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BlackBerry DTEK60 Launched

by Bob Raikes

Blackberry has said that it will get out of design and manufacture of hardware (BlackBerry To Drop Smartphone Design and Build) and has now introduced a smartphone that is made by TCL. The DTEK60 …

Tags:BlackBerry| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphones| Vol 23 - Issue 42

BlackBerry To Drop Smartphone Design and Build

by Bob Raikes

Blackberry has said that it no longer plans to make its own handsets, as we suggested after comments in early August. (Blackberry Moves Towards Pure Software) Unique products will continue to be offered, but …

Tags:BlackBerry| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphones| Vol 23 - Issue 38

Blackberry Moves Towards Pure Software

by Tom Allen

Blackberry’s Mobility Solutions Group has released its first pure software offering – apparently part of its move towards becoming a software-only company. The Hub+ app – a suite of Blackberry applications including Hub, Password …

Tags:Android| BlackBerry| Mobile Apps| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 23 - Issue 30

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Android Handsets Coming From Blackberry

by Tom Allen

Blackberry is set to launch three new Android smartphones to join the existing Blackberry Priv, says VentureBeat. First is the Neon: a 5.2″ midrange model with an aluminium frame, Snapdragon 617 SoC, 3GB of …

Tags:BlackBerry| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphones| Vol 23 - Issue 26

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BlackBerry Result 23/06/2016

by Dhruv Dayal Gupta

Blackberry reported Q1 2016 net loss of $670 million, compared to a net profit of $68 million in the previous year. Turnover was $400 million, down 40% YoY from $658 million. An overall dismal …

Tags:BlackBerry| Financial Data| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 23 - Issue 26

Klassen Moves From Blackberry to Christie

by Tom Allen

Gary Klassen, the inventor of Blackberry Messenger, has joined Christie Canada as the director of solutions software. He will focus on growing a development team to expand Christie’s software capabilities, and will be based …

Tags:BlackBerry| Christie| Large Display Monitor| North America| People| Recruitment & Appointments| Vol 23 - Issue 12

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BlackBerry Slims Workforce Again

by Tom Allen

Blackberry will cut 200 jobs, in Ontario and Florida, to cut costs, it has said. The smartphone maker is seeking a return to profitability, putting more of its focus on its enterprise software business. …

Tags:BlackBerry| Mobile Display Monitor| Reorganisation & Restructuring| Vol 23 - Issue 05

Digital Experience Has Lots to See

by Tom Allen

Digital Experience, aka Pepcom, is the largest of the CES press events – almost a mini show by itself. This year it was held in the Mirage hotel, and the ‘Sun, Surf and Tech’ …

Tags:Augmented Reality| BlackBerry| Blue Light| CES 2016| Dell| DLP Projectors| Epson| Eyewear| Kopin| Large Display Monitor| LG Electronics (LGE)| Mobile Display Monitor| Philips| USB| ViewSonic| Vol 23 - Issue 02| Vuzix

New BlackBerry Products Will Run Android

by Bob Raikes

BlackBerry confirmed to CNet at this year’s CES that Blackberry’s own OS has come to an end and that all new products will run Android. The BlackBerry OS will still be supplied on existing …

Tags:Android| BlackBerry| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 23 - Issue 01

Etisalat Highlights Broadband Applications

by Bob Raikes

Local telco, Etisalat, was, as it does most years, was showing a range of IoT and other applications that exploit high bandwidth networks. We watched a presentation on the QNX operating system that was …

Tags:3D Content Creation| Automotive| BlackBerry| CAVEs| Gitex 2015| Vol 22 - Issue 42

MDM Product Roundup – Vol 22 No 42

by Tom Allen

The Blackberry Priv smartphone (Blackberry Looks to Android to Save Falling Share) can now be pre-ordered in the UK, for £465 ($720) SIM-free. The Nexus 5X phone (Google Learns from Competition With Dual Flagships), …

Tags:BlackBerry| China| Microsoft| Mobile Display Monitor| Pricing| Smartphones| UK (United Kingdom)| Vol 22 - Issue 42

Blackberry and Sony Could Leave Smartphones in 2016

by Tom Allen

The CEOs of Blackberry and Sony have expressed doubts about their stay in the smartphone market. Blackberry CEO John Chen has said that the company could withdraw from making smartphones altogether next year. He …

Tags:BlackBerry| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphone Market| sony| Vol 22 - Issue 41