Android is one of the two most popular smartphone operating systems in the world and Canada is no exception. According to market research firm comScore, Android took the top spot and accounted for nearly half of the Canadian smartphone market in June 2013. Android’s market share hit 43 percent, up 3 percent from the previous quarter while Apple came in […]
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BBM for Android and iPhone launch delayed by at least a week
An update today from Andrew Bocking, head of BBM at BlackBerry, indicates that the delayed launch for BBM for Android and iPhone will likely not take place this week. As BlackBerry indicated earlier, the launch delay is due to an unreleased, older version of the BBM for Android app that was leaked and made its way on a number of […]
BlackBerry halts BBM for Android and iPhone rollout
It feels like there is bad BlackBerry news almost every day now. BBM for Android was to have launched yesterday with the iPhone version to follow today. Instead, Android users found Google Play full of fake versions while iOS users saw it hit the App Store a day early. Shortly after, BlackBerry halted the rollout and pulled the iOS version. […]
Mobile app downloads to top 100 billion in 2013
Following market research by ABI Research that found that the mobile app market could be worth as much as US$27 billion this year, Gartner has weighed in with its own study and found that some 102 billion apps will be downloaded from mobile app stores this year. This is nearly 40 billion more apps than were downloaded only a year ago. […]
BBM for Android to launch September 21st and for iOS on September 22nd
Following rumours that suggested a September 20th launch, BlackBerry today announced that BBM for Android and iOS will launch on September 21st and 22nd respectively. The “iconic mobile social network” will be available globally. “BBM is a very engaging messaging service that is simple to use, easy to personalize and has an immediacy that is necessary for mobile communications,” said […]
BBM for Android and iPhone to launch on September 20?
It appears that the launch of BBM for Android and iPhone is only days away now. Only yesterday, BlackBerry promised that the launch would happen “soon.” New details from Indonesian blog TeknoUp now suggest it will launch on September 20th with a staggered fashion with the Android version to lead off and the iPhone version to follow a day later. At least one BBM […]
BlackBerry BBM for Android and iPhone ad spotted on TV
BlackBerry is expected to launch BBM for Android and the iPhone before the end of summer and based on temperatures in Toronto this morning, summer is definitely on its way out. In anticipation of the launch, BlackBerry yesterday ran a very short ad during The Amazing Race Canada. http://youtu.be/geLksY-1Kew At three seconds, the video reveals little except to promise “BBM […]
Jolla Sailfish OS now compatible with Android apps
Jolla yesterday announced that its Sailfish mobile operating system (based on the defunct Meego OS) is now compatible with the Android ecosystem. Essentially, any Android app will now be able to run on a Sailfish-powered smartphone without any modifications needed on the part of developers. In other words, Sailfish has overnight gained hundreds of thousands of apps and can offer […]