The sale represents the majority of its real estate holdings in Canada. BlackBerry's not saying how much cash it'll take in from the transaction.
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Shell of a smartphone – the BlackBerry Kopi's panels emerge from oblivion
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When BlackBerry's John Chen stepped inas CEO last year, he had to decide the fate of two series of BB10smartphones, the K and C series. Among them was the BlackBerry Kopi,a lowly QWERTY model that appeared to be in prototype status. Ithad a cheap plastic build and its physical keyboard seemed a littlerough around the edges, but it had BlackBerry written all over it.
Ultimately, Mr. Chen decided to abandonthese series in favor of the recently-introduced Z3. Or did he? Whiletime will tell if he made the right decision, it appears that theKopi phone, or at least its outer shell, is still a thing of interestfor someone in Asia. As you can see from these photos, sourced fromthe Weibo social network, the Kopi looks like a miniature Z10 with aQWERTY keyboard.
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When BlackBerry's John Chen stepped inas CEO last year, he had to decide the fate of two series of BB10smartphones, the K and C series. Among them was the BlackBerry Kopi,a lowly QWERTY model that appeared to be in prototype status. Ithad a cheap plastic build and its physical keyboard seemed a littlerough around the edges, but it had BlackBerry written all over it.
Ultimately, Mr. Chen decided to abandonthese series in favor of the recently-introduced Z3. Or did he? Whiletime will tell if he made the right decision, it appears that theKopi phone, or at least its outer shell, is still a thing of interestfor someone in Asia. As you can see from these photos, sourced fromthe Weibo social network, the Kopi looks like a miniature Z10 with aQWERTY keyboard.
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Saturday, March 15, 2014
Windows Phone passes BlackBerry in latest comScore report
The latest comScore report shows that Windows Phone has surpassed BlackBerry in U.S. smartphone market share. For the three months ended in January, Windows Phone averaged a 3.2% slice of the pie. While that was flat from the 3.2% that Microsoft's mobile OS scored on average for the three months ended in October, BlackBerry's share tumbled .5 percentage points during the same time period to 3.1%.
At the top of the list, Android also lost .5 percentage points to 51.7%, but remains on top. Apple's iOS picked up the market share losses from both Android and BlackBerry, tacking on 1 percentage point to 41.6%. Symbian was flat with .2% of the U.S. smartphone market.
As far as manufacturer's market share is concerned, Apple remains on top with that 41.6% tally. Samsung is still in the number two spot after tacking on 1.3 percentage points to 26.7%. LG's share rose to 6.9% from the 6.6% slice it owned for the three months ended in October. After that, Motorola and HTC had poor quarters. With market shares of 6.4% and 5.4% respectively, Motorola dropped .6 percentage points and HTC dropped 1.3 percentage points from the three months ended in October.
The report also revealed that Google's sites remain the top properties on smartphones reaching 89.4% of the intelligent handsets. Facebook (86.6% reach) and Yahoo (86.2%) both trailed. Looking at mobile apps, Facebook has the widest reach (77.6%) followed by the Google Play Store (52.4%) and YouTube (49.7%).
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At the top of the list, Android also lost .5 percentage points to 51.7%, but remains on top. Apple's iOS picked up the market share losses from both Android and BlackBerry, tacking on 1 percentage point to 41.6%. Symbian was flat with .2% of the U.S. smartphone market.
As far as manufacturer's market share is concerned, Apple remains on top with that 41.6% tally. Samsung is still in the number two spot after tacking on 1.3 percentage points to 26.7%. LG's share rose to 6.9% from the 6.6% slice it owned for the three months ended in October. After that, Motorola and HTC had poor quarters. With market shares of 6.4% and 5.4% respectively, Motorola dropped .6 percentage points and HTC dropped 1.3 percentage points from the three months ended in October.
The report also revealed that Google's sites remain the top properties on smartphones reaching 89.4% of the intelligent handsets. Facebook (86.6% reach) and Yahoo (86.2%) both trailed. Looking at mobile apps, Facebook has the widest reach (77.6%) followed by the Google Play Store (52.4%) and YouTube (49.7%).
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Friday, March 14, 2014
Viber might finally arrive on BlackBerry 10 devices
According to a recent post in Twitter, Viber is working closely with BlackBerry on bringing the popular cross-platform messenger to BB10 devices. Although a BlackBerry 10 version of Viber was being developed last year, the development was halted without explanation several months ago. Still, it looks like both the developer and BlackBerry itself are determined to release Viber for the platform.
