Category: BlackBerry OS

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The latest market research show that Android smartphones rule the world

Android made it up to 79% of the entire smartphone unit shipments on global scale There’s no surprise that one of the hottest debates amongst users of mobile devices is focusing on which operating system is the best- Google Android or Apple iOS. Fans of any of those can be very passionate about the platform they prefer, but in the...

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IT Specialists in UK Replacing BlackBerry Devices with Windows Phone Ones

IT Specialists in the UK in Business and Government Areas Increasingly Using Windows Phone Rather than BlackBerrys IT specialists in the UK in the business and government fields are planning to abandon their BlackBerry devices and to use Windows Phone ones. That became clear as the UK Computerweekly interviewed IT specialists who shared their plans and explained the reasons. Andrew...

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BlackBerry OS 10.2.1 lets users install Android apps seamlessly

BlackBerry OS 10.2.1 starts rolling out, brings many improvements and changes BlackBerry presented yesterday a new software update to its mobile platform. BlackBerry OS updates to 10.2.1 and the new version promises to be far more productive than ever. All new changes and refinements might finally return the mobile OS on track and make the platform really competitive giving the...

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November mobile browser usage points out Android growth at the expense of iOS

The data is based on monitored connection between mobile bowsers and specific servers Today’s report of Market Share Statistics for Internet Technologies issued an updated data for the market shares for November and the numbers show some very interesting, though not so surprising results. Before we start to analyse the data, we must clarify that the figure shows the usage...

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Smartphone OS market report for October 2013

Kantar WorldPanel has published its latest market report for the leading mobile OS According to the latest report published by Kantar, Apple has increased its market share after the launch of Apple iPhone 5s and Apple iPhone 5c. However, the company’s market share in October 2013 is lower than when the Apple iPhone 5 launched. In certain markets, Apple and...

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Snapchat rejects offer for $4 billion to be purchased by Google

Do you know the app Snapchat? The fast growing company that is providing the successful app for communication Snapchat seems to be an appetite bite for the major players in the mobile world. A recent report revealed that the relatively small company of Snapchat has declined the offer of Facebook to purchase the app for $3 billion. If this seems...

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BlackBerry OS build 10.2.1 might be adopting Android

A new Android Runtime is expected on the next BlackBerry 10 platform that would allow Android application store to be finally available to BlackBerry users for download and installation. BlackBerry might be adopting Android, thought there still hasn’t been an official confirmation. If the company is really walking that way then the four leaked photos of the newest BlackBerry OS...

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BlackBerry’s minutes to midnight after the purchase of Nokia by Microsoft

If the poor performance until now, the earlier launch of the BlackBerry Z10 and the bad outlooks for BlackBerry as a whole were not enough, after Microsoft bought Nokia it seems that the board of directors in BlackBerry has  to make decisions really, really quick if it even matters at this point. Earlier this year Thorsten Heins admitted that catching...

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Developers now give their preferences iOS leading Android desired by more

The research firm Forrester conducted a research amongst developers and found out that Apple’s OS is still the leading platform which they prefer to have their mobile apps on as a main choice. The company surveyed 765 app developers. However, a peculiar tendency starts to show after the first few answer the questions. Developers have iPhone in mind for their...

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The BBM app for Android already in ad campaigns of Samsung

BlackBerry is not having the best time lately. However this does not mean that the company has given up and has nothing to offer for its customers. Exactly the opposite – many of us are eagerly anticipating the cross-platform messaging app BlackBerry Messenger (BBM app) that will bring a great convenience for users worldwide. Samsung is one of the first...