New BlackBerry phones don't wow investors, but analysts see promise

	Apple, Samsung led tablet market in Q4, Microsoft lags | BlackBerry 10 launches with comeback hopes
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	New BlackBerry phones don't wow investors, but analysts see promise RIM's share price dropped more than 6% Wednesday, after the company announced it was changing its to BlackBerry and unveiled two new smartphones, the touchscreen Z10 and the qwerty Q10. Read More RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: IT Roadmap Boston IT Roadmap Boston Focuses on Five Pillars of Technology The content-rich agenda has been redesigned and reenergized to include increased IDG content from editors you know and trust on topics such as: Security & Management, Network - From the Edge to the Core of the New Data Center, Analytics & Data Management, Cloud & Next Generation Apps, The Mobile/BYOD Enterprise, and more! Click to continue In this Issue Apple, Samsung led tablet market in Q4, Microsoft lags BlackBerry 10 launches with comeback hopes Phone unlocking services face new legal risk, EFF says Apple makes good on CEO's promise to expand iPhone 5's 4G carriers Matt Hamblen: First impressions of Z10 Surface Pro storage space in short supply BlackBerry delivers, but tough battle looms JR Raphael: Nexus 4 revisited: Detailed thoughts after 3 months with the phone Jonny Evans: Can BlackBerry beat Apple in the LTE services war? Windows 8 'convertibles' help Lenovo break into high-end PC market INSIDER Speed up mobile app-dev with back-end as a service DOJ asks FCC to delay action on Sprint-Softbank deal Apple doubles down on iPad by doubling max storage to 128GB Motorola Solutions unveils MC45 mobile computer ZTE set to launch Firefox OS smartphone QuickPoll: Can BlackBerry score in the smartphone game? WHITE PAPER: Research In Motion Call Recording with BlackBerry Smartphones In this resource, uncover how mobile communications fit into your call recording strategy, and what it means for your enterprise. Learn More Apple, Samsung led tablet market in Q4, Microsoft lags Apple and Samsung Electronics led the tablet market in the fourth quarter of 2012, but new entrant Microsoft did not make it to the top five with its Surface tablet. Read More BlackBerry 10 launches with comeback hopes With its future in the balance, Research In Motion launched its new BlackBerry 10 operating system, two new handsets and a new company name on Wednesday. Read More Phone unlocking services face new legal risk, EFF says U.S. phone unlocking services face the biggest legal risk from mobile operators keen to enforce a change in copyright law that now makes it illegal to modify a mobile device to work on another network, according to the Electronic Frontier Foundation. Read More Apple makes good on CEO's promise to expand iPhone 5's 4G carriers Apple released iOS 6.1, the first major update for the mobile operating system since its September 2012 launch, patching 27 security vulnerabilities and adding 36 LTE carriers to the iPhone 5's support list. Read More Matt Hamblen: First impressions of Z10 Some call the Z10 touchscreen smartphone a radical reinvention of BlackBerry's previous smartphones. Well, OK, I guess so. What I'd say is that BlackBerry (the new official name for RIM) has finally caught up with the touchscreen market typified by Apple. Read More Surface Pro storage space in short supply Microsoft's low-end Surface Pro tablet, slated to start shipping Feb. 9, sports just 23GB of free storage space out of the box, Microsoft confirmed. Read More BlackBerry delivers, but tough battle looms The newly rechristened BlackBerry has delivered on its promise to breathe new life into its aging, iconic product line for diehard fans, but faces an uphill battle against the iPhone and devices based on Google's Android operating system. Read More JR Raphael: Nexus 4 revisited: Detailed thoughts after 3 months with the phone Google's Nexus 4 phone is finally back on sale, so three months after its launch, how has the device held up? Read More WEBCAST: VMware Disaster Recovery for Exchange Using VMware Learn how customers use VMware solutions to increase performance and maintain uptime. View Now! Jonny Evans: Can BlackBerry beat Apple in the LTE services war? BlackBerry has a chance, but taking it requires the company to use all its skills to ensure it can become synonymous with the network. In doing so it faces stiff competition from Apple and its software focus, and Google's forest of imitative device manufacturers. Read More Windows 8 'convertibles' help Lenovo break into high-end PC market Lenovo CEO Yang Yuanqing said sales of its Windows 8 PCs have been "normal" to date, neither surpassing nor falling behind expectations, but added that convertible devices using the operating system are helping the company break into the high-end segment for the North American market. Read More INSIDER Speed up mobile app-dev with back-end as a service Vendors offer code drop-ins that standardize common mobile features, including messaging and payment, so your in-house developers can focus on the functions that are most important to your business. Read More DOJ asks FCC to delay action on Sprint-Softbank deal The U.S. Department of Justice and the Department of Homeland Security have asked for more time to consider Softbank's proposed takeover of Sprint Nextel, a move that may signal a rough road ahead for the $20 billion deal. Read More Apple doubles down on iPad by doubling max storage to 128GB Apple doubled the maximum storage space of its fourth-generation iPad to 128GB and announced it would start selling the new tablet next week. Read More Motorola Solutions unveils MC45 mobile computer Motorola Solutions believes workplaces will find value in rugged handheld mobile computers that cost several times more than consumer-focused smartphones, but lasts much longer. Read More ZTE set to launch Firefox OS smartphone Chinese phone maker ZTE is planning to launch a smartphone based on Mozilla's Firefox OS at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona next month. Read More QuickPoll: Can BlackBerry score in the smartphone game? Can the release of a new OS, new handsets and a new company name make a difference this late in the game? Read More
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