New Delhi: Android apps could already run on BlackBerry 10, but the runtime environment was built for Gingerbread apps, so BB10 users couldn't get many of those great 4.0+ apps for their phone.
All that is about to change as the Beta release of the BlackBerry Runtime for Android Apps and Plug-in for Android Development Tools for BlackBerry 10.2 brings support for Android 4.2.2 Jelly Bean. The company made the announcement on its official developer blog.
Android apps that had been available previously will remain, but Android apps on 4.2.2 have considerably improved since those dark days of Gingerbread.
In addition, some specific Jelly Bean features such as Fragments, embedded fragments, animation framework and hardware acceleration will also be supported in BB 10.2....
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01:08 PM, Jun 17, 2013
BlackBerry has launched its much-awaited physical keyboard-equipped BlackBerry Q10 in India at Rs 44,990. The device comes powered by a 1.5GHz Cortex-A9 dual-core processor. Running the BlackBerry 10 OS, the phone has a 3.1-inch OLED touch display with a resolution of 720 x 720 pixels. Ivor Soans, managing editor of Biztech2, joined IBNLive readers for an interaction on whether the BlackBerry Q10 will be competitive in its segment. Q. How...
06:06 PM, Jun 07, 2013
New York: The BlackBerry has finally caught up to the world of touch-screen smartphones. It took time - six years, from the launch of the first iPhone - and it may be too late to save the company that makes it. But the BlackBerry deserves to be taken seriously again. Why? Because the new BlackBerry Q10 from Blackberry is a successful marriage of the modern touch-screen smartphone and the iconic...
01:14 PM, Jun 06, 2013
New Delhi: BlackBerry has launched its much-awaited keyboard-equipped BlackBerry Q10 in India at Rs 44,990. The phone includes a QWERTY keyboard and touchscreen. The top-of-the-line QWERTY smartphone from BlackBerry is available in two colours - black and white. The new BlackBerry Q10 smartphone is expected to be available in India starting tomorrow from authorised carriers and retailers. The device comes powered by a 1.5GHz Cortex-A9 dual-core processor. Running the BlackBerry...
12:59 PM, Jun 06, 2013
New Delhi: BlackBerry is all set to launch its much-awaited keyboard-equipped BlackBerry Q10 today in India. However, the phone has made its way to e-commerce portal Saholic.com ahead of the launch. The phone is available for Rs 44,999 on the e-commerce site. The website lists that the phone will be delivered in four business days. The phone includes a QWERTY keybaord and touchscreen. The top-of-the-line QWERTY smartphone from BlackBerry is...
09:49 AM, Jun 06, 2013
New Delhi: The much-awaited keyboard-equipped BlackBerry Q10 is all set to be launched in India tomorrow (June 6). The phone has a 3.1-inch OLED touch display with a resolution of 720 x 720 pixels. It has an 8 megapixel rear camera and comes with an internal storage of 16GB. The phone includes a QWERTY keybaord and touchscreen. It runs on BlackBerry 10 OS and supports 1080p HD video recording. The...
12:38 PM, Jun 05, 2013
New York: The first keyboard-equipped BlackBerry sporting the company's radically new operating system is hitting US stores this week. T-Mobile USA will start selling the BlackBerry Q10 on Wednesday. Verizon Wireless started taking pre-orders last week and says it will ship by Thursday. AT&T will start taking orders Wednesday. Neither Verizon nor AT&T have said when they will have the phones in stores. The last of the major national carriers,...
10:02 AM, Jun 05, 2013
New Delhi: It seems that BlackBerry is all set to launch its first QWERTY BlackBerry 10 device - BlackBerry Q10 - in India. Blackberry India tweeted, "BlackBerry Q10 is coming to India soon. Stay tuned on our page for all the latest updates! http://bit.ly/300DVC (sic)". The tweet also includes a link to the company's India website. The page lets people register to get updates about the phone. According to our...
11:22 AM, May 28, 2013
Toronto: BlackBerry's new Q10 smartphone, which comes with the physical keyboard that many BlackBerry fans prize, is selling well in both Canada and Britain, an industry analyst said. The company introduced the Q10, its second smartphone to run the new BlackBerry 10 operating system, in Canada and Britain this week. "Our checks indicate broad sellouts with generally limited stock otherwise," Jefferies analyst Peter Misek said in a note to clients...
10:30 AM, May 05, 2013
Washington: The Pentagon on Thursday cleared BlackBerry and Samsung mobile devices for use on Defence Department networks, a step toward opening up the military to a wide variety of technology equipment makers while still ensuring communications security. Lieutenant Colonel Damien Pickart, a Pentagon spokesman, said the department cleared the use of BlackBerry 10 smart phones and BlackBerry PlayBook tablets using its Enterprise Service 10 system, as well as Samsung's Android...
12:47 PM, May 03, 2013
Toronto: BlackBerry said on Wednesday it plans to fill one of the biggest gaps in the app line-up on its new BlackBerry 10 devices with a long-awaited Skype application. Skype, which was acquired by Microsoft Corp in 2011, allows its users to communicate via voice, video or chat over the Internet, by-passing traditional telephone networks. The service has hundreds of millions of users across the globe. The announcement comes a...
12:08 PM, Apr 25, 2013
Bangalore: BlackBerry said its new smartphone BlackBerry Q10 will be available in Canada starting May 1 through Rogers Wireless, Telus Corp and Bell Mobility. Q10 will be available starting at C$199 ($190) with a three-year contract. It will also be available on Virgin Mobile Canada. BlackBerry said it expects Q10 device to be available in the United States by the end of May. BlackBerry is trying to claw back market...
08:27 AM, Apr 24, 2013
BlackBerry will begin selling its new touchscreen smartphone to US consumers with AT&T on March 22. The release will come several weeks after RIM launched the much-delayed devices elsewhere. ...
11:42 AM, Mar 12, 2013
The high-end Z10 had surpassed BlackBerry's expectations in emerging markets like India. ...
02:31 PM, Mar 08, 2013
The much-awaited BlackBerry Z10 has finally been scheduled to be launched in India on February 25. When asked, a BlackBerry spokesperson said, "The phone will be launched on February 25, and it's confirmed". ...
06:57 PM, Feb 14, 2013
Barely a week after launching an all-new, make-or-break line of smartphones, BlackBerry is already looking at a future in which it is a leader in "mobile computing," Chief Executive Thorsten Heins said on Tuesday. ...
11:04 AM, Feb 06, 2013
Research in Motion Ltd must chart a tough course in its two key emerging markets of India and Indonesia: quickly launch cheaper handsets to woo lower-end subscribers while restoring its tattered brand among the countries' status-conscious. ...
09:42 AM, Feb 04, 2013
Though BlackBerry announced the launch of BlackBerry 10 OS with 70,000 apps - which according to the company is by far the most for a first-generation platform in mobile history - the company failed to release the highly coveted Instagram app for BlackBerry 10 devices on the day of launch. Another app that people are looking for on BlackBerry 10 is Netflix. ...
05:38 PM, Jan 31, 2013
It's the first phone to run the new BlackBerry 10 operating system, and it is, at first blush, a very good stab at regaining at least some of the cachet of the BlackBerry. ...
01:27 PM, Jan 31, 2013
