Just when you think that things could get more weird in the smartphone market, expect Blackberry to pull a crazy on you. With Blackberry’s fortunes in the smartphone market already dwindling, the company has unlike Apple chosen to target the Indian smartphone market with a mid-price segment phone in the form of Blackberry 9720 priced […] Read more
The once formidable player in the mobile phone market, Blackberry has seen its market share go down the hill for the past few years. So much so that the company is actually looking to sell out. In such a scenario, the companies decision to take BBM cross-platform on Android and iOS platform seemed like an […] Read more
QWERTY Phones are on the gallows and Blackberry seems to be the last company holding on to the QWERTY's. The future is touch and voice. Read more
Research in Motion has set something in downward motion : The prices. There is no denying that the company is in trouble as it reported a $125 million loss in Q4 2011. Now it wants to gain economies of scale, at least in India, by cutting down the prices. It has already slashed the prices […] Read more
Now this might be an anti-thesis but people, especially students and younger audience, are buying Blackberry phones. There’s no empirical evidence on why the younger audience is buying Blackberry phones but we have made some educated guesses. The reason people are buying Blackberry phones is because of neglect from both Apple and Android. Android’s battery […] Read more
Blackberry Playbook running Android apps – this is the preposterous sounding news of the day we are picking up from several sources. If true, this will really be huge. Bigger than Nokia releasing a Microsoft phone. Research in Motion (RIM) is contemplating on using a Dalvik virtual machine for its Playbook and future smartphones. Dalvik […] Read more
Last time I checked, Nokia still leads the smartphone race followed by Samsung, Research in Motion (RIM), Apple and HTC(at some distance). That picture would remain so, for quite some time. Except that Apple and RIM could be jostled along by HTC. Samsung and Nokia should continue their lead to win the smartphone race. Smartphone […] Read more
Across the tech world, the keyword today is either free or a launch. Google has launched its Chrome OS, debuted its Netbook and for lucky some giving it for free. Notion Ink Adam which has been teasing us with teasers, is finally out in the wild with pre-order which is open today. Blackberry Playbook is […] Read more
Global mobile handset market has grown 14.6% in the third quarter, making it the fourth consecutive quarter with double digit growth. A total of 340.5 million handsets were shipped when compared with previous quarter’s 297.1 million units. These are shipments and doesn’t necessarily translate to sales. Smart phones or converged mobile device category is one […] Read more
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