Today during the BlackBerry Live Keynote, CEO Thorsten Heins made it official that Skype is now available for BlackBerry Z10 owners. This is of course in conjunction with the start of the roll-out of the BlackBerry 10.1 update for the Z10. Previously some Z10 owners that had loaded one of the leaked builds of 10.1 [...]
Watch the BlackBerry Live 2013 Keynote Live Stream
May 14, 2013 By Leave a Comment
If you weren’t able to get down to Orlando for the big show, don’t worry as BlackBerry is live streaming the BlackBerry Live 2013 Keynote. You can catch Thorsten Heins and all the other big names in the BlackBerry world do their stuff straight from your couch or desk. Hopefully we will see some new [...]
Lewis Hamilton to make appearance at BlackBerry Live 2013?
May 13, 2013 By Leave a Comment
BlackBerry has done an excellent job at making new partnerships for the launch of the BlackBerry 10, and one of these was the partnership with the Mercedes PETRONAS AMG Formula 1 race team. As a result it looks like Lewis Hamilton will be making an appearance at BlackBerry Live tomorrow. As you can see from [...]
Hookflash Open Peer SDK allows developers to integrate real-time video, voice and instant messaging into BlackBerry 10 apps
May 13, 2013 By Leave a Comment
For any BlackBerry 10 developers looking to incorporate high quality real-time video, voice of instant messaging into their apps can now take advantage of the Hookflash Open Peer SDK. The Hoookflash SDK is launching in beta form at the moment, and will allow any developers looking to use the ported webRTC libraries once they sign [...]
Macadamian increases BlackBerry 10 app development by 85%
May 13, 2013 By Leave a Comment
BlackBerry Live isn’t even in full swing yet and we are receiving all kinds of email from developers letting us know what they are working on, or what they are planning on working on for BlackBerry 10. One of the developers that has shown a lot of support for BlackBerry 10 since it was announced [...]
harmon.ie Office 365 and SharePoint client arrives on BlackBerry 10
May 13, 2013 By Leave a Comment
The news from BlackBerry Live has already started. We were expecting to see the launch of several new apps for BlackBerry 10 this week, and so far we have not been disappointed. If you have been looking for a way to access Office 365 and SharePoint from your BlackBerry 10 device then you are in [...]
Wikitude prepping to release beta browser for BlackBerry 10
May 13, 2013 By Leave a Comment
If you had a BlackBerry 7 device you are no doubt familiar with the Wikitude Browser. It was the first real augmented reality app for BlackBerry, and it provided BlackBerry 7 users with some pretty neat functions. Well we have received word from Wikitude that are prepping to release a beta browser for BlackBerry 10, [...]
BlackBerry Q10 goes up for pre-order in India
May 10, 2013 By Leave a Comment
The BlackBerry Z10 did very well when it went up for sale in India, and now it is time for the Q10 to shine. Today pre-orders for the Q10 has started from online retailer Snapdeal. At this time there still has not been any mention of the what the final price for the Q10 will [...]
Web Splitter for BlackBerry 10 – View two web pages at once
May 10, 2013 By 1 Comment
If you have ever had the thought that you wish your Z10 would let you look at two web pages at the same time, then Web Splitter is the app for you. Web Splitter has a host of features, but the main one being that you will be able to view multiple web pages at [...]
Box and Dropbox for BlackBerry 10 get updated
May 10, 2013 By Leave a Comment
The two pre-loaded cloud based storage apps on BlackBerry 10 have both received an update. The updates bring Dropbox to v1.1.0.79 while Box gets v1.1.0.88, and both of these updates describe the changes as “Quality Improvements”. However there was one little surprise in the Box update for anyone that had an account of less than 10GB, [...]
Endomondo Hints at BlackBerry Live Announcement Coming Next Week
May 9, 2013 By Leave a Comment
BlackBerry has continue to work behind the scenes to get big name and key application onto the BlackBerry computing platform, Endomondo the running and exercise application was thought to port their android application to the BlackBerry 10 OS, however issues with the Google Map API is preventing that. Endomondo has made an announcement that they will be bringing some [...]
BlackBerry R10 appears to have a 2180mAh battery
May 9, 2013 By Leave a Comment
We saw some more leaked images and specs for the BlackBerry R10 (expected to be the Curve model for BlackBerry 10) last week that showed the R10 as having a 1800mAh non-removable battery. Well it seems that someone who has their hands on a R10 decided to open up the device to check things out. [...]
BlackBerry sales appear to remain strong despite some negative reports
May 8, 2013 By Leave a Comment
We all know that analysts are not always reporting the exact facts. It is part of their job to make predictions and analysis that will help to bolster their portfolio. Recently there have been some negative reports regarding the sales of BlackBerry 10 devices from Pacific Crest and Cleveland research. Despite these negative reports of [...]
Verizon CEO, Hopeful for BlackBerry Q10 to Meet Needs of Customers
May 8, 2013 By Leave a Comment
With the BlackBerry Q10 launch to the US coming soon, Verizon’s CEO Dan Mead, sat down with CNET to talk about the future of the company in terms of mobile tech and commented on the optimism that he has for BlackBerry and the ability to have three ecosystem in which customers can choose from. “There’s [...]
Vote Now For The 2013 BlackBerry Developer Community Awards
May 7, 2013 By Leave a Comment
BlackBerry has put up the finalists on their website for the BlackBerry Developer Community Awards. It’s been narrowed down from the nominations. They want you to start voting, as voting closes on May 12th.
DynaStunts, WackaMonsta and Biplanes Blasta released for the BlackBerry Z10 and Q10
May 7, 2013 By Leave a Comment
Some new games have made their way to BlackBerry World for both the Z10 and the Q10. These three games from DanLabG will provide you with some awesome game play on either of the BlackBerry 10 devices available. There is some nice ScoreLoop integration within these games, and you can even play an online multiplayer [...]
Viber releases PC and Mac desktop VoIP software – BlackBerry 10 support still coming
May 7, 2013 By Leave a Comment
Recently Viber released an update to their app for legacy BlackBerry devices that added voice calling, with the promise that BlackBerry 10 support was coming. Now Viber has released a PC and Mac software for VoIP calling on the desktop. Hopefully we will see Viber’s BlackBerry 10 app released soon, although the need to have [...]
BlackBerry Browser Activity Grows As Apple Starts To Decline
May 6, 2013 By Leave a Comment
Apple is starting to decline in browser usership in comparison to BlackBerry. If you look at the chart above, the decline started right around the time BlackBerry 10 launched. BlackBerry showed a previous decline over a year period but has started to pick up again. BlackBerry 10 has received mostly favorable reviews which have clearly [...]
Will BlackBerry be able to win third place in the mobile operating system race?
May 6, 2013 By Leave a Comment
There have been many reports and speculation about whether or not BlackBerry 10 is enough to help BlackBerry win the third position in the mobile operating system race. There is no doubt that either Android or iOS can be caught, and therefore third place has been left to a battle between BlackBerry 10 and Windows [...]
BlackBerry R10 gets pictured again – this time in red
May 3, 2013 By 2 Comments
We know that BlackBerry is planning on releasing up to six BlackBerry 10 devices this year, and we have already seen a leak photo of the supposed R10. Well thanks to Instagram and people’s willingness to share anything and everything on there, we know have another photo of the R10 and this time it is [...]
