Mercedes AMG Petronas 'Keep Moving' in Montreal With BlackBerry Partnership

With the world's elite Formula One drivers and teams arriving in Montreal this weekend, Canadian race fans will get their chance to see the MERCEDES AMG PETRONAS Silver Arrows cars in action at Gilles Villeneuve Circuit.

As the Official Mobile Computing Partner for the MERCEDES AMG PETRONAS Formula One Team, BlackBerry is collaborating with the team on a number of technical and marketing opportunities. The new BlackBerry 10 platform delivers tools and services for MERCEDES AMG PETRONAS, while fan engagement is being improved through the joint development of apps. BlackBerry 10 smartphones are being used by the team so they can 'keep moving' in Montreal and throughout the Formula One season.

The new partnership, signed at the start of the season, has seen the iconic BlackBerry branding featured prominently on the chassis and headrest of the F1 W04 Silver Arrows, the racesuits of Lewis Hamilton and Nico Rosberg, and on the team's racewear kit. As the Official Mobile Computing Partner, BlackBerry and MERCEDES AMG PETRONAS have been working closely together to develop the team's use of the BlackBerry 10 platform at the team's headquarters and at each Grand Prix.

Ross Brawn, Team Principal at the MERCEDES AMG PETRONAS Formula One Team commented: "It's all set to be another exciting race weekend in Montreal and we are delighted to have BlackBerry on-board. We're embracing the new BlackBerry 10 platform at both a technical and operational level, as well as collaborating with the team at BlackBerry to bring new mobile innovation to MERCEDES AMG PETRONAS."

Frank Boulben, Chief Marketing Officer at BlackBerry, said: "Formula One is all about precision engineering, design and innovation - three values that mirror the approach that's gone into creating BlackBerry 10. It is a natural fit for BlackBerry to partner with the MERCEDES AMG PETRONAS Formula One Team to deliver value through technical and marketing collaboration. We have built BlackBerry 10 to keep people moving, and we believe the essence of this will be delivered at many levels through our partnership."

About MERCEDES AMG PETRONAS

The MERCEDES AMG PETRONAS Formula One Team competes in the FIA Formula One World Championship and is based at the team's Operations Centre in Brackley, UK. The engines for the team's Formula One cars are provided by Mercedes AMG High Performance Powertrains based in Brixworth, Northamptonshire.

About BlackBerry

A global leader in wireless innovation, BlackBerry® revolutionized the mobile industry when it was introduced in 1999. Today, BlackBerry aims to inspire the success of our millions of customers around the world by continuously pushing the boundaries of mobile experiences. Founded in 1984 and based in Waterloo, Ontario, BlackBerry operates offices in North America, Europe, Asia Pacific and Latin America. Research In Motion announced that effective January 30, 2013, the Company would operate around the world under the iconic name BlackBerry. The legal name of the company has not changed, but the Company will do business as BlackBerry until shareholders vote for the official change at the Company's Annual General Meeting later in 2013. Effective Monday, February 4, 2013, the Company commenced trading under its new ticker symbols "BB" on the Toronto Stock Exchange and "BBRY" on the NASDAQ. For more information, visit www.blackberry.com.

Release Schedule BBM For Android and iOS is June 27 Read more at http://www.teknologi.co/21301/jadwal-rilis-bbm-untuk-android-dan-ios-adalah-27-juni/

The latest news for your users android and ios devices who are expecting so-called BlackBerry Messenger or BBM. Worldwide BlackBerry Twitter account to inform you that on 27 June is the release schedule BBM for android and ios . Although not yet officially confirmed, and may still be delayed, however, with the photo showing BBM running on ios device indicates that BBM for android and ios will be available shortly. Below is the tweet showing Worldwide BlackBerry BBM release schedule for android and ios; With the presence of BBM for android and ios, likely BBM instant messaging app will be the most widely used. Because the only BBM Bla

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BlackBerry with free calls is almost ready. Would you like to test it out?

What's new in this version?
Free calls on Wifi and 3G! (OS 5 + OS 7 only)
Performance improvements for OS 5
Sending stickers is now faster than ever
Bug fixes
* Messages may use your data plan


Please open this page on your BlackBerry device
in order to install the beta version.

http://viber.com/products/blackberry/beta/

The Chinese government has ordered two million BlackBerry Q10?

The company has not officially BlackBerry markets the smartphones BlackBerry Q10, but it probably has already become known for the largest buyer of this type of device. Resource StockHouse reported, citing sources close to the company FYD (Fugyudum) Enterprises of Macau, the Chinese authorities have placed an order for the purchase of two million of these smartphones. This company has a network of paid educational institutions in the provinces of Guangdong and Yudumtu. The acquired units are designed for faculties mobile hacking and information warfare. The official customer is the Chinese Bureau of Economic and Cultural Development. Confirmation of information from the Chinese authorities or representatives BlackBerry yet been received. Earlier, it was reported that the BlackBerry managed to conclude an ambitious deal with one of the partners to sell a large number of smartphones BlackBerry Z10. In total, to date, the company managed to sell about one million devices with BlackBerry OS 10.

