How Apple's iPhone rapidly destroyed Nokia's world leading Symbian platform

In 2008, a journalist in Finland wrote a letter to Nokia complaining that its smartphones were difficult to use, prompting a confidential response acknowledging desperate efforts to catch up with Apple's new iPhone. One year later Nokia announced MeeGo, and the following year it made plans to shift to Windows Phone. The company is now being sold off for scrap.

Daniel Eran Dilger 12 years ago 62

Data bites dogma: Apple's iOS ate up Android, Blackberry U.S. market share losses this summer

Market data is eating away at previously held notions in the mobile market. Blackberry's continued decline in U.S. smartphone market share over the summer was matched by an identical retraction by Android, while Apple's iOS has gained nearly all of the ground those other two platforms lost.

Daniel Eran Dilger 12 years ago 114

iPhone boosts T-Mobile's sales share, while Apple breaks even with Android in Japan

Strong sales of the iPhone aren't just proving beneficial for Apple, they're also helping out formerly struggling carriers that have picked up Apple's bestselling device, according to new figures from Kantar Worldpanel.

Kevin Bostic 12 years ago 16

BlackBerry confirms Messenger for iOS submitted two weeks ago, awaiting approval

The BlackBerry Messenger app's arrival on iOS could be imminent, as a BlackBerry rep has announced that the app was submitted for Apple's App Store approval some two weeks ago.

Kevin Bostic 12 years ago 13

Apple's iPhone grows to 43% share among US smartphones

Apple's iPhone continues to expand on its lead as the most popular smartphone in the U.S., taking more than 40 percent of the American market, according to new figures from Kantar.

Kevin Bostic 12 years ago 92

BlackBerry officially puts itself up for sale, but potential buyers are limited

Executives at BlackBerry, once a dominant player in the smartphone market, have decided to put the Canadian company up for sale, though few companies are expected to show interest.

Sam Oliver 12 years ago 88

BlackBerry convenes special committee to decide company's future

Trading of shares of Canadian smartphone maker BlackBerry were halted Monday morning as the firm convened a special committee to explore strategic alternatives, fanning talk of a possible bid to go private in order to fix its problems while out of the public eye.

Kevin Bostic 12 years ago 57

As BlackBerry mulls going private, analysis sees smaller company being public & profitable

Executives at BlackBerry are reportedly considering taking their struggling company private, but a new analysis suggests the company could stay public — if management were to accept the fact that it is now a smaller smartphone company.

Neil Hughes 12 years ago 24

Still struggling, BlackBerry lays off 250 more employees

Things still aren't looking up for BlackBerry, as the struggling Canadian phone maker revealed Thursday it will lay off 250 more employees as part of a continuing plan to cut costs and rescale its operations.

Kevin Bostic 12 years ago 31

Nokia's 7.4M Lumia shipments top BlackBerry's total smartphone sales

The struggle for third place in the smartphone operating system wars may be settling, as Nokia's newly revealed financial figures show its Lumia line shipping more units last quarter than all of BlackBerry's phones.

Kevin Bostic 12 years ago 8

BlackBerry sees quarterly loss of $84M on shipments of 2.7M BB10 phones

Shares of BlackBerry stock tumbled early Friday, after the company reported an unexpected loss of $84 million and that it shipped just 2.7 million smartphones running its new BlackBerry 10 platform last quarter.

Neil Hughes 12 years ago 94

BlackBerry Secure Work Space support now available for Apple's iOS

BlackBerry on Tuesday announced the launch of Secure Work Space, a new solution built on its BlackBerry Enterprise Service and compatible with Android devices and Apple's iPhone and iPad, continuing a trend that has seen the phone maker increasing its focus on services.

AppleInsider Staff 12 years ago 5

BlackBerry Messenger not coming to iPhone, iPad June 27 [U]

BlackBerry Messenger is still going cross-platform, but it won't be appearing on iOS and Android on June 27, contrary to a report published Thursday.

Kevin Bostic 13 years ago 14

BlackBerry BBM coming to Apple's iOS, Google Android this summer

BlackBerry's BBM messaging service will go cross-platform this summer, when official BBM applications will launch on iOS and Android.

AppleInsider Staff 13 years ago 32

Apple's iPhone, iPad to be granted Pentagon security clearance next week

The U.S. Department of Defense said on Friday that it plans to allow Apple's iOS devices onto the Pentagon's secure network early next week, opening the door for lucrative military contracts currently dominated by BlackBerry.

AppleInsider Staff 13 years ago 19

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