Category: Blackberry
The troubled smartphone maker Blackberry was once top of the pile has today agreed a sale to a private consortium. According to Reuters the beleaguered manufacturer is to be sold to a group of companies led by Fairfax Financial Holdings Ltd for $4.7 billion. A “Letter of Intent” has …
Following on from my last post about a number of fake BBM apps in the Play Store, BlackBerry has finally given a statement on the status of the BBM rollout for users on Android and iOS, and it looks like things are on hold for the time being. …
Since everyone’s asking, yes. There are a bunch of “BBM” apps in Google Play at the moment. None of them is real. We know that people are getting excited about BBM for Android. We are, too. But we also need to be a little patient as BlackBerry works …
I’ve spent some time trying to spin this in a positive way but, if I’m honest, I can’t do it. BlackBerry are in a massive amount of trouble. They’ve just pre-announced their latest results and they’re pretty terrible. I mean .. terrible. The press release, which you can …
BBM should hopefully be available for download on iOS soon. I say hopefully as it was submitted two weeks ago and the current turnaround for app approval is only about 4 days. The news came out when Alex Kinsella, a senior strategic account manager at Blackberry tweeted: …
Now this is really one of those “take with a pinch of salt rumours”, but if true it’s another nail in the Blackberry coffin. A T-Mobile USA employee has claimed that the carrier will no longer be stocking Blackberry’s latest Z10 and Q10 smartphones, and all buyers will …
Touchscreens rule the world. This is the conclusion that we can now come to after sales of the Blackberry Q10 have tanked. The Wall Street Journal is reporting that carriers and vendors are increasingly claiming that handset sales have been exceptionally poor and many of those sold have …
Forget WhatsApp, leave Viber alone, and move along Google Hangouts. Yep, yuilop is here to let you talk, text, message and group chat as much as you want. For FREE! Wellll, almost. When you hear something that’s surely too good to be true, you have to wonder, so …
BlackBerry are against the ropes. They could be sold off as Microsoft eat up the remaining market share. However, a video has popped onto the internet today showing one of their new handsets – the BlackBerry Z30. This is reported to be powered by a dual-core Qualcomm S4 …
Are we about to see the sale of Blackberry? The company formally known as Research In Motion has had a bit of a tough few years, with people leaving the platform in droves and the launch of the company’s saviour – BB10 – yet to set the world …
Searching for the cheapest flights for your next holiday can be an arduous task. For me the main point is that I’m always worried I’m going to miss an airline that isn’t included on the search website that I’ve chosen. WhichAirline aim to make this process easier for …
BlackBerry’s all-touch Z10 smartphone was released earlier this year to much fanfare here in the UK, and attempted to compete price-wise with the likes of the iPhone 5. It sold 1m worldwide in its first three months on sale, although a lack of sales figures since and some …
BlackBerry had their hopes pinned on the latest version of BB10. The new touch sensitive version of their messaging centric ecosystem was meant to be the answer to all of their woes. Things aren’t going to plan for them though, with sales and profits not exactly astounding. In …
BlackBerry now have their latest phone in the BB10 series on sale. We have just received an email from eXpansys confirming the new BlackBerry Q5 is now in stock costing £359.99 so you can get your order in right now! The Q5 is the more ‘mid range’ phone …
The folks over at BlackBerry have just announced the SDK beta release of BB10.2, an update for the mobile OS bundled with the BlackBerry Z10 and Q10. There are enhancements to various parts of BB10 in this update – with this being a developer release, there are several …
I’ve had the BlackBerry Q10 for a couple of weeks now and I’ve grown to love like it quite a bit. The Q10 is the new age Bold, with premium materials, high end specs and a new ish OS. This in theory is the device that would persuade …
BlackBerry have just posted that BBM is coming to both Android and iOS this summer. It’ll be available as a free download from the relevant app stores. Although this is great news for anyone who’d like to keep on touch with their BlackBerry-packing friends, they have left it very …
Three have just announced that the new BlackBerry Q10 is launching on their network. It is also 4G ready for when their network starts to roll out later this year. Costing £49 up front on The One Plan including AYCE data with tethering and 4G later this year, …
I know what you’re thinking. “Hey, I wish I could get the all-new BlackBerry Q10 on EE” Well you can, however it’s a tad pricey. Splash out £41 per month on the 4G network and you’re still going to have to pay £139.99 up-front. Either that or pay …
We all use apps on our phones, some more than others, some install huge games that take several GB of space, some install dozens of Social Network apps, some install bafflingly pointless apps like fart apps or soundboards. It really is a personal thing it’s your phone and …
