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BlackBerry shipping 1 million new smartphones to mystery partner in its largest order ever

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BlackBerry claims to have received its largest order ever: a million of its new smartphones based on the BlackBerry 10 operating system. The company, long known as RIM before changing its name in January, has been attempting a comeback in the mobile market with a new operating system and new...

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Verizon Wireless BlackBerry Z10 goes on sale March 28th, pre-orders begin tomorrow

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Verizon Wireless has filled us in on the rest of its BlackBerry 10 launch plans: it will begin selling the Z10 on March 28th in-stores and online, with pre-orders beginning tomorrow at 8AM ET. The carrier had previously announced plans to sell the Z10 and the keyboard-equipped Q10, but only today have we learned about its launch plans. Verizon won't be the first carrier in the United States to...

Sprint will still offer a full-touch BlackBerry model later this year

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Though it signed up to offer the Q10, Sprint may have made bigger news for the BlackBerry 10 model it wouldn't be carrying: the full-touch Z10, which has generally gotten more buzz than its QWERTY-equipped counterpart since BlackBerry's launch event in January.

We can independently corroborate a report from AllThingsD this afternoon that Sprint does intend to carry a full-touch BlackBerry 10 phone in 2013 — but not until the second half the year. Our sources describe Sprint's model as "a version 2.0" of the Z10; a BlackBerry executive has previously said to expect "at least" six BlackBerry 10 models this year, so it's reasonable to think that one of those could be a refreshed version.

While BlackBerry 10's ability to capture a meaningful percentage of the market will be an open question for some time to come, Sprint's decision not...

But it won't be the Z10

BlackBerry, Samsung win big in Germany as government buys ultra-secure smartphones

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The German government has reportedly entered into an agreement with German firm Secusmart to purchase about 5,000 secure BlackBerry Z10 smartphones for use by its employees, German tech site Area Mobile reported earlier today. Germany's Federal Office for Information Security (BSI), which greenlit the deal, has reportedly also entered into an agreement with Deutsche Telekom to purchase about 5,000 Samsung Galaxy S II and S III models. Unfortunately for Apple, the iPhone was conspicuously...


BlackBerry pushes out first BB10 software update with performance, camera improvements

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Less than a month after the launch of BlackBerry 10, owners of the Z10 can now check their device for the first software update. BlackBerry has today released version 10.0.10.85 of the young OS. First and foremost, the company is promising users will see better overall performance from third-party apps. Interestingly, BlackBerry also says it's worked to improve the low-light capabilities of the Z10's 8-megapixel camera. "You’ll love the...

Instagram unlikely to develop native BlackBerry 10 app, says AllThingsD

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The likelihood of Instagram coming to BlackBerry 10 as a native app appears to be dwindling. AllThingsD is reporting that sources close to Instagram maintain the company isn't planning to release an app designed specifically for the latest BlackBerry OS. Rather than investing resources in an unproven contender, it seems the Instagram team is taking a wait-and-see approach; BlackBerry will need to once again establish a rapport with smartphone...