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ONE App Developer Responsible for 47,000+ Apps in BlackBerry World?

Some of you may have noticed that a few developers have been exploiting the free submission of apps to BlackBerry World and using it as a promotional tool. @gpheheise pointed out to me that the worst offender by far is S4BB. As of this article BlackBerry World is reporting that S4BB has over 47,000+ Apps…

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BlackBerry Link for Windows Updated to v1.1.1.41

  BlackBerry has pushed out a small update to BlackBerry Link for Windows. It is still unclear what exactly the update brings but my guess is improvements in the sync engine and backup functions. You can pick up the new update for yourself directly from BlackBerry. Thanks Zooby for the tip!

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eBay for BlackBerry 10 Updates to v2.3.0.25 – Remains an Android Port

I was really hoping eBay was working on a native app for BlackBerry 10 due to previous design leaks. Sadly that has not materialized but eBay has updated their Android port in BlackBerry World. This version has fewer bugs and seems to run much faster. Pick up eBay for BlackBerry 10 in BlackBerry World and…

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Analyst Claims BlackBerry Has Scaled Back BlackBerry 10 Manufacturing by 10%

Jefferies Peter Misek is usually a BlackBerry bull but now he claims his checks show that BlackBerry has scaled back build order plans for BlackBerry 10. Supposedly they have scaled back by another 10% in August after being scaled back from 2 million to 1 million a month in July. Not the greatest predictions for…

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BlackBerry Cuts the BES 10 Corporate CAL Licenses to Only $19 MSRP Per Year!

BlackBerry has just announced that they have slashed their corporate CAL license fees for BES 10 to $19/year which is only $1.60/month per device. That is some great news for the 19,000 commercial and test BES 10 servers that have been installed since launch. As far as I can tell these licenses are for BlackBerry…

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OS 10.1.0.4828 Leaks Out For ALL BlackBerry 10 Devices

  Right on the heels of a 10.2 OS leak we have a leak of OS 10.1.0.4828 for all BlackBerry 10 devices. This is another line update that should bring some bug fixes to the 10.1 line if you have not made the plunge to 10.2. Kudos to the BerryLeaks team on CrackBerry forums again…

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Leaked OS 10.2.0.1323 for the BlackBerry Z10, Q10 and Q5

BlackBerry 10 users just got another nice update on the 10.2 branch. We now have OS 10.2.0.1323 for every device but the STL100-1 Z10. Kudos to BerryLeaks for making this happen and posting it on CB Forums. So far the Evernote app is still not working and the Android player is the same as the…

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Why It Would Be A Mistake For BlackBerry, Or Most Smartphone Vendors, To Go Android

I keep on hearing this speculation on what would have happened if BlackBerry had just gone with Android instead of developing BlackBerry 10. I have answered this quite a few times personally and BlackBerry’s CEO Thorsten Heins has also stated that it would have just been an arms race of small hardware differentiators. Mary at…

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