Thursday, August 29, 2013

BlackBerry, Nokia and Palm have learned that competition is not sleeping - Wyborcza.biz

Before the advent of the first iPhone BlackBerry phones were on Wall Street as common as a suit and tie. Brokers and investment bankers glided between skyscrapers staring at the small screen-quite massive – at that time – phones. Their employers were delighted and we eagerly bought subordinates similar devices, because thanks to the constant access to e-mail offered by the BlackBerry could at any time of the day or night grant a new job.

Finally come to this, that he who would seriously look into the eyes customers and co-workers (not to mention the bosses), this simply had to use the BlackBerry. Then came the next stage – an iconic symbol of phones blackberries on the body have become a fashionable gadget, which began flaunting not only employees of the corporation, but even teenagers. This happens especially appreciated the opportunity to chat and web browsing.

Back in 2008, the BlackBerry phones in the U.S. market reached a record 11 percent.

Revolutionary Jobs

Probably one of the managers of thought that from now on will only get worse. The situation began to change soon after the Apple unveiled its own phone with a large touch screen, which is well suited for watching movies, playing games or browsing the web. He also had access to email and emerging new applications every now and then. In this way, Steve Jobs, the late Apple boss today, ended an era where the only phone to which it is worth to show a BlackBerry. It soon became apparent that the Canadian manufacturer of these devices began to struggle for survival.

However, the heads of RIM (BlackBerry just now) realized too late that your phone is no longer just a communication tool. Even though the most efficient. The following models of shyly introduced better support for multimedia and applications, but it was all too late and slow. Financial performance of the BlackBerry look bad. Since the device’s turned not only teens tempted by the full technological wonder s phones from Apple and Samsung, but even serious businessmen who increasingly want to be up multifunction. Late last year, the share of BlackBerry in the U.S. market accounted for only 1.6 percent.

Another last chance

It is not surprising that every now and then speculated that the producer gets worse selling phones is about to cease their production and sales of its technology radz?cemu someone better themselves in the new reality. Resulted in a slight improvement in this year’s introduction of a completely new, highly successful line phones. According to the latest quarterly report published at the end of June and for the period ending on June 1 that the company indeed has managed to increase sales by 13 percent mobile. compared to the data from the previous quarter, but profits still there. The Canadian company within three months, which according to the report, has sold 6.8 million smartphones, losing 67 million dollars.

directors of the firm finally admitted that what was said in the industry for a long time – that seek help out. This could mean either enter into a partnership with another large company, or sale of BlackBerry to someone in addition to about 5.5 bi llion dollars. (So ??roughly valued company) has a vision for the future of the group. Among the potential buyers is exchanged informally investment fund Silver Lake, and the Chinese company Lenovo, which is now the world’s largest PC maker. Its chief Yang Yuanqing in an interview with “Wall Street Journal” recently emphasized, however, that it can not as yet tell whether the company actually is interested in buying the BlackBerry. The future of the Canadian company is therefore still uncertain.

BlackBerry and Palm?

Her bosses have nothing to fear. Recent years have provided a sufficient number of examples of high-end mobile manufacturers who do not hold out market competition. One of them was – forgotten today – an American company Palm, whose models were visually quite similar to the BlackBerry. Similarities can indeed indicate more.

Another mobile company in the past two decades were so popular that the word “Palm” has become a colloquial definition of a small, portable computer. However, the Palm slept moment in which the target group had to be added. One of the reasons why he could not stay on the market, it was directing its products almost exclusively to the business community. Just three years ago, “New York Times” wrote that the company Palm smartphone market pushed the two dominant manufacturers – Apple and RIM. Finally, in April 2010, the company bought Palm Hewlett-Packard for $ 1.2 billion. It was then the world’s lar gest computer maker. Just like today, Lenovo.

guests from Europe

To identify examples of phone manufacturers who have not sensed in a timely fashion on smart phones, you do not have to look far. During one of the technology conferences in the United States have led to welcome the audience asking who uses iPhone. Up lifted a few hands. Taking thanked him and asked if the audience are users of Android phones. Again, many participants have signed up. Just like the question about the BlackBerry. Finally, he asked if Nokia users are present. When he saw the top of only a few hands, he said with a significant smile, “Welcome visitors from Europe.”

