BlackBerry Canadian Market Share More Than Doubles

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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 

BlackBerry Enterprise Service 10 Continues to Gain Momentum in North America

ORLANDO, FLORIDA–(Marketwired – May 15, 2013) – BlackBerry Live 2013 – BlackBerry(R) (NASDAQ:BBRY)(TSX:BB) today announced a number of North American enterprises across a diverse range of sectors, including high tech, banking, retail and government that have adopted BlackBerry(R) 10 and BlackBerry(R) Enterprise Service 10 as part of their mobile strategy. Continue reading for more.

India: BlackBerry Appoints New Managing Director

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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.

BlackBerry Targets “Hyper-connected Multi-tasking Achiever People”

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Fox Business had an interview with BlackBerry CEO and President Thorsten Heins yesterday and very pointedly asked when the U.S. market could expect the release of the Q10. Thorsten’s  response was that the target time frame for the U.S. release was the end of May.

Thorsten Talks Q10 on Bloomberg TV

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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

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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 [...]

Get BlackBerry 10 Trained and Certified At BlackBerry Live

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Another reason to attend BlackBerry Live 2013 is you will have the opportunity to get BlackBerry 10 trained and certified for your business by taking a two-day instructor-led training course, or participating in one of the Hands-on Lab sessions. See the different BlackBerry Certification programs available:

Prem Watsa Thinks BlackBerry Shares Worth $40

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One of BlackBerry’s major shareholders, Prem Watsa, thinks BlackBerry shares are worth over $40. In a brief interview conducted by Seeking Alpha’s Wilson Wang, Mr. Watsa indicated that he feels BlackBerry is doing all the right things in all the right ways and is a strong competitor in the smartphone market as it stands today. 

BlackBerry regaining ground with increased Ad Awareness

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The past couple of years have seen BlackBerry losing its luster and relevance but the company finally has some good news. Data from BrandIndex reports BlackBerry has seen its ad awareness grow in advance of the US debut of its BlackBerry 10 OS, while purchase intent for the rival iPhone and direct comparison has fallen.

10 Ways that BlackBerry 10 will Impact your Business for the Better

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Luke Reimer from over at the BlackBerry Biz Blog shares with us 10 ways why BlackBerry 10 is better for business. As he states “an important goal of the BlackBerry 10 platform is to improve the mobile experience of businesses and their staff.” Why is BlackBerry 10 better for business?

BlackBerry shares rise after Bernstein Research upgrades stock

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BlackBerry’s shares (now BBRY) rose nearly 6 percent in trading before the opening bell today after a firm Bernstein Research said it was upgrading the stock to “outperform” after the January 30 launch of the BlackBerry 10 operating system and smartphones.

Mercedes AMG Petronas Formula 1 team announce partnership with BlackBerry

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BlackBerry keeps moving this year as the BlackBerry 10 experience slowly unfolds to the world. It all began with the launch of the much awaited BlackBerry 10 operating system and devices and now BlackBerry has partnered with a formula 1 team. We all saw the superbowl ad and most didn’t get it. BlackBerry showed you [...]

Todd Wood: The man who designed the new BlackBerry smartphones

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BlackBerry faced a big challenge when it wanted to redesign the future of BlackBerry devices from scratch. The flagship device of the new BlackBerry 10 platform needed to simultaneously satisfy what today’s customers want in a smartphone while at the same time stay true to the essence of BlackBerry – it had to be the best of both worlds. [...]