May 03

BlackBerry R10 vs Low-Cost iPhone: The Back to School Showdown

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This morning, an image of the red version of the upcoming BlackBerry R10 has leaked, with the white version appearing in the background.  This follows an earlier leak from late December.  The R10 is a mid-range BlackBerry 10 smartphone meant … Continue reading

Apr 02

BBM vs iMessage: Simple iMessage exploit locks up iPhones; BBM stress test near flawless

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Apple’s security woes continue, as a simple iMessage exploit has been found that can be used to lock up iOS devices, including your iPhone or iPad. It seems a would-be spammer can write a small script and overload iMessage, slowing … Continue reading

Apr 01

10 Reasons Why BlackBerry 10 Will Defeat Windows Phone 8 to Become the Number 3 Mobile Platform

After the BlackBerry earnings call last Thursday, it is more clear than ever that BlackBerry will soon emerge as the winner in the battle to become the critical third mobile platform.  In fact, we expect this to happen sometime this … Continue reading

Mar 29

Another Apple Security Breach: iMessage Users Vulnerable to Denial-of-Service (DoS) Attacks

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Following the security flaw that allows hackers to unlock a locked iPhone, and the Apple ID fiasco, Apple is facing another security issue.  iMessage users have come under DoS (Denial-of-Service) attacks.  The attack involves a hacker using Applescript to send … Continue reading

Mar 08

How BlackBerry 10 Can Overtake iOS and Android to Have the Highest Number of Apps

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Many people who have used a BlackBerry Z10 say that it is a better experience than the iPhone 5 in every way, except for quantity of apps.  BlackBerry 10 launched with 70,000 apps on January 30th, and is on pace to … Continue reading

Feb 22

Take back a robot-controlled world in Robotek

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The guys over at Hexage are hard at work bringing you awesome games across multiple platforms. Most recently they brought Robotek to the BlackBerry 10 platform and I couldn’t be happier that they did. I’m absolutely addicted to this game. This … Continue reading

Feb 14

BlackBerry Z10 is Crushing iPhone 5, Galaxy SIII and Note II in Customer Satisfaction

(Updated February 17 to add customer reviews from the UK, located near the bottom of this article) Customer satisfaction is extremely important.  In fact, it has been one of the key factors of Apple’s success in the past decade.  In the UK … Continue reading

Feb 07

Why Angry Birds Star Wars is Better on BlackBerry 10 than on Android, iOS and WP 8

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When Angry Birds Star Wars HD first launched on BB 10 on January 29th, it was priced at a competitive US$0.99.  Since then, it has become free to download.  Interestingly, the version on BB 10 is the HD version, which … Continue reading

Feb 05

Thorsten Heins Fires Shot at Apple and Microsoft as BlackBerry Aims to Compete With Cupertino and Redmond on All Fronts

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“This isn’t just about smartphones and tablets.  The architecture we have built is [a] true mobile computing architecture.  It’s not a downgraded PC operating system.” – BlackBerry CEO Thorsten Heins, speaking to Reuters In an interview in Toronto today, BlackBerry’s … Continue reading

Jan 28

Apple’s iPhone is losing market share as Android gets 70% of the smartphone market

According to a latest report by StrategyAnalytics, Apple iOS has seen a decrease in the mobile market share during Q4 2012.  The Global smartphone shipments actually grew during Q4 2012 by 38 percent with 217 million units shipped worldwide. Apple … Continue reading

Jan 27

Apple Store Jumping on BlackBerry 10 Bandwagon!?

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One of our readers, Bobtheman71, noticed that an Apple store in their city was playing the song titled No Sleep Til BlackBerry 10. We are unsure if other Apple stores are also playing this song. Thanks to Bobtheman71 for submitting this … Continue reading

Jan 15

Apple iPhone 5 faces weak demand and Samsung sells 100 Million Galaxy S devices

Samsung has announced that it has sold more than 100 million Galaxy S devices since May 2010. The sales of Galaxy S III smartphone mainly contributed to this with 40 million SGSIII devices sold in 7 months. The Galaxy S … Continue reading

Jan 11

BlackBerry 10 Crushes iPhone 5 in Camera and Video Camera Showdown!

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Following our browser comparisons between BlackBerry 10 and iOS 6, we now compare the camera and video camera on the two operating systems.  Please keep in mind the Dev Alpha B is not running final software, nor does it have … Continue reading