71% of consumers would not buy a BlackBerry

Bad news for  BlackBerry. Several recent polls have left some bad off the company and their phones . According to a survey of MKM Partners, 83% of the public was not aware that the platform  BlackBerry 10 was already available in the United States. Other results of another survey indicated that only 6% of people will purchase a BlackBerry phone. And bad things come in threes, not surprising that over 70% of consumers do not want to buy a BlackBerry phone . This latest survey was conducted by the firm Raymond James.

In other results, nearly 20% of respondents would not buy an iPhone. A little less than a third do not want an Android phone and as we said almost 75% of buyers have said "no" to BlackBerry.

Over here we had a very good impression of the BlackBerry Z10, since after all it is asmartphone with good features powerful, but it seems that BlackBerry is still not recognized as it should and this could eventually make trouble if sales do not improve.

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BlackBerry smartphones launched in April this year

 

Good news for fans of the BlackBerry brand. Thorsten Heins , the CEO of the renowned company, has released a very interesting detail: this year, 2013,  will be launching 4 new BlackBerry smartphones , and one of these will become the new company's flagship phone, as currently it would be the Z10. Heins stated that at this point can not say much about these new projects, but is expected to BlackBerry 10 take the user experience to a whole new level with the future flagship smartphone. Apart from that indicated no complete assurance that the device is ready this year, but at least they hope to accomplish.

The CEO also confirmed that one of the cast will enter the mobile market for midrange. One of the major objectives of BlackBerry is expanded to all market sectors, which are three big features: the low-end phones, the midrange of the course and the section of the high-end devices. It is expected that all these devices have touch screens and a QWERTY keyboard.

For now these are all the details. Maybe we know more soon.

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The German government purchased thousands of units of the BlackBerry Z10

It seems that the German government has decided to put their trust in the new BlackBerry mobile platform, known as BlackBerry 10. The German government has always had phones and computers tipped for their employees and agents. BlackBerry may have lost popularity among the agencies of the U.S. government, yet the Canadian company has sold 5,000 units of the new BlackBerry Z10 to the German government.
The 5,000 units will have the technology Secusmart, which provides an extra layer of security for the phone, which is not surprising given that his government will use and therefore very sensitive data is handled.
This new BlackBerry contract with the German government undoubtedly serve to increase the popularity of the platform a bit BB10 and stoke his spark, which frankly is not far off but neither is alive to say.
Will this contract be what really drives a BlackBerry and lead to success? Should the rest of the sector companies start paying more attention to the movements of the Canadian from now or even an imminent threat?

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iOS and Android dominate different segments in 2013

Any person having a smartphone is sure to be addicted to some of their applications, and most likely this is a game like Angry Birds or perhaps client Facebook or Twitter. But that does not matter, because we're not here to talk about particular applications, but roughly, since this year is expected to downloads apps reach 70,000 million. Half of all Android apps will be downloaded, 41% will be iOS and other insurance will go to the hands of Windows Phone and BlackBerry 10 (this includes both apps for tablets as mobile ).
obviously iOS will dominate the mobile sector in the field of tablets, while Android will do its part with smartphones. Still, Google may shine a little more this year thanks to the tablets of modern technology of Amazon, the new Kindle Fire HD, which are among the most popular on the market.
The 75% of downloaded apps for tablets belong to the iPad, while Android will remain at 21% and leave a mere 3% to WP. In terms of smartphones, Android will win with 58%, Apple will settle for 33% and between BB and Windows Phone will reach about 8%.

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See the new BlackBerry Z10

 

Yesterday I commented on the launch of the new BlackBerry platform (no longer called RIM), known as BlackBerry 10. In the same article made ​​mention of a new smartphone that will be put up for sale these days (although it is available in the UK), the BlackBerry Z10. This is the first full touch smartphone launched by BlackBerry.

The BlackBerry Z10 comes, as expected, in the category of high-end phones. The phone is equipped with a brilliant 4.2-inch LCD screen with HD resolution and a pixel density of 356 per inch. As you can see, the BlackBerry has chosen not to follow the steps in the competition, who are currently launching smartphones with screens of 5 inches and larger still.

As might be expected, the Z10 will run the new OS obviously BB10. Its specifications include a dual-core processor at 1.5GHz (apparently is a Qualcomm Snapdragon MSM8960), has 2GB of RAM, 16GB of internal memory, a microSD card slot and 1800mAh battery. If you wonder why the main chamber, it is 8 megapixels, while the front has a 2.0 megapixel sensor.

Regarding the price of the BlackBerry Z10, is about $ 700, or about 520 €.

Do you think that this type of BlackBerry phone will be able to cope with the iPhone and Android smartphones or fall back to them?

