As weird as it sounds, we have bad news to report on the software support front for BlackBerry Priv owners, and good news for BB10 and BBOS users.
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Encrypted messaging app WhatsApp first announced its big move on the last day of February. We now know that the move will not fully take place before the last of the year as originally promised.
The Facebook-owned company has updated its original post that announced the end of WhatsApp support on several older mobile software platforms.
But if you have a Nokia S40, a Symbian S60 or a BlackBerry OS (including BB10) device, fret a little less — WhatsApp announced it will continue support for your device through June 30, 2017.
Those of you who have smartphones running any version of Android earlier than 2.3 Gingerbread will still be locked out at the end of the year — and even then, good luck firing up the Google Play Store. Windows Phone 7 and iOS 6 users will also find the same to happen to you. The company is advising that you upgrade your phone.
With over a billion users, WhatsApp is turning the page on millions of them — beginning in just days.
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An email circulated around the Senate telling of the impending end to the issuance of BlackBerry 10 devices this week, but the future of those smartphones seems less dire and more clear now.The missive said that BlackBerry informed AT&T and Verizon that it has stopped producing all BlackBerry 10 devices, something that CrackBerry decided to ask the company about.In a ...
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It’s been too long since BlackBerry OS got wide appreciation, especially as we’ve turned from BB10. But one good vestige of the platform that’s made the move to Android was the BlackBerry Hub — a river of communications, calendar and reminder heads-ups and memorandums at a glance. The feature ...
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Walking dead platform BlackBerry 10 got another jab in the kidneys as Facebook has decided to stop support of the platform. WhatsApp, a subsidiary of Facebook, will also pull support from BBOS at the end of the year.Ever since BlackBerry introduced the Android-powered Priv phone, the company has been
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Business has come to Android in India. BlackBerry was in New Delhi this week introducing its first non-BlackBerry OS device, the Priv, to the subcontinent for Rs. 62,900 ($927). The good news so far is that BlackBerry is growing its hardware sales with
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BlackBerry is a confusing company these days, which makes it a natural subject for the Weekend Debate. BlackBerry has gone through a few iterations while reinventing itself. We have seen BB10, physical keyboards, and most recently, a jump to Android. It’s this last point that I want to take a look at as we look into 2016 and try to determine just what BlackBerry has up its sleeve for this. Specifically, is it time to kill off BB10 and go all in with Android?NaturallyRight off the bat this seems like an easy answer. Of course it should. But when you look more closely, the waters get ...
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In 2016, most chatter that includes the word “BlackBerry” is focused on the company’s Priv handset, and for good reason. As BlackBerry’s first Android phone, the Priv is a dramatic shift in strategy (and a tacit admission that the company’s previous one wasn’t working). As one of the few Androids with a physical keyboard, it’s also a sorely-needed bit of novelty in a landscape otherwise dominated by ever-homogenizing slabs. Despite its flaws I quite like the ...
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While BlackBerry has eyes for its future in Android, it’s not going to be leaving behind its own platform as we had first been led to believe. In fact, CEO John Chen took to the INSIDE BlackBerry blog to let the public know that software development will go on for BlackBerry 10. Just like he said when the
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We have confirmed a pivot in BlackBerry’s choice of software platforms. BB10 might be still in the stable, but it seems as though with a few pieces of baggage and one device already out, it seems that the Canadian OEM is
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If you’re a Windows Phone user chances are that your preferred cloud storage service is Microsoft’s own offering, SkyDrive (now called OneDrive). However, if you’re a BlackBerry person, you can now also choose OneDrive, in addition to other options like DropBox or Box, for which apps have been available for some time now. At the source link below you will be able to download the “Connect to Microsoft OneDrive” app for your BlackBerry 10 powered smartphone. It looks and behaves pretty much like the other two clients, with the ability to automatically back up ...
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Announced on September 18, the BlackBerry Z30 visited the FCC, unveiling LTE bands, at the end of the same month. The phone might be available in some markets outside of the US, but we’re now seeing a leak which suggests Verizon is getting ready to add the latest from Canada to its line-up. Aside from the Verizon branding on the front, as well as on the back — where it is accompanied by the ...
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Referring to the brand new Z30 as the company’s “biggest, fastest and most advanced smartphone”, BlackBerry has officially unveiled its latest phone today. It runs BlackBerry OS 10.2, and some of you might know if as the A10, a device which was rumored all summer long. The Z30 packs a five-inch Super AMOLED display with 720p resolution (1,280 x 720), and is powered by a dual-core Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Pro processor clocked at 1.7GHz. Helping the CPU is an Adreno 320 GPU as well as 2GB of RAM. Internal storage is 16GB, with the ability to further expand it via a ...
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Watch today’s Pocketnow Daily as we talk about Windows 8.1 and all the changes we’ve seen in the preview and we also talk about some display form-factors to be considered. Then we talk about BlackBerry, the company’s terrible quarter results and the amount of units sold. Android 4.3 is next as there’s a leaked ROM for the Galaxy S4 and how you can also get it. We later take a look at some leaked photos of the Sony Honami which just made the headlines. We end today’s show talking about Google’s future move to build a smart watch, a game console, and a ...
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AT&T BlackBerry Q10 pre-orders are live now, for all those who want a physical QWERTY keyboard for fast text input (or for those who still prefer this method over the on-screen SIPs). AT&T has just flipped the switch for early adopters and you should go secure your unit if you’re a fan of BlackBerry, the form factor, or the keyboard. For $199.99 on a two-year contract (or $584.99 outright) you can get this bad boy packing a dual-core Qualcomm MSM8960 processor clocked at 1.5GHz, 2GB of RAM, 16GB of internal storage (expandable via microSD card), 3.1-inch S-AMOLED screen ...
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