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BlackBerry (BBRY) U.S. Z10 Launch Slightly Above Modest Expectations - Jefferies
March 25, 2013 6:54 AM EDTWhile Goldman Sachs downgraded BlackBerry (NASDAQ: BBRY) Monday, on what it called a disappointing Z10 U.S. launch, Jefferies' Peter... More
Goldman Calls BlackBerry (BBRY) Z10 Launch 'Disappointing'; Cuts to Neutral
March 25, 2013 6:25 AM EDTGoldman Sachs is removing BlackBerry (Nasdaq: BBRY) from its Americas Buy List, cutting its rating to Neutral on Monday. The firm moved its 12-month price target from $19 to $17.
Goldman says it sill sees BlackBerry having a binary outcoming which depends on the success of its BB10 launch and ability to reverse its declining market share trajectory.... More
BlackBerry (BBRY) Store Sold Only 7 Phones - CNBC
March 22, 2013 10:34 AM EDTA CNBC report said BlackBerry's (NASDAQ: BBRY) launch of the Z10 is going slow and at one store only 7 phones were sold so far.... More
UPDATE: Cormark Upgrades BlackBerry (BBRY) to Buy, Sentiment Turning
March 21, 2013 3:13 PM EDT(Updated - March 21, 2013 4:43 PM EDT)
This morning Cormark upgraded BlackBerry (NASDAQ: BBRY) from Market Perform to Buy with a price target of $20 (from $14). BlackBerry stock, notes analyst Richard Tse, is driven by sentiment and expectations and he sees both turning... More
U.S. DoD Said to Be Readying Large iOS Order for End of Sequester (AAPL) (BBRY)
March 21, 2013 9:48 AM EDTAccording to reports out Wednesday night, the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) is planning on massive order with Apple.
Electronista said that the DoD will be ordering about 650,000 iOS devices from Apple following completion of the first phase of device testing and a few other items that need to be cleared... More
BlackBerry (BBBY) Says BB10 Now Has 100K Apps
March 21, 2013 8:03 AM EDTBlackBerry (NASDAQ: BBRY) announced that BlackBerry 10 customers now have access to more than 100,000 applications for the BlackBerry Z10 smartphone. The company said its app catalog has grown more than 30,000 apps in seven weeks.
Today, Amazon Kindle, OpenTable and The Wall Street Journal... More
BlackBerry (BBRY) Hits Snag as U.K. Gov't Says BB10 'Not Secure Enough'
March 20, 2013 8:25 AM EDTBlackBerry (Nasdaq: BBRY) may lose a stronghold in one of its key operating markets following the release of BB10.
According to U.K.'s The Guardian, the UK's Communications-Electronics Security Group (CESG) rejected usage of BB10 under conditions that the operating system wasn't secure enough for essential work.
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UPDATE: BlackBerry (BBRY) Gets Another Bull; Morgan Stanley Raises Two-Notches to Overweight
March 20, 2013 7:14 AM EDT(Updated - March 20, 2013 10:33 AM EDT)
Morgan Stanley upgraded BlackBerry (Nasdaq: BBRY) two-notches from Underweight to Overweight, boosting its price target from $10 up to $22.
Cited in the upgrade, analyst Ehud Gelblum sees a mix-shift at BlackBerry lifting margins "even after accounting for the steep decline in higher margin services revenue."
Gelblum is adopting a new sum-of-the-parts (SOTP) methodology on the known assets in valuing BlackBerry given lessening hope for the company to occupy the third spot for mobile OS market share. He explains, "that with Windows Phone 8 lacking traction in... More
Noted Tech Reviewer Calls BlackBerry (BBRY) Z10 Good, But Tweaks, Apps are Needed
January 30, 2013 12:53 PM ESTBlackBerry (Nasdaq: BBRY)(Nasdaq: RIMM) just released its BlackBerry 10 operating system and two new devices Wednesday morning and venerable tech reviewer Walt Mossberg is putting in his two cents early.
Mossberg was taking a look at BlackBerry's Z10, the no-keyboard model running BB10. He had been testing it for a week and went into the review with fresh eyes, given that BB10 was redesigned from the ground up.
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BlackBerry (BBRY)(RIMM) Officially Unveils New BlackBerry 10 OS
January 30, 2013 11:29 AM ESTBlackBerry (NASDAQ: RIMM)(Nasdaq: BBRY) today launched BlackBerry 10, the re-designed, re-engineered, and re-invented BlackBerry platform that creates a new and unique mobile computing experience. Available on two new LTE-enabled smartphones, the BlackBerry Z10 (all-touch) and BlackBerry Q10 (touch with physical keyboard) smartphones powered by BlackBerry 10 offer you a faster, smarter and smoother experience than any other BlackBerry you have used before.
BlackBerry unveiled the new BlackBerry Z10 and BlackBerry Q10 smartphones at events held simultaneously in New York, Toronto, London, Paris, Dubai, and Johannesburg.
"Today sees a re-invented BlackBerry launching an entirely new mobile experience," said Thorsten Heins, President and CEO of BlackBerry. "We are thrilled to be introducing BlackBerry 10 on the new BlackBerry Z10 and BlackBerry Q10 smartphones, to deliver a faster, smarter experience that continuously adapts to your needs. Every feature, every gesture, and every detail in BlackBerry 10 is designed to keep you moving."
Highlights of BlackBerry 10
BlackBerry 10 is a robust and reliable platform that is smooth and responsive. It has a modern design and a gesture-based interface that is highly discoverable. It is designed to support, learn, and adapt to the way you work and share with features like:
-- The ever present BlackBerry Hub, which is a single place to manage all your conversations whether personal or work email, BBM" messages, social media updates or notifications, and the ability to "peek" into the BlackBerry Hub from anywhere, so you're always only one swipe away from what matters to you.
-- BlackBerry Flow, where the BlackBerry 10 experience excels by enabling features and apps to flow seamlessly together, helping you complete the task at hand effortlessly and efficiently. For example, you can tap on an attendee listed for a meeting to see their latest tweet or LinkedIn profile. Or tap the thumbnail of a picture you just took to launch the Picture editor and quickly apply a transformation or filter, then instantly share it with your contacts.
-- A keyboard that understands and adapts to you, that learns what words you use and how you use them, then offers them up to you so you can type faster and more... More
