John Chen is Considering Phablets in BlackBerry’s Future Plans
With the BlackBerry Z3 still going strong in Indonesia it looks like John Chen is all about turning around the company along with market share. He sat down with the Jakarta Post for an interview and took a few lumps for BlackBerry’s past losses but says he would rather focus on the future of the…
theScore Updates their BlackBerry 10 App – Switches to Android Port
BlackBerry got some bad news from long time rockstar developer theScore. They have updated their BlackBerry 10 app to bring it in line with their Android and iOS app but sadly this is because they converted their slick native BlackBerry 10 app to simply a port of their Android app. This means users lose push…
Behind the Scenes of the Sticker Market with Sean O’Brien
I had a chance to speak to the co-founder of TextPride, Sean O’Brien, this past week about the “Sticker Market” for mobile messaging apps. In case you don’t know mobile messenger “Sticker Packs” have been hugely popular in Asian countries bringing tons of revenue to mobile messaging apps like Line and Kik. Now BlackBerry is…
Jumping Jacks Sticker Pack hits BBM Shop
Those of you looking for a new BBM sticker pack fix we have some good news. Amelie Wentrup Alptun has released a new sticker pack in the BBM Shop called Jumping Jacks. They are nice and expressive which is what you are looking for in a sticker pack. Check it out now in the BBM…
BlackBerry Slams Gartner Magic Quadrant for Enterprise Mobility Management
Gartner took another stab at BlackBerry with the release of their Magic Quadrant for Enterprise Mobility Management. This is a yearly report from them which this year places BlackBerry in the leader space of the “niche” quadrant. This is nowhere near ideal especially since it seems to maintain the misconception that BES 10 is not…
BlackBerry to Announce Q1 Fiscal 2015 Results on June 19
BlackBerry is coming around to their latest fiscal statement and this is going to be a tough one. BlackBerry has to get in front of Wall Street to explain their earnings since March and so far it does not look like it will be pretty. Chen has been stating that he is turning the company…
Dimple Looking to Bring NFC Physical Convenience Buttons to BlackBerry
I am glad to be back after being away the last few days. While I was out Dimple let us know that they are considering bringing their awesome NFC physical button sticker to BlackBerry. Dimple is bringing their NFC buttons to phones through a sticker or protective case for the device. This lets you add…
Snap Users Downloaded 2.5 Million Android Apps on BlackBerry 10
Snap is the popular app for getting Android apps on BlackBerry 10. It requires you to sideload their Google Play client (Called Snap) after which you can access practically all of the Google Play Android apps from BlackBerry 10. This opens up a whole new catalog of games and services for BlackBerry 10 users and…