John Chen Confirms 4 New Devices Coming – No Plans for Wearables
Well this goes and confirms rumors we have been hearing from multiple sources. John Chen was on hand for the BlackBerry Z3 launch in Indonesia and he was the star of the party. (Check out our review of the BlackBerry Z3) Chen went out and confirmed that there are 3-4 more devices in the current…
BlackBerry Fixes Heartbleed Bug in Latest BlackBerry Link Update
I was waiting for one of my contacts to get back to me about this BlackBerry Link update for Mac and Windows before mentioning it. I confirmed that this latest BlackBerry Link update is set to address a very unlikely but possible exploit of BlackBerry Link via the Heartbleed OpenSSL bug that made the news…
BlackBerry Exec Explains Their Decision For Opening Up BB10 to Competitors MDM Solutions
BlackBerry’s president of global enterprise services John Sims came out today to explain their crucial decision to open up BB10 management to other MDMs. This has always been a big differentiator for BlackBerry since they were tightly integrated between the BES and device hardware. Now they are letting others compete in this space. Sims assures…
BlackBerry Opens Up BB10 to Third Party MDMs
BlackBerry decided to make the drastic move of opening up BlackBerry 10 to other MDM providers. This includes AirWatch, Citrix and IBM who have expressed intent to add sorry for managing BlackBerry 10 devices. I’m sure we will hear more about this soon. BlackBerry Opens BlackBerry 10 Operating System to Multiple MDM Platforms WATERLOO, ONTARIO–(Marketwired…
BlackBerry Z3 Review: What to Make of The First Foxconn BlackBerry
Many of you have heard of the BlackBerry Z3 which is launching today as a device targeting the Indonesian market with a sub $200 price point. Those that preordered the device should be getting it today and the official launch in stores is tomorrow. I have had the chance to carry around the device since…
BlackBerry Z3 Officially Released in Indonesia
The first product of the collaboration between Foxconn and BlackBerry is finally released today. I have been playing with it since last week and the device is solid. (My review goes up soon) Customers who preordered are getting the device today with everyone else able to get it in stores tomorrow. Check out the details…
Quick Video Demo of the BlackBerry Blend Beta Dashboard
It looks like there are more signs of the BlackBerry Blend Beta dashboard for desktops in the latest OS 10.3 leak. My buddy Bla1ze @CrackBerry ferreted out a demo video that is limited but does show lots of goodies all around. He even compiled a list of what findings are in this video with…
BlackBerry 10.3 Leak Reveals Loads of Changes
With the latest leak of BlackBerry OS 10.3 we are seeing quite a few changes happening in the OS. From the new blue accents to the upgrade to Android 4.3 things are being improved all around. My favorite is the ability to rearrange active frames and set them permanent on a homepage. You also…