The mystery buyer of one million BlackBerry Z10s has been revealed by research firm Detwiler Fenton as Brightstar, an electronics distributor responsible for distributing mobile devices to network carriers including Verizon. Revealed ...
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BlackBerry shares fell for the second day in a row after a disappointing US launch for the Z10 saw investment firm Goldman Sachs downgrade its rating for the Canadian firm. The downgrading comes just days before BlackBerry is set to ...
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Amid an array of industry innovations announced today, T-Mobile USA said it will sell the iPhone 5 starting April 12 for $579, with the option of paying $99 down and $20 a month for 24 months. The iPhone, and other smartphones, including ...
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T-Mobile is ending contracts and slashing prices for both service and phones, a refreshing change from the complex plans and high costs that irritate many phone users. That could save a T-Mobile customer several hundred dollars over a ...
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BlackBerry CEO Thorsten Heins has described Apple’s iOS as an outdated user interface, and has suggested that the iPhone could be at risk of being replaced if Apple doesn’t speed up its innovation process. In an interview with ...
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BlackBerry's upcoming American launch of the Z10 smartphone on 26 March has received a blow, with reports suggesting one of its biggest customers, the US Department of Defense, is looking to replace staff BlackBerry phones with iPhones and ...
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BlackBerry began a fight to regain share in the key U.S. market on Friday with the debut of the first phone running its BlackBerry 10 operating system. The BlackBerry Z10 went on sale nationwide at stores of AT&T, the country's biggest ...
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Both BlackBerry and the U.K. government have denied reports that the new BB10 software has been rejected for use in sensitive government communications. Tuesday evening, U.K. newspaper The Guardian reported that the new BB10 operating ...
BlackBerry has denied reports that its smartphones are set to be dropped by the Pentagon, insisting the Z10 smartphone and BB10 are in the US Department of Defense's plans. Sources suggested that the Pentagon was purchashing 650,000 Apple ...
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BlackBerry Z10 sales kick off this Friday in the U.S., but it is still unclear how popular the smartphone and its Q10 cousin running BlackBerry 10 will be, amid a number of contradictory predictions and indicators. AT&T will put the Z10 ...
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BlackBerry chief executive Thorsten Heins has taken a swipe at rival Apple's iPhone, claiming that its user interface is five years old and suggesting that it is in need of a refresh. "Apple did a fantastic job in bringing touch devices ...
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What is T-Mobile USA planning for its press event in New York City next Tuesday? The carrier already disclosed last fall and again at International CES in January that it plans to offer unsubsidized smartphones with no contract ...
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It's been eons in coming, but pre-ordered BlackBerry Z10's will start being delivered in Australian from Monday. More than four years has elapsed since BlackBerry brought out its first touchscreen model, the Storm, in late 2008. It also ...
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BlackBerry has received an order for one million Z10 smartphones, the largest single order in the company's history, significantly boosting shares in the firm which described the deal as a "tremendous vote of confidence." The ...
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BlackBerry faces a herculean task marketing the new Z10 smartphone to U.S. consumers. In interviews, analysts and CIOs told Computerworld that employees at companies with bring-your-own-device (BYOD) policies have been switching from ...
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