This anecdote well reflects the situation in which she found a Finnish Nokia. The models 3210 and 3310 were among the most popular not only in Poland, but today is a distant memory. The company has long been forced to look for an idea for you. Railways quarterly reports listed former hegemonic talking about multi-million dollar losses. Does nothing helped here abandon their own, qu ite primitive, the Symbian operating system and entering into a strategic partnership with Microsoft, whose Windows Phone, you can find the latest Nokia phones. Finns still lose. Data from PC World that phones with Windows Phone in the United States account for only 5.6 percent. Sales of all smartphones, ranking far behind iOS devices and Android.

Over the past two years working in the company lost about 20 thousand. people. As the Bloomberg News, the main reason is the growing competition from other manufacturers – especially Sweden’s Ericsson and China’s Huawei. In April, the company saved the issue of five-and seven-year bonds with a total value of approximately EUR 800 million. However, its market position is weakening – Standard & Poor’s lowered its rating to a “junk”. Over the downgrading of the company from Finland also wonders Moody’s.

Wednesday, August 28, 2013

TEST: Blackberry Q10 - back Je?ynki! - CHIP

Smartfonowy outsider returned to the market in a new incarnation: Blackberry Q10 with full-size keyboard just went to the sellers, although the initial price at the level of 2400 z? is a little too high.

Q10 is the first smartphone from the sign je?ynki equipped with a touch screen, a physical keyboard and operating system BlackBerry 10 OS. Keyboard layout, typical of the manufacturer puts a small resistance, and despite the small buttons are convenient and safe to use. Keys at the same time often have additional features and are used as shortcuts in the system appache. For example, in a notebook Remember T and B keys to scroll the screen up and down.

Square display has a diagonal of 3.1 “and a resolution of 720 x 720 pixels. This translates to 328 ppi pixel density, so the picture is really crisp and clear. The use of AMOLED technology makes colors are saturated and natural. When measuring laboratory parameters of the white, the color and contrast were good. Failing only screen brightness of only 91 cd / m 2 by the light outside. For comparison, the iPhone 5 reaches 586 cd/m2, and the Galaxy S4 – 320 cd/m2. Low brightness however, results from the function automatically reduces the brightness of the backlight, which, according to this model, the Blackberry can not be turned off. During the tests, so we were left only perform repeated measurements in different conditions and give an average value in the table. Subjectively, the display Q10 does not seem as dark as it can be assumed based on the results of measurements, but it is not very clear.

Business Functions: Blackberry Balance

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designers pay particular attention to safety. As more and more business users want to use their smartphones also for private purposes, Canadians have developed a service called Balance. It allows the establishment in the two profiles. Business profile is generally subject to restrictions imposed by the IT department of a company, while a private profile, you can manage yourself. Both profiles are completely separated, so you can use Facebook or Twitter without having to worry about accidentally made public sensitive company data.

Blackberry 10 OS

latest version of the Blackberry operating system is designed to use the touch, but its creators have gone a completely new way. Instead of the main and other physical navigation elements BB 10 OS uses to control gestures. Let’s say, moving your finger from the bottom to the top of the screen takes you to the desktop, and pushing from the bottom to the right, open the notification center called Hube here. This hub brings together all the messages from BBM, SMS, call and e-mails. This way of operating, of course, requires getting used to, but in any case, the manufacturer did not forget – when you first set up the device leads us through the extensive tutorial with many explanations. Also, after a certain time the system takes you by the hand, showing hints. Dual-core processor makes it perform most tasks run smoothly. Open appów or return to the main screen but sometimes can take about a second.

Battery: Best time surfing

Blackberry Battery

Q10 withstand as many as 13 hours of continuous browsing the Web – a new record. This is thanks not only to its high capacity (2100 mAh), but also a relatively small screen that consumes less energy. During a call smartphone refuses to continue working after 5:30 h, which is sufficiently good result. For business users, with the phone to your ear most of the time, but they may need a jack and charger to keep in touch with the world all day long. In terms of call quality Q10 does not disappoint. It is true that in the background you can hear a slight hum, but it may be voting power if needed really big. Speakerphone has a tendency to overshoot, but all in all come out well.

8-megapixel camera

Blackberry Q10 is equipped with a camera with a sensor resolution of 8 megapixels. Pictures taken during the day are natural colors, good sharpness and the contrast. However, in artificial light colors become too warm, and the focus falls, and in the darkness of the photos are exaggerated and covered with noise. Factory app to shoot a pair of custom functions. One of them makes the device registers a flurry of several images, allowing the user to select and save the best.

The camera of the Blackberry Q10: Good day, bad to worse conditions.The camera of the Blackberry

Q10: Good day, bad to worse conditions.

