Enterprises in India Are Adopting BlackBerry 10 and BES 10
BlackBerry is singing the praises of BES 10 and BlackBerry 10 again with a focus on India this time. THye just put out a report that more than 1,000 enterprises in India have either adopted or are testing BES 10 since its launch in January of last year. Check out the press release below…
Knockoff Typo Keyboard for iPhone Gets its First Set of Reviews
Typo Keyboard is trying to bring the iconic BlackBerry keyboard to the iPhone but so far it seems like they might be coming up short. For hardcore keyboard lovers there is a bit of nostalgia but current reviews are slamming the device for being “more stressful than putting up with the iPhone’s cramped touchscreen.” The…
John Chen Explains Why He Cancelled the BlackBerry World Conference & More in Latest Interview
John Chen was really making the rounds at CES. My buddy Kevin at CrackBerry sat down with the new CEO of BlackBerry and had some frank discussions with him. Chen once again re-enforced that BlackBerry is focused on enterprise for the next year or so with different strategy plans in each country and continent. They…
BlackBerry Testing Out BBM on Android 2.3 Gingerbread in Beta Zone
We have heard from a few readers that BlackBerry is working on a beta program for BBM on Android 2.3 Gingerbread. They have sent out invites to users and it seems like the goal is to bring support for BBM to the dated Android OS. There are still about 20% of Android users on Gingerbread…
"Shift to Select Text" Returning in BlackBerry OS 10.2.1 (Aka "Running Shift" with Trackpad)
Michael Clewley, Product Manager at BlackBerry, just dropped another interesting detail about OS 10.2.1 in his BBM Channel. He said that the “Running Shift”, as BlackBerry calls it, is returning in OS 10.2.1. This is similar to how we used to hold the shift key while selecting text with the trackpad on legacy BlackBerrys….
BlackBerry Allowing Devs to Submit Unmodified Android App APK’s to BlackBerry World?
We have been hearing an interesting new rumor from a few Android developers and now confirmed via Good e-Reader. For over a year now BlackBerry has been forcing Android developers to convert/modify their APK files to BAR files and getting code signing keys before submitting the apps to BlackBerry World. We have heard that BlackBerry…
BlackBerry Survey Asks if Users Want BBM, BlackBerry World, & More Integrated in BlackBerry Link
BlackBerry just sent out an interesting survey for BlackBerry Link 1.2. The first question they ask out the gate is what features (new and existing) users think should be included in future versions of BlackBerry Link for PC and Mac. The list starts off with features we already have and then throws in some…
BlackBerry Z30 Beats iPhone 5S, Lumia, & Moto X in WIRED’s CES Smartphone Challenge
The BlackBerry Z30 just beat down the iPhone 5S, Lumia 1020, and Moto X in WIRED’s CES Smartphone Thunderdome. They had their reporters challenged for 5 days to report from the show floor with pictures and more to see who survived. Personally the test seems to be more fun than scientific but its nice to…