New TV Content Partners Launch on BlackBerry 10

PBS, Univision and Viacom bring TV favorites to BlackBerry 10

Waterloo, ON – BlackBerry® (NASDAQ: BBRY; TSX: BB) announced the addition of new television content for BlackBerry® 10 customers in the U.S. TV shows from PBS, Univision and Viacom are now a part of the robust video catalogue available for sale on the BlackBerry® World™ storefront, bringing such favorites as COMEDY CENTRAL, MTV, Nickelodeon, PBS’s Masterpiece Classic Downton Abbey series and Spanish telenovelas.

“The momentum for BlackBerry 10 continues in the content space as more partners are looking to BlackBerry to reach new audiences and drive mobile content discovery and monetization,” said Martyn Mallick, Vice President, Global Alliances and Business Development at BlackBerry. “BlackBerry World has a wide-ranging and continuously growing catalogue that offers most movies on the day they become available on DVD and next day availability of many current TV series. We’re excited that PBS, Univision and Viacom have joined us to give customers in the U.S. access to enjoy a world of content, from the major film studios, broadcasters and TV studios and networks, in a single location.”

The BlackBerry World storefront app is preloaded on all BlackBerry 10 smartphones, offering customers one of the most robust music, TV and video catalogs in mobile today. The storefront continues to grow and diversify its movie and TV content with the best, most up-to-date series and films.

"Univision is pleased to make UVideos, the first bilingual digital video network, available on the much anticipated BlackBerry Z10. Moreover, for the first time, we will also make some of Univision's best TV series and telenovelas available in the video store on BlackBerry World on a transactional basis,” said Kevin Conroy, President, Digital and Enterprise Development, Univision Communications Inc. “More than three quarters of the U.S. Hispanic population own a smartphone and they outpace their non-Hispanic counterparts in mobile video consumption by double digits. Mobile is where Hispanic America lives and this product launch extends Univision’s commitment to deliver the best in Hispanic programming across all platforms and devices.”

“Our audiences are increasingly turning to their smartphones to drop in on South Park, Jersey Shore, or SpongeBob SquarePants in Bikini Bottom anytime, anywhere they’d like,” said Tom Gorke, Senior Vice President of Content Distribution for Viacom Media Networks. “BlackBerry 10 is a great and growing platform for audiences to catch up with their favorite shows on the go, and for Viacom to extend the expansive reach of its beloved brands.”

Now available in more than 25 countries, the BlackBerry Z10 is the first smartphone powered by BlackBerry 10, the re-designed, re-engineered, and re-invented BlackBerry platform that creates a new and unique mobile computing experience. The BlackBerry Z10 smartphone is now available for purchase or preorder in the U.S. from AT&T, T-Mobile, Verizon Wireless, and in Best Buy and Best Buy Mobile locations.

About BlackBerry

A global leader in wireless innovation, BlackBerry® revolutionized the mobile industry when it was introduced in 1999. Today, BlackBerry aims to inspire the success of our millions of customers around the world by continuously pushing the boundaries of mobile experiences. Founded in 1984 and based in Waterloo, Ontario, BlackBerry operates offices in North America, Europe, Asia Pacific and Latin America. BlackBerry is listed on the NASDAQ Stock Market (NASDAQ: BBRY) and the Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX: BB). For more information, visit www.blackberry.com.

BlackBerry Z10 Teardown

The allure of Spring is in the air. Feel the weather warming up. The hills covered with blooming flowers. And with Spring comes the reemergence of berries, specifically BlackBerrys. The BlackBerry Z10 is BlackBerry's (the company formerly known as RIM) newest flagship smartphone. Join us as we discover the juicy secrets that dwell inside the BlackBerry Z10.

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To Sell Its New Z10 Phone, BlackBerry Bets Big On Real-Time Takeovers

When you’re betting the house, you don’t skimp on the marketing. That’s the approach BlackBerry has taken with its BlackBerry 10 operating system and its line of smartphones anchored on the Z10, which hit stores in the U.S. Friday. With great pressure to turn the company’s fortunes around, the company’s looked to innovative marketing to get its phone’s new features out there—and is betting big on tactics chief marketing officer Frank Boulben describes as “real-time marketing.”

BlackBerry will be there as millions of Americans tune in to March Madness—likely costing hundreds of millions of dollars in productivity—as the company will continue to air its “Keep Moving” television commercials; Boulben says commercials from carriers will hit TVs in the next couple of weeks.

But to pull off what Boulben has previously told FORBES is “the greatest comeback in tech history,” you need a lot more than a slick television spot. Since taking on that challenge in June, Boulben and his team have worked with agency BBDO and several digital agencies from within Publicis group like Razorfish on a more aggressive strategy, with tens of millions pumped into the campaign, which is built largely around several versions of a tactic known as the “takeover.”

How a mobile takeover ad of the Time Shift feature for the BlackBerry Z10 looks, from its U.K. campaign. (Image credit: BlackBerry)

These takeovers, piloted in the United Kingdom, will hit U.S. customers soon on computers and their non-Blackberry devices. BlackBerry built out two digital takeovers for desktop, first with The Guardian in the United Kingdom and now with the New York Times. “I think these are a world first,” Boulben says. Those takeovers fill your browser with ad that “takes over” your display, in this case designed to resemble the Hub feature that helps users organize their content on the new BlackBerry 10 devices. Users who see the New York Times takeover, for example, will see the takeover pull in content from the different verticals on the Times’ site feeds, its Facebook page and official tweets.

