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AT&T to sell BlackBerry Z10 for $199.99 on March 22nd, pre-orders begin tomorrow

2013-03-11T09:48:02-04:00

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AT&T has just announced that it will offer the BlackBerry Z10 to customers on March 22nd for $199.99 with a two-year contract. The carrier plans to open up pre-orders tomorrow, March 12th. At $199.99, the BlackBerry 10-equipped phone will be going head-to-head with the iPhone 5 and top-end Android phones like the Galaxy S III. The price isn't a surprise, but some were hoping BlackBerry would attempt to woo customers with a lower price-point than the competition. Today's announcement matches day and date with rumors that the Z10 would hit the US on the 22nd. Verizon has already announced that it plans to sell the smartphone for the same price …

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Sprint confirms it won’t offer the BlackBerry Z10, sticking solely with the Q10

2013-03-02T18:22:30-05:00

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Sprint has now confirmed that it will not be carrying the BlackBerry Z10, the first phone to run the new BlackBerry 10 operating system. Instead, the carrier will only offer the keyboard-equipped BlackBerry Q10. Mark Elliott, a spokesman for the carrier, told Bloomberg that "we aren't saying there's anything different about our customers… we think our customers will be happy with the QWERTY keyboard and touchscreen on the Q10."

The news was not wholly unexpected: Sprint drew a bit of attention to itself in January when it released a press release announcing plans to sell the Q10 while failing to mention the Z10 whatsoever. At that time, Spr …

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BlackBerry Z10 review: a new life, or life support?

2013-01-30T10:56:43-05:00

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BlackBerry is about to enter the battle of its life, and as you'll see in my review of its new flagship phone, the Z10, it's using everything in its arsenal to win. Maybe win is the wrong word; perhaps victory for BlackBerry right now is something more like not losing everything. Because if you've been following this story, you know that everything is what's at stake.

The company is coming back into the game with force, that much is clear. Its new touchscreen smartphone is the serious contender BlackBerry has been claiming it would be, packing in the specs, software prowess, and services to take on even the most entrenched players in the ga …

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BlackBerry World web store goes online with apps, videos, music, and more

2013-01-30T02:03:53-05:00

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RIM announced a sweeping overhaul of its online content offerings this week, and the new BlackBerry World storefront has just gone live. You're now able to see the selection of TV shows, movies, apps, music, and so on from the web store, giving a look at one aspect of what RIM will have to show the world at its make-or-break BlackBerry 10 unveiling later today.

Pricing seems to be in line with other services, and RIM has already said that content updates will be timely - movies will hit the store at the same time as the DVD release, and TV shows will become available the day after they air in the UK and North America. If you're curious abou …

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BlackBerry Z10 available on January 30th in the UK?

2013-01-28T17:21:59-05:00

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RIM let us know months ago that BlackBerry 10's coming out party would be this Wednesday in New York City, but we haven't known when the heavily-leaked BlackBerry Z10, the first device to run the company's new operating system, would be going on sale. A Vodafone UK employee has sent us an internal communication from the carrier that confirms the device will be available to order online at 5PM local time on Wednesday, January 30th, and that phones will be in-stock at all store locations by the 31st.

The Z10 is said to be Vodafone UK's first "4G Ready" device - it will work with the carrier's LTE network once it launches - and there will be a …

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Revamped BlackBerry World includes music, movies, and next-day TV shows for BlackBerry 10

2013-01-28T09:34:11-05:00

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RIM said last week that it renamed its app store to BlackBerry World (from BlackBerry App World) as it intended to add music and video offerings to the service for BlackBerry 10. The Waterloo-based company has now given us details on what sort of selection the store will offer: it has released a full list of music labels and movie studios it has made deals with to distribute on the storefront. There's little information on pricing or payment options, but users will be able to rent or download shows and movies - though there won't be a subscription music option. The majority of movies, however, will be available on BlackBerry World the day th …

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BlackBerry 10 exposed in full detail thanks to batch of leaked screenshots

2013-01-21T10:18:35-05:00

Gallery Photo: BlackBerry 10 Dev Alpha developer testing device hands-on pictures

We're just over a week away from RIM's big BlackBerry 10 launch event, and leaks of the new devices and operating system are coming fast and furious. The latest leak to hit the internet is a batch of 100 screenshots of the new BlackBerry 10 platform, posted by BGR. The images detail everything from the setup of a new BlackBerry 10 device, to the settings menus, to the new home screens, to RIM's Siri-like voice control system. Unfortunately, the leaked images don't give us any more clues as to what unannounced apps will be available at launch, nor do they show us what it will be like to actually use the operating system once it's loaded with …

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RIM relaunches app store as ‘BlackBerry World,’ music and video content coming soon

2013-01-21T06:47:31-05:00

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RIM has today announced the rebranding of its BlackBerry App World as "BlackBerry World." With the new name comes an increased area of focus, specifically on music and video content, as previously teased last September. The beleaguered manufacturer made the change in preparation for the launch of its new OS, BlackBerry 10, later this month. It recently announced that it had amassed 15,000 BlackBerry 10 app submissions in just two days, and calls BlackBerry World "the one-stop shop for all of your mobile entertainment needs."

Existing BlackBerry users will see the new store name within the next 24 hours. It's not clear what the music and vid …

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Unannounced BlackBerry Z10 shown on video: is this your next touchscreen phone?

2013-01-15T11:13:27-05:00

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The BlackBerry Z10, widely believed to be the name of RIM's first full-touch BlackBerry 10 device, hasn't yet been announced - that'll happen later this month at an event in New York on January 30th - but units and details are already leaking well in advance of that date. The latest comes from Austrian publication Telekom-Presse, which has posted a seven-and-a-half minute video of what appears to be the Z10's hardware and software in detail. RIM has been very deliberate in leaking a trickle of BlackBerry 10 details since its unveiling last year, but this video might represent the best single look yet and the entire platform.

Though the Z10 …

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BlackBerry 10 sees 15,000 app submissions in less than two days

2013-01-14T04:46:25-05:00

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RIM will be facing an uphill battle when it does eventually launch BlackBerry 10, but the company is making sure it'll have a healthy selection of apps from the get-go by incentivizing developers. RIM recently hosted two Port-a-Thon events to encourage developers to submit their games and general apps for BlackBerry 10, offering $100 for any app approved to the store. Naturally, the promise of cash seems to have worked: 15,000 apps were submitted over the course of 37.5 hours.

Money wasn't the only incentive, though, as BlackBerry hardware was also on offer. The first developers submitting between two and five approved apps were promised a …

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