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Details about an eventual sale of BlackBerry are slowly but surely starting to pick up steam. Following a confirmation from the Waterloo-based company about it being open to seeking “strategic alternatives,” The Wall Street Journal is now reporting that members of the board are “aiming to run a fast auction process” which could be finalized as early as November of this year. Sourcing the well-informed people familiar with the matter, the publication goes on to say that BlackBerry has narrowed its list of potential buyers, with the sales process “expected to begin soon.” We’ll see how long it takes for Thorsten Heins and Co. to find someone interested in the troubled brand, but something tells us it won’t be much longer before this story reaches its climax.

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Source: The Wall Street Journal

For those who can’t quite handle the down payment on a Bentley, there’s a Porsche. For those who can’t quite handle the down payment on a Porsche, there’s… well, about to be something else to covet. QNX — the same software outfit responsible for sprucing up the in-car infotainment systems in the aforesaid brands — has just inked a deal with Panasonic Automotive Systems Company of America, which should deliver QNX CAR-based systems to vehicles sold in North America, Europe, and Japan. Sadly, neither company is coming clean on which automakers are lined up (if any) to swap their ho hum systems out for something a bit more modern, but we’re certainly hoping that it’s more than just a handful. Oh, and if any of the motorcar makers in attendance need any ideas for implementation….

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Via: TechCrunch

Source: QNX

Up until the birth of the iPhone in 2007, BlackBerry (or the company formerly known as RIM) had an iron grip on the smartphone market. Not so anymore.

Earlier this year when Blackberry announced Blackberry 10 and the Z10 smartphone, the company also announced that they would be changing their name from Research In Motion (RIM) to Blackberry. While they have been referred to as Blackberry ever since, […]

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BlackBerry fans waiting for an opportunity to blend the BlackBerry 10 OS with a more familiar QWERTY form factor may know exactly how long they have left, at least north of the border. MobileSyrup received this pic tonight of what is purported to be an internal Rogers document, which lists the launch date for the BlackBerry Q10 as April 30th. A few other phones appear on the list as well, revealing the Canadian carrier will be offering the Nokia Lumia 520 and a couple of Doro’s PhoneEasy models. If this date holds up it’s a lot more specific than what we’d heard before — hopefully we’re not left waiting much longer for US release information.

Update: Rogers is going on the record for many more Q10 details… except the ship date. It tells us that the smartphone will cost $200 on a 3-year contract, and that Rogers will be the first (but not only) Canadian carrier with the white edition. The Q10 will also be one of the few Rogers smartphones to supplement the usual AWS-based LTE frequencies with the 2,600MHz band, the other notable example being the LG Optimus G. The more eager among us can reserve the Q10 today.

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Source: Mobile Syrup, Rogers