About Anthony T.

Grew up in San Francisco, now live in Los Angeles. I am an Executive Manager at a heavy duty parts and repair company. I love technology - mostly all things BlackBerry related - and I enjoy sharing my opinions with people and helping to spread the good work of BlackBerry. You can contact me at anthony (at) blackberryempire (dot) com, find me on twitter @the_ruined, or catch me on BBM, PIN: 333D7B6B

Netflix CEO Says BlackBerry 10 is Unique But Hasn’t Used It Yet

Netflix

I think BlackBerry 10 fans have been waiting for Netflix since, well, the BlackBerry PlayBook was announced. I was one of the early proponents for a Netflix app for the PlayBook as it was really the first media friendly BlackBerry device to be released in the modern age of BlackBerry. Well, in a recent interview with [...]

Come Celebrate the New BlackBerry Empire Forum

BBE Forums

Come celebrate the new BlackBerry Empire Forums Beta Launch with us an enter for a chance to win a Free BlackBerry branded travel bag from BlackBerry Live! All you need to do is go on over to the new BBE Beta Forums and post a reply to this topic telling us how much you want the [...]

BlackBerry Canadian Market Share More Than Doubles

bbry market share

BlackBerry has been making up ground in several key markets, but for the past few years has struggled on their home continent. Some good news today, from Raymond James, indicates BlackBerry is, in fact, gaining ground on the competition on it’s home turf. Highlighting a Q1 sell through, BlackBerry has made a huge gain in Canada increasing 

[VIDEO] First Look at Animoog Now Available For BlackBerry 10

Moog

Here’s a little treat for all you audiophiles out there. The brilliant minds over at moog have officially released their BlackBerry 10 application and it is AWESOME! For 99 cents you can have your own synthesizer in the palm of your hand. This is hands down, the coolest app I have ever purchased for BlackBerry. 

Check Out the BlackBerry Empire BBM Channel!

channels

After the announcement of BBM Channels during the keynote on Tuesday at BlackBerry Live, we hopped right on the bandwagon and became early adopters of BBM Channels. Not only that, but BlackBerry Empire is now officially a featured channel amongst a select few other blogs and websites. 

Why Alicia Keys and BlackBerry are a Stunning Combination

IMG_00006558(1)

Most people think that BlackBerry taking on Alicia Keys as their Global Creative Director was just a last ditch effort to provide some nourishment to a slimming crowd of BlackBerry diehards and hopefuls. We have been closely following her work with the BlackBerry Keep Moving Project in her latest videos from her “Your City” project., but [...]

Watch the BlackBerry Live Keynote Live Online!

BlackBerry Live Streaming

For those of you not in Orlando (or if you’re like me, experiencing nightmarish flight delays), you can live stream the BlackBerry Live keynote from the Orlando World Center Marriott starting at 9am EST (6am PST). This “kick off” event will send BlackBerry Live into full swing and we are excited to be able to bring [...]

The Search For Protection Perfection Part 2 – Tech Armor HD & Matte Screen Protectors

Tech Armor 1

You may recall the start to my seemingly never ending search for the perfect protection for my device. If you didn’t catch the first part of my multi-part series, I reviewed the i-Blason HD Screen Protector for the BlackBerry Z10. Today, I bring you two products, similar in nature from our friends over at Tech Armor. 

India: BlackBerry Appoints New Managing Director

Sunil Lalvani

BlackBerry has been busy overseas as today it was announced that they have appointed a new Managing Director for their smartphone division in India. As of today, Sunil Lalvani will replace Sunil Dutt after his departure from the company back in March.

ActiveSync on BlackBerry 10 Devices Provides A Full Push Solution

BlackBerry 10

BlackBerry has gained notoriety for constantly setting the bar for  the business mobile space. Currently, BlackBerry 10 has received a ton of praise for it’s performance  on the Z10, and now Q10 smartphones. This boost from the business sector in particular has been attributed to the fact that BlackBerry has been, and continues to be, the absolute best [...]

MLB At Bat 13 Updated to Version 1.1.0.23

MLB At Bat

For all you baseball fans, MLB At Bat 13 has been updated to a new version available for download in BlackBerry World. The alert should be pushing to your phone any time now.

Thorsten Talks Q10 on Bloomberg TV

Thorsten Heins Q10 Bloomberg

Thorsten speaks about his exclusive launch day partnership with Selfridges and how customers have flocked to Selfridges stores to purchase the new Q10 device. A lot of our reporting, today, has hit on the fact that the Q10 sales are HOT HOT HOT. 

Q10 Buzz Spiking Shares – RBC Raises Estimates

Q10

As we wrote earlier, the Q10 is reportedly blowing the Z10 out of the water in terms of sales in the UK.  So much so, that RBC’s (Royal Bank of Canada) Mark Sue reiterated a Sector Perform rating on shares of BlackBerry and an $18 price target, after raising his estimates for this year to reflect [...]