Blackberry News & Articles

 With its premium Z10 and Q10 models now out on the shelves, BlackBerry has to go the Nokia route and widen its portfolio to broaden appeal and affordability around the world. The company took a first step down that road today at its BlackBerry Live event. 

 As Apple rumbles toward yet another App Store milestone, there's hard cash (well iTunes gift cards) in it for the lucky few who download an app at just the right time. 

The Q10 has got BlackBerry moving with a U.K event over the weekend that saw thousands of devices per hour being sold to well-heeled executives and exporters at the luxury Selfridges stores. 

Europeans and Canadians prepare to welcome the first "proper" BlackBerry 10 device, while America gets ready to buy the new Galaxy S4 by the million, not letting some less-than-stellar review comments get in the way. 

 Having received modest interest and a total bath on their first tablet products, Surface and PlayBook, various reports suggest Microsoft and BlackBerry will be trying again to compete with the tablet giants soon. 

  While BlackBerry might just be getting started on its recovery in the U.S., the company has already made the turnaround in other territories, allowing it to record a profit and hit the million mark with the Z10. 

 Apple will release a new unlocked model of the iPhone 5 in its own stores and through T-Mobile in a couple of weeks, adding advanced wireless services for improved LTE performance. 

  Just a few months after launch, and as it goes on-sale in the U.S., BlackBerry has announced that its app store is into six-figures, with the promise of more big name apps to come. 

 if you want to upgrade your BB device or get back in the BlackBerry fold, the new Z10 smartphone model will be available for $199 on a two year contract. Americans can pre-order it from tomorrow at AT&T.

This month at CMSWire we’re doing a special Facebook series on tools the social networks offers. With this in mind our first article looks at the functionality of the Facebook mobile app.

Harmon.ie is giving BlackBerry 10 users access to Office 365 and SharePoint both online and offline.

As 2013 surges ahead, companies looking for mobile marketing analytics providers might have to add Anametrix to their lists because the company has released mobile app versions for the iOS, Android and Blackberry systems.

Even with more mobile phone choices than ever, according to a recent Gartner report, sales dropped slightly worldwide in 2012, but Samsung remained the top overall seller of feature phones and smartphones combined.

While we wait to see how BlackBerry Will promote the BB10, the new Star Trek movie already has an app, while Motorola, GoDaddy.com and others are putting up a heavy advertising presence among the car and beer adverts for this year's super-advertising-bowl-athon.

While the big show in New York is just moments away, the company is staging events around the world to help get the message out about the new BlackBerry 10 OS and phones.