Sneak Peek: BlackBerry 10.1 OS. BlackBerry Z10 Phones Fly Like Penguins Off Shelves In U.S. Did Barron's Just Pull A Forbes On BlackBerry? Today, in the middle of a progressive short squeeze for BlackBerry (BBRY), rampant selling appeared out of nowhere to drive the stock price down.
What was the awful news? No one knew. Bear raids are illegal. Selling stock for the sole purpose of driving the price is outright manipulation and a banned activity in most capital markets. Basically, if you are going to sell the hell out of BlackBerry, you need a reason to do it, otherwise you could get investigated. I wrote an article for Seeking Alpha last February that described in detail how this fraud is perpetrated "BlackBerry And Forbes: Battleground Stocks And Headline Risks". You see, shorts cannot just sell out of the blue to cause a panic for no reason; that would be a bear raid.
RIM Places Risky BlackBerry Bet. BlackBerry Z10 is an efficient communications-focused device. After using my BlackBerry Z10 for a few weeks now, my initial excitement for the BlackBerry 10 platform has not worn off — thanks to the BlackBerry Hub, awesome keyboard, application switcher, and attractive hardware.
Everything in BlackBerry 10 is based on Flow, the gesture-based navigation and controls; and after using the Z10 for a few weeks I now find myself swiping all over my other phones. Like the Nokia N9 with MeeGo, I love that I can unlock the Z10 with a simple swipe up from below the display. After the display is on, the fun just continues. BlackBerry Hub I find that both Windows Phone and BlackBerry 10 are more focused on centralized communications than Android and iOS. While Windows Phone is more centered around people, the BB Hub is focused on accounts — so you can view all of your communications or easily filter by type of communication. BlackBerry earnings: Z10 sales glimpse to be revealed Thursday. TORONTO — Sales figures for the new BlackBerry smartphone have been a mystery since the device launched nearly two months ago, but the veil will be lifted on Thursday when the company reports its fourth-quarter results.
But the picture that will emerge for BlackBerry sales is only part of the whole story, which several analysts caution could still take another quarter to completely materialize. “Buyers beware it is too early to gauge sell-through,” wrote National Bank analyst Kris Thompson in a note to investors on Tuesday. Since its last quarterly report, the company held a splashy launch in New York for its new phones, changed its name from to BlackBerry and rolled out the Z10 touchscreen smartphone in several key markets around the world. The fourth-quarter results will serve as a good sense of how that initial rollout went, and what to expect this year from the company formerly called Research In Motion, as it works to regain a position in the ever-changing smartphone industry.
Review: BlackBerry Z10. Photo by Ariel Zambelich/Wired The new Z10 could save BlackBerry.
It won’t dethrone Android or put a major dent in Apple’s iPhone dominance. But it will make current BlackBerry users happy enough to lay down some cash. They’ve been waiting for a good shot in the arm for too long, and with its modern operating system and rich app platform, this is a very capable device that will exceed their expectations. It’s a phone that’s meant to do much more than just send secure e-mail. It won’t dethrone Android or put a major dent in Apple’s iPhone dominance. No matter how much it looks like an iPhone 5, as soon as you pick it up, you know it’s a BlackBerry. Let’s take a look at the UI. BlackBerry back from dead (for now) with Z10.
Where's the QWERTY keyboard?
BlackBerry finally has a smartphone ... that looks like just about every other smartphone. But investors are thrilled. Stones taught me to fly.: Five Hundred & Twenty Nine; Blackberry Z10 makes it better! So.....
I've been exploring my Blackberry Z10 for one week, & now, I'm here to share what I know about this phone! Except for one thing (which I'll tell later), I've been loving my experience with this new phone! I am certainly not a gadget expert, but I would still like to share with you the Top 5 things that I like about this phone, A big task - Mobile/Wireless, consumer electronics, at&t, Networking, wireless, smartphones, None, mobile, CIO, Blackberry.
BlackBerry faces a herculean task marketing the new Z10 smartphone to consumers.
In interviews, analysts and CIOs told Computerworld that employees at companies with bring-your-own-device (BYOD) policies have been switching from BlackBerry devices to iPhones and Android smartphones in droves. And those employees don't seem to be interested the BlackBerry Z10 touchscreen smartphone, which will be available through carriers soon -- AT&T will start selling the Z10 on March 22 for $200 with a two-year contract. BlackBerry is trying to shift gears by marketing its new Z10 smartphones to consumers rather than enterprise IT shops, which have traditionally preferred BlackBerries because of their security features. (Photo: BlackBerry) "The Z10 and the BlackBerry 10 OS is on par with other OSs, but unless you get users that clamor for BlackBerry, then BlackBerry will have a difficult time making an impact," Burden added. Thinking of switching from iPhone to BlackBerry 10? Here's what you need to know. So you are thinking of making the jump from iPhone to BlackBerry.
