News and Rumors

BlackBerry announced that Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority has selected AtHoc for its new highly secure alerting and crisis communication system. WMATA's primary objective for this stage of deployment within the IT organization is to be able to distribute certain actionable information to and from the Information Technology's (IT) Metro Enterprise Monitoring Center (MEMC), Helpdesk and Customer Services sections within the Office of Data Center and ...

AT&T has made it official that the BlackBerry Priv will be released on November 6th. We have received word that the SKU for the phone is now live, although apparently orders still cannot be placed. Many BlackBerry faithful are hoping that AT&T has already received it's ...

With the notice coming in just days before release, BlackBerry is now expecting the Priv to ship the week of November 9th, three days after the initial release date. While many BlackBerry fans will be disappointed by this keep in mind it is only one business day since the 7th and 8th are ...

As one door opens for Blackberry and CEO John Chen, another is closing for Good Technology CEO Christy Wyatt, who is parting ways with the company she took over in 2013.

BlackBerry completed its $425 million acquisition of Good Technology today. Christy Wyatt, Good’s ...

You need to spend money to make money, the saying goes. Well it seems that BlackBerry is all over that adage. Last year, according to Research Inforsource, BlackBerry spent $785,300,000 in R&D. That total is 40.7 percent down from the previous year.

The question is, was it worth it? Does the money spent equal the results? Has ...

You can add another Canadian carrier to the list of those who have confirmed their upcoming availability of BlackBerry Priv! Eastlink confirmed that they'll be carrying the BlackBerry Priv on November 6th. This makes them the sixth Canadian carrier, after we've received confirmation from Rogers, Bell, TELUS,Wind Mobile & Sasktel.

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If you reside in Switzerland, you'll be happy to know that online retailer Digitec is offering the Priv by BlackBerry for pre-order! Available for CHF 799.00 (approx $810 USD), you can expect the device to ship on November 18th, 2015.

• Pre-Order Priv by BlackBerry via Digitec

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Do you live in Hong Kong? Good news! You can now pre-order the Priv by BlackBerry through local carriers and major chain stores, for a retail price of HK$6,488.

Highlights of PRIV include:

• Stunning 5.4” dual-curved screen
• Long lasting 3410 mAh battery
• Both touch and physical keyboards
• Schneider-Kreuznach® certified camera
• Extraordinary audio quality

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The BlackBerry Priv is set to be officially available this upcoming Friday, and American retailer B&H Photo has now confirmed that they'll be selling the Android-powered device later this month. The Priv can be pre-ordered on their site, with an expected availability of November 20, 2015.

You can expect to pay $699 ...

BlackBerry just announced this morning it has completed the acquisition of Good Technology. BlackBerry will integrate Good's software solutions and services with its own software suites to offer the industry's most complete end-to-end solution that secures the entire mobile enterprise, across all platforms and applications while protecting personal privacy.

With the acquisition of Good, BlackBerry has expanded its ability to offer a unified, secure mobility platform with applications ...

We at BBOS just want to wish you all a very safe and happy Halloween 2015! Don't spend too much of your money on candy, as the new BlackBerry Priv is just about to launch in about a week! ...

It would seem that Carphone Warehouse keeps trying to steal BlackBerry's thunder with the upcoming BlackBerry Priv. After posting a hands-on video two weeks ago, Carphone Warehouse is now letting us see their "official" unboxing of the Priv by BlackBerry.

You can likely expect BlackBerry PR to scramble to get their official Priv by ...

You can add another Canadian carrier to the list of those who have confirmed their upcoming availability of BlackBerry Priv. Today, SaskTel posted a "Coming Soon" page for the BlackBerry Priv, with some basic details about the device. This makes them the fifth Canadian carrier, after we've received confirmation from ...

Skinomi has made it clear that they'll support BlackBerry with all their upcoming device launches, regardless of the device's software. After seeing them launch a line of TechSkin for the BlackBerry Passport in Fall 2014 and BlackBerry Classic/AT&T Passport last February, we were made aware today that they have recently made available the same TechSkins for pre-order for the BlackBerry ...