CNET Update - BlackBerry Messenger jumps to iPhone, Android
CNET Update - BlackBerry Messenger jumps to iPhone, Android
2013-05-14
it's time to get back in touch with your
blackberry messenger friends from 2008
I'm Bridget Carey and this is your cnet
update blackberry messenger has always
been a very popular messaging tool
between BlackBerry users but now the
service is coming to android and iOS
devices as a free app the apps for iOS
and Android will be coming sometime in
the summer and blackberry is also taking
on twitter by launching blackberry
messenger channels where users can
create a profile and follow other people
and brands just like on a social network
users can comment and click like on a
post but there's also the option for
private one-on-one chatting it's
launching in beta and there will be a
few high-profile accounts at launch
including Alicia Keys and in other
blackberry news if you're a blackberry
loyalists waiting for the new blackberry
q10 that's the one with the physical
keyboard it's finally coming to the US
next month in June Verizon and t-mobile
said the q10 will be in stores by june
and verizon will start taking pre-orders
in the coming weeks sprint is going to
be selling the q10 in late summer the
phone was first introduced more than
three months ago so the blackberry
faithful in the u.s. sure padam be
patiently for any details but as for the
all touchscreen z10 it's getting a small
software update over the next few days
that will add skype video chat as well
as a few other perks like getting to
customize alerts and ringtones for
different contacts better control for
moving the cursor while typing and new
camera modes and photo editing options
but if windows phone is more your style
Nokia just announced the metal bodied
Lumia 925 it's coming to the US with
tmobile sometime in july it's thin and
super light compared to other Lumia
phones this is going to be the flagship
phone in the Lumia line it has 4g LTE
support a 4.5 inch display and the same
8.7 megapixel camera with image
stabilization as its sister models
there's another Lumia coming thursday to
verizon the Lumia 928 it has a plastic
body but it's thinner than its
counterpart at eighteen t it costs $99
with a 2-year contract and we have the
full review of an
28 along with the blackberry q10 now on
cnet and how about a treat to end
today's show google has programmed a
game into the image search if you type
the words Atari breakout in google image
search the screen turns is the classic
game and you can control it with arrow
keys this was added to honor the 37th
anniversary of the game and it's a great
way to get in trouble at work Google
does a few other tricks if you know the
right search phrases visit the show blog
for a list of a few at cnet com / update
thanks for watching from our studios in
New York I'm Bridget Carey
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