Tag: blackberry

Former RIM CEO Finally Admits iPhone Killed The BlackBerry

This week, former co-CEO of RIM, Jim Basillie, gave his first public interview since leaving the company. In an interview with Jacquie McNish and Sean Silcof,...
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Apple Not Only Has Its Own Cake, But It’s Eating Everyone Else’s Too

There’s enjoying your cake, but then there’s also enjoying your cake while everyone else is left fighting over tables caps. Apple’s enjoying its cake. Everyone...
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Apple Still Top Notch When It Comes To Brand Retention

Who has the loyalist customers in the smartphone market? According to market research conducted by Morgan Stanley, not only does Apple have the best brand...
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Ryan Seacrest’s Blatant BlackBerry Keyboard Ripoff Thwarted By Courts

If you’re going to blatantly rip someone off, maybe you should do it to someone without a giant bank account. Typo Products, a company that...
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T-Mobile’s ‘iPhone for BlackBerry’ Offer Outrages BlackBerry CEO

A few days ago, T-Mobile ran a promotion to try and get more users to extend their plans and move over to the iPhone. T-Mobile...
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Lenovo Buys Motorola Mobility From Google For $2.91 Billion

Google has  announced plans to sell Motorola Mobility to Lenovo for $2.91 billion. The Chinese-based mobile handset and PC maker will acquire Motorola’s flagship phones...
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BlackBerry Is Suing Typo, The Ryan Seacrest iPhone Keyboard Case

BlackBerry is suing Typo Products LLC, the company founded by entrepreneur Laurence Hallier and TV star Ryan Seacrest. BlackBerry is suing the company because its...
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Here’s The iPhone Case Ryan Seacrest Spent $1 Million On To Design

If you’ve ever felt the need for your iPhone to both look like a BlackBerry and have a physical keyboard, Ryan Seacrest, the American Idol...
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Pfizer Ditches BlackBerrys For iPhone, Android Devices

Pfizer has told its employees to ditch their BlackBerry phones for iPhones and Android smartphones because the BlackBerry is in a “volatile state” due to...
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BBM On iOS And Android Review: Basic Features With Big Implications

Today, BlackBerry announced that BBM on iOS and Android hit the 10 million download mark and for a first day launch, that’s pretty incredible. The...
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BBM For iPhone Is Out Today, Well Kinda…

Following years of rumors, delays, and madness, BlackBerry Messenger is finally being released today for iPhone and Android. While the app is set to show...
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Blame Canada: How We As Canadians Actually Failed BlackBerry

By now I’m sure everyone has had a chance to digest the big news from Wednesday — yes Blackberry announced the new Z30. This is...
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BlackBerry Creates Special Committee To Investigate Potential Sale Of Company

Back when BlackBerry was sitting around rock bottom before the release of BB10, the Canadian company was considering selling itself off and going private to...
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BBM Beta Available To Select Users For iOS, Android

BlackBerry has just invited select BlackBerry Beta Zone members to try BBM for Android and iOS. Not all Beta Zone users have access to the...
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BlackBerry Lays Off Another 250 Employees

It’s certainly been a rough couple years for BlackBerry. Last year the company was forced to layoff thousands of employees as the company drastically tried...
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Leaked Video Of Upcoming BlackBerry Flagship Phone, Shows Monstrous Screen

Last week, some reports of an upcoming BlackBerry device titled the BlackBerry A10 came out. The device is said to include a 5-inch Super AMOLED...
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BBM Coming To iOS And Android “Before End Of Summer”

It was originally rumored that BlackBerry Messenger would make its way to iOS and Android on June 27, but obviously that didn’t happen. During the...
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BlackBerry Reports Disappointing Quarterly Results, Says BlackBerry 10 Not Coming To PlayBook

Back in March, BlackBerry announced surprisingly impressive fourth quarter profits, but it looks like that success has been short-lived as the Canadian company today reported...
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