According to a leaked road map by @BB10leaks, it looks like BlackBerry is planning to release a tablet, similar to the iPad and two phablets, over the next few quarters of this year as well as first two quarters of next year. All of the devices will run on BlackBerry 10 operating system.
Netflix Not Making An App For BlackBerry 10
Netflix has no plans on developing an app for the new BlackBerry 10 OS. According to sources, the company has little incentive to develop for the platform and maintaining the app would outweigh any potential benefits gained from it. Blackberry will release the new smartphone operating system sometime this month in the US and reportedly hopes that Netflix will reconsider developing an app for the system.
RIM Super Bowl Ad to Show Off BlackBerry 10
Looks like RIM will be getting a big boost with potential sales with a commercial in next weeks Super Bowl. The commercial will focus on their big release of their BB10 device, RIM confirmed the news yesterday. The commercial will be RIM’s big debut as a company, a first for the Canada-based company which they have a commercial in the Super Bowl. “A Super Bowl commercial is a great opportunity to show the re-designed, re-engineered and re-invented BlackBerry to tens of millions of consumers on the largest advertising stage of the year,” RIM’s chief marketing officer, Frank Boulben, said in a statement.” Hopefully this will get RIM more exposure for their new device since they haven’t released a new device in over a year.
Crazy RIM Fan Gets Blackberry 10 Logo Tattoo (Video)
I thought the Blackberry craze was over, apparently not. Brian Heffren of Middletown, New York went out and got a tattoo of the Blackberry 10 Logo and website Crackberry logo. Crackberry.com is currently running a what would you do for a Blackberry 10 device contest. Within 10 months that device will be obsolete this guy is nuts . Yungjohnnybravo x TatWZA
Verizon, AT&T and T-Mobile Confirm Their Support For BlackBerry 10
Verizon, At&t and T-Mobile (I guess Sprint will take a pass) says they will support RIM’s newest BB10 devices when released later this year. 3 of the big 4 mobile carriers confirmed with Reuters they will carry the devices in stores, even though no one has actually seen the devices in action I’m sure when RIM announces the devices officially we will see if Verizon, At&t and T-Mobile will stand by RIM. Yungjohnnybravo x TatWZA
Leaked BlackBerry 10 Slides Shows Video Calling and Screen Sharing
RIM’s new BBM 10 will now support free wifi calling, which is pretty much RIM’s version of Apple’s Facetime. New a prestation slide has just leaked showing how the Wifi calling will work when released. After the break check out some of the new features RIM plans on adding. Yungjohnnybravo x TatWZA
