Breaking: BlackBerry terminates licensing agreement with T-Mobile

BlackBerry has decided to cut ties with T-Mobile and has terminated its licensing agreement with the  4th largest US Carrier. Things came to a head recently when T-Mobile encouraged subscribers to exchange their existing BlackBerry smartphones for new non-BlackBerry devices. BlackBerry CEO John Chen, who has proven time and again that he won't stand for his company being unfairly treated, wrote a scathing post titled "BlackBerry's response to T-Mobile's anti-BlackBerry campaign," where he lambasted "T-Mobile's clearly inappropriate and ill-conceived marketing promotion."

T-Mobile backtracked, tried to placate pissed off BlackBerry supporters with a neat promo but the damage was done. Here's an example of a gimmick that backfired in T-Mobile's face.  The final word, and this isn't an April fool's joke, although the timing is rather ironic, is that BlackBerry will not renew licensing on T-Mobile. 

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BlackBerry wins sales injunction against Typo keyboard case

Some good news for BlackBerry, they won a court order to bar the Ryan Seacrest-backed Typo keyboard accessory from being sold. Typo famously brought a BlackBerry-like QWERTY keyboard experience to Apple's iPhone. Copying the look of the keys and even the frets separating rows of keys from recent BlackBerry smartphones, the Typo keyboard took over an iPhone's software keyboard but also obscured the iPhone's home button and fingerprint sensor. What will Typo do next?

BlackBerry receives coveted “Full Operational Capability” designation from U.S. Department of Defense

BlackBerry announced that the BlackBerry 10 operating system has become the first mobility solution to receive Full Operational Capability (FOC) to run on U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) networks from the U.S. Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA). The designation follows the Company’s Authority to Operate (ATO) certification and enables government users with a BlackBerry 10 smartphone connected with BlackBerry Enterprise Service 10 (BES10) to securely access email, data, apps and other DoD network resources.

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SIM-unlocked BlackBerry Z30's now available for American customers

BlackBerry announced today that their flagship device, the BlackBerry Z30, is available for purchase - SIM unlocked - via shopBlackBerry.com for $499.99. The Z30 is compatible for AT&T and T-Mobile customers and comes with an assortment of compatible accessories as well. 

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