May 22

BlackBerry 10 Adds 20,000 Apps in 2 Months, Set to Surpass Windows Phone 8 in App Quantity

120000 Apps BlackBerry World

At BlackBerry Live last week, VP of Developer Relations Alec Saunders announced that there are now 120,000 BB 10 apps in BlackBerry World.  This was a steady increase from the 70,000 apps on January 30th, and the 100,000 apps less … Continue reading

May 21

A Power User’s Best Friend: Hub++ on BlackBerry Z10

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Hub++ is a powerful app that allows you to customize your notifications in many different ways.  You can use it to apply the same settings to all of your notifications (e.g. turning sound, vibrate or message popup on or off). … Continue reading

May 20

BlackBerry 10 carrier distribution in Canada

BlackBerry Q10 Black

The above chart shows the breakdown of BlackBerry 10 devices in Canada by wireless carrier. This data was collected by BlackBerry World at the time of download over the month of April, for downloads of the free game Pixelated. The … Continue reading

May 19

BlackBerry Goes for Low Hanging Fruit at Live, More Exciting Announcements to Come in September

BBLive New BlackBerry

At BlackBerry Live in Orlando this past week, BlackBerry took early steps towards making BlackBerry 10 a cross-platform mobile computing platform.  BBM for Android and iOS was something Jim Balsillie was widely believed to be working on before he stepped … Continue reading

May 18

BBM for Android and iOS Should Add Billions of Dollars to BlackBerry’s Market Value

BBM Android and iOS

The announcement on Tuesday of BBM on Android and iOS, and the new BBM Channels turns BBM into a full-out social media platform like Twitter and Facebook.  This should significantly increase the value of BBM and add to BlackBerry’s market … Continue reading

May 17

White Nexus 4 running Android 4.3 launching on June 10, 2013

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Google I/O event is still going on and in the midst of all the developer related announcements, AndroidandMe has managed to get their hands on a White Nexus 4. It is the exact same phone as the current Nexus 4 … Continue reading

May 16

Google announces a new Nexus device: Samsung Galaxy S4 running Stock Android 4.2

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This is big news. During the I/O 2013 keynote, Google announced a new Nexus device: Samsung Galaxy S4 running Stock Android 4.2.  Google recently announced the Nexus 4 but it was criticized for not having LTE. Well now you will … Continue reading

May 15

WATCH NOW: BlackBerry Live Keynote Replay

BBLive BlackBerry 10.1 Phones

BlackBerry has just uploaded the full-length BlackBerry Live keynote from yesterday.  The keynote is divided into 4 parts.  Part 1 is by CEO Thorsten Heins, while Part 2 is by COO Kristian Tear.  Part 3 is by CMO Frank Boulben, … Continue reading

May 15

BlackBerry Poised to Beat Apple in Launching Mid-Range Smartphone

Q5 Red

Yesterday, the mid-range BlackBerry Q5 was announced.  Targeted at emerging markets including Latin America, Middle East and Asia, the smartphone is scheduled in launch in July.  This would put the smartphone about two months ahead of Apple’s low-cost iPhone, which … Continue reading

May 14

BlackBerry Live Day 1: BlackBerry Q5, BBM for Android and iOS, BBM Channels and BES 10.1

Q5 Red

The first day of BlackBerry Live today was filled with announcements, both hardware and software.  For hardware, the mid-range BlackBerry Q5 was announced, with availability in emerging markets in July.  It comes in four vibrant colours – black, white, red … Continue reading

May 14

[VIDEO] Google I/O Keynote from May 15, 2013

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Google I/O 2013 is happening on May 15, 2013 at Moscone Center, San Fransisco. Google I/O’s much-anticipated kickoff event will give you a first glimpse at the latest product and platform innovations at Google. Get there early for front row seats … Continue reading

May 13

LIVEBLOG: BlackBerry Live Keynote! [Tuesday, May 14 at 9:00 am ET]

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Join us live at 9:00 am ET tomorrow (Tuesday, May 14), as we liveblog the keynote at BlackBerry Live.  Not a single leak has emerged about what BlackBerry might announce tomorrow.  What sort of exciting announcements will Thorsten Heins unveil?  … Continue reading

May 12

[Leak] Google Play Games: Screenshots and Features of upcoming Android Gaming Service

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The Google I/O 2013 event is just three days away and we are already seeing leaks of Android announcements. Today we have a leak of Google Play Games, an Android Gaming Service that will launch at Google I/O 2013. AndroidPolice … Continue reading

May 11

[Leak] Google Motorola X Phone: Real Pictures [Update: FCC Pictures]

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EvLeaks has provided pictures of the upcoming Motorola X-Phone, which will have design elements similar to the Google Nexus lineup of devices.  The only difference being that it will be manufactured by Motorola. This is not surprising as the X-Phone will … Continue reading