BlackBerry is crying foul against Nokia, alleging in a new lawsuit that its mobile networking products are infringing on as many as eleven of BlackBerry’s patents without being properly licensed, according to Bloomberg. The infringement case reportedly lands in the US District Court for the District of Delaware, in Wilmington, and comes as both the …
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The Nokia name is set to make its comeback at Spain’s annual Mobile World Congress show with as many as four new phones, according to frequent Twitter tipster Evan Blass, who writes for Venture Beat. These are reportedly the Nokia 6 (which already sells in China), Nokia 5, Nokia 3, and a bonus handset that’s apparently reminiscent of the Nokia …
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When Steve Jobs launched the original iPhone in 2007, its revolutionary all-touchscreen design blew away the then-dominant keyboard phones of the day: the Moto Q, Palm Treo, Nokia E62 and BlackBerry Pearl. Enlarge Image BlackBerry’s new phone channels its QWERTY soul. James Martin/CNET Back then, Nokia and BlackBerry were the smartphone standard-bearers and Apple was the daring upstart. Now, as …
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BlackBerry fans, the time has come for the launch of the next chapter of BlackBerry phones: the device known as “Mercury.” BlackBerry Mobile used a tweet to announce February 25 as the announcement date, which puts it right at the beginning of Mobile World Congress, a huge tech show that overtakes Barcelona each year. We got a good look at …
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BlackBerry isn’t the only mega-brand of yesteryear attempting a major comeback. Nokia, too, will unveil its first Android phone, the Nokia 6, to the wider world. Nokia Mobile teased the Nokia 6, which is already on sale in China, in a video on its Facebook page (see above). “Get ready!”, the post reads, “The Nokia 6 is coming to China! …
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Now playing: Watch this: The Asus ZenFone AR is ahead of the curve 1:35 CES may be lean on phones this year, but the 17 we saw pointed out some trends that will help define handsets through 2017, especially as we head into next month’s Mobile World Congress, the phone world’s best and biggest show. Biggest trends AI will be …
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No, CES still hasn’t officially begun, but I don’t blame you for thinking so given the torrent of news we’ve seen so far. And today, or CES press day as it’s called, was even busier with a long schedule of press conferences from big name companies battling to one-up each other. It’s exciting and a bit confusing given the volume, …
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Within the Encore Las Vegas hotel, there’s a suite adorned with the BlackBerry logo. Three podiums stand by a window, displaying BlackBerry phones. Executives are walking around, showing off the devices. One exec taps a remote, and the curtains pull back. Instead of sunlight, there’s a large BlackBerry poster plastered on the window, hawking a new phone. Wait a minute. …
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Based on the massive billboards wrapping around the Las Vegas Convention Centre, you’d be forgiven for thinking that CES is all about a couple of big brands. But Chinese company TCL is starting to edge in on these well-known rivals, taking to the stage at CES in a bid to show why it’s good enough to play with the big …
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BlackBerry may have stopped making phones, but the BlackBerry name is pressing on. In fact, a new era of outsourced BlackBerry devices may start with a phone named the “Press”. At least, that’s an educated guess based on a teaser that suggests a new BlackBerry device will be “imPRESSively designed” — because it sports one of those legendary clicky keyboards. …
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