Alternative: Blackberry Z10

Due to the lack of alternatives on offer closer Blackberry, we can only recommend the Z10 model. It costs a few hundred dollars cheaper and has a much larger touch screen instead of a physical keyboard. This approach limits the life of the battery. For those who are considering the smartphones with other operating systems, we Samsung Galaxy S3, which is available on the Web for about 1600 z?. It’s a modern Android phone, the prospect of a software update, 8-megapixel camera, 4.8-inch ergonomic touch screen and quad-core processor.


Blackberry Q10

Prime Blackberry smartphones Q10 is back with a full-sized keyboard. It is true that in the test phone is rather average, you have to appreciate a very long time when using the network and the operating system BlackBerry 10 OS optimized for business users.

PROS:

A very long time surfing the Internet
Full-sized keyboard and touch screen
A clear AMOLED screen
A high level of security through the service BB Balance
Nice pictures of the day …

Cons:

Blackberry Aristo Z30 with 5-inch HD (video) - Telix.pl

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leaked to the Internet a video demonstration of the latest flagship BlackBerry smartphone. Aristo Z30 will have a 5 inch screen AMOLED HD (720x1280px) and a pixel density of 296 ppi – the largest in the history of mobile phones with the logo “blackberries”.

Prime Aristo Z30 is scheduled for November this year. The smartphone has to take care p?ynn?prac? two-core processor Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Pro with 1.7GHz clock and Blackberry 10.2. On board you will find a camera with a resolution of 8 megapixel rear and 2 Mega Pixel front and 16 GB of flash memory with a microSD slot up to 64GB. phone will support 4G networks / LTE and Wi-Fi and work based system. power supply is designed to provide battery with a capacity of 2800 mAh.

What do you think BlackBerry Z30, save a Canadian company? Currently, as compared to Android, BlackBerry has a marginal market shares and did not change the model introduced BlackBerry Z10 and a new system of BlackBerry OS 10

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Tuesday, August 27, 2013

BlackBerry World has over 120 thousand. application ... of which one third of ... - BBC News

BlackBerry Application Store now has more than 120 thousand. position, but the company does not have to be happy. It turns out that as many as 48 thousand. application comes from one developer account!

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Application for BlackBerry World is more and more, but these are low-quality programs

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BlackBerry World is developing really well. In March, Thorsten Heins announced that it is full already 100 thousand. position, an increase of 30 thousand. within seven weeks after the official release of BlackBerry OS 10 The pace has not slowed, and by May the developer conference, CEO announced the availability of 120 thousand. application in the store. However, Q10 or Z10 users complain about the lack of core titles for the BlackBerry World and imperfections of many applications. Why? As it turned out, the Canadian manufacturer put much on quantity and not on quality.

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not about known affliction, the programs ported to Android. BlackBerry urged to this type of practice, and although it was a good idea to fill in the store, resulting in a huge drop in quality. Of course, not true for all applications, but most of them are just fillers.

editors of The Verge came upon another unprecedented problem – the developer S4BB released to store as many as 48 thousand. position. Although some of them look good, and has even had positive feedback, you do not have to be a genius to figure out that the vast majority is not very polished. According to The Verge are mainly packed RSS-y for individual sites, guides to cities around the world, wallpapers, e-books, movies. So it really is a few applications for small rozmienionych.

And what about BlackBerry? Here’s a comment producer: “Developers in all stores of applications use various monetization strategies. BlackBerry World is an open market for developers and allow market forces to decide the success or failure of these strategies. Discovering high quality applications is a problem affecting all developers and we are working with them shoulder to shoulder in the “Built for BlackBerry” to help promote applications that show the true potential of BlackBerry 10. “

conclusion: conditions imposed by developers and sales strategy is not going to change. Even as one of them deliberately messes up shop. BlackBerry is right in saying that consumers simply will not buy such an application, but does not change the fact that they still will be available at BlackBerry World.

On the other hand, some understand the attitude of Canadians. The shop, at least on paper, has to chase and iOS and Android. The latter has reached the magic threshold of one million apps available, and Apple’s system on his heels. More available appears to Windows Phone, which has over 160 thousand. available items.

Anyway

Microsoft shop also had a problem with developers who throw hundreds of worthless application. Nay, surely every new ecosystem will have to fight this somehow. Microsoft’s solution? Limit of 20 applications per day from one developer account. It was not enough and ultimately limit was reduced to 10

BlackBerry has two outputs. Or do nothing and let the clutters up your own shop, or go the way of Windows Store’a. The latter seems to be more honest and focused on the consumer, but the temptation to light good statistics is perhaps too tempting. After 20 such developers as S4BB and you can compare yourself to the App Store’a or Google Play.