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Improvements to BlackBerry 10

 

One of the key features of BlackBerry 10 is the ability to jump from one app to another without having to press the start button, all thanks to BlackBerry Flow function. We also have the feature that allows BlackBerry Peek drag what's on the screen aside and see the other applications that are running.

BlackBerry Hub is a place to get all text-based messages, including email, SMS, IM, Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, etc.. It's like a central inbox for all text messages and can answer them from there without having to go from one app to another.

Other improvements include BB10:

-A multitasking mode for up to 4 applications.
-A contact list with social networking updates.
-A new way of writing that suggests a word on the next letter is likely that you press.
-BlackBerry Balance lets you switch between a professional (work) and one staff, each with their own apps and appearance. It's like two smartphones in one.
-BBM Video: You can make video calls using the BlackBerry Messaging and share photos using Share Screen BB10 with another user.
-BlackBerry Remember: a special folder to place things we want to see later, such as videos, images, URLs to visit, listen to music, etc..

Beyond that, BlackBerry World will start selling music and movies as well as applications. Also worth noting that BB10 has more than 70,000 applications since its launch, including Facebook, Skype, Twitter, Angry Birds and many more.

In the coming days we will share more details on this new platform. Meanwhile, tell us what you think of BlackBerry 10. Like as is or would you change anything? Also, do you think is the key to the company back to life?

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RIM adds 15000 BB10 applications in a weekend

One of the biggest problems we have to face when RIM launched the BlackBerry platform 10 are applications. Both iOS ( Apple ) and Android ( Google ) have huge app stores, plus Windows Phone ( Microsoft ) is on the same road. To begin preparing, RIM held an event for 36 hours last weekend.
Similarly, developers were able to use their skills, made money and even BB Dev Alpha units in some cases. BlackBerry 10 experts were available to respond to inquiries from developers during more than 36 hours of the event.
For every app that was approved for the BlackBerry App World, the developer took $ 100, and the first 200 to present 5 to 10 apps were made ​​with a Dev Alpha.
After 37.5 hours, 15,000 applications were approved for new RIM app store, which undoubtedly is a very good start to the new operating system that will be presented in two weeks.

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BlackBerry Smartphones 10 and can be pre-ordered in Canada

BlackBerry 10 is just around the corner, remember that the official presentation of the operating system and are scheduled to launch later this month of January.
The fever RIM's new platform becomes more ardent in Canada, where the country's largest phone company, Rogers, Bell, TELUS, Virgin Mobile and SaskTel have confirmed that mobile BB10 between his repertoire when available, but this is not everything.
If you live in that North American country, it is possible to place orders for new RIM smartphones, although there are plenty of details about them that we do not know yet.
Make? Would opt for a BlackBerry Z10 or maybe with the X10?

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Promotional images are filtered BlackBerry 10

In approximately 3 weeks RIM's fate will be decided when the company revealed its new platform, the famous BlackBerry 10. This is the operating system they hope to use to regain some of its former market share they have lost the last couple of years.
People has RapidBerry lay her hands on some new promotional images of BB10 and here we see some of them. The truth is that these images do not reveal any important data. It is simply some screenshots and a couple of shots of the Z10 and an apparent version in white.
Remember that BlackBerry 10 and probably several smartphones that run the platform will be introduced next January 30 in the event of RIM.

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BlackBerry Z10, the first smartphone BB10

As we know, RIM has announced his big comeback for next January 30 with its new operating system, BlackBerry 10. It seems that already has leaked the first smartphone that will use this platform and the BlackBerry Z10. That being said, it would be a totally touch device, ie no physical keyboard as expected. Apparently the phone would also an improved version of BlackBerry London which was the first smartphone to use prototype BB10.
If we rely on the BB London, then we could say that the BlackBerry Z10 does not have a hardware capable of competing with current supersmartphones as it would have a dual-core processor at 1.5GHz, have 1GB of RAM, 16GB of memory, a camera 8 megapixels in the back and a 2 megapixel on the front.
It is very likely that the BlackBerry Z10 is announced on January 30, where insurance also will be released official specifications.
So far the only really filtered image circulating the net is what we see above.

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RIM shows BlackBerry virtual keyboard 10

Virtual keyboards have become as important as physical keyboards, especially when you consider that today most of our devices phones as tablets and smartphones using virtual keyboards. As we know, the Blackberry phones have always been known for their classic physical keyboards, but now, how will the new virtual keyboard of the future Blackberry 10?

In new video just released by RIM, Vivek Bhardwaj gives us a tour of the new BB10 keyboard, highlighting its design, which is identical to the physical keyboard of a Blackberry phone. A great feature of the keyboard is ideal for many is to write without having to press the space bar, something which will handle the operating system if requested.

For now, BB10 looks promising.

