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BlackBerry 10.2 to bring support for Android Jelly Bean apps

BlackBerry boasts that its operating system has the ability to run Android apps, although the current version of BlackBerry 10 only works with apps from Android 2.3 Gingerbread and earlier. BlackBerry users are about to get a whole lot more apps to choose from, however, because the company on Thursday announced that

Annual Android phone shipments to hit 1 billion in 2017, crushing iPhone and others

Shipments of Android smartphones are expected to climb to more than 1 billion units annually in 2017, more than twice the 470 million Android phones that shipped last year. Market research firm Canalys on Tuesday issued a new report containing its smartphone forecast for the next five years. Android is clearly the big Read the Rest of the story [...]

QNX Video Shows Off BlackBerry 10 “Space-grade technology… in the palm of your hand”

Its no secret that QNX has been the foundation for BlackBerry 10 and a huge part of what makes the new platform so compelling. QNX has been keeping a relatively quiet stance on BlackBerry 10 while focusing on their CAR platform. A few readers sent us over a video QNX has released called Read the Rest of the story [...]

BlackBerry OS 10.1 Includes Korean Keyboard Input Support

Since BlackBerry 10 launched I have been hearing users ask me if Korean language inputs are supported. Sadly at the launch of the Z10 the input was not available though I think you could read Korean. Now with the latest BlackBerry 10.1 OS I am happy to report that Korean language is Read the Rest of the story [...]

BlackBerry Android runtime to be upgraded to Android 4.1 Jelly Bean

One personal gripe I’ve had with the Android runtime on BlackBerry 10 and the BlackBerry PlayBook is the fact that it’s stull running Android 2.3.3 Gingerbread. While I understand why this was done, I was wondering if BlackBerry would ever be updating the runtime environment to support newer versions of Read the Rest of the story [...]

BlackBerry 10 Boot Screen Easter Egg (Video)

CrackBerry just posted an easter egg (hidden feature) about the boot screen of the Z10. This was also quickly shown to us during the unboxing seminar in Toronto (yes, I attended it for fun). When the BlackBerry 10 devices are booting, simply press anywhere on the screen, and the loading circle Read the Rest of the story [...]

BlackBerry 10 Operating System Review & Walkthrough

I have had the pleasure of using my BlackBerry Z10 smartphone for about a week now and it has been a crazy ride. I am coming directly from a BlackBerry Bold 9900, so going full on touchscreen has been a big change. The BlackBerry Z10 has been in the works at RIM Read the Rest of the story [...]

BlackBerry 10 Ready Webcast Series – Get BlackBerry 10 answers straight from the source

As part of the BlackBerry 10 Ready program there has been a series of webcasts held. If you missed out on any of them covering the Enterprise sector, you can check them out via the BlackBerry Resource Center. A new one kicks off on January 10th, 2013 and it offers a Read the Rest of the story [...]

Animated Image Easily Shows Off BlackBerry 10’s Keyboard

A friend of mine pointed out that RIM has at some point in time added a new animated GIF image to their BlackBerry 10 updates website. In just a few seconds of animation it shows off the fluidity of the BlackBerry 10 keyboard. Not really a huge news item Read the Rest of the story [...]

BlackBerry 10 Browser Passes Ring 1 on Facebook’s Ringmark HTML5 Benchmark

RIM’s browser team keeps on trucking on with the BlackBerry 10 Browser improvements. They have just passed another major milestone in HTML5 standardization by passing Ring 1 of Facebook’s open source Ringmark HTML5 program. This essentially confirms the BlackBerry 10 browsers ability to offer advanced HTML5 functionality for web apps Read the Rest of the story [...]

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