Card2You Free Mailed Postcard App from 25 Days of Gifts
It is day 3 of BlackBerry’s 25 days of gifts and things seem to be declining in terms of quality. Today’s free app (in the US at least) is Card2You. They are offering one free gift card code for users to mail a postcard for the holidays. Just download the Card2You app here and use…
BlackBerry Releases BES 10.2 With Major Beta Testers – Hits 30,000 Installations
BlackBerry has finally gotten around to releasing BES 10.2. We have mentioned this new release before as it rounds out the solution for enterprise and regulated customers. BlackBerry has been beta testing the new 10.2 with multiple early adopters in their beta program including Morgan Stanley, Boeing, and Secusmart. They have also hit a milestone…
BES 10.2 Adds Control in Case BlackBerry 10 Gets Rooted
BlackBerry has added an interesting new control in BES 10.2 that they just detailed in the change log. BlackBerry 10 really has not had issues with being rooted but the PlayBook was jailbroken previously. Now it seems like BlackBerry is finally putting in some controls in case this possible eventuality ends up happening. Here is…
BlackBerry Posts BES 10.2 Documentation & Change Log – No Download Available (Yet)
If you needed any more signs that BES 10.2 was dropping any day now here it is. Zekeria over at BB10.ch noticed the updated BES 10.2 documentation is now available on BlackBerry’s website along with the official change log. There is nothing crazy new here but it is a sign that the official release is…
BlackBerry “Going Back to Heritage & Roots” With Focus on Four Areas
I found John Chen, Interm CEO of BlackBerry, quite frank in his latest open letter to enterprise customers. What I found most interesting is that it is the first time he has said much about strategy for BlackBerry. In the open letter he put in the following points: We’re going back to our heritage and…
Last Month to Trade Up BES 5.0 Licenses to BES 10 Perpetual Licenses
We mentioned this when BlackBerry announced it but their program to convert BES 5.0 licenses to BES 10 licenses for free is ending shortly. The program is set to expire at the end of the year and requires you to not only convert the license but also activate a phone on that license for it…
BlackBerry CEO Writes Open Letter to All Enterprise Customers (Full Letter)
Its nice to see that BlackBerry’s new CEO, John Chen, is not living under a rock. He realizes that many companies are capitalizing on BlackBerry’s current woes to squeeze more customers from BES. Chen has just released an open letter reassuring enterprise customers that BlackBerry is here to stay and is refocusing in a platform…
Droid Store 3rd Party Google Play Client for BlackBerry 10 Updated to v2
Those of you on the latest leaked OS 10.2.1 should check out Droid Store. The developer put out an update over the Thanksgiving holiday and its a whopper. It is packing some goodies though sadly it still cannot download paid apps or sign in to the Google Play store. The coolest part is that…