Category: BlackBerry

Former BlackBerry co-CEO, Jim Balsille, sold off his stake in the company

Feb. 14 BlackBerry, General, News no comments


According to US regulatory filings, former BlackBerry co-CEO and third largest share holder, Jim Balsillie, has sold most of his 5.1% stake in the Canadian giant.

The filings detailed that Balsillie’s stake in BlackBerry had gone below the mandatory reporting threshold by December 31, 2012 and analysts speculate that Balsillie, who is no longer involved with BlackBerry Ltd, previously known as Research in Motion Ltd, sold of his entire stake in the company doubting its future with their QNX-based BlackBerry 10 mobile operating system. Balsille is estimated to have made roughly $300 million from the sale.
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BlackBerry Z10 goes on sale in the US, from Solavei

Feb. 11 BlackBerry, BlackBerry Z10, News, Operators, Phones no comments


Although most other carriers in the US will start selling the new BlackBerry Z10 in March, Solavei has taken initiative and has announced that they will be selling the BlackBerry 10 flagship from today onward.

Solavei and GSM Nation have teamed up to sell the BlackBerry Z10 today, a month before any other carrier in the United States. The BlackBerry Z10 is available on an unlimited text, voice and data plan for $49 using T-Mobile’s network, but there is a catch though. A pay in of $999 will be required, quite a hefty amount considering other carriers are rumoured to offer it for $199 on contract.

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BlackBerry to end Japanese sales

Feb. 08 BlackBerry, General, News, Phones no comments

BlackBerry have announced that they will be discontinuing their BlackBerry line of smart devices in the Japanese market due to the huge loss in market share suffered in the country.

According to a report by Nikkei, BlackBerry will stop selling their BlackBerry smart phones in Japan due to a significant drop in their market share in the country as well as the high costs that will be necessary to add Japanese as a language for BlackBerry 10.

BlackBerry holds a mere 0.3% market share in Japan, a country where devices such as the BlackBerry Bold 9000 was once one of their top 10 selling smart phones. BlackBerry will however still provide support for their devices in the country, but will not be selling any further devices in the country including the BlackBerry Z10 and BlackBerry Q10.

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BlackBerry Z10 selling “like hotcakes”

Feb. 06 BlackBerry, News, Phones no comments

BlackBerry Z10

Initial reports are indicating that the first BlackBerry 10 device, the BlackBerry Z10, is selling quite well across it’s first two launch countries; Canada and the UK.

Peter Misek, an analyst at Jeffreys & Co., said that their initial checks indicated that BlackBerry Z10 sales in the United Kingdom were off to a strong start with several stores across the country having run out of stock.

Canadian carriers such as BCE Inc. reported “record pre-orders” and Rogers Communications Ltd. said that “thousands of people” had signed up early for the new BlackBerry device. BlackBerry’s managing director for Canada, Andrew MacLeod, noted that people were really excited to see something new and fresh.

Many ex-BlackBerry users were lining up to switch back after opting for devices such as the iPhone 5, Samsung Galaxy S3 and Samsung Galaxy Note 2. Be sure to have a look at Fommy’s huge selection of BlackBerry Z10 accessories.

Twitter for BlackBerry updated to v3.1 brings improved tweet details, undo RT!

Jul. 17 Applications, BlackBerry, News, Phones no comments

RIM has updated Twitter for BlackBerry to version 3.1, the new version brings improvements to details of a specific tweet, now you can see more info including conversations, list of users who’ve RT your tweet, button to undo a RT.

Change log for Twitter for BlackBerry v3.1

  • New Tweet details screen to see conversations about the tweet and who has retweeted it
  • Undo retweets by simply clicking on the retweet button again
  • Improved Sign-up screen with suggestions for your account name
  • Support for 3 new languages: Arabic, Hebrew, and Finnish
Download Twitter for BlackBerry from the BlackBerry App World for free.
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