Android and iPhone users—and chances you are one, given those companies’ combined 85% market share—will also experience BlackBerry’s ad content in the form of mobile takeovers starting the week of March 25. Those mobile takeovers will fill your screen with what looks like a BlackBerry 10′s, demoing a specific feature like its photo “Time Shift” capability that allows you to scroll through several captured options for each face in a picture.

BlackBerry knows that it’s not enough simply to resell devices to its remaining brand die-hards; with 5.9% market share there are too few left for that to sustain the company formerly known as RIM.  Boulben is bullish about the BlackBerry 10’s competitiveness in regaining customers who left the brand. “The device is productivity oriented, but at the same time it’s a cool one because of some edgy features like Time Shift,” he says.

Before consumers can even weigh in on their taste for those features, Boulben faces the challenge of getting them in front of users who don’t associate BlackBerry with innovation. The marketer points to early results for the phone in the United Kingdom as a positive sign for the company’s odds to do so in the U.S.: users experiencing the mobile takeover there spend an average of 4.2 minutes engaging it, a long time for a piece of marketing content on mobile. BlackBerry says that of its strong sales in the U.K. since launching there at the end of January, one out of three buyers previously owned a non-BlackBerry device.

Boulben is gunning for iPhone and Android users in the U.S., too. “I expect [buyers coming from other platforms] to be a substantial minority of sales in every market and I don’t see why the U.S. would be any different,” Boulben says.

BlackBerry wants you to realize your iPhone thumbs can't keep up. (Image credit: BlackBerry)

One more tactic that BlackBerry hopes will get those users considering BlackBerry will be a keyboard challenge launching later this quarter. The challenge will encourage smartphone users to scan QR codes on digital banner ads and in print to upload the game, which pits you against the Z10 in a typing challenge. (Hint: BlackBerry’s paying for that on the bet that you’ll lose, badly.)

In its uphill battle to regain consumer perception as a major player, Boulben says a strong social media fan base will give the brand a boost: according to the CMO, the brand has a combined 30 million fans  on social networks and 18 million subscribed and reachable through email and other consumer relationship management (CRM) pushes. The company also offers a personalized demo on its flagship website that, with a user’s permission, pulls socially-shared data like music and Facebook contacts to give you a unique walk-through of BlackBerry 10 features.

For BlackBerry, there’s no safety net if these new marketing strategies fall on deaf ears and BlackBerry 10 can’t keep its share in the market and start ticking the needle back upward. Boulben’s confident his campaign will give the company its best shot at a positive takeover.

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AT&T to Launch BlackBerry Z10 March 22 for $199.99, Pre-sales Begin March 12

Only AT&T customers can experience the new BlackBerry Z10 on the Nation's Fastest 4G LTE Network

Wireless customers looking for a smartphone that helps them balance the important aspects of their lives will soon have a new option.  Beginning March 12, AT&T*  will kick-off consumer pre-sales of the BlackBerry® Z10 smartphone for $199.99 with a two-year agreement at http://www.att.com/z10.  The smartphone will be generally available for all customers, including corporate customers or those receiving a corporate discount, through all AT&T channels on March 22.

The BlackBerry Z10 is the first smartphone to launch with the re-designed, re-engineered and re-invented BlackBerry® 10 platform, offering customers a powerful and unique new mobile experience. It is the fastest and most advanced BlackBerry smartphone yet, and is designed to continuously adapt to a customer’s needs.

The BlackBerry Z10 features an all-touch keyboard and provides a modern and easy typing experience.  The BlackBerry Z10 also features a high-resolution 4.2-inch display and an 8-megapixel camera that records 1080p HD video.

“AT&T customers were the first to experience BlackBerry smartphones and services in the U.S. and we are thrilled to bring the next evolution, the BlackBerry Z10, to the nation’s fastest 4G LTE network,” said Jeff Bradley, senior vice president, Devices and Developer Services, AT&T Mobility. “Customers who have grown to love the tried and true BlackBerry experience will continue to enjoy the easy typing and the secure platform they expect with a fresh platform that lets them get more out of their smartphone with easy access to all their messages in BlackBerry Hub.”

BlackBerry 10 is a re-designed, re-engineered and re-invented BlackBerry platform that gives customers a faster and smarter experience that continuously adapts to their needs with advancements such as:

BlackBerry® Hub acts as a central location for your emails and conversations.  You can easily peek into the Hub from any app with one swipe to see what’s new, then instantly swipe back to what you were doing.
The new BlackBerry Touchscreen Keyboard learns how you write and adapts to your typing style so you can write faster and more accurately.
BlackBerry fans have long loved BlackBerry® Messenger (BBM™).  The new BlackBerry Z10 features BBM™ Video and Screen Share so you can catch up face-to-face and share the content on your screen** with your friend or co-worker.
Taking photos and creating memories is easier with Time Shift, an astonishing camera feature  that captures the moments before and after you press the shutter to let you create the best shot, and BlackBerry Story Maker, which lets you weave those moments together to create a movie in just a couple of swipes.
BlackBerry Balance™ technology allows you to use your Z10 for work and play without compromising the security of your business-related content when connected to BlackBerry Enterprise Service 10.
The BlackBerry Z10 will be the first BlackBerry smartphone to run on AT&T 4G LTE, the nation’s fastest 4G LTE network***. AT&T has the nation’s largest 4G network, covering 288 million people.***

