Foxconn’s BlackBerry “Jakarta” Model to be Unveiled at Mobile World Congress?
The latest rumor coming out of Taiwan is that the first Foxconn built BlackBerry will be showing up at Mobile World Congress. The source is FocusTaiwan which sat down with Terry Gou, chairman of Taiwan’s Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., who confirmed that Hon Hai’s mobile unit will be debuting BlackBerry’s new devices at MWC…
BBM for BlackBerry, Android, & iOS Having Issues
We are hearing reports from users that BBM for Android and iOS are having issues. My Z30 is also having some issues with my groups updates coming in sporadically. Just wanted to let you know that it is not just you. We will let you know if there are any updates. Hopefully this is just…
Huawei Settles with Rockstar Consortium in Android Lawsuit
Some of you may remember that the Rockstar Consortium is going for Android’s jugular with a lawsuit against all the Google manufacturers. The Rockstar Consortium is jointly owned by BlackBerry, Microsoft, Sony, Ericsson, EMC, and Apple and is made up of Nortel Networks patents they acquired in 2011. Now that Huawei has settled this puts…
Verizon Starts Rolling Out OS 10.2.1 Then Stops… Gmail Goes Down & Now Back Up
It seems like Verizon is dealing with a bit of indecision. A small group of users got OS 10.2.1 pushed out to them today. That stopped very quickly and reports are that the OS was OS 10.2.1.537. My guess is somebody clicked the wrong button on Verizon’s side. 🙂 On a side note I didn’t…
WeChat for BlackBerry 10 Updated with Video Chat Feature!
This week WeChat updated their BlackBerry 10 app with an awesome new feature. You can now video chat your friends on the network which is pretty awesome. They have also added: New video call, talk to your friends face to face Fun and free stickers Shake to find new friends Scan QR code to…
City of Waterloo Inks a 3-year Contract With Bell & BlackBerry for $516,000
The City of Waterloo decided to back their hometown BlackBerry in a new $516,000 service contract with BlackBerry and Bell for 3 years. That is $172,000 a year for 204 BlackBerry devices and 166 mobile phones for the city. MobileSyrup confirmed that 50 of the devices are BlackBerry 10 in their Pilot Project Group. Mayor…
BlackBerry Asks Court to Block Sales of Typo Keyboard
BlackBerry is taking their fight against copycat Typo Keyboard to another level. They have asked the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California to stop Typo from "making, using, offering to sell, or selling within the United States, or importing into the United States, the Typo Keyboard." They went on to say…
Pentagon Denies Buying Any New BlackBerry Devices
We told you before that the Pentagon was rolling out their new mobile initiative with 98% of the devices being BlackBerrys. It turns out that there is a little caveat there. These are not new BlackBerry devices according to a statement made by the Pentagon to The Verge. They actually went as far to state…