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BlackBerry might just have missed a trick with the recent launch of BlackBerry 10. No not with the devices -- those were largely well-received -- but with the countries it chose to hold the launch in.The launch event represented a new start for the company that once ...

Last week, a Bloomberg report suggested that Chinese electronics giant Lenovo was interested in acquiring struggling BlackBerry maker Research in Motion (RIM). Apparently that report was wrong.A Sina Tech report (translated) says that the company is actually just exploring acquisition opportunities in general.That's in line with an edict ...

Indonesia is a seriously important market for BlackBerry. Although it no longer holds the top OS spot the Canadian manufacturer still owns the handset market there.That goes some way to explaining why it's chosen the South East Asian country to launch BBM Money -- a service that will allow ...

South African mobile operator MTN is launching three new low-tier packages aimed at making the BlackBerry service even more affordable. The news comes hot on the heels of RIM’s latest earnings call, during which the BlackBerry smartphone maker singled out South Africa as being one of its strongest and growing ...

Microsoft's decision last week to not offer an upgrade path from Windows Phone 7.5 (currently in the market) to Windows Phone 8 opened a can of worms most thought only applied to Android. The F-word: fragmentation. But do the few million people using Nokia Lumias even care? Do those 200 ...

In the wake of Nokia’s announcement of an additional 10 000 layoffs, the media has devolved into histrionics. Some are writing eulogies, while others are citing the announcement as a harbinger for the "end of the European dream," referring to Nokia’s reported fall from grace as Europe’s strongest mobile phone ...

South Africa's fifth mobile operator 8ta today announced that it would be offering a BlackBerry Internet Service (BIS) package for around half its usual price.There is a catch though, but it's not a big one. Under the 'BlackBerry Social & Email' plan you still get full access to online ...

I have done extensive research, performing interviews with countless mobile users (well, four actually, but who's counting) to get to the bottom of which phones are at the top of the pile. This is what I discovered…Why we're better than everyone else -- iPhone users It is ridiculous that we ...

Analysts do what analysts do, they analyse and project but mostly speculate, and before you point out that that’s obvious, let me highlight all the rumours and half-baked stories about the recent employment of former iPhone hardware and software engineers by Facebook.The buzz and speculation amongst the analyst community is ...

BlackBerry manufacturer Research in Motion (RIM) is not in the best of health at the moment. Its latest hope for a miracle cure comes in the shape of the BlackBerry 10 platform, which it launched today at BlackBerry World in Orlando Florida.The company claims that developers and top brands ...