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BlackBerry QNX platform name leaked as BBX

Rue Liu, Oct 7th 2011 Discuss [7]

RIM's QNX-based next-gen platform for its BlackBerry smartphones and tablets may be called BlackBerry X or BBX. The name was leaked by a slide shown during a presentation at the QNX Auto Summit Japan 2011 conference, which was focused on in-car entertainment systems developed on the QNX framework. Read The Full Story

BlackBerry Messenger for Android surfaces in more screen shots

Shane McGlaun, Oct 6th 2011 Discuss [6]

A few days ago, we caught a glimpse at the first spy shots of the BlackBerry Messenger or BBM app for Android users running on a device. Some more screens of the app running what appears to be a different device have surfaced as well. The other screens show some of the same views that we saw previously, but it also includes a couple new views. Read The Full Story

iPads less desired than Windows tablets, says study

Rue Liu, Oct 5th 2011 Discuss [27]

According to new study by Boston Consulting Group, there's a surprising amount of interest in tablets running Microsoft's Windows operating system, more so than iPads. Sales figures for Windows tablet PCs versus iPads certainly don't support the survey results, but the interest is perhaps generated from Microsoft's recent preview of Windows 8, which won't be hitting the market until next year. Read The Full Story

Amazon Kindle originally based on CEO Bezos’ BlackBerry

Rue Liu, Sep 30th 2011 Discuss [7]

There's no doubt the original Kindle, although popular, wasn't all that attractive. It had an angular design with a split keyboard and an odd scroll wheel. And now we know why. According to the NY Times, who spoke with an early Kindle hardware designer, that original version was so ugly because it was modeled after Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos' BlackBerry smartphone. Read The Full Story

BlackBerry PlayBook prices drop by $200 in the US

Rue Liu, Sep 26th 2011 Discuss [18]

Following RIM's disappointing Q2 performance, the company promised to drop prices for its BlackBerry PlayBook in an effort to boost sales. And indeed RIM has dropped the price for the tablet by about $200, but the discount is only temporary. The deal is available now for all versions of the PlayBook, including the 16GB, 32GB, and 64GB models and is offered by Office Depot and Staples until October 1. Read The Full Story

Mobile Mix study shows Android almost double iOS market share

Rue Liu, Sep 23rd 2011 Discuss [5]

Millennial Media released a new Mobile Mix report today for the month of August and unsurprisingly Android and iOS are both still in the lead and growing, while the rest of the competitors continue to fall further behind. Android has quite the lead with a 54 percent market share that's almost double that of iOS, which has 28 percent. Read The Full Story

Verizon expects Windows Phone to overtake BlackBerry

Rue Liu, Sep 23rd 2011 Discuss [7]

Despite the poor sales of Microsoft's Windows Phone devices, Verizon seems to have more confidence in the platform than RIM's BlackBerry. During the Goldman Sachs Communacopia conference, Verizon CEO Lowell McAdam expressed his opinion on which platform would emerge as the third major mobile operating system and he believed that Windows Phone would overtake BlackBerry. Read The Full Story

Windows Phone will beat Blackberry according to Verizon CEO

Shane McGlaun, Sep 23rd 2011 Discuss [9]

Verizon CEO Lowell McAdam has stated that he thinks Windows Phone will be beat Blackberry in the fight to become the third operating system in the smartphone realm. That's not saying much though with RIM and the Blackberry platform taking such a beating that some have called for RIM to sell off its IP assets. It's obvious by consumer habits and purchases that there is no room for hoards of operating systems on the market. Read The Full Story

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NPD is dead wrong, Android has nothing to worry about

Chris Burns, Sep 21st 2011 Discuss [36]

Just yesterday a report was released that we reported on which essentially said that Android had better watch its back because Microsoft’s Windows phone 7 was coming. It certainly is true that the release of Windows Phone 7.5 Mango may boost sales a bit, the report, created by research firm NPD’s Connected Intelligence unit, should in no way indicate that interest in Google’s mobile OS is about to wane. On the contrary, ladies and gentlemen, you’ve only to look at the details in the correct way to see that no other system, save Apple’s iOS, has a chance at reaching Android anywhere in the foreseeable future.

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BlackBerry Curve 9360 with BlackBerry 7 announced for T-Mobile

Chris Burns, Sep 21st 2011 Discuss [4]

Since all the way back on the 23rd of August we've been waiting for the BlackBerry Curve 9360, and today we get to see it popping up first on T-Mobile. This device is one of several BlackBerry devices to be the first to feature both the latest BlackBerry 7 mobile operating system and the BlackBerry 7 Webkit-browser. This particular curve is designed specifically to intercept those customers around the world looking to upgrade from a feature phone OR update their already-loved earlier model Curve. Look like the BlackBerry for you? Read The Full Story

NPD: Android on top, Windows Phone 7 gaining

Rue Liu, Sep 20th 2011 Discuss [16]

A new report from research firm NPD's Connected Intelligence unit, reveals unsurprisingly that Android is still on top, but also suggests that its continued dominance is not guaranteed. The report shows that Microsoft's Windows Phone 7 platform may soon gain momentum with nearly half of smartphone owners, and those intending to own a smartphone, beginning to consider a Windows Phone 7 device as their next choice. Read The Full Story