BlackBerry 10

Purported Press Images of Blackberry Z10 Leaked

A new set of pictures, purporting to be official press images of BlackBerry’s new Z10 handset, have popped up on the internet courtesy of @evleaks. While a pinch of salt is still required, these match up remarkably well with previously leaked photographs of a switched-off device, that appeared back in December. That suggests that you…

The Clearest Shots Yet of BlackBerry’s Great QWERTY Hope

Blackberry Empire claims these are shots of RIM’s N-Series BB10 handset that have leaked ahead of the official BB10 launch on January 30th. And if these are real shots, we’re intrigued to actually hold the phone to see how it handles. The shots show the phone running RIM’s surprisingly functional new OS. From what we…

RIM ran a competition to get apps ported to BB10, and it worked: 15,000 new apps in just 38 hours. Promising. [Twitter]

BTW, all four major carriers in the US will launch at least one of RIM’s new BlackBerry 10 devices this year. Yay?

I Wish iOS and Android Had the BlackBerry 10 Keyboard

The new BlackBerry 10 looks very good. It may be too late to save RIM, but it’s certainly not too little. It’s loaded with great stuff. In fact, its keyboard is so terrific that I wish every manufacturer had it. Here’s why: https://gizmodo.com/the-complete-blackberry-10-video-walkthrough-surprise-5974362 • On-the-fly next-word suggestions: This is probably its most impressive feature. The…

The Complete BlackBerry 10 Video Walkthrough: Surprise, It’s Neat

This is the new BlackBerry 10, two weeks from its official release. And while visually it looks like a cross between Android and iOS—without any of the spiffiness of Windows Phone—RIM’s make-or-break operating system is surprisingly nice. Fast, with clever user interface touches, a centralized hub for all user activity and a good browser. It…

Is This BlackBerry’s QWERTY Savior?

The hole RIM has found itself in is deep, dark, and doused in despair. And as much as the company’s gambling on its new BB10 platform to pull itself up, an operating system’s only as good as the phones running it. So take a good, hard look at this supposed BlackBerry N-Series device. It could…

If This Is Blackberry’s New OS, It Looks Very Familiar…

Vietnamese site Tinhte (link currently down) claims to have gotten its hands on some advanced screenshots of BB10, which is expected to launch at the end of next month. For the revamped operating system, it looks like RIM has taken pieces from Apple, Google, and Microsoft competitors and jammed them together. It’s the best looking…

Here Are the Clearest Pictures of the BlackBerry 10 L-Series AKA Blackberry’s Last Hope

The BlackBerry 10 L-Series, which has been spied before, just got a full centerfold at Tinhte.vn and the biggest surprise? It kind of looks wonderful. The L-Series, which is also known as the hail mary phone that RIM is banking the entire company, looks a lot like an iPhone 5 from some angles but at…

BlackBlackerry 10 Won’t Let You Use These 106 Incredibly Dumb Passwords

BlackBerrys used to be known for bulletproof security: the go-to device for business because you could guarantee it’d stay locked down and secure. Even if no one really wants a BlackBerry anymore, RIM’s carrying on in that vein. BlackBerry 10 will stop you being an idiot, and using a whole load of dumb passwords. There…

Caption This Dumb Picture of RIM’s CEO Taking a Picture with a BlackBerry 10 Device at a Basketball Game

BlackBerry 10 is probably going to come out one day in the future, in the same way that an asteroid the size of Canada will probably hit and destroy Earth one day in the future. But regardless, some way to drum up interest is to… leak pictures of your own CEO using a pre-production BlackBerry…

Although RIM is launching BB10 January 30, devices won’t ship until later in February. RIM delays are just the norm.

RIM’s Offering Cash And Gadgets to Devs Who Port Games to BlackBerry

In a bid to get some games ready for the upcoming BlackBerry 10, RIM is offering developers cold, hard cash, along with some free devices, if they can port some gems over to the OS. It can’t hurt, right? The deal comes in the way of a 36-hour Port-a-thon. It works like this: devs can…

RIM’s BlackBerry 10 Smartphone Makes an Early Surprise Appearance

If you’re champing at the bit for BlackBerry OS 10 (how many of you are there?), here’s something to hold you over until it’s ready: RIM’s L-Series hardware was apparently shown off in public—whether or not that was intentional remains to be seen—and offers a glimpse at what RIM’s next slate-style phone might look like.…

This Is Why RIM Is Going Down

Did you really need to make this video, Research In Motion? Do you think your developers will love you more because of spending I don’t know how many hours in making this… this… I don’t know what this is. We are going to keep loving developers at Research In Motion, all the way to BlackBerry…

BlackBerry 10 Will Reportedly Include Screen Sharing

Now that RIM has shown a preview of BlackBerry 10, more rumors are surfacing about the updated OS. The latest, from CrackBerry, claims that the platform will have a new screen sharing feature, which means you could show someone what’s on your phone’s display during a video call or while you’re messaging. It’s something you…

BlackBerry 10: A Good Start With No Finish Line

Today is BlackBerry World, a celebration of all things RIM. Or, more specifically, one thing RIM: BlackBerry 10, the company’s last great hope for a much-needed comeback. But did the company trot out enough goodness today to allay fears over its future? Hard to say. And that’s maybe the scariest part of all. There were…

BlackBerry World Keynote: Follow Along Live!

It’s been a difficult time for RIM; the company’s manifold difficulties have been catalogued extensively both here and and elsewhere. Today, though, relatively new CEO Thorsten Heins will take the BlackBerry World stage to chart RIM’s glorious future—or further decline. Let’s find out which! What can we expect today from Heins? More details on BlackBerry…

Do These Alleged BlackBerry 10 OS Images Mean Widgets Are Coming?

Crackberry came into some supposed BlackBerry 10 OS screenshots from a tipster, which, among other things, shows off a new widget-centric UI. The shots apparently come from a packet put together by an ad agency working for RIM, and plenty of the Playbook’s QNX underpinnings can be found in the photos. The widgets themselves look…

Is This the New BlackBerry 10 Superphone?

According to reports by Crackberry, these are leaked media shots of an upcoming RIM smartphone, potentially the rumored next-generation BlackBerry 10 “Superphone,” code-named London. Details are of course very slim at this point but, all in all, it’s a pretty sleek looking phone. It’s also rumored to be testing both the the Texas Instruments OMAP5…