BlackBerry Messenger for Android exclusively pictured for the first time
This would have been a much bigger deal a couple years back, but BlackBerry Messenger is indeed coming to iOS and Android later this year, …
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BlackBerry’s U.S. market share plummets to just 1% in Q2 despite Z10, Q10 push
The second calendar quarter marked the first in which BlackBerry’s debut BlackBerry 10 smartphone, the Z10, was on store shelves for the entire quarter. It …
BlackBerry exec: ‘BlackBerry is not in trouble’
The first step on the road to recovery is admitting that one has a problem. While BlackBerry CEO Thorsten Heins hasn’t been shy in making …
Report says BlackBerry, Nokia, maybe even Apple to launch phablets beginning in Q4
Believe it or not, there are still big-name smartphone makers that haven’t yet jumped on the phablet bandwagon — but that may change beginning later …
Another round of layoffs sweeps BlackBerry
BlackBerry eliminated 5,000 jobs in fiscal 2013, but it looks like the struggling smartphone vendor isn’t done. Following reports earlier this month suggesting recent departures would …
Exec responsible for the PlayBook quits BlackBerry
The mass exodus of BlackBerry executives continues. According to The Wall Street Journal, David J. Smith, the executive who led the team that created the failed …
BlackBerry A10 leaks again, this time in high-definition video
BlackBerry desperately needs to launch new budget BlackBerry 10 phones to compete in emerging markets. But according to an exclusive BGR report from earlier this …
Killing BBM: Rival messaging apps are on a rampage right now
BlackBerry Messenger is likely going to become available for Android and iOS by the end of September. While the world waits, download rates among cross-platform …
BlackBerry A10 surfaces again in new leaked photos
The BlackBerry A10, which BGR exclusively revealed in a recent leaked photo, has surfaced again. CrackBerry points us to new pictures sent out through the …
Why BlackBerry needs an entry-level BB10 phone so desperately
It’s pretty interesting that 3% of BlackBerry users globally are Nigerian. But it’s downright shocking that more than 18% of BlackBerry’s entire worldwide subscriber base resides in …
The smartphone price crash is about to wreck two major vendors
The latest IDC estimates of smartphone price decline give us a pretty good explanation to why most phone vendors had such lousy spring quarters. The global …
BBM for Android will reportedly launch by the end of September
Sunil Lalvani, managing director for BlackBerry India, apparently confirmed in an interview with IBN Live that BlackBerry Messenger will launch on Android in the next two months. …
Good news amid the gloom: Lumia sales now outnumber BlackBerry sales
Investors sent Nokia shares sliding on Thursday after the vendor posted less-than-stellar results for the second quarter this year. Nokia narrowed its loss substantially in …
Leak seemingly reveals full BlackBerry A10 specs
A new leak provides more information about BlackBerry’s upcoming phablet. BGR last week exclusively reported early details alongside the first ever photo of the BlackBerry A10 …
BlackBerry reportedly slashes Z10, Q10 production in half as sales slow
BlackBerry posted fiscal first quarter results that missed analysts’ estimates by a wide margin. The company’s surprise loss was obviously troubling, but even more so …
BlackBerry may now be stuck in a no-win situation
With BlackBerry’s comeback momentum seemingly stalled, many analysts have started coming up with ideas for how the company can survive if its current plan to …
BlackBerry A10 shown on video for first time ever
BGR gave the world an exclusive first look at BlackBerry’s upcoming flagship BlackBerry A10 smartphone last week, and the device has now been shown on …
BlackBerry CEO reportedly bringing hammer down on management team
Three key BlackBerry executives have left the company over the past couple of months and many more could soon be shuffling toward the exit as …
BlackBerry Z10 price slashed by 75% at AT&T, Best Buy due to weak sales
AT&T and Best Buy have reportedly slashed the BlackBerry Z10’s price in an effort to bolster weak sales. The Wall Street Journal on Friday reported …
BlackBerry Z30 (Aristo) exclusively revealed
We already detailed the BlackBerry A10 and BlackBerry 9720 yesterday in an exclusive report, but now we are able to share exclusive images of BlackBerry’s …
Two more high-level BlackBerry execs quit
Following news that BlackBerry recently fired its U.S. sales chief and is planning additional layoffs in the near future, a new report reveals that two …
Apple, Google fall off list of top-10 brands as BlackBerry climbs to two-year high
Tech industry leaders Apple and Google have fallen off of YouGov’s BrandIndex top-10 “Buzz Rankings” list in the U.S., which rates the top companies in …
BlackBerry’s 2013 Smartphone Roadmap: BlackBerry Z30 (Aristo) and BlackBerry 9720
It’s been a while since we heard about exactly what BlackBerry has in store for the rest of 2013. Thanks to multiple trusted sources, however, …
BlackBerry fires U.S. sales boss, more layoffs coming
BlackBerry CEO Thorsten Heins talked a good game at Tuesday’s shareholder meeting and BlackBerry shares climbed 3% after hours as a result. The struggling smartphone …
Can BlackBerry drum up new business with old software? BlackBerry 9720 photos leak
BlackBerry confirmed on the earnings call following its dismal fiscal first-quarter report that despite the launch of its new BlackBerry 10 platform, it still has …
BlackBerry CEO denies U.S. Z10 launch was a disaster
BlackBerry CEO Thorsten Heins earned his paycheck on Tuesday while taking several tough questions from investors at his company’s annual shareholder meeting. One particularly pointed …
As BlackBerry 10 struggles to gain traction, BlackBerry preps new phone with old OS
Imagine Google debuting a new Nexus phone later this year that runs Gingerbread, or Apple getting ready to launch a new iPhone in 2014 powered …
BlackBerry faces critical questions going into shareholders meeting
BlackBerry’s stock took a huge 30% hit after the company posted worse than expected earnings last Friday, and executives will likely face difficult and critical …
The specter of a smartphone slow-down haunts the industry
BlackBerry missed BB10 shipment expectations by more than 20%. HTC missed profit expectations by more than 30%. Even Samsung missed profit expectations by 10%. This is starting to …
BlackBerry woes exploited in effort to sell smartphone cases
The past week has been among the roughest BlackBerry has seen in recent history as its share price plunged more than 25% following a huge …
