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Blackberry on death watch

Can it really only be a little over two years since I seriously considered buying a Blackberry? Thankfully I didn’t waste my money. Apparently lots of other people also decided to not buy Blackberries....

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Blackberry’s corporate delusion

Filed under: Tech Tagged: Blackberry, smartphones

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Blackberry 10: RIM’s last chance

RIM says it will launch its Blackberry 10 on January 30 in New York. That’s nice – there are still Blackberry fans out there in the wild hoping for their favourite phone maker to bounce back. Some...

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Job number one at BlackBerry: Beat Windows Phone 8

Going by the headlines and the tone of the news coverage, BlackBerry’s long-awaited product announcement went well. The company’s – Research in Motion changed its name – new slab-like Z10 smartphones...

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IDC Australia rings BYOD alarm, cheers Blackberry

Two things caught my eye in a media release from IDC Australia following a bring your own device survey which says two-thirds of businesses now allow some form of BYOD. First, when asked, employees...

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A problem with Feedly

Google Reader was the best way to read RSS feeds. It still is. But not for long. Google plans to close the service on July 1. One of the best things about Google Reader is that it is web-based. You can...

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Which mobile OS – iOS, Android, Windows Phone or Blackberry?

Smartphone buyers can choose from four operating systems. It’s a tough decision. After spending time with all four I can report they are all worthy of your attention. None performs badly or has fatal...

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BlackBerry’s bad day at the mobile office

Poor sales of the BlackBerry Z10 and Q10 phones saw the company post a US$170 million loss. The triggered investors to pile out of the business with US$2 billion wiped from the company’s stock market...

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Briefly: Microsoft re-Surfaces; BlackBerry bought; Oracle faster

Microsoft’s new Surface 2 tablets look remarkably like the original Surface tablets There were no huge surprises when Microsoft took the wraps off its Surface 2 and Surface 2 Pro tablets in New York...

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Briefly: iPhone 5S, 5C in NZ; Amazon Web Services

Apple has yet to update its NZ website Apple says the iPhone 5s and 5c go on sale in New Zealand on October 25. Prices are lower than anticipated. The 16GB iPhone 5c will sell here for $900, prices...

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BlackBerry Z10, under-rated, affordable business smartphone

Blackberry’s Z10 was supposed to be the company’s come-back phone. It’s solid and capable. There’s much to like. But, as it turned out, not enough to revive the company’s fortunes. Let’s break the laws...

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BBM: Finally BlackBerry has a hit product… maybe

Despite making the credible, if not exciting, Z10 smartphone and the last-ditch Z30, former smartphone champion BlackBerry has failed to recover its former customers. At least for phone hardware....

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More BlackBerry, Apple problems

Time for a bit of humour. Regular readers will appreciate this Filed under: Media Tagged: Blackberry

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BlackBerry Z10 – a smartphone for business

tech.scoop.co.nz/reviews/blackberry-z10/blackberry-z10-a-smartphone-for-business/ A review by Bill Bennett for Scoop Techlab Blackberry’s Z10 is the company’s come-back phone. It’s a solid, capable...

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Blackberry Z10 – the good stuff you may have missed

A review by Bill Bennett for Scoop TechLab Blackberry’s Z10 smartphone failed to set the world alight. It didn’t deliver the turnaround the ailing phone-maker hoped for. Consumers chose not to buy it...

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BlackBerry updates OS with more security, FM radio

Blackberry’s 2013 phone reboot failed to put the company back on track. While the one-time smartphone king is clearly down, it continues to plug away with software updates. The latest 10.2.1 release...

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BlackBerry Z30: End of the line?

Things aren’t going well for BlackBerry. Phones aren’t selling. Carriers and consumers have lost interest in the brand. Even the corporations who loved BlackBerry’s defences against mobile dark arts...

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BlackBerry 10.2: The big picture

BlackBerry 10.2 is the best smartphone operating system you’ve never used. Most likely it’s also one you never considered. The company’s market share is in free fall and its future is in doubt, mainly...

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Blackberry: I thought I heard a heartbeat

Troubled phone-maker BlackBerry reported a profit rise overnight. Quarterly sales revenue dropped one percent, but cost cutting meant the company turned in a rise in gross profit. BlackBerry said its...

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BlackBerry’s weird Passport

When your phone business has failed to fire and your last attempt at a tablet was a flop, there’s little to lose from moving in a radical direction. That’s what BlackBerry has done with Passport, which...

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