Want to watch BlackBerry unveil the KEY2? Catch the livestream right here on June 7, 2018, at 10:00 AM ET.
As BlackBerry continues to grow their enterprise offerings, they've been finding new partnerships to help them along the way. The latest comes by way of a partnership with Microsoft to introduce BlackBerry Enterprise Bridge.
Our friends at CrackBerry are celebrating the site's TENTH anniversary with a blowout meetup tour across Canada. Here's how to RSVP.
Does the recent resurgence of the BlackBerry brand leave Windows phone fans any hope the same could happen to their favorite brand?
BlackBerry has announced another partnership with Microsoft that will see the Good Dynamics Secure Mobility Platform made available on the Microsoft Azure cloud service.
BlackBerry has announced the company will offer secure enterprise mobility solutions via Microsoft Azure, enabling customers of the cloud platform to take full advantage of the cloud while enjoying full access to BlackBerry's BE12 deployment.
BlackBerry's managing director in India, Narendra Nayak has gone on record to state the company has no plans for Windows Phone. It was asked if BlackBerry was going to take its multi-platform strategy to the next level, taking on yet another OS to further branch out and appeal to more consumers. Unfortunately, this won't be the case.
The Microsoft acquiring BlackBerry rumor is just that, a rumor. At best, too. Thanks to some assistance from our CrackBerry buddies, here's a little insight into just what the story is and where it came from.
BlackBerry has updated the non-beta version of its BBM messaging app for Windows Phone to version 2.0.0.24 in the Windows Phone Store, adding in quite a number of features such as sticker support, timed messages and more. Here's a look at the app's new features, some of which were previously announced in October. TIMED MESSAGES: Set how long contacts have access to messages...
BlackBerry has updated the Windows Phone version of its BBM messenger app, adding improvements to its notifications. a new invite screen and more additions and changes. Here's the full changelog of what's new in the 1.2.0.12 version Improved notifications: View a message preview outside of BBM including the sender and chat content. New emoticons: 16 new emoticons have been added...
A new report from the research firm eMarketer is predicting that the total user base for Microsoft's Windows Phone devices in the UK will go above that of BlackBerry's by the end of 2014. The report says that at the end of 2013, BlackBerry had 3.6 million UK device owners users, while there was a combined total of 1.9 million UK users for Windows Phone and the now discontinued...
BlackBerry has pulled the switch and is now rolling out its BBM messenger beta app to all Windows Phone 8 and 8.1 users, after the company released it as a closed beta test earlier in July. It would appear that the public beta version of BBM is a different one than what was released for the closed beta testers earlier in the month. In any case, this version is apparently the one that...
A new update for BlackBerry's BBM messaging app for Windows Phone is now available for download, and it's the first such update since the closed beta for the app went live a few days ago for its selected users. The version number for the app has only changed slightly, from 1.0.0.2 to 1.0.0.4 and there's no indication of a change log. Based on that, we would expect that this update is...
BlackBerry is no longer taking sign ups for the closed beta test of its upcoming BBM app for Windows Phone, with users now being asked to register for a waitlist. This news, which was not unexpected, comes less than 24 hours after BlackBerry started taking signups for the Windows Phone BBM beta test. It's currently unknown just how many people were accepted into the beta test. While...
BBM is coming to Windows Phone very soon, but before that happens you're going to want to join an upcoming beta to try it out. BlackBerry has just announced that a BBM app built just for Windows Phone will be here in the coming weeks. Details on how to join the beta down below. BlackBerry has designed their upcoming app to have a native user experience that embraces the clean,...
One of the UK's police forces is planning to replace thousands of BlackBerry smartphones with 8,000 Windows Phones. Cambridgeshire Constabulary is expected to roll out hardware including the Nokia Lumia 1520, Lumia 930 and Lumia 635 later this year. According to Ian Bell, head of ITC at the police force, Windows Phone 8.1 itself was a major factor in the decision to move across to...
In case you still didn’t agree that Windows Phone is the third ecosystem in the smartphone industry, the latest validation comes from comScore’s report of the U.S. smartphone subscriber market share ending January 2014. While Blackberry's market share is on the decline, Microsoft held steady and found themselves holding the third spot in the latest survey behind Android and Apple....
Windows Phone has been without BBM since the platform launched way back in 2010. Today, BlackBerry and Nokia both announced that the messaging service would be on Microsoft's mobile platform soon. Consumers can look to expect BBM this summer, according to an official BlackBerry blog post. Not only will BBM be released for Windows Phone, but BlackBerry will also be working with Nokia...
Ford is reportedly ditching Microsoft for Blackberry’s QNX platform in their integrated in-vehicle communications and entertainment system. According to Bloomberg, using QNX will be less expensive than licensing Microsoft technology and will improve the flexibility and speed of the next Sync system. The decision hasn’t been made public yet, but sources close to the situation have told...
In an exclusive interview with our sister site CrackBerry.com, the new CEO of BlackBerry John Chen confirms that BlackBerry Enterprise Server support is headed to Windows Phone. No ETA for the popular backend service was mentioned, but Windows Phone, like Android and iOS are certainly on their radar. Considered middleware, BlackBerry Enterprise Service (or just BES), is an industry...