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Samsung and BlackBerry team up again to target enterprise customers

With an eye on the lucrative enterprise market, Samsung and Blackberry entered into a strategic partnership back in 2014. The collaboration resulted in several enterprise offerings based on Samsung’s Knox, BlackBerry UEM, and BlackBerry SecuSUITE platforms. Both the companies have now decided to extend the mutually beneficial association and announced a new multi-year strategic relationship […]

By Naresh
6 years ago

BBM app will soon be launched for Tizen devices

BlackBerry's BBM was one of the most popular IM apps on smartphones back in the day. However, its popularity decreased after the likes of WhatsApp, iMessage, and WeChat entered the race. To compete with these new IM services, BlackBerry launched its app on Android, iOS, and Windows Phone over the past few years. Now, the […]

By Asif Iqbal Shaik
8 years ago

BlackBerry and Samsung have created a ‘spy-proof’ tablet for the German government

BlackBerry – a company that touts its exceptional mobile security credentials – announced at IFA 2016 that it has teamed up with Samsung on a “spy-proof” tablet for the German government. The tablet may look like any other Samsung Galaxy Tab S2 but it features a special security card as well as tough encryption and […]

By Adnan Farooqui
8 years ago

President Obama has most likely ditched his BlackBerry for a ‘hardened’ Galaxy S4

US President Barack Obama has long been known to love BlackBerry handsets. When he first claimed the White House in 2009 he pushed to keep his BlackBerry but the agency that provides communications to the White House handed him a special BB 8830 with extra security features for unclassified email and calls. The world has come […]

By Adnan Farooqui
8 years ago

Is BlackBerry testing Samsung’s Exynos 7420 chipset in its devices?

The Samsung-made Exynos 7420 is considered as one of the best SoCs of this year as it turned out to be more stable than the rival chipsets. The chipset was used exclusively in Samsung's high-end devices and Meizu used it in the Pro 5 smartphone. Now, it seems that BlackBerry is testing its devices with Exynos 7420. We've stumbled […]

By Asif Iqbal Shaik
9 years ago

Samsung to partner with BlackBerry for a new smartphone?

Two years ago, Samsung started advertising BlackBerry Messenger on Galaxy devices, and since then, its partnership with BlackBerry has been flourishing. Samsung has been working on increasing its presence in the enterprise market – BlackBerry's enterprise services, such as SecuSUITE and WorkLife, are already compatible with the Galaxy S6 and the S6 edge. Sometime late last […]

By Asif Iqbal Shaik
9 years ago

Samsung still looking into BlackBerry acquisition

A few days back it was rumored that Samsung wants to acquire BlackBerry for $7.5 billion. Soon after the report went out BlackBerry's shares surged 29 percent but both companies were quick to deny that they were even having talks on this matter. However, it looks like there's more to this story than meets the […]

By Adnan Farooqui
10 years ago

Samsung might extend its partnership with BlackBerry, but won’t acquire it

Last week, it was being rumoured that Samsung might acquire BlackBerry for around $7.5 billion, but the company denied it. Now, J.K. Shin, the head of Samsung's mobile phone division has stated that the company might extend its partnership with BlackBerry. While speaking to The Wall Street Journal, he also reaffirmed that Samsung has no plans to […]

By Asif Iqbal Shaik
10 years ago

Samsung wants to takeover BlackBerry for $7.5 Billion (Update: Report denied by BlackBerry)

UPDATE: BlackBerry denies the report of Samsung offering a proposal for an acquisition. Check out the official statement by BlackBerry, below. BlackBerry Limited (NASDAQ:BBRY)(TSX:BB) (“BlackBerry”) is aware of certain press reports published today with respect to a possible offer by Samsung to purchase BlackBerry. BlackBerry has not engaged in discussions with Samsung with respect to […]

By Faryaab S.
10 years ago

President Obama could soon be using a Samsung phone

BlackBerry's most important stronghold is being threatened it seems, as word has got out that the White House could be testing smartphones from Samsung and LG for internal use. According to The Wall Street Journal, the White House's internal technology team and the White House Communications Agency, a military unit in charge of President Barack Obama's communications, […]

By Abhijeet Mishra
11 years ago

Can Samsung retain its Championship in the smartphone market?

The world has witnessed tremendous growth in the field of mobile technology in the last five years or so. These years may have very well written and rewritten the rules of the mobile industry for the foreseeable future. While five years may appear too short for such a dramatic change, it is not an exaggeration […]

By Abhijeet Mishra
11 years ago

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