Possible BlackBerry “Jakarta” Render Leaks Out
I am not sure what to make of this one but it cannot hurt to share. My buddy Niko at N4BB posted up some purported renders of the BlackBerry Jakarta. The device looks pretty sexy if this is what it will end up looking like. Hopefully we will get more confirmation soon! What do…
Anyone Else Impressed With Last Weeks Flawless BBM Rollout?
I am not sure if anyone else noticed it but BlackBerry seems to have learned how to smoothly roll out a product in the last month or so. First we had them rolling out OS 10.2.1 worldwide with very few issues if any on multiple carriers for multiple devices. Then last week we had BlackBerry…
Is BlackBerry Offering BES 10 CAL Perpetual Licenses for All Traded Up CALs?
We have heard from multiple readers about this new change in BlackBerry’s stance. Until the end of 2013 BlackBerry was saying that they were offering to convert BES 5.0 licenses to BES 10 licenses for free with one caveat. You had to activate a BlackBerry 10 device on that license before the end of 2013…
Dan Loeb’s Third Point Discloses 2% Stake in BlackBerry at End of 2013
It seems like another activist hedge fund manager has taken an interest in BlackBerry. Dan Loeb at Third Point has disclosed that they had 10 million shares of BlackBerry stock at the end of 2013. That translates into about 1.9% of BlackBerry compared to Fairfax with its 10.5%. This is all about BlackBerry being…
Geekbench Report Shows Jakarta With Similar Specs to Cancelled C-Series
It seems like I jumped the gun a bit last week with that Geekbench benchmark that turned out to be BlackBerry’s cancelled C-Series “Cafe” devices. Piotr at BBNews.pl pointed me to the actual benchmark for what looks like the Foxconn made Jakarta that has very similar specs to the cancelled C-Series. On the other hand…
OS 10.2.1.2141 Leaks Out for BlackBerry Z30 – More Coming Soon!
We have a new OS coming thanks to Legend of CrackBerry forums. The new version is 10.2.1.2141 and is now available for the Z30. He is working to bring it to all devices. Check out the details and updates here. Thanks Amir for the tip
Updated: BlackBerry C-Series Specs Revealed by Geekbench Report
Update: Long time reader Ofutur has confirmed that this is actually a benchmark of the cancelled C-Series BlackBerry 10 devices With Geekbench natively coming to BlackBerry 10 we now are seeing some unreleased devices showing up in the index. First the high end Ontario O-Series was spotted and now it looks like we have the…
BlackBerry Link For Windows Updated to v1.2.3.22
BlackBerry updated BlackBerry Link for Windows with a small version bump this week. Carl let us know about the new update but sadly we do not have a change log. Check out the latest version here.