BlackBerry Ontario caught testing - Money.pl

2014-02-08 0:48

Author: Peter Barycki

The new BlackBerry models whose premiere is scheduled for this year, it was not known so far too much. It seems, however, that at least on one of them we know of today, more.

talking about concealing device under the code name “Ontario” and belonging to the series “O” (STO), which is the successor models Z10/Z30. It has been caught … Geekbench test results, which revealed some of their parameters.

The tested model features a 32-bit processor Snapdragon MSM8974 800, equipped with four cores clocked at 2.15 GHz each, and 2 GB of RAM and of course the BlackBerry system version 10.3. We found out so practically nothing new, but at least we know that such a model exists and is already in a functional way. In addition, according to rumors, the smartphone is expected to receive, inter alia, screen size of 5.2 £

Does such a device components actually debut on store shelves? This, unfortunately, is not known, and the premiere, which will take place no earlier rather than in the middle of the year, a lot can still change.

via: crackberry

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Interesting fact: The fastest mobile browser is ... browser ... - Money.pl

2014-02-05 20:04

Author: Peter Barycki

UPDATE: It turns out that, contrary to the description on the authors, not about the browser in BlackBerry 5, and the BlackBerry 10 Explanation within the entry

BlackBerry

never associate with the systems and devices designed mainly for browsing the web. For many years, users of the products of the company have access to a small screen and a very slow browser. With the launch of the BlackBerry 10, the situation has significantly changed. Question … how much?

to the interesting conclusions reached today analyst firm New Relic, which took into account data from nearly 17 000 000 000 page views online. According to her, the fastest mobile browser is … browser with BlackBerry 10 At the opening of a single site needed an average of only 1.55 seconds, the second in order of Opera Mini is a need for more than 4 seconds.

Clarification change the content of entry: The authors and graphic erroneously described the tested system as BlackBerry 5 Error came from the fact that the information sent by the identification device (User Agent) contain the following information (fragment) “Mozilla/5.0 (BB10,)”, which are recognized as the fifth version of the system / browser. But it is not and it’s BlackBerry 10 is the rightful winner of the test.

It turns out that even the testing were not really aware what test and describe, and we duplicated the error.

via: VentureBeat

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Alex Kinsella leaves BlackBerry - Money.pl

2014-02-06 16:18

Author: Peter Barycki

Working since 2008 in the BlackBerry Alex Kinsella officially confirmed the change of their employer.

Kinsella initially held at the position of Technical Product Manager, where he was responsible for the development of an online store BlackBerry World. In 2010, he was promoted to the position of Senior Product Manager, and shortly thereafter he began to play the role of Senior Public Relations and Social Media Manager and leader of the team working on projects related to the store with applications.

Since August of last year, held the position of Senior Strategic Account Manager at BBM department, responsible for the launch of BBM Channels and BBM for Android and iOS.

His current employer is a local startup, Thalmic Labs.

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Detected a serious security hole in the BlackBerry 10 - Money.pl

2014-02-07 0:08

Author: Peter Barycki

BlackBerry associate to the world of security, and Android, including the applications written for the system, on the contrary. What can come out of such a connection, especially now, when we have access to virtually the full range of Google Play

It turns out that nothing good, at least when it comes to the safety of certain system components. But before we start to panic, you should reassure all – at the moment it is difficult to do yourself harm.

problem was detected by Frank Büttner with ABS Team and relates to access applications from the Android contacts, which theoretically should not have access. According to his research, and subsequent experiments, users, programs such as Skype or Go Launcher EX have access to contacts with the business part of the phone (with the active BES and distribution of Work / Personal), even though setting the appropriate configuration options, theoretically exclude such a possibility.

Users do not have a connection to the BES does not have such a problem – their phone is in the end only one (simplified) address book, possibly containing entries from various sources (iCloud, Gmail, etc..). For BES users, on the phone, there may be two independent address books, where from the private mode, with appropriate settings, there should be access to the parts business. Thanks to our corporate data can be independent of what happens in private mode, so do not be sensitive to our eventual madness on the installation of software from different sources.

error is at the same time so severe that Android applications should have absolutely no access to official data mode. You can not even install it.