AT&T is also launching the new BlackBerry® Enterprise Service (BES) 10 solution, which gives AT&T business and government customers with BlackBerry 10 smartphones secure access to work email, “behind the firewall” applications and data, and offers other security and advanced enterprise mobility management features.  BES 10 provides an additional option for AT&T enterprise customers to choose from when deciding which Mobile Enterprise Management solution best serves their needs. Customers can also benefit from AT&T's extensive experience helping companies create comprehensive mobility strategies.  AT&T leverages best practices and proven frameworks to address nearly every enterprise mobility challenge.

*AT&T products and services are provided or offered by subsidiaries and affiliates of AT&T Inc. under the AT&T brand and not by AT&T Inc.

**Compatible BlackBerry 10 devices, Wi-Fi, 4G or HSPA+ connection required.

***Limited 4G LTE availability in select markets. LTE is a trademark of ETSI. Claim based on a comparison of U.S. national carriers’ average 4G LTE download speeds for Android™ and Windows smartphones and iPhone 5. 4G speeds not available everywhere.

BlackBerry and related trademarks, names and logos are the property of Research In Motion Limited.

About AT&T

AT&T Inc. (NYSE:T) is a premier communications holding company and one of the most honored companies in the world. Its subsidiaries and affiliates – AT&T operating companies – are the providers of AT&T services in the United States and internationally. With a powerful array of network resources that includes the nation’s largest 4G network, AT&T is a leading provider of wireless, Wi-Fi, high speed Internet, voice and cloud-based services. A leader in mobile Internet, AT&T also offers the best wireless coverage worldwide of any U.S. carrier, offering the most wireless phones that work in the most countries. It also offers advanced TV services under the AT&T U-verse® and AT&T |DIRECTV brands. The company’s suite of IP-based business communications services is one of the most advanced in the world.

Additional information about AT&T Inc. and the products and services provided by AT&T subsidiaries and affiliates is available at http://www.att.com/aboutus or follow our news on @ATT, on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/att and YouTube at http://www.youtube.com/att.

ooVoo to Launch Free Video Chat and IM Solution for the BlackBerry 10 Platform

New York, NY and Waterloo, ON – ooVoo, one of the largest independent social video chat provider with 66 million registered subscribers, and Research In Motion (RIM) (NASDAQ: RIMM; TSX: RIM)  announced that ooVoo will bring its next-generation HD video communications service to the BlackBerry® 10 platform.

The BlackBerry 10 platform allows the ooVoo service to easily integrate with voice, video and the remarkably fast BlackBerry 10 browser, which will give BlackBerry 10 customers a multiplatform solution for video chat and instant messaging with friends, family and colleagues. With ooVoo, up to 12 contacts can connect at the same time, allowing customers to stay connected and share experiences.

“ooVoo serves more than one billion minutes of video each month to subscribers. By bringing ooVoo HD video chat to the BlackBerry 10 platform BlackBerry 10 customers will be able to video chat and share videos anytime with the millions of ooVoo's daily active users on virtually any mobile or desktop platform,” said Jay Samit President of ooVoo.



ooVoo will be integrated into the basic calling functionality in BlackBerry 10, making it easy for customers to flow directly from a voice call to an ooVoo video call. ooVoo’s cloud-based service provides remarkable video quality. BlackBerry 10 customers will be able to chat cross-platform, and take advantage of the social features that ooVoo provides, for free*.



“As a leader in communications, we understand the importance of bringing people together in an innovative way that is easy to use,” said Martyn Mallick, Vice President Global Alliances and Business Development at Research In Motion. “ooVoo will be a fantastic choice for BlackBerry 10 customers looking for a multi-user video communications service that can connect them to their contacts on virtually any computer or mobile device, and we are pleased to work with ooVoo to help bring their service to our customers.”

ooVoo’s innovative Watch Together™ feature allows customers to have group video viewing experiences within video calls. ooVoo’s customers can incorporate video calling with friends and family into their daily lives by, for example, bringing friends along on shopping trips through ooVoo to get real-time opinions on choices, or mommy group members showing the latest happenings - whether milestone or mysterious spots - for opinions in real-time.

Pricing and Availability
ooVoo is a free service, and will be offered for BlackBerry 10 smartphones on the BlackBerry® World™ storefront later this year.



* Wireless data changes may apply to customers on limited mobile data plans. Check with your carrier.

About Research In Motion
Research In Motion (RIM), a global leader in wireless innovation, revolutionized the mobile industry with the introduction of the BlackBerry® solution in 1999. Today, BlackBerry products and services are used by millions of customers around the world to stay connected to the people and content that matter most throughout their day. Founded in 1984 and based in Waterloo, Ontario, RIM operates offices in North America, Europe, Asia Pacific and Latin America. RIM is listed on the NASDAQ Stock Market (NASDAQ: RIMM) and the Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX: RIM). For more information, visit www.rim.com or www.blackberry.com.

