BlackBerry EZ Pass License Upgrade & Trade In Program Starts April 1st
It looks like BlackBerry is getting quite a bit of interest in their newly announced EZ Pass program that they announced at Mobile World Congress. Essentially they are letting BlackBerry customers migrate to BES 10 and then BES 12 very easily and trade in their licenses. On top of that they are allowing free migrations…
BlackBerry OS 10.2.1.2947 Available For All but STL100-1
Those of you who have to be on the latest OS just got another nice bump. DarcyTallGuy has spotted OS 10.2.1.2947 and posted it for all BlackBerry 10 devices but the STL100-1. This is all coming from the BlackBerry production servers so it is not really a leak. Once again this wipes you phone to…
Transcript for BlackBerry Q4 2013 Earnings Call Now Available
For those of you who missed BlackBerry’s earnings call this morning I have some good news. Seeking Alpha has done a wonderful job of transcribing the call for free. This is something that used to cost investors a hefty subscription in the past. Either way if you want to read about what was said I…
John Chen Confirms Apple CarPlay is Powered By QNX “Underlying Technology”
One of the small tidbits that came out during John Chen’s intro on the financials call was about Apple CarPlay. Chen confirmed that there is a consortium for the connected car called MirrorLink based on DLNA. This is on top of heavy hints about this in the past. He confirmed that Apple is now compatible…
BBM Channels Growing Quickly With Top Brands
Update: I forgot to check these brands to make sure they had not already showed up. Turns out they have been there for a bit already. Now BlackBerry just needs to get more brands. BlackBerry’s CEO, John Chen, confirmed today that BBM is attracting some top channel partners. There are already quite a few big names…
BBM Hits 113 Million Registered Users with 500,000 Channels & More
BlackBerry gave us a taste of how BBM is doing in their conference call today. Specifically they gave us their number of users actively using the service every month. Currently they have 85 million monthly active users and 113 million registered users. On top of that they have almost tripled the number of BBM Channels…
BlackBerry Strikes Deal with Wistron for New Run of BlackBerry 7 Bold Devices
BlackBerry 10 has been around for well over a year now and the older BlackBerry 7 devices are still outselling them 2 to 1. Now BlackBerry’s CEO has conceded that he is hearing the demand from customers and has struck a deal with manufacturer Wistron to produce BlackBerry 7 Bold devices. This is a new…
BlackBerry Releases Q4 and Year End Fiscal 2014 Results
It seems like John Chen is turning the ship around at BlackBerry. BlackBerry just beat the street with the report below and it looks like Wall Street has finally given up on the doom and gloom around the company. Losses were $423 million mainly related to a non cash charge on debentures. Highlights from BlackBerry include:…