Oh, how the mighty Blackberry has fallen as Windows Phone prepares to overtake Blackberry’s third place market share position in November of 2012. It’s not terribly surprising given Blackberry’s stale OS and lack of exciting new products, not to mention delay after delay for their upcoming Blackberry 10 platform. While Windows Phone has yet to take off in ways Microsoft would have hoped or truly … [read full article]
While Android continues to dominate the US smartphone market, its grip slipped a little in the second quarter of 2012 as it dropped below 60% marketshare. Android’s drop to 56.3% of all smartphones in the US was noticeably different from the 10% jump Apple’s iOS platform posted, up to 33.2%, up from 23.2% in the second quarter of 2011. Neil Mawston, Executive Director at … [read full article]
With T-Mobile now “confirming” the arrival of the Galaxy Note — eventually, we turn our attention to what’s after the Galaxy Note. Well, there are at least two phones coming in September according to a newly leaked document in the HTC Era 42 and … [read full article]
Update: According to T-Mobile, no announcements have been made for any future Blackberry products. I know that Blackberry posts are often met with a yawn and “next” mentality these days and I can’t say I necessarily blame that. Blackberry hasn’t really “innovated” in a long time — until yesterday and the introduction of Blackberry 10. We’ve seen hints of … [read full article]
Blackberry Bold 9900 and Blackberry Torch 9810 customers on T-Mobile can let out a collective “it’s about time” as T-Mobile releases two new software updates. Both updates introduce a host of new features, few of which are more … [read full article]
Update: T-Mobile PR reached out to me and advised me this event is for business-2-business and Blackberry. No new products are expected to be announced. If any of you out there are still interested in what Blackberry has to offer, I’d keep your eye on March 15th and a T-Mobile/Blackberry event taking place in Washington D.C. Admittedly, we’re a little short on info … [read full article]
Unless you were busy watching yesterday’s heart-pounding football action, you may have already read the reports surrounding RIM’s Mike Lazaridis and Jim Balsillie resignation from their positions as Co-CEOs. Taking over for Jim and Mike will be “little-known company insider,” Thorsten Heins, formerly RIM’s Chief Operating Officer. RIM is calling this “a board and management shuffle,” as Heins steps into … [read full article]
Consider this just a quick follow-up to yesterday’s early morning post confirming the end-of-life status for the Blackberry Torch 9810. As we said yesterday, we’re not terribly sad or surprised to see it go and more importantly, we’re not sure more than 5 of you will even notice. Still, pulling … [read full article]
This is one of those unconfirmed but not at all surprising stories centering around the Blackberry 9810 on T-Mobile and the apparent end of its shelf-life. As its missing from the T-Mobile website, we can’t confirm that it is in fact gone, but a T-Mobile customer care chat transcript hints it was given the END OF LIFE due date of January 3rd. … [read full article]
With reports arriving this weekend of a leaked software update for the Blackberry Bold 9900 enabling Wi-Fi calling we’re now asking how long will it be … [read full article]
