This really, really is BlackBerry’s last chance
BlackBerry managed to miss its sales consensus by 25% even with rock bottom expectations. Drama? Well, no. The share price was drifting up by 2% …
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BlackBerry waves white flag in high-end consumer smartphone market
BlackBerry has seen the writing on the wall and it realizes that practically no one is buying its high-end BlackBerry 10 devices. BlackBerry CEO John …
BlackBerry posts even worse than expected Q3 loss
BlackBerry on Friday posted its fiscal third-quarter results and just as everyone expected, things have gotten substantially worse since for BlackBerry since last year’s November …
BlackBerry’s bold bet failed: Now what?
BlackBerry has had a rough of 2013, to put it mildly. The company has lost billions in market cap, it has a new CEO, and …
Why BlackBerry shouldn’t chase the bargain-bin smartphone market
Earlier today we posted a smartly argued piece of analysis from Wedge Partners analyst Brian Blair, who made a compelling case that BlackBerry should get out …
An open letter to BlackBerry management
No… not that open letter. As BlackBerry prepares to report its results for the fiscal third quarter before the bell on Friday, investors are bracing …
The first step in BlackBerry’s comeback plan: Nepotism?
Has BlackBerry really hired — yes, hired — three key executives in the span of just two days? The company announced on Wednesday that it …
BlackBerry scores its biggest BBM win yet
Last month, BlackBerry inked a deal with several small-name Android vendors that would see BBM preloaded on select devices. And now, via CrackBerry, we learn that BlackBerry has …
BlackBerry’s turnaround team starts taking shape
Here’s something we don’t hear about much these days: A high-level executive arriving at, rather than leaving, BlackBerry. Business Insider notes that BlackBerry this week …
BlackBerry may have burned through $800 million last quarter alone
Just about everyone expects BlackBerry’s next earnings report to be a complete horror show, as the company’s fruitless effort to take itself private scared away …
BlackBerry set to lose two more senior execs as dismal earnings loom
BlackBerry is expected to report earnings for its November quarter on Friday that show substantial declines across the board. Most significantly, perhaps, the vendor is …
Finally, some (sort of) good news for BlackBerry fans
BlackBerry found quite a way to wrap up 2013. First, the company put itself up for sale as it realized there was probably no other …
BlackBerry may have to shrink its way to success
BlackBerry CEO John Chen has his work cut out for him. Jackdaw Research chief analyst Jan Dawson has been taking a look at BlackBerry’s recent …
Ex-BlackBerry employees, partners dish on company’s epic blunders
When BGR published the famous open letter from an anonymous BlackBerry executive back in 2011, it was easy for some of the company’s defenders to …
BlackBerry’s fate may rest in this man’s hands
After former BlackBerry CEO Thorsten Heins couldn’t manage to clean up the mess that co-founders Mike Lazaridis and Jim Balsillie left behind, a full or …
BlackBerry woes seen giving iPad a big boost
It looks like BlackBerry had some very good reasons for sending its enterprise customers a letter this week letting them know that it was still …
More than just a smartphone maker: BlackBerry shows signs of life
BlackBerry admits that its handsets aren’t for everyone but it’s hoping that its mobile device management services are. Per Reuters, BlackBerry said on Tuesday that …
BlackBerry tries to shoo off vultures in latest open letter
BlackBerry is tired of rival mobile device management (MDM) companies circling its body like a swarm of ravenous vultures. In an open letter to enterprise …
How the NSA could bail out BlackBerry
BlackBerry’s handset sales have been an absolute horror show this year but the company may get an unexpected boost going forward thanks to an unlikely …
BlackBerry unveils the next crucial step in BBM’s evolution
Amid all the turmoil of its flailing mobile phone business, BlackBerry has finally found success with the cross-platform version BBM and is attempting to continue that growth …
BlackBerry is actually beating Samsung… in one market
BlackBerry played one of just a handful of key roles that helped shape the smartphone industry as we know it today. But in a story …
One chart shows why BlackBerry 10 has struggled to attract developers
While Windows Phone has been steadily closing its app gap, BlackBerry 10 has continued to languish far behind. Business Insider has created a chart using …
BlackBerry signs key deal to keep BBM surge going strong on Android
BlackBerry’s handset sales have remained an unmitigated disaster but its cross-platform BlackBerry Messenger service has proven to be a big hit for both iPhone and Android …
New BlackBerry CEO gets off on right foot by giving old execs the boot
Interim BlackBerry CEO John Chen has wasted no time in overhauling the company as both chief marketing officer Frank Boulben and chief operating officer Kristian Tear have now …
Two more BlackBerry executives out in latest round of bloodletting
Here’s some rare cheer for BlackBerry fans — the company’s next smartphone might actually be promoted with a decent marketing campaign. Per StreetInsider, BlackBerry announced …
BBM mystery: Why is it so much more popular on iOS than Android?
It’s been more than a month after BlackBerry Messenger debuted for the iOS and Android platforms and it is still doing remarkably well on the …
Pfizer ditching BlackBerry due to company’s ‘volatile state’
It’s become pretty obvious that BlackBerry’s fruitless search for “strategic alternatives” did the company no favors. AllThingsD reports that pharmaceutical company Pfizer has advised all …
Why a $1 billion cash injection may not be enough to save BlackBerry
BlackBerry has certainly bought itself some time with the $1 billion cash injection it received from Fairfax Financial and its partners but there’s no guarantee …
BBM set to hit Wi-Fi iPads and iPod touch beginning today
BlackBerry’s BBM service shocked the world when it finally went cross-platform last month. While many thought it would be dead on arrival, the app rocketed …
Windows Phone leaves BlackBerry in the dust, Android still dominates in Q3
Fresh evidence emerged Thursday that Windows Phone has steamed past BlackBerry to establish itself as the world’s No. 3 smartphone OS. New data from Gartner …
