BlackBerry ready to lay out full 2015 plans at MWC in March

The Consumer Electronics Show (CES) is nigh, but many industry veterans seem to be looking towards the more distant Mobile World Congress for their next product announcements.

When it comes to teasing and hyping unreleased gadgets, BlackBerry often walks a very different path from its rivals…

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Here’s the BlackBerry Classic in all its retro glory, along with a full set of specs

It’s not a looker, no question about that, but it’s the best chance BlackBerry’s got for a comeback.

Much like they did with their latest flagship device, the Passport, BlackBerry execs never tried to keep the upcoming mid-range Classic handheld very carefully concealed. CEO…

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BlackBerry Passport gets off to promising box-office start, and doesn’t bend

Like a phoenix rising from the proverbial ashes, BlackBerry is starting to sense the distinct fresh smell of a comeback, apparently posting record first-days sales for the bizarre-looking but robust and productive Passport.

Who knew BlackBerry’s passport out of that hole they dug for themselves …

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Boom, here’s the unreleased BlackBerry Classic manhandled on camera

The man in charge with BlackBerry’s unlikely but not impossible financial recovery, John Chen, hasn’t shied away from showcasing the Passport and Classic months ahead of their launches, but not even him can be happy with the latter now starring in a thorough, 7 minutes-long unofficial pre…

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Unreleased BlackBerry Classic, Passport phones flaunted in official photos

BlackBerry is teasing possibly the final two handhelds it’ll ever make in style, revealing not only their names and ETAs, but also their “classic” and eccentric respectively designs.

I know you’ve probably heard this before, but it looks like BlackBerry will be getting just one more shot to tur…

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MWC 2014: BlackBerry makes all-touch Z3, full QWERTY Q20 smartphones official

Blackberry’s latest (final?) attempt at a comeback starts at 2014’s Mobile World Congress, where John Chen, the company’s Executive Chairman and CEO, has taken the wraps off two new low-cost, mid-range smartphones.

The fruits of BlackBerry’s collaboration with Foxconn are at last visible in Bar…

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64-bit octa-core BlackBerry tipped for September intro, ‘Jakarta’ possibly benchmarked

BlackBerry’s staging a comeback, there’s no question about it, as rumors of multiple future handhelds, both low-end and (extremely) high-end, are gaining credibility.

It only took former mobile market ruler BlackBerry a couple of years to go from hero to zero in the fickle, shifty landscape, wi…

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Unannounced BlackBerry ‘Ontario’ gets benchmarked, quad-core S800 chip in tow

Aside from the nearly confirmed sub-$200 “Jakarta”, BlackBerry may have something else in the pipeline, namely a mystery device codenamed “Ontario” and set to finally go all-in on hardware.

When you can afford to not only turn down a takeover bid from the future owners of Motorola, but also off…

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Verizon plays BlackBerry swan song, puts Z30 up for grabs at $200 with pacts

The rumor about BlackBerry Z30’s US release timeline from back September may have been off by a month or so, but the biggest and baddest BB device ever has at long last landed on Verizon earlier today.

Given the once mighty Canadian handheld manufacturer is in a severe financial pickle and loo…

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BlackBerry refuses to go down quietly, has another mid-range phone in the pipeline

What’s next for BlackBerry? It’s a question that many have (obsessively) asked of late, especially after the Canadian company’s last two financial reports, culminating with a $1 billion monetary loss and the slashing of close to 5,000 jobs.

But nobody has the answer just yet. They could simply …

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