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RIM launches site BB10

Are about six weeks before it takes place the official presentation of new OS from RIM, the famous BlackBerry 10. Probably it will be the biggest launch in the history of the company as almost have bet all or nothing to its new platform, which by the way now has its own website which can be accessed by clicking here .
This is a page to find out all the news and updates on the 1st BlackBerry that will be released until you reach the big date of filing. In addition, and by way of advancement, RIM has decided to publish part of the silhouette of one of its new smartphone that will run with said OS. This is a corner of the back cover of an L-series smartphone, and as you can see the chassis is textured. I must confess that at the moment seems to be a pretty smart phone.
If you are interested in receiving updates and news about BB10, then you can subscribe to your e-mail in the above page.

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BlackBerry 10 could be very successful

Lately not just Research In Motion (RIM) is showing very optimistic because of the success it could have BlackBerry 10, but at least one analyst supports and believes the company will be able to sell 35.5 million units BB10 OS devices next year. Undoubtedly, this number is higher than it looked initially, which estimated that annual sales would total 31.6 million units. If BlackBerry does revive, then iOS and Android will have new competition, not to mention also the success they are having Windows Phone smartphones.
RIM has all her hopes on BB10. As we know, Android and iOS RIM took almost bankrupt, and its new operating system is the only way to avoid falling into the well to which the company is headed.
Recall that the global launch of BlackBerry 10 will be in late January 2013.

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BlackBerry 10 will be released in late January

As I had already mentioned several times, the people of RIM has announced that the new version of its mobile operating system, BlackBerry 10, will be officially launched on 30 January 2013.
The company already has an event scheduled for that date where we will see not only BB10, but will also be presented a new line of smartphones that will run with the mobile operating system.
"When we decided to develop BB10 continually create something unique suits our needs. Our team has been working hard to give our customers highly innovative features, a great mobile web browser, a rich system of applications and capabilities multimedia unusual. With all of this will the BlackBerry Flow, a smartphone unlike any others on the market, "said Thorsten Heins, president and CEO of RIM.
You probably remember that here we saw some of the features and innovations that will bring BlackBerry 10 and RIM were presented by a couple of months ago.

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More details about BlackBerry 10

BlackBerry 10, also known as RIM El Salvador, is the operating system that the company plans to launch in a few months. Not much is known about it, because RIM has preferred to remain silent, but recently we have found out some other details.
Al seems, using BlackBerry devices 10 will have an app native Facebook as revealed in yesterday. Obviously this application is similar to that can be found in iOS and Android devices so as to maintain uniformity. It is 100% integrated with the operating system and uses the new interface Flow.
In addition to the application for Facebook, there will be native applications for LinkedIn, Twitter and Foursquare.
Moreover, it seems that the team that made the presentation RIM did not look very excited, which is understandable given the state where the company is today.
We hope to have more news soon.

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RIM BlackBerry reveals details of 10

 

RIM tries, by all means, leave the place where you are, that given your current financial situation should not be any good. It seems it will need a BlackBerry 10 and its new features, and one of these new features is new contact management system that gives us a lot of data about people who have added and quickly.
With the new RIM system, just view the public profile of one of our contacts and in it, besides the obvious information, will the latest developments on what he has done on social networks like Facebook and Twitter or what has written recently on his blog, we can also see recent emails sent to us, and all in one place.
BlackBerry 10 and its new features will be coming to us, as estimated in early 2013.

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RIM will cut staff next week

Tough times mean tough decisions, and that's what happens to RIM today. With hopes of starting next year with a good start, the company has decided to lay off 3000 employees next week. The first rumors about the dismissals began in June and ended up coming true, but the story does not end here.
In order to save enough money, you need to at least 5000 people lost their jobs at RIM, and that means that others will be dismissed in 2000 over the coming weeks. It seems that RIM workers are terrified because they do not yet know who will and who will stay, and also it appears that, excluding those working in the development of BlackBerry 10, any class of person may be expelled.

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RIM considered the possibility of developing Android smartphones

Thorsten Heins, CEO of RIM, has recently released a very interesting detail: company even considered the possibility of neglecting the BlackBerry operating system and start working with another popular platform, Android.
Finally, the idea was scrapped and instead chose to continue developing its own platform, which probably led to the development of BlackBerry 10, which as has been said lately could be offered to other companies making phones .
Returning to the subject, while Android may have saved enough time to RIM as far as development is concerned, Heins believes that Android is a platform-oriented entertainment, the game already media, and serves to provide the user experience look who use BlackBerry, which implies that the BB platform is "more serious" than that developed by Google .
What do you think would have happened if RIM chose to use Android? For now we will see what happens with the BlackBerry exit 10, and time will tell if the company made the right bet.

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