With the new OS 7, users coming from
an older BlackBerry device will have no trouble with the familiar BlackBerry experience - on steroids.
This gives government and enterprise customers up to $ 100 off each device when you trade in
an older BlackBerry device along with helping with recycling the older devices.
Tomorrow, March 5th, the $ 200 trade - in for
an old BlackBerry device offer is ending.
If you still have
older BlackBerry devices running BlackBerry OS seven (7) or older, you will still need to keep and maintain a separate...
Hopefully (fingers - crossed) the new version will be available to users with
old BlackBerry devices as well.
One of the more unique features of
older BlackBerry devices like the BlackBerry Bold 9900 is that it came with a track embedded into the center button.
At the launch event held in New Delhi, Sunil Lalvani, Managing Director, BlackBerry India noted the device will be available through Snapdeal with a host of offers including trade - in options for
any older BlackBerry devices customers may have and retail pricing being set at Rs. 31,990...
Not exact matches
More than 74 per cent of the 4.3 million
BlackBerry devices that landed in user's hands in the quarter were its
older BlackBerry 7 models, the financial report showed.
The company will continue to offer the
BlackBerry Classic and
older devices, but it isn't investing in new hardware.
For instance, in January 2013, a 28 - year -
old youth corps member in Ogun State, Egbe Ogbu, was reportedly killed by a car while chatting with friends on his
Blackberry mobile
device.
Since the announcement of the
BlackBerry Torch 9800 with
BlackBerry 6, we've all been waiting to see how
older devices such as the
BlackBerry Bold 9700 were going to fair with it running.
Since the
BlackBerry 2011 roadmap showed up, we've been wondering when we'd see the new smartphones come to market — and now some new rumors, mixed with
old rumors have a possible launch date for at least one
device.
BlackBerry OS 5.0 had just been released,
BlackBerry App World was still in its infancy, and we had our first
device (the
BlackBerry Curve 8520/30) with a trackpad instead of that dirty
old trackball.
If you own any
BlackBerry 10 smartphone that's not a Passport, might feel like you're buying your
old device in a new package.
[youtube video link for mobile viewing] Since the announcement of the
BlackBerry Torch 9800 with
BlackBerry 6, we've all been waiting to see how
older devices such as the
BlackBerry Bold 9700 were going to fair with it running.
I think
Blackberry realizes that many users are still using
older legacy
devices because of the solid refinement of BB7.
Bold 9000 and 9700 RIM's
old BlackBerry Bold 9000 (left) and the new Bold 9700 (right) RIM's marketing fluff describes the 9700 as «compact», «highly refined» and a
device bound to appeal to both men and women for both professional and personal use...
WATERLOO, ONTARIO --(Marketwire — Aug. 16, 2012)-- A new program from Research In Motion (RIM)(NASDAQ: RIMM)(TSX: RIM) can save enterprise and government customers on the costs of upgrading to
BlackBerry (R) 7 smartphones while also helping with the responsible recycling of
old devices.
Research In Motion's Curve 3G 9300 is their Qwerty keyboard based
device that's reminiscent of the
older BlackBerry handsets, with a very traditional BB look and feel.
BlackBerry Link will have many of the same features of the current
BlackBerry Desktop Software but has been built for the upcoming
BlackBerry 10
devices (though we're assuming it will be compatible with
older devices as well).
The
BlackBerry J - Series Extra Battery Charger Bundle [youtube video link for mobile viewing] When I was using
older devices I was always happy to have an extra battery at the ready thanks to my external charger.
Skype mobile is available for the iPhone, Symbian, and also
BlackBerry platforms where it's taken sometime to arrive on Android and now
older devices are left out as a higher processing might is needed.
There is still plenty of
BlackBerry theme developers out there creating themes for
older devices but as time goes on, there is fewer and fewer creating new work.
RIM is known to make something like 85 % of their revenue on
device sales, so for them to invest programming resources ported
BlackBerry 6 to «
old»
devices that aren't going to generate any
device sales for them would not be fiscally responsible if you think from a shareholder perspective.
One of the
BlackBerry phones is an update to the company's first slider handset from last year, another is a return to an
old classic design, and the third is a full touch screen model with a more standard way of operating than previously seen in
BlackBerry devices.
It is quite unfortunate that
BlackBerry Priv, despite not being a very
old device will not get any more Android updates.
