Earlier this week, the Emtek just made the Custom BBM PIN option FREE for all! Its been a long time coming now, but this formally paid premium option is now free to purchase. Do take note though – once it has been set, you can’t change it unless you get a new BBID! Continue reading
Deutsche Bank AG Moves to iPhone from BlackBerry
In the latest enterprise casualty, BlackBerry devices are now being phased out by Deutsche Bank AG. In addition, the bank’s employees may also bring their own devices via the Bring-Your-Own-Device (BYOD) policy. Despite that, Deutsche Bank AG is still a large client of BlackBerry – via the use of the industry leading BlackBerry Enterprise Software (BES). Continue reading
Goldman Sachs resumes BlackBerry (Stock) Coverage
As of last Friday, Blackberry’s share price has risen over 37% since the start of the year, and the stock fetched a multiple of 4 times NTM EV/Sales. However, that has not stopped Goldman Sachs from giving BlackBerry a Sell rating and 10% downside to its price target of $8.50. BlackBerry has a 52-week trading range of $6.65 to $11.74 and a consensus analyst price target of $9.60. Continue reading
Western Digital Announces 400GB SanDisk Ultra microSD Card
Western Digital (WD) has announced their latest microSD card – the whopping 400GB SanDisk Ultra microSDXC card. Back in the days, SanDisk (before it got acquired by WD) was the first as well to release the 200GB microSD card. And fast forward two years, the capacity have yet doubled! Continue reading
BlackBerry Starts To Rollout August Android Security Update
Finally it is here – the monthly update routine is here again. The August Android security update for BlackBerry Android smartphones is now out and once downloaded and installed, you should see your security patch level change. This time’s update will patch the device to August 5, 2017, or later. Continue reading
BlackBerry Releases Year-End and Q4 Fiscal 2017 Results
Earlier today, BlackBerry released their latest fiscal results – their Year-End and Q4 fiscal 2017 results. In short, their Non-GAAP revenue for the fourth quarter of fiscal 2017 was $297 million with GAAP revenue of $286 million. Approximately 80% of the fourth quarter Software & Services segment revenue (excluding IP licensing and professional services) was recurring. BlackBerry had over 3,500 enterprise customer orders in the quarter. Continue reading
BlackBerry Aurora – The Low-End BlackBerry Android Device
After the BlackBerry Mercury, here come’s the next possible BlackBerry device. This device fills up the low end spectrum of the plan with its low-end specifications. This forms up to be – BlackBerry Aurora as low-end, BlackBerry KEYone/DTEK50 for mid-end and finally DTEK60 for high-end. Continue reading
BlackBerry Mercury Photos and Videos
With the teasers out, here comes more images and hands on videos of the set. The BlackBerry Mercury will be a mid-range full qwerty device with fingerprint sensor and loaded up with Android N when it launches. Check it out in the full glory! Continue reading
WhatsApp Official Support for BBOS and BlackBerry 10 Extended
Earlier this year, WhatsApp (by FaceBook) decided to drop support for all BlackBerry devices running BBOS and BlackBerry 10. However, that said, they have now officially extended the life of the app till June 30 2017. You might be still receiving the annoying blackmailing message from WhatsApp threatening to cut off service on 31 December, but it should be updated soon. Continue reading
BlackBerry Announces Q2 Fiscal 2017 Results
Earlier today, BlackBerry released their latest quarter fiscal results which is the Q2 Fiscal 2017. In overview, BlackBerry has a reported Non-GAAP total revenue of $352 million, GAAP revenue of $334 million. Non-GAAP software and services revenue of $156 million, GAAP software and services revenue of $138 million. As far as devices sales goes, BlackBerry has sold 400,000 units. Continue reading