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  • This is what Windows Phone on a BlackBerry would probably look like

    The smartphone race is currently being ruled by two operating systems; iOS and Android. Together they take 90% of the pie, at least in the United States. The rest 10% is made up by the likes of BlackBerry and Windows Phone. Windows Phone holds a paltry 9% market share where as BlackBerry is still at a decent 9%.

    However the numbers don’t tell the whole story. While Windows Phone is struggling to gain any market share, it is still backed up by one of the richest and biggest corporations in the world, Microsoft. It also has the full backing of Nokia. BlackBerry on the other hand is struggling to make ends meet, let alone earn profits. One of the ideas that has floated around is BlackBerry jumping the Windows Phone bandwagon like Nokia did.

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    This mockup is what the joint venture might look like. While it’s clearly a hasty photoshop job, the reality wouldn’t be too far away. The signature BlackBerry design with the elegance of Windows Phone. It is a striking combination. But it will probably never be true, not at least in the near future.

    BlackBerry still has a viable and strong operating system on their hands, unlike Nokia which were relying on the old relic known as Symbian. It’s important to know that Microsoft did make an informal offer to RIM to make Windows Phone devices, which RIM categorically refused to. RIM is looking forward to BlackBerry OS10 for next year release which they’re hoping would bring a change in their dire fortunes.

    In the mean time, those dreaming of a RIM/Microsoft love affair can look at these pictures and satisfy their desires. Perhaps RIM might reconsider? Again, that depends entirely on how well the launch of OS10 goes.

  • Developer interest at a record high for iOS, looks dismal for BlackBerry

    When it comes to creating a smartphone, there is only so much a manufacturer can do. Sure they can create great hardware and software, but unless there’s a viable eco system to go with it, the platform is destined for failure. Just as Meego. This survey by Baird Equity Research was conducted from 200 developers from a pool of 4300. The results are increasingly positive for Apple, and ever so damning for RIM.

    Baird Dev Platform survey Developer interest at a record high for iOS, looks dismal for BlackBerry

    On a scale of 1 to 10, where 10 being excellent 1 being poor, the developer interest in iOS is at 9.3 and 8.7 for Android. This number has risen for Apple from Q1 2012. This could party be because of speculation over iPhone 5 and the recently announced Retina Display iPad, which has been very successful.

    Android is at number 2, with interest at 8.7%, which has dropped from the previous quarter. This could probably get better as more phones get Jelly Bean update.

    Interest for BlackBerry 10 is at a dismal 3.8% which has taken a steep drop from the previous quarter. This is because of the constant delays that this platform is facing. Even the current BlackBerry OS is at 2.8%.

    A few other quick observations from Baird’s survey(From AllThingsDigital):

    • 71 percent of developers surveyed said the announcement of Windows Phone 8 three weeks ago increased their interest in the platform, while 64 percent said they were enthusiastic about Microsoft’s new Surface tablet.
    • 78 percent of iOS developers expect Apple to eventually launch an HDTV.
    • 62 percent of developers surveyed said that most of their tablet-specific downloads come from Samsung; 23 percent said Amazon’s Kindle Fire was their top device for downloads.

    The numbers should be taken with a pinch of salt. While as a whole they do represent what’s already clear in front of our eyes, lets not forget it’s only 200 developers that were part of the survey. There are developers all over the world, in quantities over millions.

  • RIM Cans BlackBerry Messenger For Android

    Bad news coming in for Android users waiting for the BlackBerry Messenger to arrive on their devices as according to a report by the WSJ, RIM is no longer interested in licensing their popular (or once popular?) messaging client.

    They’re going to instead focus on improving the service and along with working on BlackBerry 10 and getting devices running the new OS into stores.

    Do you still use BBM? If not what messaging clients do you use instead?

  • Windows Phone 7 Mango Blows All Other Phones Out Of The Water In HTML5 Browser Tests

    Ever since Microsoft announced Mango for their Windows Phone 7 platform they have been focusing on the OS’s exceptional HTML5 performance leaving behind the likes of Android, iOS and BlackBerry OS.

    So Microsoft gave us another demo at the Worldwide Partners Conference (WPC) earlier this week where an HTC Mango handset went against the Samsung Droid Charge, BlackBerry Torch and an iPhone 4 with the latest iOS 5 BETA 3. The demo on display was called ‘Fish’ where 3D fishes were being rendered onto an ocean background.

    As you could see in the video the Charge managed to pull 20fps, the Torch did 9fps, iPhone 4 managed to do around 15fps while the HTC managed a blazing fast 50fps! Now that’s what you call owning the crowd.

    Source: WMPoweruser

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  • BlackBerry Bold 9900 Ahoy, BBOS 7 Emulator Now Available

    RIM recently announced the existence of the BlackBerry Bold 9900 and 9930 at their BlackBerry World event a few weeks ago and we’ve also recently come to know that the 9900 will be coming exclusively to T-Mobile packed with 4G support. Just in-case you wanted to take a look through the latest BBOS 7 which comes packed with the new Bold’s don’t worry an emulator is now available. 

    The emulator is available as a executable file and even works on Touch Screen supported PC doubling the fun! Don’t be worried if the program shows the phone as the Bold 9780, the software is of the 9900. You can download the emulator at the source link below

    Source: N4BB

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