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BlackBerry announces two new phones for the US BlackBerry has announced it will bring two new phones to the market this year. The company announced a full touchscreen BlackBerry Motion will be released this year, along with a new bronze colored KeyOne. The BlackBerry Motion is an Android phone that will be released on January 12th and sold throu....more |
01/10/2018 |
WhatsApp ends support for BlackBerry and Windows Phone WhatsApp is moving on from BlackBerry and Windows Phone. The company announced it will no longer support the older platforms, including BlackBerry OS, BlackBerry 10, and Windows Phone 8. The world has largely moved on from these platforms and WhatsApp finally cut them off. The company released the n....more |
01/03/2018 |
BlackBerry KeyOne screen can pop out under pressure BlackBerry released a new smartphone in the US recently. Yes, you read that right. BlackBerry is still releasing phones, although this one is made by TCL. The KeyOne is an Android device made by BlackBerry and looks to be of decent build quality on the surface. The folks at JerryRigEverything tested the dev....more |
07/13/2017 |
BlackBerry escaped death and is confident of survival BlackBerry is still alive even though it's a completely different company now. CEO John Chen has performed an incredible feat of keeping the company alive when everyone said it was dead. BlackBerry will no longer be a top smartphone maker, but they will live to perhaps see a second act. The company....more |
02/03/2017 |
BlackBerry looking to autonomous cars for its future Remember when BlackBerry was the dominant smartphone maker? It has been a long decade of decline for BlackBerry, but the company is not quite done yet. BlackBerry is looking to autonomous cars to fuel its future. BlackBerry owns the QNX operating system. QNX is a powerful system that already run....more |
01/16/2017 |
Verizon updating BlackBerry Priv with Marshmallow? Verizon could be updating the BlackBerry Prv with Android Marshmallow very soon. At least one user posted a screen cap in the CrackBerry Forums claiming to have been updated. Verizon hasn't announced an update, so nobody knows if this is a public update or just a test. It definitely appears that they are wo....more |
11/05/2016 |
BlackBerry will stop making its own devices The end of an era is definitely upon us. Actually, BlackBerry's dominance and even relevance in smartphones has been over for some time, but the company finally announced it will no longer make its own devices. From now on, BlackBerry will outsource the production of hardware and focus more on software. The....more |
09/29/2016 |
BlackBerry launches another Android handset BlackBerry is not giving up on devices despite its poor sales record of late. The company launched a new Android handset on Tuesday which the company says is the most secure Android phone on the market. The DTEK50 is available for preorder for $299 and will ship on August 8. The DTEK50 has some d....more |
07/28/2016 |
BlackBerry finally kills the BlackBerry Classic BlackBerry is moving on from the phone that made it an iconic brand. Almost a decade after Apple disrupted BlackBerry's dominance in the smartphone market with the launch of the iPhone, BlackBerry is throwing in the towel on its most famous handset. BlackBerry announced today it will no longer mak....more |
07/05/2016 |
Hillary Clinton is keeping BlackBerry in the news As BlackBerry has been in decline, there are fewer and fewer headlines about the once dominant smartphone. Thanks to Hillary Clinton however, BlackBerry remains in the news. I'm not sure it is good news as the most recent headlines suggest the US Government restricted access to BlackBerry because of securit....more |
05/15/2016 |
Facebook dumps BlackBerry A few weeks ago we heard WhatsApp would no longer support the BlackBerry 10 OS. That was a pretty big disappointment to BlackBerry fans, but nobody knew there was even worse news coming down the pike. Facebook has now announced it is dropping support for BlackBerry 10 in 2016. Facebook's decision will no d....more |
03/25/2016 |
Hillary Clinton was denied a secure BlackBerry by the NSA in 2009 When Hillary Clinton became Secretary of State in 2009, she requested a secure, BlackBerry-like device from the government. The NSA said, "no." Apparently, Hillary had been using a BlackBerry during the 2008 campaign and had come to rely on it. Emails recently released by Judicial Watch, a conserv....more |
03/17/2016 |
Is BlackBerry pivoting to the Internet of Thins? We all know the history of BlackBerry's dramatic fall from the top of the smartphone market. CEO John Chen was brought on to turn the company around. He had moderate success in cutting expenses and releasing new hardware to give the company a boost. Things have continued to be challenging for BlackBerry, a....more |