BlackBerry officially confirmed that such a problem exists and should be resolved soon in the next update of the software.

via: n4bb / OWC

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Detected a serious security hole in the BlackBerry 10 - Money.pl

2014-02-07 0:08

Author: Peter Barycki

BlackBerry associate to the world of security, and Android, including the applications written for the system, on the contrary. What can come out of such a connection, especially now, when we have access to virtually the full range of Google Play

It turns out that nothing good, at least when it comes to the safety of certain system components. But before we start to panic, you should reassure all – at the moment it is difficult to do yourself harm.

problem was detected by Frank Büttner with ABS Team and relates to access applications from the Android contacts, which theoretically should not have access. According to his research, and subsequent experiments, users, programs such as Skype or Go Launcher EX have access to contacts with the business part of the phone (with the active BES and distribution of Work / Personal), even though setting the appropriate configuration options, theoretically exclude such a possibility.

Users do not have a connection to the BES does not have such a problem – their phone is in the end only one (simplified) address book, possibly containing entries from various sources (iCloud, Gmail, etc..). For BES users, on the phone, there may be two independent address books, where from the private mode, with appropriate settings, there should be access to the parts business. Thanks to our corporate data can be independent of what happens in private mode, so do not be sensitive to our eventual madness on the installation of software from different sources.

error is at the same time so severe that Android applications should have absolutely no access to official data mode. You can not even install it.

BlackBerry officially confirmed that such a problem exists and should be resolved soon in the next update of the software.

via: n4bb / OWC

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BlackBerry: Do not plan to sell our patents - Money.pl

2014-02-05 20:39

Author: Peter Barycki

In light of the recent turmoil caused by Lenovo’s acquisition of Motorola and subsequent attempts to quantify patents of other companies in the mobile market, once again on the potential sale of intellectual property belonging to the BlackBerry.

Lisette Kwong, a representative of the BlackBerry, in an interview with Forbes journalist made it clear, however, that the Canadian company is not considering at the moment the sale of its patents.

have invested many years and many millions of dollars to create the world’s best keyboard platform for communication and corporate services. We are proud of our patented technologies and solutions and we intend to continue our work of creating solutions that push the market of mobile communication forward “

is not known at this exactly how things are owned by the BlackBerry patents. In recent months made many, although not necessarily legitimate valuations, according to which the value of the portfolio of BB ranged from 200 million to as much as $ 5 billion. Currently, it is speculated that 2 billion would be a “fair price”, which most probably we will not have a chance in the near future to convince.

It seems, however, that the BlackBerry will try in various ways to increase revenue from the licensing of its patents and to minimize the costs incurred in licensing patents to other companies. The second of these measures is expected to deliver savings of even a billion dollars a year.
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Interesting fact: The fastest mobile browser is ... browser ... - Money.pl

2014-02-05 20:04

Author: Peter Barycki

UPDATE: It turns out that, contrary to the description on the authors, not about the browser in BlackBerry 5, and the BlackBerry 10 Explanation within the entry

BlackBerry

never associate with the systems and devices designed mainly for browsing the web. For many years, users of the products of the company have access to a small screen and a very slow browser. With the launch of the BlackBerry 10, the situation has significantly changed. Question … how much?

to the interesting conclusions reached today analyst firm New Relic, which took into account data from nearly 17 000 000 000 page views online. According to her, the fastest mobile browser is … browser with BlackBerry 10 At the opening of a single site needed an average of only 1.55 seconds, the second in order of Opera Mini is a need for more than 4 seconds.

Clarification change the content of entry: The authors and graphic erroneously described the tested system as BlackBerry 5 Error came from the fact that the information sent by the identification device (User Agent) contain the following information (fragment) “Mozilla/5.0 (BB10,)”, which are recognized as the fifth version of the system / browser. But it is not and it’s BlackBerry 10 is the rightful winner of the test.

It turns out that even the testing were not really aware what test and describe, and we duplicated the error.

via: VentureBeat

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