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Keyboard Loyalists to the Rescue! Q10 Sales Boost BlackBerry.

A handful of recent analyst notes suggest that BlackBerry’s new Q10 smartphone is selling better than expected.

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Keyboard-Equipped BlackBerry Q10 Hits T-Mobile, Verizon This Week

The BlackBerry Q10, “the BlackBerry of BlackBerry users’ dreams,” finally hits the U.S. market this week, making its debut on a trio of carriers. The Qwerty-keyboarded device, which runs the company’s new BlackBerry 10 operating system, arrives at T-Mobile stores today, and will show up at Verizon stores Thursday. AT&T will also begin taking preorders for the device today, though it hasn’t yet announced a shipping date. And Sprint? No word yet on a firm release date beyond the company’s claim that the phone will go on sale in “late summer.”

Pentagon Clears iPhone and iPad for Use on Secure Networks

The DOD grants Apple the same mobile device security clearances it gave to BlackBerry and Samsung last week.
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New Phones Help BlackBerry Claw Back Some Canadian Market Share

BlackBerry’s share of the smartphone market on its home turf is on the rise, according to new research from Raymond James.
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BlackBerry’s “New” Strategy: Mobile First

“We will show the world that BlackBerry understands the mobile world better than anyone else.”
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BlackBerry Messenger on iPhone and Android: A Big Move Made Too Late?

At long last, BlackBerry is taking its popular messaging service cross-platform.
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New BlackBerry Q5 Targets Emerging Markets

Launching this summer.
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BlackBerry Ships BlackBerry 10.1 for Z10

BlackBerry 10.1, the first point release update to BlackBerry’s new operating system, has already shipped for the company’s Q10 handset. This week it begins rolling out to the touchscreen Z10, as well. Speaking at the company’s BlackBerry Live conference, CEO Thorsten Heins announced broad availability of BB 10.1 — which features enhancements like personalized notifications and support for Skype. “By the end of this week, the vast majority of our international carriers will offer this update,” Heins said. “Carriers in the United States will offer it by the end of the month.”

BlackBerry Live 2013: After Promises, Progress

What to expect from BlackBerry’s annual developer and partner conference keynote.
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Verizon Chief: Mobile Industry Needs a Healthy BlackBerry

“We think that there is an important place for BlackBerry.”
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Apple, Samsung Share of Handset Industry Profits Declines to 100 Percent

Apple Leads Samsung in U.S. Smartphones

Samsung and BlackBerry Cleared for Pentagon Work

BlackBerry’s Heins: Tablets Are Just Temporary in Mobile Evolution

BlackBerry Q10 Is Fastest-Selling Ever Smartphone at Selfridges (Updated)

Skype Finally Coming to New BlackBerrys: Q10 Next Month, Z10 Later

WhatsApp: Bigger Than Twitter

BlackBerry on Z10 Return Reports: Gross Misreading of Data or Willful Manipulation

BlackBerry Tops iPhone and Android … In a “Don’t Want” Poll

Apple Gaining Ground on Android and Samsung in U.S. Smartphone Market

Safari Still Winning the Mobile Browser War

Windows Phone Gaining a Toehold in Some Markets

BlackBerry 7 Destined for Emerging Markets

Lazaridis Won’t Dump His Shares — Unlike a Certain Other Former BlackBerry Co-CEO