Delta & BlackBerry Giving Away $10,000 Travel Voucher & a BlackBerry Z10 (US Only)
BlackBerry has another awesome contest going this time with Delta and the Keep Moving Tour Sweepstakes. BlackBerry is giving away $10,600 travel voucher on Delta and a BlackBerry Z10. The only catch is you need to fill out your info on the contest page and be in the US legally. We have a few more…
BlackBerry Q5 Gets Its First Commercial Starting in the UK
BlackBerry Q5 preorders opened up in the UK this week on quite a few carriers. Now BlackBerry UK has followed up with a new BlackBerry Q5 commercial. This is a full 2+ minute commercial showing off everything from story maker to BBM video and more. My guess is it will be cut up into smaller…
BlackBerry Q10 Officially Launches at AT&T on June 21st – Preorder Now
AT&T has finally gotten their act together and announced a launch date for the much awaited BlackBerry Q10. Today they announced that it will be available on July 21st for $199.99 with a 2 year contract. They are also including it in the promotion where you get at least $100 off the price of the…
BlackBerry OS 10.2 To Bring Screen Reader Functionality for the Visually Impaired
I was waiting for BlackBerry to bring some more accessibility options for the visually impaired on BlackBerry 10. They are doing just that shortly with the upcoming August BlackBerry 10.2 SDK Gold release. That release will allow Cascade controls that will announce the UI to the user who has trouble reading. Here is how BlackBerry…
Black Hat 2013: Sessions on BlackBerry 10 Security, Ultimate Android Root Exploit & iOS Charger Malware
There are some interesting briefings happening at the blockbuster hacker convention, Black Hat 2013, in Vegas at the end of next month. We have all the major mobile OS developers (except Windows Phone) covered by multiple sessions with Android taking the prize. What I found very interesting is a dedicated session by Ralf-Philipp Weinmann who…
Appcelerator Titanium v3.1.1 Released With Updated BlackBerry SDK Beta
Appcelerator has added support for BlackBerry 10 in their Titanium cross platform development product a bit back. Its nice to see they are continuing that support with their subsequent updates including their latest v3.1.1 release. This version includes the latest BlackBerry SDK Beta along with integrating the Studio for app creation. Check out the details…
Taiwanese Manufacturers Reporting Large Increase of BlackBerry Orders With Launch of Q10 & More Models (A10? Z5?)
Digitimes is usually spot on when it comes to what is going on at Taiwanese manufacturers. Their latest report has suppliers stating that “order visibility has risen to 2-3 quarters from a prior 1 quarter” and state that is because of “plans to release 3-4 new models in the second half of 2013.” One of…
BlackBerry Grabs the #2 spot for Canadian Market Share Beating out Android
We posted a month ago about how BlackBerry has been on a steady market share increase in Canada after the long awaited launch of BlackBerry 10. StatCounter shows that BlackBerry has increased to almost 30% of the market, from an all time low of 6%. We are also patiently awaiting the Q1 results in which…
