Category: Blackberry

BlackBerry rolls out new Black Friday deals

BlackBerry is luring customers to buy its smartphone with a couple of attractive Black Friday deals. The company is launching a trade up program for iPhone users that want to convert to a BlackBerry Passport.

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BlackBerry is offering iPhone owners up to $550 for their device in turn for a BlackBerry Passport purchase. Available on in the U.S. and Canada,the BlackBerry Passport Trade-Up Program starts on December 1 and ending February 13. iPhone users upgrading to a BlackBerry Passport will get up to $400 USD/CAD for their iPhone, plus an additional $150 USD ($200 CAD) in the form of a Visa Prepaid Card.

Blackberry is accepting every iPhone model since the 4s, but that model will only net you $90 in addition to the $150 card. In addition, the Black Friday deal also includes a low-cost offer for the BlackBerry Z30 which is available for just $225. The promotional value is based upon the condition and model of the Apple iPhone traded in. New BlackBerry Passports must be purchased on or from ShopBlackBerry.com or purchased from, shipped from and sold by Amazon.com after December 1, 2014 to qualify for the BlackBerry Passport Trade-Up program.

Customers can purchase a black BlackBerry Passport for $499 USD, Canadian customers can purchase a black BlackBerry Passport for $599 CAD.

BlackBerry Classic now available for pre-order at $449, launching on December 17

BlackBerry Classic

BlackBerry has started taking pre-order for the BlackBerry Classic, the company’s latest top-end smartphone with a physical QWERTY keyboard. It is the successor of the BlackBerry Q10 that was launched last year. The Classic was originally announced as BlackBerry Q20 back in February and it was expected to launch this month. Continue reading “BlackBerry Classic now available for pre-order at $449, launching on December 17”

BlackBerry and Samsung team up to offer mobile security solutions to Android

BlackBerry and Samsung have joined hands to further boost mobile security solutions on Android. The security focused partnership will bring BlackBerry’s encryption system to businesses using Samsung’s Galaxy smartphones.

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BBM for BlackBerry 10, Android and iPhone gets Timed Messages, Message Retraction and more

BBM Timed Messages

BlackBerry has rolled out an update for its BBM app on BlackBerry 10, Android and iPhone that gets new privacy features such as  Timed Messages feature that lets you set a timer to control how long messages and pictures you share with contacts can be viewed and Message retraction feature that lets you cancel the message in case if you had sent it to the wrong person. Both these features were rolled out for limited beta users on Android and BlackBerry 10.  Continue reading “BBM for BlackBerry 10, Android and iPhone gets Timed Messages, Message Retraction and more”

BBM gets ephemeral messaging with new Timed Messages feature

BBM Timed Messages

BlackBerry has introduced new Timed Messages feature in BlackBerry Messenger (BBM) that lets you set a  timer to control how long messages and pictures you share with contacts can be viewed. There have been several ephemeral messaging apps after Snapchat. Recently LINE messenger got a similar feature called Hidden Chat. Microsoft even released an app for ephemeral messaging called WindUp for Windows Phone.

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BlackBerry Passport Giveaway Winner Announcement

BlackBerry Passport Giveaway

We started the BlackBerry Passport Giveaway Contest last week, and as promised, today we reveal the lucky winners. Before that, we would like to thank all the participants who took their time to participate in this contest, the response has been amazing on all the three days. Are you the lucky winner of BlackBerry Passport smartphone or BlackBerry Music Gateways? Find out below. Continue reading “BlackBerry Passport Giveaway Winner Announcement”

BlackBerry Passport Photo Gallery

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BlackBerry announced the Passport, its high end smartphone last month and it was launched in India recently for Rs 49,990.  Here is a quick sneak peek of the smartphone in pictures. Continue reading “BlackBerry Passport Photo Gallery”

BlackBerry Passport Giveaway Contest

BlackBerry Passport Giveaway

FoneArena has teamed up with BlackBerry India once again for a new contest. This time we are giving away a BlackBerry Passport smartphone for one lucky winner and BlackBerry Music Gateway for two winners. The contest will run for three days starting from October 8th (today) till October 10th (Friday). You need to Tweet your answers with the hashtag #BBPassport, follow @BlackBerryIN and @FoneArena and include both Twitter handles in the tweet to enter the contest. Continue reading “BlackBerry Passport Giveaway Contest”

BlackBerry Passport launched in India for Rs. 49990

BlackBerry Passport

BlackBerry has launched the BlackBerry Passport, the company’s latest high-end smartphone in India. It was unveiled last week and packs a 4.5” diagonal (1440 x 1440 pixels) display with Corning Gorilla Glass 3 protection, quad-core Snapdragon 800 (MSM8974-AA) processor and runs on BlackBerry OS 10.3 with new BlackBerry Assistant, BlackBerry own personal assistant. Continue reading “BlackBerry Passport launched in India for Rs. 49990”

BlackBerry reports net loss of $207 million in Q2 FY15, ships 2.4 million smartphones

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BlackBerry has reported their quarterly earnings report yesterday for their second quarter of fiscal 2015 that ended August 30, 2014. The company has posted a smaller loss of $207 million which amounts to about  $0.39 loss per share. It has reported $916 million revenue, which breaks down to 46% for hardware (compared to 39% last quarter), 46% for services (compared to 54% last quarter) and 8% for software. Continue reading “BlackBerry reports net loss of $207 million in Q2 FY15, ships 2.4 million smartphones”

BlackBerry Blend cross platform data sharing app announced

BlackBerry announced the high end smartphone Passport with square display yesterday. Along with the phone, the company also launched BlackBerry Blend, a new app the allows you to display content from your BlackBerry, such as conversations, calendars, files, contacts and more, on other screens such as computers and tablets.

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BlackBerry Passport with 4.5-inch 453 PPI Square Display announced

BlackBerry Passport

BlackBerry has officially announced the Passport, the company’s latest high-end smartphone at several separate events. It was first introduced by the company’s earnings back in June and packs a 4.5” diagonal (1440 x 1440 pixels) display with Corning Gorilla Glass 3 protection, quad-core Snapdragon 800 (MSM8974-AA) processor and runs on BlackBerry OS 10.3 with new BlackBerry Assistant, BlackBerry own personal assistant. The focus here is completely on the wide portrait screen that it offers, which is exactly a square. Aimed at the enterprise, Blackberry claims that this screen will suit productivity better than any other narrow screen in the market. Among the other things, the Blackberry keyboard also gets an update, with touch enabled keys right above, on-screen.

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BlackBerry Passport Launch Live Blog

BlackBerry passport launch live blog
We are in London for the launch of the most anticipated BlackBerry smartphone in recent times, the BlackBerry Passport ! QWERTY phones are becoming a rare breed now due to the rise of large screen smartphones but BlackBerry is expected to revive the QWERTY keyboard with the Passport. While most details about the Passport are out there, the device will be unveiled officially today at parallel events in Toronto, London and Dubai and FoneArena is live from the London event! Stay tuned to our live blog for all the updates about the device including the final specifications and the launch price.

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BlackBerry Passport India launch scheduled on September 29

BlackBerry Passport is set to launch in Indian markets on September 29th. The company has sent out press invites for the event that will see the launch of the QWERTY smartphone that was announced back in June.

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