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BlackBerry makes $94 million on revenue of $2.7 billion, ships 1 million BB10 devices in 2013 Q4 Mobile

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As reported on Engadget. By Daniel Cooper This isn’t quite the BlackBerry earnings story you’re waiting for — after all, the US figures covering the success (or otherwise) of the Z10 won’t arrive until the next quarter. Instead, we’re looking at the company’s results from the end of the fiscal year to March 2nd, which shows that the smartphone maker made $94 million in GAAP income on revenues of $2.7 billion — in contrast with the $125 million net loss it made…

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BlackBerry’s Android Bet Is Paying Off

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As reported on TechCrunch. by MATT BURNS BlackBerry’s App World now touts 100,000 BB10 applications. An impressive number for a platform just months old. But out of those 100,000 applications, roughly 20% are Android apps, simply ported over rather than being coded specifically for BlackBerry 10. This is a win for BlackBerry. It’s a big win. Android or native, it shows that BlackBerry is successfully pulling developers into its fold. Even without the Android apps, App World still…

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Mobile Science

BlackBerry On The Defensive, Says BB10 And PlayBook Getting Approved By The DoD In April

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As reported on TechCrunch. by INGRID LUNDEN BlackBerry has now issued a statement confirming that its relationship is still on with the Department of Defense — for its sake hopefully closing the loop on the story that started withreports that the DoD would be dumping its deal with the troubled Canadian handset maker, once a mainstay of business users, who are now migrating to Apple and Android devices. BlackBerry says that its devices and services are in the…

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Government Mobile

U.S. Department Of Defense Reportedly Planning To Buy 650,000 iOS Devices After Nixing BB10 To Cut Costs

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As reported on TechCrunch. by CATHERINE SHU The U.S. Department of Defense will order 650,000 iOS devices to replace older BlackBerry devices that are incompatible with the new BlackBerry 10 operating system after the sequester is over, reports Electronista. The DOD will order 120,000 iPads, 100,000 iPad minis, 200,000 iPod touches, and 210,000 various iPhones models. Electronista has been told that “more than half are headed to the battlefield, afloat, and to associated support commands. Most of…

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BlackBerry 10 ‘not secure enough’ for UK government workers Mobile

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As reported on Engadget. By Mat Smith Hitting one of Blackberry’s key markets in the British Isles, its new smartphone platform (and the Balance software that divides work and personal profiles on the Z10) hasn’t passed the security rigors of the UK’s Communications Electronics Security Group. According to The Guardian, handset contracts with the government and NHS total in the tens of thousands, while the older BB 7.1 passed the ‘restricted’ security level — two levels below the presumably agent-friendly ‘secret’ level…

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Samsung Galaxy S 4 Beats The Best With 5-inch, 1080p Display, 1.9GHz Processor, Gesture Controls And A Q2 2013 Release

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As reported on TechCrunch. by JORDAN CROOK As if it could be any other way, the just-announcedSamsung Galaxy S 4 is Samsung’s, and perhaps even Android’s, best phone yet. In fact, it very well may be the best smartphone on the market, period. We’ve been through months of speculation, hype, rumors, and leaks, but the truth is out, and the Galaxy S 4 still has much more up its sleeve than the leaks suggested. More than any…

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Mobile

Yet More Leaked Samsung Galaxy S IV Pics Appear Hours Before Launch

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As reported on TechCrunch. by CATHERINE SHU The Samsung Galaxy S IV will be launched in New York City in just a few hours, but another crop of leaked photos featuring the device haspopped up on Chinese forum it168, a few days after a another batch of pics appeared earlier this week. The handset in the photo has a high-gloss, textured plastic casing (though it already shows hairline cracks in the leaked pics) and the same metallic-looking bands around…

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Alleged Galaxy S 4 video shows a lot more than Samsung’s teasers

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As reported on The Verge. By Vlad Savov Samsung’s rapidly approaching fourth-generation Galaxy S handset may have just made its video debut, courtesy of a hands-on overview from the same source asyesterday’s purported leaked pictures. While it remains impossible to be sure that this is the Galaxy S 4, we are indeed looking at a real, functional device, bearing all the usual hallmarks of Samsung design. It appears to have a 5-inch display, with a thinner bezel than…

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An iPhone Lover’s Take On The Nexus 4

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As reported on TechCrunch. by MG SIEGLER This is the first Android device I would feel comfortable using on a regular basis. That doesn’t mean I’m going to, but I would be just fine with it. If I had to boil down my thoughts about the Nexus 4 into two sentences, those would be them. Of course, I don’t have to boil down my thoughts and I will elaborate below. But I’m not sure I’ve ever…

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HTC Reports Lowest Sales Since Jan 2010, Worst Revenue Decline In 4 Months, As February Sales Fell 44% To $384M

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As reported on TechCrunch. by INGRID LUNDEN The new HTC One unveiled last month is increasingly feeling like last-chance saloon for the troubled Taiwan handset maker. Today HTC noted that its sales for the month of February fell by nearly 44% to 11.37 billion Taiwan dollars ($384 million), from NT$20.3 billion for the same month one year ago. Looking at thebigger picture, that NT$11.37 billion is barely higher than what HTC made in January 2010, when it reported NT$11.12 billion in…

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