Michal Brzezinski

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Saturday, August 17, 2013

BlackBerry provides free engine to create games - Money.pl

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BlackBerry provides free motor to create Games

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independent game developers, most of whom do not complain about the excess money received a very powerful tool of the Canadian company Blackberry.

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GamePlay

the engine, which works on most platforms, from mobile Android, and BlackBerry iOS’a after OS X with, Linux and Windows. Written from scratch in C + + environment provides all the tools you need to manipulate the physics, light or sound.

What BlackBerry is trying to achieve by this move? It seems to me that the company believes that the more applications, including games that are compatible with the operating system, the greater the chance that the Canadian producer finally bottoming out.

If you would like to try out a new toy, I invite you to the official website Gameplay: http://gameplay3d.org/




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Canadian manufacturer has extended its range of BlackBerry 9720 smartphone. The advantage of the device is to be a strong emphasis on social features.

BlackBerry 9720

Design BlackBerry 9720 refers to the classical models of the manufacturer. Used here typical keyboard and a 2.8-inch touch screen. To use a trackpad navigation. The device also features a manual activation button BBM network community features.

smartphone is running BlackBerry OS 7 Manufacturer emphasizes social nature of solutions used here. Multicast function allows you to simultaneously share photos and videos in a number of social networking sites, and through BBM Voice can make free voice calls over a WiFi network. BlackBerry 9720 also has a built-in FM tuner for listening to radio stations.

– In order to support a lifestyle based on communication, the BlackBerry 9720 offers all the basic experience related to the use of your BlackBerry smartphone. It is equipped with the best functionality for keyboard and BBM, as well as an updated version of the operating system BlackBerry 7 OS, which adds a number of improvements. It is an ideal solution for those who want to change from traditional mobile phones or simple devices based on Android or Windows Phone, as well as for existing BlackBerry smartphone users who want a richer experience and a jump in performance and style – said Carlo Chiarello, vice president of product the BlackBerry.

Over the coming weeks, the BlackBerry 9720 will make its debut on the markets in Asia, Europe, the Middle East, Africa and Latin America. The device will be available in several colors. Its price Poland is not yet known.

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Friday, August 16, 2013

BlackBerry for sale - Forbes.pl

BlackBerry to an end, or at least end up in a form in which we knew that the Canadian company for years. Shares in the smartphone market is melting, the company for several quarters still generates a loss, and the share price rise after months when some investors to believe in the power of the new BlackBerry 10 platform at the end of June fell sharply. And that’s probably remain.

when cornered the company finally gave up and properly admitted directly – “is not going well.” Of course, no one appeared in public at a press conference and did not say, but the last BlackBerry message , in which Canadians informed about the search for strategic alternatives, it just shows.

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Company reports because that is looking for a possible joint venture , partnership or strategic alliance of selling the entire company and other possible transactions and contracts. The message is so obvious, but the company always stresses that all it takes to make a development platform, BlackBerry 10 But it makes sense, and is a Canadian company with all its assets (including patents ), it will be valuable to anyone?

BlackBerry is now primarily history . In the last decade, the Canadian smartphone with a QWERTY keyboard was Wall Street a mandatory accessory. And not just on Wall Street, as well as employees of the City of London were chained to their tiny display ekraników emails. And thanks to them, moreover, the BlackBerry brand has become popular among teenagers. Children managers simply inherit two years old smartphone, the employer parent named on the new BlackBerry.

This popularity among students of UK , and later also United Arab Emirates (to this day are compartments where the BlackBerry is doing better than other markets) , resulted in the introduction to offer cheaper models, with no extra features and equipped with smaller displays, or worse hearing, but still allow the use of BlackBerry Messenger and other Internet services.

premiere iPhone was, however, made light of, and response to changing market first came wrong, and when it appeared on the market a brand new BlackBerry 10 platform, it did not impress too many clients. Business after the initial fascination with Apple’s smartphone today are increasingly inclined towards Android , mainly in Samsung devices.

BlackBerry with its sales of 6.8 million units (in the last quarter) is located on the margins of the world in which Samsung sells tens of millions of smartphones, has consistently refused to make public the specific numbers and Apple can boast a record spring quarter, with 31 million iPhones sold .

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in Canada seem to understand the gravity of the situation and BlackBerry take the first attempts to adapt to new market requirements. Samsung now advertising … BlackBerry Messenger . He was still only be Boldach, Curve’ach, Z10 and Q10 communicator will soon be available in a version for Android, a Korean manufacturer will promote it in your own application store.