About ooVoo, LLC

ooVoo provides a high-quality, free, social video chat service and integrated instant messaging for more than 66 million registered users worldwide. Bringing multi-party HD video chat to users around the world, ooVoo enables people to connect with their friends, family and community via 12-way video chat over the Web, Facebook, desktop, any Android or iOS-based mobile or tablet device, and soon BlackBerry 10, using cloud-based connectivity. Named "Best of the Year" by PC Magazine in 2011, the free, award-winning ooVoo mobile app can be downloaded at www.ooVoo.com.



Headquartered in New York City, ooVoo is a privately-held company funded by Myrian Capital, a growth capital firm with investments in video communications, social media and advanced advertising, www.myriancapital.com.  Follow ooVoo on Facebook at www.facebook.com/ooVoo and through Twitter at www.twitter.com/ooVoo.

BlackBerry 10 Launch Event Available Via Webcast on January 30th, 2013

Waterloo, ON – Research In Motion (RIM) (NASDAQ: RIMM; TSX: RIM) will be broadcasting the BlackBerry® 10 launch event on January 30th, 2013, via webcast. The event will happen simultaneously in New York, Toronto, London, Paris, Dubai, Johannesburg, Jakarta and Delhi.  This day will mark the official launch of its new platform - BlackBerry 10, as well as the unveiling of the first two BlackBerry 10 smartphones.  Details on the smartphones and their availability will be announced at the event.

A live webcast will be held beginning at 10 am ET, which can be accessed via http://www1.rim.com/newsroom.html

Details about BlackBerry 10 can be found at: www.blackberry.com/blackberry10

About Research In Motion

Research In Motion (RIM), a global leader in wireless innovation, revolutionized the mobile industry with the introduction of the BlackBerry® solution in 1999. Today, BlackBerry products and services are used by millions of customers around the world to stay connected to the people and content that matter most throughout their day. Founded in 1984 and based in Waterloo, Ontario, RIM operates offices in North America, Europe, Asia Pacific and Latin America. RIM is listed on the NASDAQ Stock Market (NASDAQ: RIMM) and the Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX: RIM). For more information, visit www.rim.com or www.blackberry.com.

A Glimpse at OEM Z10 Cases

Crackberry said they will be getting the cases in soon, and available for pre-order soon also, but no pictures. In the comments, Shredney (credit), posted a link to a website with images.

Flip-Shell case in black/white/red - Blackberry Z10 Flip Shell Case Cover ACC-49284-201 | buytec.co.uk

Microfibre pouch in black/red/grey - Blackberry Z10 Leather Pocket Case ACC-49276-201 | buytec.co.uk

Leather swivel holster - Blackberry Z10 Leather Swivel Holster Case ACC-49273-201 | buytec.co.uk

Transform hard shell - http://www.buytec.co.uk/blackberry-z...lack-723-p.asp

I am most likely getting a black microfibre pouch and a red flip-case, I have a clear hard shell from ebay so would get the transform later when it is reduced and I want something fresh/new.

What will you get?

http://forums.crackberry.com/blackberry-z10-f254/glimpse-oem-z10-cases-764349/

BlackBerry Enterprise Service 10 Now Available for Download

RIM’s New Multiplatform Enterprise Mobility Management Solution Makes Mobility Easy for Businesses

Waterloo, ON – Research In Motion (RIM) (NASDAQ: RIMM; TSX: RIM) announced that its new Enterprise Mobility Management (EMM) solution, BlackBerry® Enterprise Service 10, is now available for download. BlackBerry Enterprise Service 10 re-invents RIM’s EMM by bringing together device management, industry leading security*, and mobile applications management for BlackBerry® smartphones, BlackBerry® PlayBook™ tablets, and new BlackBerry 10 smartphones in a consolidated solution. It also provides a single console for managing BlackBerry, Android™ and iOS® devices.

BlackBerry Enterprise Service 10 builds on more than a decade of RIM’s enterprise mobility management expertise and the most widely deployed mobility solution in enterprises today. BlackBerry Enterprise Service 10 offers mobile device management, mobile application management and secure mobile connectivity, and delivers a cost-efficient and reliable solution for business customers.

“BlackBerry Enterprise Service 10 empowers employees to be more productive and better equipped to serve customers while it provides business and IT leaders with the confidence that corporate data is protected and manageable in the same way they have long enjoyed with BlackBerry,” said Peter Devenyi, Senior Vice President, Enterprise Software, Research In Motion. “BlackBerry Enterprise Service 10 makes mobility easy for businesses to help keep them moving.”

Flexible Enterprise Mobility Management

BlackBerry Enterprise Service 10 gives organizations a highly scalable solution and the flexibility to manage their mobile deployment as needed. It supports both corporate-owned and personal-owned (BYOD – Bring Your Own Device) device deployments and mixed environments of BlackBerry and other devices, providing mobile device management, mobile application management, and secure access to corporate data. It includes an intuitive, unified, web-based administration console to manage devices and users. It also supports BlackBerry® Balance™ technology, which elegantly separates and secures work applications and data from personal content on BlackBerry devices.  BlackBerry Enterprise Service 10 is built on the same security and connectivity model for BlackBerry 10 smartphones that enterprise customers have always trusted and relied upon with BlackBerry® Enterprise Server.

