When BlackBerry announced the BlackBerry Experience Suite back in March at Mobile World Congress for iOS, Android and Windows Phone, the packages were broken up into three different sections, BlackBerry Productivity Suite, BlackBerry Communication Suite and BlackBerry Security Suite, with each package offering something special to other platforms. To go…
BlackBerry rumored to have plans for an Android powered Passport
Images of a BlackBerry Passport Silver Edition running Android 5.1 are rumored to be photographs of a prototype being developed by the company. According to the latest speculation, a version of the handset powered by Google’s open source OS will be made available in the second quarter of 2016. The…
BlackBerry expected to post a small loss for fiscal Q2; company’s operations valued at under $300M
Wall Street analysts are expecting BlackBerry to report a loss for its fiscal second quarter of approximately $39.2 million dollars, or 7 cents a share. That would follow the beleaguered firm’s fiscal Q1 loss of 5 cents a share, or $28 million. For the full year, the mean estimate of…
BlackBerry India has only 15 employees left, down over 75% from last year
Head count at BlackBerry’s Indian operations has been shrinking, and the number of employees sill working for the company in India is down to 15. Last year at this time, about 70 people were employed by the company in the country. Many of the top managers have left for greener…
5-second BlackBerry Venice video shows how the QWERTY slides on the Android flavored model
Earlier today, we passed along a video of the BlackBerry Venice slider that had been tweeted by Evan Blass. The video showed fleeting images of the QWERTY, and a view from the side, showing two versions of the device. One version is expected to be powered by Android while the…
BlackBerry ‘Venice’ slider device demo video leaks out
As most folks should know from all of the previous leaks in the past, BlackBerry often includes videos on devices as tools for help (how to insert SIM) and often to showcase features available (Time Shift) and it looks as though one of those has possibly escaped from the upcoming…
Leaked render shows off the BlackBerry ‘Venice’ slider keyboard
Out of all the BlackBerry ‘Venice’ slider leaks thus far, none have really given us a full look at the keyboard on the upcoming device and that, of course, has left some folks skeptical of everything we’ve seen recently. Looking to end some of those doubts, @evleaks, has now posted…
Third party Instagram app Inst10 sees an update through BlackBerry Beta Zone
It has been a while since we have seen an update to Inst10 – a third party Instagram client – however, an update has now been pushed, though it is through BlackBerry Beta Zone. If you were hoping for the ability to upload videos in this update, this is yet…
Another picture of the eagerly awaited BlackBerry Venice surfaces
BlackBerry could be just months away from having a huge hit on its hands with the BlackBerry Venice. The slider features curved edges on both sides of the screen, a front-facing speaker, and an 18MP rear-facing camera with OIS. Other rumored specs also sound quite enticing, including a 5.4-inch screen…
BlackBerry ‘Venice’ slider captured on camera once again
Last weekend, we got a look at some renders of the BlackBerry ‘Venice’ slider along with a blurry cam photo and this weekend, things are rolling again. Another new image of the device has been posted up in the CrackBerry Forums, offering a small glimpse into what BlackBerry is working…