BlackBerry are in an interesting position these days, the Z10 and Q10 are what some may see as their last ditch attempt to remain relevant. We had the Z10 in for review a few months ago (which you can read here) I ended up liking the hardware and …
Are you yearning for a slice of some keyboard BB10 action? If so, good news – the BlackBerry Q10 is now available here in the UK pretty much nationwide. Whilst some Selfridges stores began selling the device on Saturday, their stocks were quickly exhausted – with stocks selling …
Come, take a seat. Let’s have a beer. Come on, let’s have another. Nah, let’s have two. Ahhh screw it, let’s get the cocktails going shall we? This is where it all begins and then, before you know it, you’re wearing a tutu and dancing with a petrol …
A BlackBerry, complete with an actual keyboard (I know! Weird!) will be available exclusively this weekend from Mr Selfridge. This is available at all the Selfridges stores – London, Birmingham and Manchester, Anyways, if you head into Selfridges this weekend you’ll find that the Carphone Warehouse concession inside …
There have not bee a huge a mount of decent quality cases out there for the new Blackberry Z10. Howevere Blackberry have come to the rescue as they normally do when they release a new model. Infact the have released several different case all of which can be …
The BlackBerry Q10 has been something I’ve wanted to try for a while now. The gradual disappearance of qwerty devices and the new BlackBerry 10 OS have me tempted. Today Vodafone have started to take pre-orders for the Q10. The BlackBerry Q10 is free on Vodafone Red Data …
It’s true – in this day and age, there is actually a company who keeps their word. When Viber announced free calling between its users for iOS and Android, they did say Blackberry 7 users would also receive the update at some point. We weren’t sure about that, …
It has been confirmed that Vodafone will soon be carrying the new Blackberry Q10. The new handset has the full QWERTY keyboard that Blackberry are famous for and runs the new Blackberry 10 OS. The device comes with a 720×720 3.1″ AMOLED screen, 16GB internal storage, an 8MP …
The lovely people at Phones 4u have promised us a villa in the Caribbean* if we mention the fact that their BlackBerry Q10 offer includes a free 64GB PlayBook tablet to the first 300 customers who decide to pre-order the Q10 through them. It’s available in black or …
Remember those BlackBerry handsets with actual physical keyboards? They were pretty successful weren’t they ? We’ve already reviewed the BlackBerry Z10, the fully touch-screen-driven handset, and their QWERTY-packing Q10 is available for pre-order now. Now there’s another QWERTY device in the form of the BlackBerry R10, an apparent …
The BlackBerry Q10 is the brother of the celebrated BlackBerry Z10 and it’s now available to pre-order at Carphone Warehouse. The Q10 is what you might call a more traditional BlackBerry. It’s got the familiar QWERTY keypad taking up half the handset and the screen occupies the rest. …
Yes, the moment hardcore keyboard BlackBerry users have been waiting for inches ever closer. After rumours that the company had temporarily refocused on bringing BB10 to its 7 inch PlayBook, some sort of delay has seemed inevitable. Thankfully this won’t happen as Clove has posted that the release …
Almost two months after the launch of BlackBerry 10 OS, BlackBerry have announced that it now has over 100,000 apps on its marketplace: a 30,000 app increase in less than two months – pretty impressive. To help mark the special occasion a number of new apps have been …
About time that Blackberry is getting some love from Foursquare – it’s been a staple of blackberry users from its announcement on the original platform, now BB10 devices are getting the same love that Foursquare has splashed on iOS owners. Along with the usual smattering of bug fixes …
It isn’t a leak when it’s announced by your director of product management at BlackBerry Middle East, who announced the existence and likely shipping date of the 10 inch BlackBerry PlayBook. Mike Al Mefleh made the comments during the BlackBerry users forum in Dubai, stating “We have a …
The Z10, within the halls at least, seemed to be pretty hard to find during the insanity that is Mobile World Congress. However, during an event called “ShowStoppers” it was drawing a great deal of interest from the assembled press. Many actually queued – something press don’t often …
My first fumble with the BlackBerry Z10 hub was uninspiring, but what about the fancy new keyboard? A revolution of data input, or a typo waiting to happen? BlackBerry are pushing this hard as one of the must see features of BB10, so today I’ll adjust the anglepoise …
So you’ve taken the plunge and bought yourself one of the brand new BlackBerry Z10 phones. Looks good, eh? The last thing you want to do is damage it. What better than the official BlackBerry Z10 flip case? BlackBerry (don’t call them RIM!) have gone all out with …
In the first of my series of spotlight features I’ll be looking at the new BlackBerry Hub and how it works in BB10 on the Z10 that Vodafone have kindly leant to me. First Boot BB10 is a gesture based operating system, that’s explained when the phone boots …
The BlackBerry Z10 is something quite different; it is something I can’t quite put my finger on. Is it good? Is it bad? Am I indifferent? What it definitely is; is part of a last attempt (along with the Q10) by BlackBerry to regain their place in the …
