There are few arenas more brutal and merciless than the cellphone market. In just five years, BlackBerry has gone from the world’s leading smartphone brand to a company teetering on the edge of collapse. The fact that BlackBerry is struggling is common knowledge
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BlackBerry has taken the wraps off a new flagship smartphone, the Z30, powered by the BlackBerry 10 (BB10) operating system. The Z30 includes a 5-inch touch display and its 2 880mAh battery is the largest the company has ever put in a smartphone. BlackBerry has confirmed
Rarely are the kings of one era the kings of the next. Just as Nokia and BlackBerry were the kings of the pre-smartphone era, so they were eclipsed by Apple and its fast-follower, Samsung. The same is true of Palm, which reigned in the preceding age of the personal digital assistant
In the wake of another set of poor quarterly results tied to weak consumer demand for its new smartphones, BlackBerry on Monday announced that it was exploring “strategic options”, including the possibility of selling the business. But who would want to buy
Struggling smartphone maker BlackBerry has halted trade in its shares in New York and Toronto after announcing on Monday morning that its board is forming a special committee to “explore strategic alternatives”, which could include a sale of the company
Absa has released its transactional banking application for BlackBerry devices, but only for those phones running the older BlackBerry 5, 6 and 7 operating systems. The bank already has apps for iPhone and Android and recently launched a version for BlackBerry’s new Z10 smartphone, which is powered
Apple users are the most satisfied and BlackBerry users the least satisfied, a new research survey conducted by the South African Customer Satisfaction Index (Sacsi) claims to show. However, most South Africans are satisfied with their mobile handsets – an overall satisfaction
Having spent the past six months trumpeting its top-end BlackBerry 10 (BB10) devices, the company formerly known as Research in Motion has finally released a cheaper handset running the new software. The Q5 is positioned as the successor to the popular Curve range. The problem is
Months after announcing it would introduce a 200MB/month “fair-usage” cap on the popular BlackBerry Internet Service (BIS), MTN South Africa has debuted a range of new, capped BlackBerry packages. The company had decided to remove the 200MB cap on its BlackBerry
South Africa’s major cities are dominated by BlackBerry users, with Apple’s iPhone, Android and other handsets paling in comparison. This is clear from an interactive map released by mapping company Mapbox in conjunction with social media data aggregator GNIP