On Friday, BlackBerry announced its results for the second quarter of the 2016 financial year, and the numbers are anything but pretty. In the three months period ending with August 29 2015, the company brought in revenues of $490 million, down 46.5% compared to the same time period a year…
BlackBerry 10.3.3 now scheduled for a March arrival
With all of the talk about the BlackBerry Priv slider running on Android, BlackBerry CEO John Chen made it clear yesterday that the company will continue to support the BlackBerry 10 OS and push out updates over the next year. A press release sent out yesterday by the company in…
Meet the Android-based BlackBerry Priv as showcased by John Chen: curved 5.5-inch screen confirmed
Although earlier today BlackBerry confirmed the existence of its Android-based Priv smartphone (previously known as BlackBerry Venice), the company didn’t show us any photos of the handset. Thankfully, BlackBerry CEO John Chen made an appearance in a BNN Canada video with the Priv in hand – so we now have…
BlackBerry ad turns Priv leak into positive publicity; no more new BB10 handsets?
While John Chen earlier today confirmed that the Android driven BlackBerry Priv is coming, the company ran an ad in the Wall Street Journal that said that the leak of the phone’s real name was “the best demonstration as to why BlackBerry’s products, technology and brand are essential to the…
Android-based BlackBerry Priv (ex-Venice) officially confirmed by John Chen
BlackBerry today officially confirmed that it’s getting ready to launch an Android-based smartphone. Initially known as BlackBerry Venice, the new device is now called BlackBerry Priv (just as expected). While announcing BlackBerry’s fiscal 2016 second quarter results, the company’s CEO John Chen confirmed the Priv name, also mentioning that the…
Analyst: BlackBerry needs to replace BlackBerry 10 with Android
On the verge of introducing its first Android powered handset, the BlackBerry Priv, one Scotia Capital analyst says that BlackBerry should abandon BlackBerry 10 altogether, and switch to Android for all future handsets. That seems to be the plan with the oddly named Priv, a slider expected to be released…
BlackBerry Venice to be called the BlackBerry Priv?
A tweet from Evan Blass reveals that the BlackBerry Venice slider, which has captivated many who normally wouldn’t give BlackBerry a second glance, is going to be called the BlackBerry Priv. According to N4BB, their own independent sources have confirmed the new name. The handset, which is powered by Google’s…
Check out the BlackBerry Venice starring in a new video
Just the other day, some new live pictures of the BlackBerry Venice surfaced, showing the slider running Android. Today, a video has appeared showing off an evaluation unit. From the video, it does not appear that either side of the screen is curved like the Samsung Galaxy S6 edge or…
BlackBerry users keep their smartphones longer than owners of other brands
Interesting data from Kantar WorldPanel reveals that the average U.S. smartphone owner will hold on to his device for 22 months before upgrading to a new model. It almost seems like American smartphone users are still brainwashed to trade in their phone every two years, the length of the typical…
BlackBerry to start subscription based Sticker Club for BBM?
BlackBerry appears to be preparing a subscription based club for BBM Sticker buyers. Possibly called “Sticker Club,” BBM users cannot yet subscribe to the service even though a button to do so appears in the BBM Shop. The page for the Sticker Club says that you can “Become a Sticker…