iPad 5 Touch ID rumors, CyanogenMod Inc, BlackBerry layoffs & more – Pocketnow Daily

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Watch today’s Pocketnow Daily as we talk about NVIDIA’s new Tegra Note platform, and what we can expect from it. Then we talk about YouTube’s plans to enhance their mobile application to allow offline video on mobile devices. CyanogenMod is next as the service has now officially become a company dubbed CyanogenMod Inc. and plans to enhance their user experience with Android. BlackBerry is next as we talk about their new BlackBerry Z30, specific dates for BBM to reach Android and iOS, and then the sad news that 40% of their work force will get laid off. We end ...

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BlackBerry Messenger Android, iOS ports just days away? (Confirmed)

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While we all know that BlackBerry Messenger is coming to iOS and Android, the details have been anything but certain. Over the past few weeks, we’ve seen Samsung already start getting in to promoting BBM in Africa, heard any number of rumored dates for the release of these apps, and even seen some fakes make it to app stores. We may finally be getting to the end of this tale soon, as rumors talk about ...

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Cross-platform BBM availability rumored, as one carrier sours to BB10?

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The next few days will likely be big ones for Android, and Apple could be just over a week away from announcing its new iPhones. Then Windows Phone has GDR3 and all that quad-core, 1080p jazz to look forward to in the coming months… so where does this all leave BlackBerry? Today we get a couple of updates on where the company’s heading, hearing rumors both about a possible release for the Android and iOS ports of BlackBerry Messenger, as well as talk about T-Mobile showing a ...

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BlackBerry serves up cross-platform BBM signup page; so when’s the launch date?

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A cross platform version of BlackBerry Messenger has been teasing us at the periphery of our vision for weeks now. We know the app’s coming to iOS and Android, we’ve heard about wide-scale testing being underway, and Samsung looks anxious to get started promoting the service in Africa. All that’s left, so it seems, is for it to finally leave testing and go public. While we still lack any hard date – or for that matter, even rumors of a specific date – we ...

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Samsung teasing BBM for Android; so where is it, already?

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BlackBerry Messenger is coming to iOS and Android; the only question is when. We’re already aware of testing that’s underway, and even saw the BBM app user manuals go live on BlackBerry’s site. Everything points to public availability coming quite soon, but it’s been difficult to elucidate just when. We’re still not quite there, but today brings another development making a launch sound imminent, with Samsung already promoting ...

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Samsung teams with BlackBerry to promote BBM in Africa

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BlackBerry Messenger is coming to Android and iOS: that much is a given. Following years of rumors, BlackBerry confirmed its intention to deliver BBM ports for Android and iOS phones sometime this summer. Sure, BBM is hugely popular among BlackBerry users, but would people on these other platforms similarly take to it? A couple months back, we heard of one idea for increasing the app’s visibility, with word that BlackBerry ...

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Moto X launch, iPad 5 and iPhone 5C leaks, BBM for Android & more – Pocketnow Daily

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Watch today’s Pocketnow Daily as we talk about the BlackBerry Messenger finally reaching beta for iOS and Android. Later it’s HTC talk as we have a blue variant of the HTC One almost confirmed. Later it’s all about the iPad 5 and iPhone 5C as we now have some leaks of the products. Motorola follows the news with a new Chrome extension for Motorola phones that’s kind of cool. We end today’s show talking about the Moto X launch, our video coverage, and our first impressions. All this and more after the break. Stories: -

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Cross-platform BBM getting closer: BlackBerry distributes beta invites

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Back in May, BlackBerry announced what many of us had been talking about for years: the forthcoming availability of BlackBerry Messenger on non-BB platforms. Specifically, the company revealed its intention to deliver BBM apps for both iOS and Android phones (though phones alone: the idea of a tablet app has been specifically rejected for the time being) sometime this summer. We’ve been wondering when that might actually happen, and though

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Google Android 5.0 products, GS4 Android 4.3 ROM leaked, BlackBerry results & more – Pocketnow Daily

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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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More BlackBerry tidbits: BBM update, bad news for PlayBook

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The BlackBerry quarterly earnings call to investors is giving us more than just raw numbers on how the BB10 launch has been going, and we also get a few updates on other aspects of BlackBerry news. Unfortunately, just like those sales figures themselves, there are some more upsets in store here. The PlayBook’s QNX-based OS made it the forerunner of the BlackBerry 10 devices we know today. When full-on BB10 launched back in January, we heard from the company that

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Carrier shares BlackBerry Messenger Android/iOS ETA (Nope!)

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BlackBerry continues to move forward with its plan to release a cross-platform BlackBerry Messenger app, letting Android and iOS users join in and communicate with existing BBM users. Just yesterday we heard that this could involve partnerships with OEMs in order to ship phones with the BBM app pre-installed, ready to use. What about the rest of us, though, who will be manually downloading and installing the app? We know BBM is ...

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BlackBerry’s secret BBM weapon: pre-loading on competitors’ phones

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Last month, BlackBerry broke the news that had been rumored for years prior: BlackBerry Messenger was going cross-platform. The company announced that apps for iOS and Android smartphones were on the way, and we’d likely be seeing them arrive this summer. While this was great to finally see happening, we had to wonder if it wasn’t a bit like BBM going through its death throes – cross platform messaging is already a big deal, with plenty of apps delivering what users want, so why would they switch to BBM? Now ...

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Cross-Platform BlackBerry Messenger: Not for Tablets

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A few days back, BlackBerry had a big announcement to share, revealing that it was finally opening up the membership ranks of BlackBerry Messenger, and would start making the app available to smartphone users running iOS and Android. If you were a BlackBerry die-hard for years and have only recently transitioned to another platform, this was great news, letting you easily keep in touch with all your old contacts. We already heard that the iOS and Android apps would become available sometime this summer, but now a new ...

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Google I/O Predictions, Nokia Lumia 925 Launch, NVIDIA Shield Dates & More – Pocketnow Daily

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Watch today’s Pocketnow Daily as we talk about the NVIDIA Shield, its price and release date. We later talk about the BlackBerry Q5 along with the news that BBM is now coming to iOS and Android soon. Later we go through the Verizon Droid DNA, which is now free after a two-year contract pointing to a probable HTC One reaching the carrier soon. Nokia is next as the company has just unveiled their new Lumia 925 along with other features. We end today’s show talking about our Google I/O predictions and obviously your Google I/O predictions as well. All this and more after the ...

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BlackBerry Messenger Going Cross-Platform

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One of the longest-running rumors in the smartphone world has been that BlackBerry (RIM, back when this got started) would open up the much-loved BlackBerry Messenger service to users on other platforms; for as popular as BBM is with BlackBerry users, the insular nature of the service has been a significant detraction. For the longest time, it seemed like BlackBerry had no interest in such a thing, ...

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