BlackBerry is paying customers up to $400 to trade an iPhone for a Passport November 26, 2014 BlackBerry is so keen to get its new Passport smartphone into people’s hands, it will pay them to trade it for an iPhone. In the US and Canada BlackBerry is offering customers up to $550 to trade an iPhone of the 4s, 5, 5c, 5s and 6 models for the business-orientated Passport. It’s [...]
Blackberry issues better-than-expected Q2 results September 26, 2014 Blackberry has narrowed losses year-on-year as the turnaround under chief executive John Chen gathers pace. Net losses were down to US$207m (£126m) or 39 cents a share for the three months to August 30, with pre-tax losses reaching $218m. This is a huge reduction in Blackberry's net losses this time last year, when it [...]
BlackBerry shows its Passport to square up with smartphone rivals September 24, 2014 STRUGGLING smartphone maker BlackBerry yesterday launched an unconventional new device, called the Passport, that it hoped would help to restore its presence in the smartphone market. Investors appeared to be disappointed by the move as the Canadian firm’s shares fell 0.47 per cent to $10.51 in New York. The device, about the size and shape [...]
Blackberry share price jumps following new Passport smartphone launch September 24, 2014 Blackberry's share price jumped over three per cent on the Nasdaq this morning, following the launch of Passport, its "innovative" new smartphone. The mobile phone manufacturer has cut costs and re-focused itself as a niche brand under the stewardship of new CEO John Chen. In 2013 Blackberry reported a surprising $23m quarterly profit. [...]
Blackberry Passport: The “innovative” smartphone with a square screen September 24, 2014 Blackberry’s Passport is the new strangely shaped smartphone the company hopes will help restore its diminished presence in the smartphone market. Passport, launching today, will at the very least grab people’s attention. Its 4.5 square inch HD screen is square in shape and far wider than what seasoned smartphone buyers are used to. [...]
BlackBerry swoops for London mobile software startup Movirtu September 11, 2014 BLACKBERRY, the struggling smartphone maker, has bought London-based startup Movirtu, a firm that makes software that allows users to have multiple phone numbers on the same device. BlackBerry yesterday said the move would help it target smartphone users who increasingly use a single device for personal calls and business. Chief executive John Chen said: “In [...]
Blackberry buys London startup Movirtu September 11, 2014 Is this a sign of things to come for the new, leaner Blackberry? The embattled mobile manufacturer has bought Movirtu, a London-based mobile software startup, to target smartphone users who increasingly use a single device for personal calls and business. Movirtu provides a virtual mobile platform which enables users to have more than one mobile [...]
7Digital agrees £1m deal with BlackBerry to keep the music August 14, 2014 Online music group 7Digital has signed a deal with struggling smartphone maker BlackBerry to provide music services for the group for the next year, just a month after its recently floated shares stumbled upon BlackBerry’s decision to close its music and video offerings. 7Digital’s share price halved in June after its largest customer announced it [...]
Blackberry share price up on near return to profit June 19, 2014 Blackberry has moved a step closer to profit today, posting a smaller than expected loss as it begins to the feel the effects of cost-cutting measures. In early trading shares of the troubled smartphone maker gained 10 per cent on the news that pre-tax losses have been reduced from $557m in the previous quarter to $6m. [...]
Shares jump as BlackBerry says focus is on BBM February 25, 2014 BLACKBERRY chief exec John Chen announced at Mobile World Congress yesterday that the struggling smartphone maker would double down on its BBM messaging service by focusing on enterprise customers. BlackBerry’s share price has risen over 17 per cent since Facebook’s announcement that it would buy messaging app WhatsApp for $19bn (£11.4bn) last week as investors [...]