After recent delays with the release of the BlackBerry KeyONE, which is being manufactured by China’s TCL Communications, TCL GM and President Steve Cistulli says long-suffering BlackBerry fans can expect some news next week. “Some more KEY news coming your way next week… Stay tuned!” Cistulli tweeted yesterday. along with a picture of the BlackBerry […]
A new BlackBerry tablet may be coming, says CEO John Chen
Remember the ill-fated BlackBerry Playbook? Released six years ago, on April 19, 2011, the tablet looked for a moment like it might catch on. “Forget the Amazon Kindle Fire, the BB PlayBook is now the best low cost tablet,” raved ZDNet’s Matthew Miller at the time. But the PlayBook, like many BlackBerry devices released since […]
KEYone, the Blackberry that isn’t a Blackberry, launches
It is but it isn’t. A BlackBerry, that is. At Mobile World Congress in Spain Saturday, China’s TCL launched the KEYone, a new device that is the first result of BlackBerry’s decision to get out of the smartphone business and license third party partners to make BlackBerry branded products. The Canadian company, meanwhile, says […]
New Mercury smartphone gives faithful one more chance to own a new BlackBerry
Once a giant in the space and a company with a strong a claim as anyone has to being the inventor of the smartphone, the end is in site for BlackBerry and its fans who grew up on the Pearl, Curve, or 8800. But for one more time, at least, BlackBerry is getting the band […]
BlackBerry releases new software platform to improve connected car security
BlackBerry is betting that the security it became known for with its mobile devices will help it carve out a niche in the auto market. On Wednesday, the eve of the influential Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, the Canadian company announced it will be releasing a secure software platform for use in cars and […]
BlackBerry strikes a deal with China’s TCL to make its smartphones
Waterloo, Ontario’s BlackBerry Limited has announced a long-term licensing agreement with Chinese smartphone manufacturer TCL Communication to make and sell BlackBerry-branded mobile devices globally, more evidence of BlackBerry’s restructuring towards becoming a security- and software-focused company. The once-giant of the cellphone industry has stated that by offloading its mobile production to TCL, the fourth largest […]
BlackBerry’s new enterprise security platform puts it back in the game
For years it has been the symbol of the uncool. The dad-bod of the mobile world. The Nickelback of the smartphone space. But now, it seems, BlackBerry has a direction for the future that could rival its considerable past. BlackBerry Thursday unveiled a new platform called BlackBerry Secure that is designed to provide security for […]
BlackBerry rolls out Android updates, including Hub improvements
The phones sold poorly enough that BlackBerry kinda sorta decided to stop making them altogether, but the Waterloo-based (former) device maker continues to update its Android phones. Android updates this December are set to improve the Hub+, Blackberry keyboard, and Blackberry launcher for the Blackberry PRIV, DTEK50, or DTEK60 device. An article on Blackberry’s Blog, […]
Trump’s immigration plan would be bad for tech, says BlackBerry CEO
Even those closest to him probably don’t know what U.S. president-elect Donald Trump will do on a variety of issues, but following through on his promise to end the H-1B immigration plan would deal a serious blow to the U.S. tech industry, says one prominent watcher. BlackBerry CEO John Chen, a U.S. citizen who was […]
Is BlackBerry done making phones? Rumours say yes
Is this the of for the long and illustrious history BlackBerry phone? BlackBerry Ltd. will be posting its second quarter earnings next week amid speculation that CEO John Chen will use the opportunity to announce the closing of BlackBerry’s hardware division. In April, Chen said the company’s smartphone business would be on the chopping block […]
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