Key Features for BlackBerry 10 smartphones with BlackBerry Enterprise Service 10

• Support for secure separation of work and personal applications and data on BlackBerry 10 smartphones through BlackBerry Balance technology.

• Support for seamless and secure access to work email, content and secure connectivity to “behind the firewall” applications and data.

• BlackBerry® World™ for Work, the new corporate app storefront for BlackBerry 10 smartphones that allows organizations to easily manage apps for employees. Administrators can push and install the organization’s mandatory apps to both corporate and personal-owned devices and publish recommended apps to employees.

• Rich management controls for securing and managing work profiles including hierarchical group management with Active Directory integration, support for customizable administrative roles with granular capabilities, an intuitive enterprise enrollment process for employees that offers a self-service console, and centralized control of assignable profiles for email, SCEP, Wi-Fi®, VPN and proxy servers.

What Customers Are Saying

“The BlackBerry solution has been meeting our enterprise mobility needs for 10 years and it’s been incredibly exciting to be among the first UK customers to try out BlackBerry 10,” said Craig Allcock, Head of Networks, Group Technology, The Co-operative Group. “The re-designed UI is excellent, providing a smooth experience which enables you to seamlessly switch between applications and content across both the personal and work profiles. We’re confident that BlackBerry 10 smartphones and the new BlackBerry Enterprise Service 10 will enable us to both anticipate and meet the existing and future enterprise mobility needs of our individual employees.”

“We’ve been testing BlackBerry 10 and BlackBerry Enterprise Service 10 in our environment and we’re pleased with the manageability, security and reliability that the solution offers, along with expanded management capabilities to other devices within our network,” said Peter E. Lesser, Director of Global Technology, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP. “BlackBerry has been a trusted partner of ours for many years, and we’re excited to implement BlackBerry Enterprise Service 10 in our organization.”

What Industry Analysts Are Saying

“BlackBerry Enterprise Service 10 brings some important technology, cost and operational improvements to existing BlackBerry customers,” said Nick McQuire, Research Director Mobile Enterprise Strategies EMEA for IDC. “We believe RIM is poised to capitalize on its strong history in delivering reliable, scalable and secure mobile enterprise management solutions to help organizations address an increasingly diverse mobile environment.”

“Companies require maximum flexibility and diversity in mobile deployments,” said Jack Gold, principal analyst of J.Gold Associates, LLC. “Products that manage multiple platforms, while at the same time enabling the segregation of personal and corporate data, represent an optimum solution by offering the lowest total cost of ownership, most end-user friendly, and highest security approach to enterprise mobility.”

Availability

The BlackBerry Enterprise Service 10 software as well as a limited sixty (60) day free trial (includes client access licenses) is available to be ordered here.

Through the BlackBerry 10 Ready Program, existing customers can take advantage of the free license trade up program at www.blackberry.com/licensetradeup, which is available until December 31, 2013.**

* BlackBerry Enterprise Service 10 has been FIPS 140-2 certified.

** Terms and conditions apply.

About Research In Motion

Research In Motion (RIM), a global leader in wireless innovation, revolutionized the mobile industry with the introduction of the BlackBerry® solution in 1999. Today, BlackBerry® products and services are used by millions of customers around the world to stay connected to the people and content that matter most throughout their day. Founded in 1984 and based in Waterloo, Ontario, RIM operates offices in North America, Europe, Asia Pacific and Latin America. RIM is listed on the NASDAQ Stock Market (NASDAQ: RIMM) and the Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX: RIM). For more information, visit www.rim.com or www.blackberry.com.

Here Are Leaked Photos Of The Next BlackBerry Phone For Verizon And AT&T

We just got our hands on two images of RIM's upcoming BlackBerry phone, the BlackBerry Z10.

The source who provided the images says he's been testing two variants of the phone recently –– one on Verizon and one on AT&T. In one of the photos, you can see Verizon's branding on the front cover of the phone.

RIM will formally unveil the Z10 and the new BlackBerry 10 operating system at a big press event on January 30. 

Here are some initial impressions of the BlackBerry Z10 and BB10 from our source:

• The build quality is really nice. The back cover feels rubbery and snaps on sort of like the back cover on Samsung's Galaxy S III.
• The screen looks great.
• The web browser is very quick, just as fast as a desktop browser. It also supports Flash.
• You can set up separate profiles for work and personal use. This is good for people who want to use one phone for business and play.
• It integrates with Evernote.
• The new AppWorld store looks a lot like the Google Play store for Android apps.
• It only takes one minute to boot up.

Here are the photos. Our source included an iPhone 4S in between the two BlackBerrys to help you compare sizes.

You can also check out more leaked photos of the new BlackBerry right here >

Business Insider

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comScore Reports November 2012 U.S. Mobile Subscriber Market Share

Samsung and Apple Continue to Seize Share in OEM Market

comScore, Inc. (NASDAQ: SCOR), a leader in measuring the digital world, today released data from the comScore MobiLens service, reporting key trends in the U.S. mobile phone industry during the three month average period ending November 2012. The study surveyed more than 30,000 U.S. mobile subscribers and found Samsung to be the top handset manufacturer overall with 26.9 percent market share. Google Android continued to lead among smartphone platforms, accounting for 53.7 percent of smartphone subscribers, while Apple secured 35 percent.

