The BlackBerry Classic will cost $450 and starts shipping next month
During a enterprise focused event in San Francisco on Thursday, BlackBerry announced BlackBerry Classic pre-orders have started.
Google Play might be coming to BlackBerry with next update of BB10
Leaked images of a BlackBerry Z10 running the Google Play app store have fueled speculation that Google Play support might be coming to BlackBerry 10.2.1.
BlackBerry loses nearly a billion dollars as sales of new handsets falter
BlackBerry’s second quarter numbers are out and there’s little good to be seen: Revenues are down 45 percent from a year ago and the Z10 write-off is costing the company nearly a billion dollars.
Morgan Stanley puts a halt on BlackBerry 10 upgrade
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-08-29/morgan-stanley-is-said-to-hold-off-on-blackberry-10-upgrade.html
Morgan Stanley is holding out on upgrading its employees BlackBerry smartphones to the latest operating system, BlackBerry 10, available on the BlackBerry Q10 and the BlackBerry Z10, Bloomberg reported. This shows an extreme lack of confidence in BlackBerry’s ability to support the operating system in the future, which is understandable. Earlier this month BlackBerry announced that it is considering a sale, and the company can’t seem to move any of its latest devices off of store shelves. For now Morgan Stanley will stick to its older BlackBerry 7 devices until the company’s future becomes more clear.
BlackBerry reportedly considering a BBM spinoff business
How does BBM, Inc. grab you? That could be the newest subsidiary of BlackBerry as it shuffles assets around, perhaps in anticipation of a sale, says the Wall Street Journal.
End of the road beckons for BlackBerry: company is looking for “possible transactions”
BlackBerry’s board has put together a special committee to look at a potential sale of the company, joint ventures, strategic partnerships and other options.
Sorry BlackBerry: based on shipments, Windows Phone is running ahead
Even though the Z10 and Q10 phones were both on sale in the second quarter, BlackBerry shipments are down in an up market. Who’s reaping the benefit? Microsoft’s Windows Phone which surpassed BlackBerry 10 shipments from April to June around the world.
HP revisiting smartphones: Will they run Android, Windows Phone or BlackBerry?
An HP executive suggests the company will re-enter the smartphone market for the first time since its Palm webOS debacle. Android is an obvious choice to power the phones, but there could be better choice in Windows Phone or even BlackBerry 10.
With negative surveys, high return rates, BlackBerry 10 software improvements may be on the way
BlackBerry 10 doesn’t seem to be a hit with surveyed consumers and handset return rates are reportedly high. Can software improvements turn the tide or does BlackBerry simply have a marketing problem?
Did British spies shoot down BlackBerry 10 for security reasons? Not quite
Both BlackBerry and the UK intelligence services have denied reports that the Z10 and its BlackBerry 10 software have been nixed for governmental use due to security fears.