BlackBerry 5 & 6 Finally Placed on End of Life List – Windows Live Messenger to Join Shortly
BlackBerry has finally put BlackBerry OS 5 and 6 on the end of life list. BBNews.pl spotted the OS versions on the end of life list which is no surprise since these devices have not been sold for two and four years respectively. BlackBerry OS 7.0 and 7.1 remain on the supported list in terms…
MEGA File Sharing Site Finally Ports Android App to BlackBerry 10
MEGA’s Android app has been working on BlackBerry 10 for a bit but now it is official. The Mega Limited team has brought their mobile app to BlackBerry 10 by porting their Android version. The app works nicely and gives you access to their 50GB of free user storage in their cloud that is encrypted…
Alec Saunders Gives a Quick Explanation of His New Role as VP of QNX Cloud
We had BlackBerry’s CEO, John Chen, introduce Alec Saunders as the VP of the new QNX Cloud BlackBerry subsidiary but he was light on the details. Supposedly the QNX Cloud division is all about the “Internet of Things” which is the latest buzzword at tradeshows. Thankfully Alec took to this blog to give a few…
Foxconn’s BlackBerry “Jakarta” Model to be Unveiled at Mobile World Congress?
The latest rumor coming out of Taiwan is that the first Foxconn built BlackBerry will be showing up at Mobile World Congress. The source is FocusTaiwan which sat down with Terry Gou, chairman of Taiwan’s Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., who confirmed that Hon Hai’s mobile unit will be debuting BlackBerry’s new devices at MWC…
BBM for BlackBerry, Android, & iOS Having Issues
We are hearing reports from users that BBM for Android and iOS are having issues. My Z30 is also having some issues with my groups updates coming in sporadically. Just wanted to let you know that it is not just you. We will let you know if there are any updates. Hopefully this is just…
Huawei Settles with Rockstar Consortium in Android Lawsuit
Some of you may remember that the Rockstar Consortium is going for Android’s jugular with a lawsuit against all the Google manufacturers. The Rockstar Consortium is jointly owned by BlackBerry, Microsoft, Sony, Ericsson, EMC, and Apple and is made up of Nortel Networks patents they acquired in 2011. Now that Huawei has settled this puts…
Verizon Starts Rolling Out OS 10.2.1 Then Stops… Gmail Goes Down & Now Back Up
It seems like Verizon is dealing with a bit of indecision. A small group of users got OS 10.2.1 pushed out to them today. That stopped very quickly and reports are that the OS was OS 10.2.1.537. My guess is somebody clicked the wrong button on Verizon’s side. 🙂 On a side note I didn’t…
WeChat for BlackBerry 10 Updated with Video Chat Feature!
This week WeChat updated their BlackBerry 10 app with an awesome new feature. You can now video chat your friends on the network which is pretty awesome. They have also added: New video call, talk to your friends face to face Fun and free stickers Shake to find new friends Scan QR code to…