Wallpaper Wednesday

Welcome to another Wallpaper Wednesday!

Each week, we'll bring you cool and popular wallpapers for all your BlackBerry devices. If you're a graphic artist, or photographer and would like your wallpaper shared - shoot us an email!

Here's how to download and install:

  • Find the proper device / resolution wallpaper for your device
  • Click the Download link
  • Touch and hold on the image, selecting Save Image, or select Download in the top right corner
  • Once downloaded, select the image in your downloads folder which should ...
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Rumour Roundup

Welcome to BlackBerryCentral's Rumour Roundup!

Each Tuesday, we'll bring you the most interesting rumours in the BlackBerry community and let you know if there's any real supporting evidence. Devices, OS's, and more hot topics - it's your one-stop post to get the latest rumours.

Rumour

OS 10.3.3 Delayed

Source

Forums, Email

Confirmations

Basically, this is a question of "it's June, where is 10.3.3 or at least some news", but rest assured, the update isn't far ...

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Why BlackBerry Needs Rome & Hamburg

With allegations coming from AT&T about a trend in returns of Priv handsets, it leaves BlackBerry's next two handsets in question - will they succeed in a consumer market?

For example, the Hamburg is likely the most asked about in this regard. Is releasing an all-touch device in a saturated market the smartest idea? The smartphone market currently holds an estimated 2 Billion people who own a cellphone in 2016 with nearly 250 million of this number in North America (behind China and India). The Hamburg ...

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AT&T Exec: "Higher Returns On Priv Than We'd Like"

An AT&T executive, speaking anonymously to CNET told a story of less than favourable BlackBerry Priv sales. If you recall, AT&T was the exclusive retailer in the United States - though this news also seems impacted by the recent news of T-Mobile not offering the device online further.

“The BlackBerry Priv is really struggling,” the exec told CNET’s Roger Cheng. “We’ve seen more returns than we would like.”

The issue apparently comes down to the amount of loyalists buying the Priv, and finding the transition too difficult, or disliking the experience ...

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Comedian Seth Meyers Likes To Write Jokes On His BlackBerry Q10

He hosts Late Night with Seth Meyers, a late-night talk show on NBC, and you probably remember him for his work on Saturday Night Live and older brother of Josh Meyers, a cast member of MADtv. Apparently, despite loving his iPhone, prefers to write things out on a BlackBerry Q10:

"I couldn't live without my iPhone, but if I have to hit a reply,  I'm so much happier having a BlackBerry," said in an interview with USA Today published this afternoon. His main ...

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Kim Kardashian: "I'am So Close To Giving Them (BlackBerry) Up,"

You'll likely remember Kim admitting her BlackBerry Bold hoarding / addiction at Recode's 2014 Mobile Conference, and she recently touched up on the subject, mentioning how scarce her favourite mobile phone is becoming:

"I'm so close to giving it up," said Kardashian. "I thought I would be BlackBerry 'til I die. I do still love my buttons, but you know, I think eBay has almost run out of this model... I think there's been a few more models since then which I didn ...

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BlackBerry Signs 1-Year Contract With The Pentagon Force Protection Agency

BlackBerry released last week that it has recently renewed with the Pentagon Force Protection Agency - a civilian Law Enforcement agency within the U.S. Department of Defense charged with protecting and safeguarding the occupants, visitors, and infrastructure of The Pentagon, the Mark Center Building, the Defense Health Headquarters, and other assigned Pentagon facilities.

The contract keeps BlackBerry around, providing internal and external alerts, messaging and emergency notification services for the Pentagon and other U.S. Defense Department buildings in the Washington area. Side note: BlackBerry did not disclose the ...

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BlackBerry Launches Developer "Hero" Program

Wait, what?

After reading the title, I'm sure many had similar reactions to a recent launch of a highlight program for developers releasing new (not upated) application to the BlackBerry 10 platform. Dubbed Hero the program is aimed at getting devs to release new applications to their platform, offering up 6 months of heavy features on BlackBerry World, BlackBerry.com - and potentially their dev blog.

Here's the low-down:

The Developer Hero Program will help you get your app noticed and downloaded. Selected apps ...

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