The Verge has landed a picture of what it suggests could be the first BBX-powered BlackBerry smartphone. As you can see below, the BlackBerry London is quite different from the BlackBerry Colt rendering(another rumoured BBX smartphone) seen back in October. The photo also shows BBX which appears to (unsurprisingly) be a modified version of the BlackBerry PlayBook’s own OS. The […]
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First RIM BBX phones to look like smaller PlayBooks
In an interview with PCMag, Alec Saunders, RIM’s vice president of Developer Relations and Ecosystem Development, revealed that RIM’s first BBX smartphones will sport the same screen resolution and aspect ratio as the BlackBerry PlayBook. The devices will have displays with a 16:9 ratio display and a resolution of 1024 by 600. As Co-CEO Mike Lazaridis already suggested, their overall […]
RIM BBX Superphone release slips to mid-2012?
If Barclays Capital analyst Jeff Kvaal is right, Research In Motion will not be able to release its first BBX superphone (the BlackBerry Colt?) in Q1 2012 as it has allegedly been targeting. PlayBook 2.0 delays suggest that the transition to BBX is not proving to be easy and the company apparently wants to avoid releasing a buggy or incomplete […]
Is this the first BlackBerry BBX Superphone?
N4BB has apparently obtained new details about the BlackBerry Colt, RIM’s first BBX Superphone. They have also obtained an image that confirms previous rumours that indicated it would have a slab design like that of the BlackBerry Torch 9860: The BlackBerry Colt will feature an outer stainless steel bezel unibody similar to that of the Bold 9900 but will be […]
RIM facing lawsuit over BBX name
Research In Motion unveiled its new BlackBerry BBX operating system for future smartphones and tablets earlier this week. The new OS has hit its first bump on the road even before it has made it onto any devices. A US company called Basis International apparently holds the trademark on the “BBX” name. According to the company: [It] has taken swift […]
BlackBerry Dev Con: RIM announces BBX operating system
At the BlackBerry DevCon keynote, RIM co-CEO Mike Lazaridis formally announced BlackBerry BBX, RIM’s new unified operating system for both smartphones and tablets. “With nearly 5 million BlackBerry apps downloaded daily, our customers have made BlackBerry one of the most profitable platforms for developers,” said Mike Lazaridis, President and Co-CEO at RIM. “At DevCon today, we’re giving developers the tools […]