Trip Chowdhry, the Managing Director of Equity Research at Global Equities Research, told Benzinga that while there are 60 million potential smartphone

VMware today announced that its dual persona mobile device software is now available on some Android OS-based mobile devices sold by Verizon.

Dual persona technology creates two OS instances, one for business use and the other for personal use.

Around four months after the launch of the Z10, BlackBerry CEO Thorsten Heins took to the stage at the company's BlackBerry Live event to tie together the company's consumer and enterprise stories, and to expand on his mobile computing v

The annual BlackBerry Live conference was kicked off Tuesday with the launch of a new 3.1-inch qwerty smartphone, the BlackBerry Q5, that's slated to go on sale this summer in emerging markets, but not in the U.S.

The annual BlackBerry Live conference was kicked off Tuesday with the launch of a new 3.1-inch qwerty smartphone, the BlackBerry Q5, that's slated to go on sale this summer in emerging markets, but not in the U.S.

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I knew things were bad for smartphone makers that weren't named Apple or Samsung, but I had no idea they were this bad.

I knew things were bad for smartphone makers that weren't named Apple or Samsung, but I had no idea they were this bad.

BlackBerry CEO Thorsten Heins' prediction this week that tablets would decline in popularity flies in the face of widespread industry forecasting for an explosion of tablet shipments through 2017. But his comments also provoked debate on what will happen over the next five to 10 years to smartphones, tablets and laptops -- even wearable computers -- and what devices users might favor.

BlackBerry CEO Thorsten Heins' prediction this week that tablets would decline in popularity flies in the face of widespread industry forecasting for an explosion of tablet shipments through 2017. But his comments also provoked debate on what will happen over the next five to 10 years to smartphones, tablets and laptops -- even wearable computers -- and what devices users might favor.

BlackBerry CEO Thorsten Heins' prediction this week that tablets would decline in popularity flies in the face of widespread industry forecasting for an explosion of tablet shipments through 2017. But his comments also provoked debate on what will happen over the next five to 10 years to smartphones, tablets and laptops -- even wearable computers -- and what devices users might favor.

The U.S. Defense Department has broken its long tradition of allowing only BlackBerry smartphones on its network.]]>

The U.S. Defense Department has broken its long tradition of allowing only BlackBerry smartphones on its network.]]>

The U.S. Defense Department has broken its long tradition of allowing only BlackBerry smartphones on its network.]]>

The U.S. Defense Department has broken its long tradition of allowing only BlackBerry smartphones on its network.]]>

The U.S. Defense Department has broken its long tradition of allowing only BlackBerry smartphones on its network.]]>

The U.S. Department of Defense has cleared BlackBerry 10 smartphones and PlayBook tablets for use on its networks, amid reports that the department may also clear devices from Samsung Electronics and Apple.

The department has approved BlackBerry 10 smartphones and PlayBook tablets with its enterprise mobility management platform BlackBerry Enterprise Service 10 to be used on its networks, BlackBerry said Thursday.

BlackBerry and Samsung devices have been given the go-ahead for use on Defense Department networks. The approved devices are BlackBerry 10 smartphones, BlackBerry PlayBook tablets using the Enterprise Service 10 system and Samsung's Android Knox. The Pentagon said earlier this week that it also expects to clear Apple devices using iOS 6 in early May.

BlackBerry and Samsung have separately launched security and management software with dual-personality features for their latest Z10 and Galaxy S 4 smartphones, respectively.

BlackBerry and Samsung have separately launched security and management software with dual-personality features for their latest Z10 and Galaxy S 4 smartphones, respectively.

BlackBerry and Samsung have separately launched security and management software with dual-personality features for their latest Z10 and Galaxy S 4 smartphones, respectively.

"In five years I don't think there'll be a reason to have a tablet anymore," Heins told Bloomberg. "Maybe a big screen in your workspace, but not a tablet

Tibco is revamping and extending the mobile access to its Tibbr enterprise social networking software, adding support for more smartphones and tablets, and upgrading its mobile user interfaces and functionality.

Tibbr, which has iOS, Android and BlackBerry applications, is broadening its support for newer BlackBerry devices -- the Z10 and Q10 smartphones and the Playbook tablets.

Tibco is revamping and extending the mobile access to its Tibbr enterprise social networking software, adding support for more smartphones and tablets, and upgrading its mobile user interfaces and functionality.

Tibbr, which has iOS, Android and BlackBerry applications, is broadening its support for newer BlackBerry devices -- the Z10 and Q10 smartphones and the Playbook tablets.

Tibco is revamping and extending the mobile access to its Tibbr enterprise social networking software, adding support for more smartphones and tablets, and upgrading its mobile user interfaces and functionality.

Tibbr, which has iOS, Android and BlackBerry applications, is broadening its support for newer BlackBerry devices -- the Z10 and Q10 smartphones and the Playbook tablets.