Although BlackBerry 10 devices can be sideloaded with the Android version of the messenger, a full-fledged Viber app is greatly anticipated by a lot of BB 10 users.
Although BlackBerry 10 devices can be sideloaded with the Android version of the messenger, a full-fledged Viber app is greatly anticipated by a lot of BB 10 users.
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Saturday, March 8, 2014
Windows Phone Surpasses BlackBerry In The US Despite Flat Market Share
The dogfight between BlackBerry and Windows Phone in the U.S. has a new leader. Microsoft’s smartphone platform now controls more market share than that of the Canadian firm. But there is more to the story. New Comscore data indicates that even while besting BlackBerry at last, Windows Phone’s market share in the U.S. isn’t budging.
Is passing BlackBerry much of a feat for Windows Phone? No. Take a look:
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Saturday, February 1, 2014
Could this licensing deal help keep BlackBerry afloat?
Apparently BlackBerrys are in season in Canada. Meanwhile, another fruit is dominating the US market.
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Monday, January 13, 2014
BlackBerry appoints Ron Louks as its new head of devices business
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Ever since Thorsten Heins stepped down as the CEO of the company, John S. Chen had taken his place for a brief period. Now, the struggling smartphone manufacturer has appointed Ron Louks as its head of devices business.
The veteran will be filling in as the president of devices and emerging solutions, according to a statement from BlackBerry. However, the former technology head of Sony Ericsson has its work cut out to bring the company back on its feet.
Ron Louks has previously worked as the head of strategy for HTC Corp's American unit before moving on to OpenNMS Group where he served as CEO.
BlackBerry has been losing ground rather quickly and the recent financial reports raise very serious questions about the future of the company. The firm also released its COO, CMO and CFO and just a few days ago, its global creative director, Alicia Keys also left her job with the struggling manufacturer.
Let's all hope that the new head will help the company to regain its positions and find its way back into the big smartphone game.
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Sunday, January 5, 2014
BlackBerry sues Typo over its familiar-looking iPhone keyboard (update: Typo responds)
If you thought Typo's iPhone keyboard looked an awful lot like the keyboard from a BlackBerry Q10, you're not alone. BlackBerry has just sued Typo in a Northern California court for alleged patent infringement. The slide-on peripheral is a "blatant" copy of BlackBerry's signature input feature, according to the company. We've reached out to Typo for commentary, but it may not have many options -- the crew in Waterloo has patented a lot of keyboards, and it's hard to deny the strong resemblance.
Update: Typo isn't going to take the lawsuit lying down; the company says that it plans to fight back, and claims that BlackBerry's accusations "lack merit." Read Typo's full statement below.
We are aware of the lawsuit that Blackberry filed today against Typo Products. Although we respect Blackberry and its intellectual property, we believe that Blackberry's claims against Typo lack merit and we intend to defend the case vigorously. We are excited about our innovative keyboard design, which is the culmination of years of development and research. The Typo keyboard has garnered an overwhelmingly positive response from the public. We are also looking forward to our product launch at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas next week and remain on track to begin shipping pre-orders at the end of January.
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BlackBerry Files Lawsuit Against Seacrest’s Typo Keyboard Startup For Infringement
BlackBerry has today filed a lawsuit against startup Typo Keyboards, which is backed by Ryan Seacrest. The company alleges that Typo copied BlackBerry’s patented and “iconic” keyboard design. Updated with statement from Typo below.
“We are flattered by the desire to graft our keyboard onto other smartphones, but we will not tolerate such activity without fair compensation for using our intellectual property and our technological innovations,” Steve Zipperstein, BlackBerry’s General Counsel and Chief Legal Officer, said in a statement today.
Seacrest invested $1M in the accessory, which encloses an iPhone in a case with a keyboard attached to the bottom half. The keyboard covers the iPhone’s home button but offers an alternate home button on the bottom right corner.
BlackBerry says that the Typo Keyboard violates its intellectual property rights, and that it will protect those rights from “blatant copying and infringement.”
“BlackBerry’s iconic physical keyboard designs have been recognized by the press and the public as a significant market differentiator for its mobile handheld devices,” the statement concludes.
The design certainly bears some resemblance a strong resemblance to BlackBerry’s signature rounded-corner keys and sloped corner design — right down to the placement of the back and return buttons. But one does have to wonder how many ways you can arrange keys on a keyboard.
