To say RIM has a lot riding on BlackBerry 6 is an understatement.
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Sorry, but they announced Blackberry 6 a year ago, and new Blackberry 7 devices have been out since early August, in time for Q2.
BlackBerry OS 6 is coming this year along with a tablet and more focus on apps.
The operating system will not use the new Blackberry OS 6 but has instead opted for QNX software, which was recently acquired by RIM and has extensive expertise in embedded systems for the car.
We're not sure why the Wall Street Journal just posted up a piece talking about BlackBerry OS 6.0 and the Bold 9800 QWERTY slider as though we haven't been running leaked pictures and videos of them for months now, but whatever -- the story also apparently confirms RIM's Foleo-like tablet plans and says the device could be out by the end of the year.
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WhatsApp for BlackBerry 10 and BlackBerry 4.6 and higher is available in BlackBerry World (www.blackberryworld.com).
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For the quarter, RIM shipped approximately 10.6 million BlackBerry smartphones and approximately 200, 000 BlackBerry PlayBook tablets.
He points out that the company disclosed in an SEC filing that 54.6% of BlackBerry users are now coming from outside North America.
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During the quarter, RIM shipped approximately 6.9 million BlackBerry smartphones and approximately 255, 000 BlackBerry PlayBook tablets.
Gogo says BlackBerry users were the third-largest group, making up 6% of its mobile customers.
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While Home Depot is reportedly replacing 10, 000 BlackBerry smartphones with iOS devices, the New Zealand police force plans to arm 6, 000 officers with iPhones and about two-third of them with iPads over the next three months.
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The only practical rival that even might make a splash would be Blackberry, but even if they double their market share, it would get them to 6%, hardly a challenger.
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