlackBerry 10 during the first quarter of next year. The company’s subscriber base is expected to plateau soon, one analyst said. “This is the first quarter we are expecting zero…
By Todd Haselton |
We’ve been hearing about RIM’s first BlackBerry 10 smartphone, code named London, for what seems like forever. Now, new images of the device have spilled onto the Internet. As you’ll immediately note, it doesn’t sport a full QWERTY keyboard – one of RIM’s redeeming product…
By Brandon Russell |
It’s bad enough RIM’s mindshare has taken a dive among consumers, but it sounds like the issue is percolating into wireless carriers as well. While Android and iOS devices continue to fly off shelves, carriers are actually giving BlackBerry devices less shelf space because of…
