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Well, not sure what they hope to gain by selling unlocked devices direct? But if you’re at all interested in a Blackberry device with no contract, now you can have that. Blackberry today announced that customers in the U.S. can purchase unlocked BlackBerry smartphones online directly from BlackBerry on ShopBlackBerry.com. The first models available for purchase…
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“BlackBerry plans to ask securities regulators in Canada and the United States to probe what it said is a ‘false and misleading’ report that consumer return rates for BlackBerry’s new Z10 smartphone have been especially high,” Euan Rocha and Emily Flitter report for Reuters. “The Canadian company, which has pinned its turnaround hopes on its…
Beleaguered “BlackBerry traded lower on Friday after the stock failed to maintain its earlier momentum following a low-key launch of the Z10 smartphone in the U.S.,” Sue Chang and Saumya Vaishampayan report for MarketWatch. “The Canadian telecom company launched its latest smartphone on Friday, the touch-screen Z10 phone but the device was met with subdued…
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Van Baker, Gartner research vice president, has examined some of the issues beleaguered BlackBerry will face in the enterprise market in the report, “BlackBerry’s BB10 Creates Mobile Adoption Decisions for the Enterprise.” Below is his commentary in today’s analyst blog post: Although BB10 presents a modernized new platform based on touch technology, market conditions will…
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“BlackBerry, the technology stock formerly known as Research in Motion, is off almost 30% from its January highs,” Jeff Reeves writes for MarketWatch. “Thus, the million-dollar question for BlackBerry stockholders is whether the company is just pausing for a breather before it continues its ambitious return to smartphone prominence, or whether BBRY was simply a…
“BlackBerry said the recent Canadian and U.K. launches of its new Z10 smartphone have been the best of any of its handset debuts in those regions ever,” John Paczkowski reports for AllThingsD. “But it may not be quite the blowout success BlackBerry is spinning it as,” Paczkowski reports. “Deutsche Bank’s Brian Modoff recently surveyed 60…
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“The company formerly known as RIM announced on Wednesday new BlackBerry Z10 and Q10 handsets running the BlackBerry 10 operating system, as it attempts to regain ground lost to Apple and Google,” AppleInsider reports. “The Z10 is BlackBerry’s most direct competitor to Apple’s iPhone, sporting a 4.2-inch display with a density of 356 pixels per…
