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BlackBerry To Rely On Android For Future Success
Monday, December 2, 2013 - 5:23pm | 379BlackBerry's (NASDAQ: BBRY) new strategy includes a venture with numerous Android smartphone manufacturers. Instead of trying to sell its most popular features to consumers through the sale of BB10-specific handsets, the company will soon pre-load its messaging application on other manufacturers'...
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Windows Phone Just Outsold iPhone and BlackBerry
Thursday, March 28, 2013 - 2:11pm | 547Microsoft's (NASDAQ: MSFT) Windows Phone platform is giving Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) a run for its money -- in seven nations. The Windows maker quietly announced this little tidbit earlier this week. Microsoft also revealed that its mobile OS had outsold BlackBerry (NASDAQ: BBRY) in 26 different...
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BlackBerry 10's Negative Sales Reports Are Premature
Wednesday, March 27, 2013 - 12:32pm | 544Depending on who you talk to, BlackBerry 10 (NASDAQ: BBRY) has either been a huge success or a predictable flop. One report claimed that BlackBerry 10 had beaten the rumored sales estimates and acquired several iPhone customers from Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL). Days prior, Canaccord Genuity reduced its...
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Can BlackBerry Win Over American Consumers This Weekend?
Friday, March 22, 2013 - 1:50pm | 574After years of hype and months of anticipation for what could be the comeback of the decade, BlackBerry (NASDAQ: BBRY) has brought its first next-generation handset to the United States. Dubbed the Z10, the new handset comes with a dual-core 1.5GHz processor, 2GB RAM, 16GB memory, 4G LTE, an 8MP...
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Did BlackBerry Secretly Beat Estimates and Steal iPhone Customers?
Friday, March 1, 2013 - 1:45pm | 487For the past several months, BlackBerry (NASDAQ: BBRY) loyalists have insisted that the new operating system, BB10, would soar at retail. They supported the investor community, which helped raise BlackBerry's share price by more than 99 percent over the last six months. Their hopes and dreams...
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BlackBerry 10 May Have Been an Enormous, Record-Breaking Flop
Wednesday, February 20, 2013 - 3:17pm | 406BlackBerry 10 (NASDAQ: BBRY) was expected to be the mobile OS that would save its maker. Investors believed this assumption, pouring millions into the firm over the last few months. Even now, with shares declining on a weekly basis, BlackBerry is still up more than 22 percent year-to-date....
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Did BlackBerry 10 Arrive Too Late?
Monday, February 4, 2013 - 2:50pm | 436On the first day trading as BlackBerry (NASDAQ: BBRY), the company formerly known as Research In Motion has risen more than nine percent. The firm, which changed its name to match the product it is best known for creating, officially unveiled its next mobile operating system on Wednesday, January...
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How BlackBerry's Decline Could Make It a Better Takeover Target
Thursday, January 31, 2013 - 6:01pm | 481Research In Motion (NASDAQ: RIMM), which is set to debut the BlackBerry (NASDAQ: BBRY) name and ticker next Monday, is having a rough week. The stock is down again today, hovering between a three and four percent decline after dropping more than eight percent this morning. Jan Dawson, Ovum's Chief...
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What Do Developers Really Think of BlackBerry 10?
Thursday, January 31, 2013 - 3:03pm | 565In its formal announcement regarding BlackBerry 10, Research In Motion (NASDAQ: RIMM) published a list of quotes from developers that were intrigued by the platform. Dennis Crowley, co-founder and CEO of Foursquare, said that his company is "extremely excited" to be part of BB10's launch. Bob...
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76% of Investors Are Not Interested in BlackBerry 10
Thursday, January 31, 2013 - 1:13pm | 548It was supposed to be the mobile OS that would change everything, but the only thing that has changed is Research In Motion's (NASDAQ: RIMM) share price. The stock is down another six percent Thursday, signaling a potential end to RIM's golden child status on Wall Street. The company will...
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Benzinga Market Primer: Thursday, January 31
Thursday, January 31, 2013 - 7:34am | 917Futures Flat After GDP U.S. equity futures were flat in pre-market trade Thursday following the weak GDP report issued in the U.S. Wednesday. The Bureau of Economic Analysis reported that the economy contracted 0.1 percent in the fourth quarter. However, the underlying growth rate, excluding...
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Analyst: BlackBerry 10 Will "Struggle to Appeal to a Wider Audience"
Wednesday, January 30, 2013 - 2:14pm | 378Research In Motion (NASDAQ: RIMM), the company that will soon be known as Blackberry (NASDAQ: BBRY), spent several months creating a media firestorm for its long-awaited BlackBerry 10 platform. That firestorm came to an end this morning. "Today sees a re-invented BlackBerry launching an entirely...
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BlackBerry 10 Debut Bombs, Lacks Key Features to Beat Apple's iPhone
Wednesday, January 30, 2013 - 2:08pm | 969Over the past few months, media attention has shifted from Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) to Research In Motion (NASDAQ: RIMM). The assumption was that RIM could make a comeback and turn BlackBerry 10 into the next great mobile OS. With RIM shares now trading down well over 5 percent on Wednesday, it seems...
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BlackBerry 10 Has Secret Ponytail-Cutting Feature
Wednesday, January 30, 2013 - 1:45pm | 235Research In Motion (NASDAQ: RIMM), which is in the process of changing its name to match the BlackBerry devices it produces, surprised the world this morning when it revealed a top-secret feature for BlackBerry 10. While consumers had been hoping to see new apps or a superior OS, they quickly...
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Lenovo Does Not Want to Buy Research In Motion
Monday, January 28, 2013 - 4:17pm | 433Not yet, at least. According to a statement issued to The Next Web, Lenovo is downplaying reports that it is looking at BlackBerry maker Research In Motion (NASDAQ: RIMM) as a possible acquisition target. "In general, we do not comment on M&A rumors or speculation," the statement read. "We...