Here’s the BlackBerry Q10 keyboard:
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Saturday, January 4, 2014
BlackBerry sues Typo over its familiar-looking iPhone keyboard (update: Typo responds)
If you thought Typo's iPhone keyboard looked an awful lot like the keyboard from a BlackBerry Q10, you're not alone. BlackBerry has just sued Typo in a Northern California court for alleged patent infringement. The slide-on peripheral is a "blatant" copy of BlackBerry's signature input feature, according to the company. We've reached out to Typo for commentary, but it may not have many options -- the crew in Waterloo has patented a lot of keyboards, and it's hard to deny the strong resemblance.
Update: Typo isn't going to take the lawsuit lying down; the company says that it plans to fight back, and claims that BlackBerry's accusations "lack merit." Read Typo's full statement below.
We are aware of the lawsuit that Blackberry filed today against Typo Products. Although we respect Blackberry and its intellectual property, we believe that Blackberry's claims against Typo lack merit and we intend to defend the case vigorously. We are excited about our innovative keyboard design, which is the culmination of years of development and research. The Typo keyboard has garnered an overwhelmingly positive response from the public. We are also looking forward to our product launch at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas next week and remain on track to begin shipping pre-orders at the end of January.
Sunday, December 29, 2013
BlackBerry urges BB10 users to roll-back its glitchy Twitter app
After loads of BB10 user complaints, BlackBerry is pulling the latest Twitter update from its app market. Should you still need your 140-character fix however, the beleaguered smartphone maker has a solution: roll back to the application's previous version -- 10.2.1 -- via the simple step-by-step instructions posted on its blog. First, delete Twitter from your device. Then, open BlackBerry World, refresh it and search for the micro-blogging service by name. Voila, a (hopefully) stable app should appear. If anything, this proves that the QWERTY king listens to more than just those in its boardroom. So, the next time that you notice an app go wonky, speak up -- it likely won't be in vain.
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Monday, December 23, 2013
BlackBerry commits to five more years of smartphones
But continues to bleedBy Hugh Langley 20th Dec 2013 | 15:03Comments Tweet
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Let's turn it around, BBRelated storiesBlackBerry refuses to give up as Z50 and Q30 tipped for 2014BlackBerry Z30 making pilgrimage to the US this Thursday, but only onlineBackwards thinking: BlackBerry launches 9720 phone running BB7 OSBlackBerry has just signed up for a five-year partnership with Taiwanese iPhone maker Foxconn.
The two will work together to create new devices, according to BlackBerry, which stated that the initial focus of the partnership will be Indonesia and "other fast-growing markets" with an early 2014 target.
The news comes on the same day that BlackBerry announced a painful third-quarter loss of $4.4bn, with the company only shipping 1.9 million smartphones last quarter compared to 3.7 million the quarter before. It's even had to cancel its annual developer conference, BlackBerry Live - an event which has been running for 12 years.
The better news is that over 40 million users have registered the BBM app for iOS and Android in the last 60 days.
New year's resolution"Partnering with Foxconn allows BlackBerry to focus on what we do best – iconic design, world-class security, software development and enterprise mobile management," said BlackBerry's new CEO John Chen.
Chen also made it clear that it's committed to hardware "for the long-term", despite the company's declining fortunes.
While it will be focusing on emerging markets for the time being, we could well see some Foxconn-built handsets winging our way in the near future.
For now, we just hope that BlackBerry's new partnership can help it to turn its fortunes around.
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Let's turn it around, BBRelated storiesBlackBerry refuses to give up as Z50 and Q30 tipped for 2014BlackBerry Z30 making pilgrimage to the US this Thursday, but only onlineBackwards thinking: BlackBerry launches 9720 phone running BB7 OSBlackBerry has just signed up for a five-year partnership with Taiwanese iPhone maker Foxconn.
The two will work together to create new devices, according to BlackBerry, which stated that the initial focus of the partnership will be Indonesia and "other fast-growing markets" with an early 2014 target.
The news comes on the same day that BlackBerry announced a painful third-quarter loss of $4.4bn, with the company only shipping 1.9 million smartphones last quarter compared to 3.7 million the quarter before. It's even had to cancel its annual developer conference, BlackBerry Live - an event which has been running for 12 years.
The better news is that over 40 million users have registered the BBM app for iOS and Android in the last 60 days.
New year's resolution"Partnering with Foxconn allows BlackBerry to focus on what we do best – iconic design, world-class security, software development and enterprise mobile management," said BlackBerry's new CEO John Chen.
Chen also made it clear that it's committed to hardware "for the long-term", despite the company's declining fortunes.
While it will be focusing on emerging markets for the time being, we could well see some Foxconn-built handsets winging our way in the near future.
For now, we just hope that BlackBerry's new partnership can help it to turn its fortunes around.
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