OEM Market Share

For the three-month average period ending in November, device manufacturer Samsung ranked as the top OEM with 26.9 percent of U.S. mobile subscribers (up 1.2 percentage points). Apple ranked second with 18.5 percent market share (up 1.4 percentage points), followed by LG with 17.5 percent share, Motorola with 10.4 percent and HTC with 5.9 percent.

Top Mobile OEMs 3 Month Avg. Ending Nov. 2012 vs. 3 Month Ending Aug. 2012 Total U.S. Mobile Subscribers (Smartphone & Non-Smartphone) Ages 13+ Source: comScore MobiLens
	Share (%) of Mobile Subscribers
	Aug-12	Nov-12	Point Change
Total Mobile Subscribers	100.0%	100.0%	N/A
Samsung	25.7%	26.9%	1.2
Apple	17.1%	18.5%	1.4
LG	18.2%	17.5%	-0.7
Motorola	11.2%	10.4%	-0.8
HTC	6.3%	5.9%	-0.4

Smartphone Platform Market Share

123.3 million people in the U.S. owned smartphones (53 percent mobile market penetration) during the three months ending in November, up 6 percent since August. Google Android ranked as the top smartphone platform with 53.7 percent market share (up 1.1 percentage points), while Apple’s share increased 0.7 percentage points to 35 percent. RIM ranked third with 7.3 percent share, followed by Microsoft (3 percent) and Symbian (0.5 percent).

Top Smartphone Platforms 3 Month Avg. Ending Nov. 2012 vs. 3 Month Avg. Ending Aug. 2012 Total U.S. Smartphone Subscribers Ages 13+ Source: comScore MobiLens
	Share (%) of Smartphone Subscribers
	Aug-12	Nov-12	Point Change
Total Smartphone Subscribers	100.0%	100.0%	N/A
Google	52.6%	53.7%	1.1
Apple	34.3%	35.0%	0.7
RIM	8.3%	7.3%	-1.0
Microsoft	3.6%	3.0%	-0.6
Symbian	0.7%	0.5%	-0.2

Mobile Content Usage

In November, 75.9 percent of U.S. mobile subscribers used text messaging on their mobile device (up 0.3 percentage points). Downloaded applications were used by 54.2 percent of subscribers (up 0.8 percentage points), while browsers were used by 52.1 percent (up 0.1 percentage points). Accessing of social networking sites or blogs increased 0.9 percentage points to 39.2 percent of mobile subscribers. Game-playing was done by 33.7 percent of the mobile audience, while 28.7 percent listened to music on their phones (up 0.4 percentage points).

Mobile Content Usage 3 Month Avg. Ending Nov. 2012 vs. 3 Month Avg. Ending Aug. 2012 Total U.S. Mobile Subscribers (Smartphone & Non-Smartphone) Ages 13+ Source: comScore MobiLens
	Share (%) of Mobile Subscribers
	Aug-12	Nov-12	Point Change
Total Mobile Subscribers	100.0%	100.0%	N/A
Sent text message to another phone	75.6%	75.9%	0.3
Used downloaded apps	53.4%	54.2%	0.8
Used browser	52.0%	52.1%	0.1
Accessed social networking site or blog	38.3%	39.2%	0.9
Played Games	34.0%	33.7%	-0.3
Listened to music on mobile phone	28.3%	28.7%	0.4

About MobiLens
MobiLens data is derived from an intelligent online survey of a nationally representative sample of mobile subscribers age 13 and older. Data on mobile phone usage refers to a respondent’s primary mobile phone and does not include data related to a respondent’s secondary device.

About comScore
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For every 100 web pageviews on an iPad, a Kindle gets 5, a Galaxy gets 3, and a Surface gets 0.22

Non-iPad web traffic is growing, but it’s still a tiny fraction of what Apple’s iconic tablet pulls in.
Advertising and analytics company Chitika released its December 2012 tablet market update, and the numbers aren’t great for any tablet that doesn’t start with the letter I.
“For every 100 iPad impressions, other tablets have 14.75,” Gabe Donnini, Chitika’s data solutions engineer, said today. “Eighty-seven percent of the tablet web traffic in North America is generated by iPad.”
The biggest chunk of that non-iPad traffic comes from the Kindle, with 4.88 pageviews for every 100 on the iPad. Kindle did grow a very healthy 20 percent month-over-month, however, compared to Chitika’s November statistics. These 4.88 pageviews translate into a 4.25 percent share of all tablet web traffic.
After Kindle, Samsung’s Galaxy has 3.04 pageviews to every hundred on an iPad. Google’s Nexus clocks in at 1.22 pageviews for every 100 on an iPad, and the Nook and Playbook are both under one. All Android tablets together have only  about nine web pageviews to every hundred on an iPad, if you don’t include the Kindle, or 14 if you do. And the Microsoft Surface, which was of course just released earlier this year, has only .22 pageviews for every hundred on an iPad.

This is not an impressive performance in a tablet market that is now almost three years old, based on when the first iPad was released.
Of course, the big question is: Will this change after the holidays? In other words, was it an iPad Christmas, or did more millions unwrap Android tabs this holiday?
“We’re in the process of generating a new report right now to compare pre-holiday and post-holiday traffic,” Donnini said. “We want to see who won the battle for market share … and see what people got on Christmas.”
That report will be coming out shortly, and we’ll have those details on VentureBeat.

