BlackBerry Makes Statement on Their Record Launch of BlackBerry 10 in UK & Canada

We have been hearing some impressive stats from the launch of BlackBerry 10 in the UK and Canada. So impressive that BlackBerry is already announcing that it was their best launch day ever. Thorsten Heins went on record stating just how well it turned out:

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BlackBerry says launch-day Z10 sales crushed earlier records

 

BlackBerry (BBRY) on Wednesday stated that in Canada, launch-day sales of its BlackBerry Z10 smartphone were 50% better than any previous BlackBerry model. In the United Kingdom, where the BlackBerry Z10 launched last week, first-day sales were three times better than any prior BlackBerry launch. “In Canada, yesterday was Read the Rest of the story [...]

Using a 64GB microSD card on your BlackBerry 10 smartphone

For those of you out there picking up a BlackBerry 10 smartphone and not liking the fact that it only offers 16GB of onboard storage, there is always the option of getting yourself an additional microSD card to expand upon that. As for microSD cards that are supported, BlackBerry 10 officially supports Read the Rest of the story [...]

Countdown to BlackBerry 10 Avatars Updated to 4 Weeks

 

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LinkedIn for BlackBerry Gets Small Update to v2.1.0.37

LinkedIn has updated their BlackBerry smartphone app with a small version bump this weekend. The new version 2.1.0.37 improves the contact synchronization along with a few other bug improvements. Not a huge deal but nice to see that it is under active development.

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Foursquare v5.5.8 Released for BlackBerry smartphones

Foursquare has updated their BlackBerry smartphone app this week to v5.5.8. This is a small update but supposedly includes an important fix for location information. Specifically “This release fixes location issue across all supported BlackBerry devices and OS levels” whatever that means.

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BlackBerry 10 Hub: Notifications, Texts, Emails and More [VIDEO]

With the BlackBerry 10 launch event coming up, you’ve been asking to see more and more of BlackBerry 10. To provide you with some more background on the BlackBerry Hub, I met up with Patrick Murtha, Director, Portfolio Product Strategy here at BlackBerry to show me around.

 

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What Do You Do on Your BlackBerry Smartphone? Be Bold and Vote

Fewer smartphone users are relying on their mobile devices to make calls. According to a study by O2, the most popular smartphone activities are mobile browsing, social networking, and playing games. Turns out, making or receiving phone calls came in fourth on the list, followed by texting and emails.

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Download the new BlackBerry Dev Alpha wallpapers for your BlackBerry smartphone

Along for the ride in the latest BlackBerry Dev Alpha update was some new wallpapers. In total, there are 21 wallpapers including the original that was placed on the Dev Alpha available for download.We’re working on getting them uploaded for different devices to the CrackBerry wallpaper gallery but if you’re looking to Read the Rest of the story [...]

BlackBerry Patagonia 9620 coming to Nextel Mexico in December

For a while now there has been mentions of a BlackBerry 9620 coming soon, yet there was very little information on it aside from the required UAProf listed on RIM’s servers. That UAProf was listed long ago and showed that it’s an OS 7.1 QWERTY device but now know what it looks like, what Read the Rest of the story [...]