When you look at them side by side, the two really aren't that different. Unlike Android devices which offer a huge range of hardware/software and can be a big change to BlackBerry, iPhone and BlackBerry are both similar in numerous ways. While you may not be sure if you're quite ready to make the change, we can help clear things up a bit and let you know what to expect should you choose to switch. Everybody hurts. BBRY: Stock Can Double in Two Years, Charter Equity Tells CNBC. Behind the scenes: The making of BlackBerry 10. It was snowing when we arrived at the BlackBerry campus in Waterloo, on a bitterly cold winter day.
There were icicles under the bus, and the bare trees and snow-covered fields turned Canada black and white. We were visiting BlackBerry’s home ground to hear the story behind BlackBerry 10, the company’s new operating system and the engine it hopes to power a dramatic turnaround. Two years of work had just ended, and the company was ready to talk about what it had done, how it had done it, and where it wanted to go. Credit:Simon Bisson Featured Resource Presented by Code42 Here are five immediately useful tips for creating a security strategy to enable your mobile workers Learn More CEO Thorsten Heins was uncharacteristically ebullient. BlackBerry has launched its new OS and devices just a couple of weeks before, with devices on sale in the UK, in Canada and in the Middle East -- and soon to arrive in the US.
He’s not finished. Could RIM Become the Biggest Comeback Story in Tech History? A funny thing is happening on the way to Research In Motion’s imminent demise – the company is becoming relevant again.
Sure, it’s largely on the strength of a still-non-existent product, but RIM is building Apple-level buzz for BlackBerry 10 and the handset we expect them to deliver on Wednesday. Did RIM CEO Thorsten Heins know something I didn’t when he spoke to me last summer? I remember how confident he sounded, even as he described how the company was restructuring and shedding hundreds of millions of dollars in costs. He spoke of the company’s still massive user base (then 80 million service subscribers) and his desire to deliver BlackBerry 10 hardware they could all adopt. I have to admit, I liked Heins. Too Late? The market had moved on. BlackBerry Z10 is the BlackBerry We've Been Waiting For. Inside BlackBerry 10: 8 features worth checking out - BlackBerry 10 (1)
Blackberry Z10 Review Roundup: Critics and Users Abroad Differ in Their Verdicts : Mobile. By I-Hsien Sherwood (i.sherwood@latinospost.com) | First Posted: Mar 05, 2013 04:02 PM EST German Chancellor Angela Merkel holds a BlackBerry Z10 smartphone featuring high security Secusite software, used for governmental communication, at the booth of Secusmart during her opening tour at the CeBit computer fair in Hanover March, 5, 2013. (Photo : Reuters) The BlackBerry Z10 is only weeks away from its U.S. launch, but there are plenty of other phones competing for your dollars.
Is BlackBerry's all-touch offering and its new operating system worth picking up? CNET editors only give the Z10 3.5 stars out of 5, citing issues with the BlackBerry 10 OS rather than the phone itself, including unintuitive gestures and a poor selection of proprietary apps. Like Us on Facebook "For their part, BlackBerry detractors will plainly see a poor iPhone clone that offers little more than the usual features found in any present-day OS worth its salt.
" BlackBerry 10: Forget about the phone - it's the OS that really counts. Finally shipping handsets running BlackBerry 10 was an important milestone for the BlackBerry team — but if you listened carefully to what CEO Thorsten Heins said when he introduced the Z10 handset, the important phrase was "mobile computing".
When a company is almost the last to the smartphone party (Jolla and the Firefox OS are still waiting in the wings), isn't it a bit rich to say "we intend to lead the move from mobile connection to mobile computing"? Maybe not, when you think about the QNX operating system underneath BB10 and the direction that the computing market is going. If you're frustrated by the Windows 8 interface on your desktop, it may not be much comfort to know that this is an operating system for the next decade, when a desktop PC or a touchless laptop is soon going to look as quaint as a canal boat. The new BlackBerry Z10 – underwhelming and confusing.
The touch-screen Z10 runs the new BlackBerry 10 software, so is instantly different to what BlackBerry has released to date. The design and build of the Z10 is stunning. The phone looks similar to an iPhone 5 with a slick black body and an extremely comfortable textured back. Metro Pass: Blackberry Z10. “Davisville” Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Alicia Keys & the Keep Moving Projects with BlackBerry 10 - Ep. 1.
Thinking of switching from Android to BlackBerry 10? Here's what you need to know. The BlackBerry Diaspora. RIM: Palm Stock After They Launched Pre.
History of QNX and its Implementation in BlackBerry 10.