Connected Digital World

Yesterday BlackBerry unveiled a new social media service, BBM Channels. The smartphone company launched its latest product at the BlackBerry Live 2013 event with the support of F1 driver Lewis Hamilton. BBM Channels will enable users to chat about topics on their favourite companies or artists, as well as interact with them. BlackBerry CEO Thorsten [...]

BlackBerry has unveiled its latest smartphone – the BlackBerry Q5. The device, previously rumoured as the R10, runs the new BlackBerry 10 operating system and is aimed at emerging markets. It will be released in parts of Europe, Asia, Africa and Latin America in July and is expected to be cheaper than the Q10 and [...]

Just announced that BlackBerry is being its BBM messenger platform is going multi-platform. It will be released for Android and iOS as a free app this summer. BBM will support iOS hardware running iOS 6 and above; the Android version will be compatible with version 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich) and above. In the first version of multi-platform BBM, iOS and Android users [...]

Is your smartphone talking about you behind your back? It’s probably not, but that doesn’t mean your phone isn’t saying a lot about who you are as a person.

BlackBerry’s R10 smartphone has been glimpsed in what is said to be a leaked photograph of the device. The handset is said to be a budget alternative to the BlackBerry Q10, combining the same physical keyboard with scaled-down hardware specs. The R10 appears to sport a similar form factor to the more powerful Q10, but has a distinctive [...]

BlackBerry’s Q10 smartphone has gone on sale in the UK at Selfridges stores that sells out in 90 minutes. Model and actress Lily Cole has teamed up with the retailer to showcase the physical keyboard-equipped device, posing for a photoshoot with the phone in-hand. Lily Cole showcases the BlackBerry Q10 at Selfridges “I’ve always been a fan of BlackBerry [...]

Today Twitter has launched its #music application following weeks of speculation. The service offers song recommendations based on the accounts that the user is following, and lets them stream tracks in-app through platforms such as Rdio, Spotify and iTunes. Users will also be served track recommendations directly from artists and can share music with their [...]

Has BlackBerry “reinvented” the new smartphone generation with BlackBerry 10, and leading the charge is the new full-touchscreen Z10 handset.

Today at the Blackberry BB10 Event RIM has officially Renamed itself to just Blackberry. The BlackBerry World store will play host to a rich library of movies, TV shows and music, as well as more than 70,000 BlackBerry 10 apps at launch, including  Skype, Kindle, WhatsApp, SAP, Angry Birds, Facebook and Foursquare. US carriers announcing pre registration [...]

RIM’s BlackBerry Z10 will only debut in Black first, those looking for a white tinted fruity smartphone will apparently have to wait until 15th February Priced at £480.  

A Big thankyou to MrIgorTV for this use of his Unboxing of the New Device from Blackberry. At the time of writing Blackberry hasn’t released the specs of this device or other devices from them yet. Unboxing and First Look from MrIgorTV

Lenovo is reportedly considering the possibility of entering a partnership with BlackBerry maker Research in Motion (RIM).