It's concept time again, this time a slider, but not in the way we've seen from BlackBerry before. I strongly suspect we won't ever see a BlackBerry in this form factor, although it is always nice to check out concepts. That said, if a BlackBerry 10 device was to be made in this style and it was priced really low, it could sell - maybe. The main issue I have is that the smartphone...
A few weeks back we first heard of the Windermere, a QWERTY device with a touch-sensitive (capacitive) keyboard. To go along with it, a filing now shows that BlackBerry has received a patent for another type of keyboard — or for the technical folk — a "temporary keyboard having some individual keys that provide varying levels of capacitive coupling to a touch-sensitive display". The...
The last of our interviews with the BlackBerry folks at Mobile World Congress was Francois Mahieu, VP of Global Product Management. He walked us through BlackBerry's device strategy, which is timely given the announcement of the Z3 and the Classic Q20. Mahieu outlined in broad strokes four major categories of phones from here on in. Starting at the lower end are devices like the Q5...
It's concept time again - another from CrackBerry forum member Andreas Kimishis1 who also recently added the BlackBerry slider S50 concept. Although I'm all for a hardware keyboard device with a bigger screen I'm not so keen on this one purely down to its height. Of course, it's only a mockup, but as always it's nice to get some feedback from the CrackBerry community. With a...
A note to developers. If your app is available for the BlackBerry Z30 in BlackBerry World, then it will automatically be made available for the upcoming BlackBerry Z3 smartphone. Since they share similar physical dimensions as well as screen size, most if not all apps compatible with the Z30 will also support the Z3. If, for whatever reason, you do not wish for your app to be made...
We posted just a few days ago that BlackBerry in India had reduced the price of the Z10 and Q10 to celebrate them trading for ten years in the country. It seems that it was a rather good move as the Z10 sold out completely! BBIN have reported that sales of the Z10 were three times greater than expected, with some stores selling over 300 devices, now meaning that walk in customers are...
Just a quick heads up for you folk in India that may be looking to pick up a BlackBerry 10 device - the Z10 and Q10 have been reduced in price. This is to celebrate BlackBerry being in India for 10 years and sees the Z10 price drop to Rs.17,990 and the Q10 Rs.32,990. On a personal note - it still bugs me that there is such a big difference in price between the Z10 and Q10. I know that...
More great bargains for the people of the U.K. We've already seen Vodafone offer the BlackBerry Curve 9320 for a low price, now, Carphone Warehouse is getting in on bargain deals with the BlackBerry Q5. Right now you can get white Q5 for as little as £99.95, SIM free. Not bad at all. Carphone Warehouse also stock the red version but that is still priced at £239.95. Even so, I quite...
If you're in the U.K. and you're looking for a BlackBerry bargain, you should maybe check out Vodafone. For this weekend only, they are offering the BlackBerry Curve 9320 in white for only £70. Sure, it's not BlackBerry 10 but there are still many legacy users out there and the Curve 9320 is a great little device with the 'classic' design. At the time of purchase you'll need to top-...
With us know knowing that the next BlackBerry 10 hardware keyboard flagship device (the Q20/BlackBerry Classic) will see the return of the trackpad and function keys I was intrigued to discover if the news could indeed bring 'all touch' BlackBerry users back to their roots and switching over to a hardware keyboard. From my perspective it's a hard one to call. One the one hand I...