News and Rumors

BlackBerry has announced that they are bringing the Foxconn built BlackBerry Z3 to the Middle East in July, namely the United Arab Emirates and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Then later in the summer the Z3 will be introduced to Kuwait, Qatar and Bahrain.

And as an incentive, ...

BlackBerry announced the launch of the BlackBerry Z3 in India today. The BlackBerry Z3 will be available to pre-order today and purchase on July 2nd. The BlackBerry Z3 is priced at Rs 15,990 or around USD $265, which are leading some to say it is a bit overpriced for the market. ...

We told you a few days ago that the BlackBerry Z3 would be launching on June 24th in Malaysia and as expected, today BlackBerry announced that the new BlackBerry Z3 would be available on July 7th. The new BlackBerry Z3, which we reviewed here, should be a great seller in Malaysia ...

We just told you about the new BlackBerry Dev OS 10.3.0.700 and how it was just released to developers by BlackBerry. The OS is not a complete OS so it will be missing some vital parts. However, inside the OS sit twenty new wallpapers.

If you choose not to install ...

If you're a developer, break out your phones and get ready to download the latest BlackBerry OS for testing. Please understand and read this if you are NOT a Developer: THIS IS NOT A COMPLETE OPERATING SYSTEM !! It is designed to test apps. So, if you AREN'T going to test apps for ...

After the week that saw BlackBerry's remarkable turn around fiscally and the introduction of two new BlackBerry devices coming out in the fall, John Chen shows the world the new BlackBerry Passport on video. The Passport looks more like a phablet than a phone but has that amazing ...

UPDATE

BlackBerry has sent out word that they are NOT considering Drake. Their words, "we can confirm that we are not in conversations with Drake‎.", according to mobilesyrup.com

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There are reports that BlackBerry is courting ...

During BlackBerry's conference call for the Q1 2015 fiscal year results, BlackBerry CEO John Chen announced that for the first time, BlackBerry 10 devices are now outselling the legacy BlackBerry OS7 devices. This amounts to 2.6 million devices sold and a majority of them, 65% of ...

During John Chen's Q1 2015 Earnings call, the BlackBerry CEO mentioned the BlackBerry Classic and the BlackBerry "Passport". This device was probably known in the wild, codename Windermere and as Chen joked, "Check the websites for leaks!". The BlackBerry Passport ...

BlackBerry has released their Q1 2015 fiscal report and the news is GOOD!!!!! Yes, you've read that right. Waterloo is reporting a strong cash position and bleeding has healed to a trickle. Blackberry is reporting for Q1 2015 breakdown of Hardware being $376.8M, Software/Other $67.7M ...

A little while after BlackBerry announced their deal with Amazon to bring the Amazon App Store to BlackBerry phones, BlackBerry CEO John Chen called into Maria Bartiromo of the Fox Business Channel and explained the deal, what it involved and BlackBerry's vision for the deal and ...

BlackBerry is announcing that they have struck a licensing deal with Amazon to bring the Amazon App Store to BlackBerry users with BlackBerry 10 OS 10.3, when it comes out this fall. The deal will bring more than 200,000 new Android apps to BlackBerry phone users.

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Coming on the heels of the news that BlackBerry will launch their budget conscious BlackBerry Z3 in India on June 25th, news comes from our friend at bbugmy.com in Malaysia that the BlackBerry Z3 will launch a day earlier on June 24th.

The BlackBerry Z3 is expected ...

BlackBerry is set to bring the new BlackBerry Z3 to India on June 25th and it should be a hit. The Times of India reports that the Z3 is poised to enter the low priced device market that has hit India recently. The BlackBerry Z3 is slated to be priced lower than Rs12,000 or around ...