03/02/2016 |
WhatsApp ending support for BlackBerry WhatsApp will end support for BlackBerry 10 by the end of the year. The company says it will focus says its messenger service will not work on BlackBerry platforms by the end of this year. BlackBerry is not alone however. WhatsApp will also dump support for Nokia S40, Nokia Symbian S60, Android 2.1 and 2.2....more |
03/02/2016 |
Hillary Clinton Chief Of Staff Lost Her Personal Blackberry Hillary Clinton's Chief of Staff, Cheryl Mills, lost her BlackBerry and wouldn't you know it contained classified material on it. That's just great. Hillary Clinton probably didn't realize just how fast and loose she was handling classified documents by running her own email server, but she should have know....more |
01/27/2016 |
BlackBerry touts security after media reports of compromised encryption There have been a couple of reports recently suggesting law enforcement is somehow able to get around BlackBerry encryption. There was the El Chapo/Sean Penn episode where law enforcement claimed to have texts decrypted from a BlackBerry, and a report out of the Netherlands with a similar claim. BlackBerry p....more |
01/18/2016 |
BlackBerry dumping BB10 in favor of Android, for now BlackBerry released their first Android phone last year, and it looks like the company loves Android. The BlackBerry Priv is doing pretty well, and BlackBerry says it will likely introduce another Android phone this year. BlackBerry CEO, John Chen, made the announcement in an interview at CES. Chen....more |
01/07/2016 |
John Chen criticizes Apple for privacy stance BlackBerry CEO, John Chen, took aim at Apple today for the company's privacy stance. Although his sentiments make sense on the surface, this issue is not so cut and dry. Apple has decided to provide encryption for everyone. That kind of complete security allows everyone to protect their privacy. Of course....more |
12/17/2015 |
After testing the BlackBerry Priv he bought another Passport True BlackBerry fans will choose the Passport over the Priv if they are anything like Matthew Miller at ZDNet. Miller sold his Passport to test the latest BlackBerry devices, and after using the Priv he decided to get back to the Passport. According to Miller the Priv's build quality was nothing l....more |
11/23/2015 |
BlackBerry Priv launching November 6 in the UK BlackBerry is getting ready to launch its first Android smartphone with a QWERTY keyboard. The new BlackBerry Priv will launch in the UK on November 6, 2015. It will go head to head against the iPhone 6s and Samsung Galaxy S6. Will the world welcome an Android powered BlackBerry? The BlackBerry Pr....more |
10/19/2015 |
BlackBerry releases BBM for the Apple Watch BlackBerry has launched a version of BBM for the Apple Watch. The release is pretty impressive considering Facebook has not yet released a version of Messenger or WhatsApp for the Apple Watch. BlackBerry is focusing on its software products as it gradually moves out of the hardware market. In an effort to ....more |
10/04/2015 |
Uh oh - BlackBerry posts weaker than expected results BlackBerry reported earnings on Friday and they were much weaker than expected. The company said it expects more revenue in the future, but this is not a good sign. BlackBerry will focus on software and services, and and is also placing some hopes on Android. In a conference call, CEO John Chen s....more |
09/25/2015 |
BlackBerry's Android phone shown off on video BlackBerry's upcoming Android phone, the BlackBerry Venice, has shown up in a walk through video. Although the BlackBerry Venice is not due out until November, you can get a glimpse of BlackBerry's latest offering now. There were rumors that the next BlackBerry phone would feature a curved display. ....more |
09/21/2015 |
More leaked images of the BlackBerry Venice Everyone knows BlackBerry is working on an Android slider phone. We've seen mock ups and leaked pics before, and now we have even more leaked pics to look at. Many people think BlackBerry will dump its own OS in favor of Android, but that remains to be seen. One thing is for sure, BlackBerry knows how to m....more |
09/17/2015 |
BlackBerry buying Good Technology for $425 million It appears BlackBerry still has some cash because the company announced today it will buy rival it mobile software provider Good Technology Corp for $425 million. The acquisition will take out the competition and help BB target mobile enterprise users. BlackBerry expects to realize about $160 millio....more |
09/04/2015 |
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