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Tablet Market Update: December 2012

This holiday season has a high likelihood of being the biggest ever when it comes to tablet sales, as multiple manufacturers have unveiled highly publicized new devices over the past few months. To provide a view of the current market environment, Chitika Insights conducted a study focusing on tablet usage in North America.

To quantify this latest report, Chitika Insights examined a sample of tens of millions of tablet impressions from the Chitika Ad network. This study was drawn from a date range of December 8th to December 14th 2012, and only includes traffic from the U.S. and Canada.

As seen in the above graph, users of the Kindle Fire family of tablets constituted 4.88 impressions per 100 iPad impressions in December – a 4.25% share of all tablet Web traffic as a whole. This is an increase of nearly 20% from Kindle Fire’s 3.57% share observed in our last Tablet market update.

The Samsung Galaxy family of tablets also experienced a usage share increase, albeit less impressive than the Kindle Fire, growing from 2.36% to a 2.65% share of all domestic tablet traffic.

The Google Nexus family of tablets continued to see usage growth, with its share rising from 0.91% in November to 1.06% in December – an increase of more than 15%.

Despite these gains by some of the bigger players in the tablet marketplace, there has been a negligible impact to Apple’s dominant usage share. Users of Apple’s tablets still generate over 87% of U.S. and Canadian tablet Web traffic, coming down from just over 88% one month ago.

We’ll be revisiting the evolution of tablet market shortly, as the new influx of activated tablets from the Christmas holiday begin to impact usage figures.

http://insights.chitika.com

Nielsen Tops of 2012: Digital

Smartphone owners became the majority of mobile phone users for the first time this year, growing from 49 percent of mobile subscribers in Q1 2012, to 56 percent by Q3 2012. Mobile app usage also continued to grow. Among the top 10 mobile apps, Twitter was the fastest growing Android app, and the Facebook Messenger app grew the most among iPhone apps.

Google remained the top Web brand, with an average 172 million unique visitors each month between January and October 2012, followed by Facebook, which garnered an average of 153 million visits each month. Online video continued to grow in 2012, but YouTube remained the top online video source, averaging 132 million unique viewers during the year.

Top 10 U.S. Web Brands of 2012

Rank	Site	Avg # of Unique Visitors per Month
1	Google	172,649,000
2	Facebook	152,996,000
3	Yahoo!	141,579,000
4	YouTube	128,341,000
5	MSN/WindowsLive/Bing	127,822,000
6	Microsoft	92,764,000
7	AOL Media Network	86,638,000
8	Amazon	78,128,000
9	Wikipedia	76,031,000
10	Ask Search Network	73,361,000
Source: Nielsen. Data from January 2012 – October 2012 (Total). Ranked on average monthly unique audience. Read as:  During 2012, 172.6 million people, on average, visited Google.

Top 10 U.S. Online Destinations for Video of 2012

Rank	Site	Avg # of Unique Viewers per month	Avg # of  Streams per month
1	YouTube	132,468,000	15,004,387,000
2	Yahoo!	39,725,000	354,024,000
3	VEVO	37,714,000	547,615,000
4	AOL Media Network	24,563,000	446,363,000
5	Facebook	23,910,000	111,737,000
6	MSN/WindowsLive/Bing	22,601,000	215,803,000
7	The CollegeHumor Network	20,164,000	72,519,000
8	Hulu	14,627,000	832,515,000
9	ESPN Digital Network	13,081,000	245,667,000
10	Perform Group	11,554,000	71,396,000
Source: Nielsen. Data from January 2012 – October 2012 (Total). Ranked on average monthly unique viewers. Read as:  During 2012 132.5 million people, on average, streamed video from YouTube each month.

Top Android Apps of 2012

Rank	Apps	Avg Unique Users	YTD Change %
1	Google Search	44,386,000	54%
2	Gmail	44,516,000	45%
3	Facebook	42,379,000	48%
4	Google Maps	41,976,000	41%
5	YouTube	32,223,000	70%
6	Pandora Radio	11,600,000	55%
7	Twitter	10,674,000	122%
8	Adobe Reader	10,354,000	64%
9	Advanced Task Killer	9,569,000	-11%
10	The Weather Channel	8,983,000	59%
Source: Nielsen, Data from January – October 2012 (Android only). Ranked on average monthly unique users. Read as: During 2012 44 million Android smartphone owners used the Google Search app on average each month, growing their unique users 54% between January and October 2012.

Top 10 iPhone Apps of 2012

Rank	Apps	Avg Unique Users	YTD Change %
1	Maps	32,365,000	23%
2	Facebook	28,585,000	51%
3	YouTube	22,626,000	-4%
4	Stocks	21,080,000	51%
5	Weather	20,531,000	41%
6	Facebook Messenger	10,458,000	544%
7	The Weather Channel	10,446,000	54%
8	Twitter	9,748,000	47%
9	Pandora Radio	9,563,000	47%
10	Instagram	6,910,000	197%
Source: Nielsen, Data from January – October 2012 (iOS only). Ranked on average monthly unique users. Read as: During 2012 28 million iPhone owners used the Facebook app on average each month, growing their unique users 51% between January and October 2012.