As you know, I co-host a weekly podcast with David from UKMobileTech called Gav & Dave’s Tech Podcast. It is a light hearted tech podcast broadcast bi-weekly. To subscribe click here for iTunes or copy and paste this link into your favourite podcast app.
Episode 20, is now live for your listening pleasure.
BlackBerry has heard the cries of Window Phone users and now has a beta of its BBM app available as a beta. It doesn’t have all the features yet that other platforms enjoy but this will change in time.
So head over to BlackBerry for more info https://beta.webapps.blackberry.com/bbmforwindowsphonebeta/
This Sunday, Dave Rich from UKMobileTech and I, record the next episode of “Gav & Dave’s Tech Podcast” , available on all decent podcast apps and iTunes or directly at http://www.gdtpodcast.com.
Tune in for the latest on the above 3 devices, has one or more been sent to the archives. Or is it heaven in earth?
Plus all the latest tech news from Android, Blackberry, Apple and Windows.
BlackBerry has come to an agreement with Amazon to be able to use its app store on its devices.
Ironically you could do this anyway, just by downloading from Amazon. At least this might officially give BlackBerry a breathing space in the mad world of mobile.
Via Reuters.
“A U.S. district court judge on Friday granted BlackBerry a preliminary injunction against the Typo iPhone keyboard case for infringing on certain patents, effectively banning sales of the Ryan Seacrest-backed device.
In a ruling handed down by U.S. District Judge William Orrick, BlackBerry was able to establish a “likelihood” of proving that the Typo Bluetooth keyboard infringes on its patents, reports Reuters.
That knowledge, combined with Typo’s inability to challenge BlackBerry’s patents, is enough to slap the company with a preliminary injunction banning sales.
“BlackBerry is pleased that its motion for a preliminary injunction against Typo Products LLC was granted,” BlackBerry said in a statement. “This ruling will help prevent further injury to BlackBerry from Typo’s blatant theft of our patented keyboard technology.”
I must admit when I first saw this accessory I knew BlackBerry would be left with no choice but to sue the company.
Via the BBC.
“Troubled smartphone maker Blackberry has reported a net income loss of $5.9bn (£3.5bn) for 2013.
In the fourth quarter the firm made a loss of $423m, compared with a loss of $4.4bn in the previous quarter, and against a year-earlier profit of $98m.
The company said it was pleased with its fourth quarter performance, and that it was on “a path to returning to growth and profitability”.
Boss John Chen said the firm was moving to a “sounder financial footing”.
Blackberry devices have generally lost the high-end smartphone market to Apple’s iPhone and phones powered by Google Android operating system.
As part of its turnaround plan the firm is focusing on its services arm, and is also putting renewed emphasis on its keyboard devices.”
Seems like a huge loss. Maybe too much in the long run.
It’s Sunday, so put your feet up, and catch up on all the reviews of the latest phones.
The HTC One M8 review is already at part 4. Click here for all the sections written so far.
Of course you may be wondering how the new HTC One M8 compares to the original HTC One. Well, I’ve got that covered. Click here for my 20 part review!
Still want more. Well catch up on the reviews of over 25 phones by clicking
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Still want some more. Click here for reviews on the new wearables – Samsung Galaxy Gear and Pebble Smart watch. Also read the new Sony SBH80 Bluetooth NFC headset review, along with reviews for many other headphones and accessories.
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So I hope you had a good weekend. See you all tomorrow.
A new version of BBM is in the pipeline, and it’ll have a few new features for those that use the BBM service.
You will finally be able to share photos in multi person chats, plus you’ll get the ability to send files that are up to 16MB in size — the current limit is 6MB. In a response to customer feedback, BlackBerry also promises that the size of the emoticons will be bigger.
Small changes, but who uses BBM nowadays?
At MWC Blackberry announced the the Z3 and Q20. Both of these will be cheap priced phones. The Z3 shown above is a 5 inch touchscreen which will sell for less than $200. The Q20 is a. 3.5 inch screen with the traditional thumb keyboard.
More at The Telegraph.
MWC – Mobile World Congress is set to be the showcase for BlackBerry launching new handsets.
But who will buy them ?
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