The Bold 9900 has the look and feel of the very first
BlackBerry Bold of 2008, which is a return to the
old style of
BlackBerry devices of yesteryear with a large screen and a large physical Qwerty keyboard.
Gaming just wasn't the same on the
older devices but times have now changed and folk that pick up the Z10 or
BlackBerry Q10 will at least be able to feed their Angry Birds addiction.
Like I said, I have a drawer full of
old Blackberry's (without batteries) and I swear 2011 looks the same as 2007 with their
devices, and so many of these had physical defects in the construction — I also have returned 4 or 5 over the years that were broken within a week with defective track balls or touch pad problems.
In the meantime, he will begin an «upgrade program» to deal with the aforementioned issue of US customers holding on to
older BlackBerry smartphones instead of buying newer BB7
devices.
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BlackBerry devices were designed for email / calendar / contact sync and still do this better than anyone else — I'm not sure how OS v7 is considered «stale», since it is a brand - new iteration — Not everyone who shops for a new
device is 17 years
old and worried about looking uncool.
And again, the
devices are the same
old same
old to a large degree.I know I am far from alone in realizing that the
Blackberry once had all the buzz in the world around it, and now people hardly even mention
Blackberry's when discussing what's happening with smart phones.
For
BlackBerry fans, we suspect the Classic will be a popular and natural replacement to
older devices, or that touchscreen
BlackBerry that never quite felt right.
Some see it as a step backwards and that
BlackBerry needs to be forging ahead, not looking to the past while others see it as potential to capture a still rather large portion of customers who are out there using
older BlackBerry OS
devices such as Bolds and Curves.
The Livermorium Slider Keyboard is a bit more straightforward, providing a traditional style slide - out QWERTY keyboard for your phone, similar to
older BlackBerry and Nokia
devices.
Something that came up in our interview with
BlackBerry CEO Thorsten Heins following on the annual general meeting was the issue of educating users coming in from
older, traditional OS 7
devices.
The 9800 is a big step for the
blackberry platform and it isn't going to alienate users of the
older devices.
At a day and age when touchscreen smartphones such as the iPhone and the Samsung Galaxy S7 or Galaxy S7 Edge rule the roost, it's interesting how an
old - school
device with a physical keyboard like the
BlackBerry Torch still has a following.
But one interesting bit from the press release suggests that
BlackBerry's
older touch screen
devices won't get the update:
Still, there are a few things you need to think about before you sell your
old BlackBerry because you do not want to accidentally hand over your personal information to the new
device owner.
BlackBerry devices running 4.5 and
older OS versions still connect and work as intendet to this day.
Shortcovers was «
device neutral» and Kobo will continue this trend; already there are apps available for reading Kobo content on the iPhone and
Blackberry, and
older Shortcovers apps for the Palm Pre and Android
devices will work with Kobo content (updates for these
devices are expected soon).
The sad part is that
BlackBerry Desktop Manager for legacy
BlackBerry devices with OS 7.1 and
older is not able to sync calendars...
BlackBerry has announced a special offer on its QWERTY
devices, including
old phones like the
BlackBerry Curve 9320 and relatively new ones like the
BlackBerry Q5.
What You May Have Missed A quick look at the
BlackBerry 10 clock and compassSpec Shootout: Dev Alpha A vs Dev Alpha BBlackBerry 10
devices will need to have a
BlackBerry data planBlackBerry 10 boot screen appears, say goodbye to the plain
old progress bar!
Ive had a
BlackBerry Device Since the age of 17, I am now a 23 yr
old professional.
Heck, with the
old track wheel
BlackBerry devices like the 7290 and 8700 these pre-selected actions were so freakishly accurate you could almost use the phones with your eyes closed.
Those familiar with the
BlackBerry Bold of
old, or perhaps intrigued by the
BlackBerry Q10, will notice that the
BlackBerry Z10 looks a lot like rival
devices from Apple, Nokia, and the Android handset makers.
Each quarter
BlackBerry currently adds between 10,000 and 15,000 new apps to the
BlackBerry World catalogue just for
old school
BlackBerry OS 7
devices.
For US users this may not be much of a big deal — WhatsApp says the big three OS's account for 99.5 percent of sales today — some regions of the world where
BlackBerry devices or
older OS's are still fairly popular will suffer more.