WSJ Claims Cerberus & Another Investor Are Looking Into BlackBerry Bid
The leaks continue as BlackBerry has its “Strategic Review.” The latest report comes from the WSJ that claims Cerberus, which specializes in distressed investments, is signing a confidentiality agreement with BlackBerry to see their books and decide if they want to bid. On top of that they have word that "at least one other…
Does BlackBerry Have 5-10 Million Unsold BlackBerry 10 Devices?
This wouldn’t be such bad news if BlackBerry was simply honest. A few analysts have been digging through the latest BlackBerry SEC filing and the results confirm some of their fears. Michael Blair over at SeekingAlpha has the best analysis in crunching the numbers but I will do my best to summarize them below. Either…
Forbes Interviews Globe & Mail Writers on Their BlackBerry Exposé
We told you earlier about the fascinating Globe & Mail Exposé On BlackBerrys Last Few Conflicted Years. Now Forbes has sat down with Sean Silcoff And Jacquie McNish who wrote the article to delve deeper into the story. We get some great answers on the SMS 2.0 plans along with the China deal that never…
BlackBerry World for BB10 Updated With Better Update Notifications
That title was a mouthful. BlackBerry has decided to fix some bugs in the buggy notification system in BlackBerry World on BlackBerry 10. I am happy that they combined the notifications in the previous version and now I am hoping we actually get the notifications within minutes instead of having to manually check or wait…
BlackBerry Updates "Work Drives" App – Still Requires BES 10
One of the annoying moves BlackBerry has done is limit their great Work Drives app to users only on BES 10. Work Drives allows users to mount network drives from their devices. Sadly normal users cannot use the app to mount network drives over Wi-Fi which would probably be effortless for BlackBerry to do. Either…
[Humor] Alicia Keys Makes a Bid for BlackBerry
Its been pretty bleak today so I thought it would be fun to share this satire piece from The LIghtly Braised Turnip. They did a tongue in cheek parody about Alicia Keys putting in a bid for purchasing BlackBerry Funny and sad at the same time. Check it out here: New Bid For Embattled Blackberry…
SEC Filing Shows BlackBerry Struggling in Emerging Markets
Update: Thanks Chris for pointing out that this was not delayed and BlackBerry regularly releases these results a few days later. BlackBerry did their financial announcements in stages this quarter. First they canceled their investor call and the Q&A. The NY Times noticed that BlackBerry has now filed the remainder of the SEC requirements detailing…
BlackBerry Responds to Garter Recommendation that Companies Find Alternatives to BlackBerrys
Over the weekend it was interesting to see analyst firm Gartner put out a recommendation that enterprises find alternatives for BlackBerry in the next 6 months. With BlackBerry doubling down on enterprise especially with Fairfax financial aiming for that market this is some bad news. Some of the Gartner findings (via CIO.com) are pretty harsh…