BlackBerry and Porsche Design today unveiled the latest product of their partnership, the Porsche Design P’9983 smartphone from BlackBerry, the successor to last year’s P’9982 and the first to come with BlackBerry 10. As with other Porsche Design smartphones, the P’9983 uses premium finishes such as sapphire glass for the camera lens, forged stainless steel for the Porsche Design floating […]
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Porsche Design P’9983 clears FCC?
The Porsche Design P’9983 is rumoured to be the next BlackBerry smartphone to emerge from its partnership with Porsche. Expected to launch later this month, it appears to have just gotten its FCC clearance. While the P’9983 is not explicitly named in any of the reports, the device outline shown in the label documentation matches that of leaked images seen […]
BlackBerry Passport likely launching on September 24
BlackBerry today announced that it will hold a press event on September 24. In fact, it will hold three simultaneous press events on that day. One will take place in Toronto, another in London and the third in Dubai. While BlackBerry is playing coy about what it plans to announce, it is likely that none other than the BlackBerry Passport will […]
BlackBerry OS 10.2 named world’s best mobile OS by India’s Digit
BlackBerry may still be struggling for its survival, especially in the smartphone market arena where its market share now stands at a mere 0.5% but good news has outweighed bad news in recent times. The company got more good news this week when Digit, India’s largest selling technology magazine, named the BlackBerry 10.2 operating system ‘The World’s Best Mobile OS.’ […]
Complete BlackBerry Passport specifications revealed?
BlackBerry first announced its upcoming BlackBerry Passport smartphone back in June during the analyst call that followed its latest financial results. Little information was revealed then but BlackBerry has since slowly revealed more information about it, including its innovative “touch-enabled” keyboard. But full specifications remained a mystery until this week when N4BB obtained the full details. Here are the expected […]
BlackBerry 2014 roadmap revealed?
BlackBerry’s global roadmap for the rest of 2014 appears to have been leaked. While BlackBerry has already announced a number of the devices it plans to launch before the end of the year, many still expected to see the company also release a high-end all-touch device to succeed the BlackBerry Z30 launched in late 2013. If the information obtained by […]
BlackBerry completes restructuring process
There was some very good news for BlackBerry employees on Friday. In an internal email sent to employees, CEO John Chen said that the company’s restructuring efforts have come to an end. Best of all, that means that workforce reduction efforts have also wrapped up. The memo reads in part: We have completed the restructuring notification process, and the workforce […]
BBM for Windows Phone now available
BlackBerry has made good its promise from last week. BBM for Windows Phone is now available for download onto Windows Phone 8 devices. “As the popularity of BBM continues to grow, we are thrilled to have the opportunity to expand its availability to the Windows Phone community,” said John Sims, President Global Enterprise Services at BlackBerry. “The BBM app for […]