AT&T Giving Away a Trip to See Alicia Keys in London & 200 BlackBerry Z10s
AT&T is going a different direction with their giveaway when you preregister for the BlackBerry Z10. They are giving away what amounts to an all expenses paid trip for two to see Alicia Keys in London. That means four lucky grand prize winners will get two premium tickets, a meet and greet with Alicia, 2…
Costco Website Shows BlackBerry Z10 Coming Soon
It looks like BlackBerry is doing a full retail push in the states for the upcoming BlackBerry Z10 launch. We heard from a few sources that the Costco Wireless website is now showing the BlackBerry Z10 as coming soon to Costco. BlackBerry evangelist Larry McDonough (@lmcdunna) made me laugh on Twitter by asking if…
BlackBerry CEO Says BlackBerry 10 Sales Above Their “Ambitious” Expectations
There are quite a few people on the street wondering what BlackBerry’s CEO Thorsten Heins is going to say when they report earnings. Heins told a Spanish newspaper Expansion (via Bloomberg) today that “last month that sales have been above the Waterloo, Ontario-based company’s ambitious expectations and production has increased.” He also went on to…
Best Buy Starts Training Associates on Selling the BlackBerry Z10
We heard from one of our tipsters that Best Buy has started opening up training for their associates in the US. Their new March training includes selling BlackBerry 10 and teaching them why customers would choose the device. When the BlackBerry Z10 does launch I plan on spot checking some Best Buys to see if…
BlackBerry Experience Forum Starts in the UK with Today’s London Event
BlackBerry is courting UK enterprises today by bringing over 1,000 enterprise customers and developers to attend a BlackBerry Experience Forum today in London. The event is all day and should be wrapping up shortly covering the BlackBerry 10 platform, BlackBerry Z10, and BlackBerry Enterprise Service 10. They also had Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health Foundation…
Canaccord Proves How Ridiculous “Analyst Estimates” Truly Are
I have always found analyst estimates to be a good laugh most of the time. The latest to prove just how fickle analysts are is the headline loving Canaccord Genuity analyst Mike Walkley. At launch his estimates said there would be Z10 sales of nearly 2 million devices in February. He they slashed it quickly…
UK Gets On The Ground Analysis of BlackBerry Z10 Sales – Prices Going Up?!?
You may have heard about two analysts slashing sales targets for BlackBerry 10. With that in mind Michael Collins on Seeking Alpha has performed a on the ground channel check of BlackBerry Z10 sales in the UK FROM the UK. Some analysts have been reporting petering sales based on “Channel Checks” but Collins provides quite…
Five Pro Tips for the BlackBerry Z10 Camera by JT White
This past week I have highlighted two of JT White’s gorgeous photo shoots taken with the BlackBerry Z10 camera in low light. The first was in black and white and the second showed off its capabilities in color. I asked Josh if he would be willing to share some of the tips he discovered for…