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Nancy's 'conversation': Shut up already
For the past week, we have heard an unending cacophony of calls for a national "conversation" on gun violence and gun control laws. We were all supposed to let go of our firmly held positions and actually listen to the other side so we could have a real debate and move toward a compromise position that would protect the American people. All of us except Nancy Pelosi.
"In the coming days and weeks, we will engage in a meaningful conversation and thoughtful debate about how to change laws and culture that allow this violence to continue to grow," Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said on Monday. His was a call echoed ad nauseum on the left. But House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., was not interested in any conversation, meaningful or not.
On Tuesday she was pushing for an immediate ban on "assault magazines," her name for magazine clips that hold a lot of ammunition. She told Andrea Mitchell on MSNBC that Newtown happened because "an impaired person had access to firepower that should be outlawed." She advocated banning large ammunition clips, then said "let's go down the larger path and ban the assault weapon. I think there's a better chance to do that now than ever."
She did not define what an "assault weapon" is.
The next day she officially pressed House Speaker John Boehner to hold a vote on a bill to ban large-capacity magazines by Saturday. "What we need are not more words. We need action," she said.
So much for the "conversation" we were supposed to have. Pelosi senses an opportunity to weaken the National Rifle Association and the Republican Party politically, and she is going to take it. If you disagree or have questions, just shut up; the U.S. House of Representatives - which exists to facilitate conversations - doesn't need to hear any of your words.
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The New York State Education Department mandates field-testing in virtually all of its school districts. The purpose of field-testing is to help in determining whether items are appropriate and to establish whether an item is valid for use with the students it is designed to test. Although there may be philosophical differences regarding the State of New York's testing program, there are also legal requirements.
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Dave Burnley: I had Pool party in a lifeboat by the pier
3:00pm Tuesday 15th April 2014 in Football By Dave Burnley
SOMETIMES life doesn't run to script no matter how hard you try to influence its outcome.
That was certainly the case at Turf Moor on Saturday, where Burnley created enough chances to win two games.
If it was a boxing match Burnley would have easily won on points if the referee hadn't already stopped the contest.
The biggest reason the Middlesbrough defence wasn't breached must be credited to Greek goalkeeper, and commentators' nightmare, Dimi Konstantopoulos.
Sad to say that a minority of Boro fans found it too hard to keep silent for just one minute to respect the Liverpool fans who perished at Hillsborough 25 years ago, and the confrontrations outside the ground afterwards that I witnessed were directly because of that.
In contrast, the ovation given to Gary Parkinson, a former player of both clubs who is blighted by locked-in syndrome after suffering a stroke in 2010, was wholeheartedly observed by both sets of supporters. He is a truly brave man whose love for each of his previous employers was clearly evident.
As for promotion, we may have to wait for another week or beyond, depending how results unfold.
From a purely personal perspective, Blackpool on Good Friday would be the perfect place to celebrate promotion for two very good reasons.
Firstly, I will be decked out in my 33-piece denim suit as I commemorate my 40th year without missing a Burnley game, home or away, in any competitive fixture.
The outfit dates back to 1968 and is traditionally worn on the first away match after the one blemish at Newcastle United on April 10, 1974 – my only absence in 45 years which began with QPR at home on January 18, 1969.
Secondly, the seaside town was my choice of party venue when Burnley clinched the Second Division championship with a 1-1 draw at Preston in 1973.
Those celebrations went on long into the early hours before I settled down for the night in a lifeboat moored on the promenade!
I've upgraded to an en-suite bed and breakfast for this one, so if I do happen to be toasting the Clarets at least I'll have a duvet over me instead of the green tarpaulin from the life-saving vessel that sufficed 41 years ago.
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The Steel Curtain Falls
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It looked like the Jets were going to continue where they left off from week 1 against the Buffalo Bills when they took their first possession down field for what looked like an easy touchdown when Sanchez hit Holmes for six. Then the Steelers made adjustments and that was the end of that optimism.
The Jets seemed to lose focus and make mistakes that came at critical parts of the game. Antonio Cromartie's coverage of Mike Wallace when Roethlisberger's 37-yard touchdown pass on third-and-16 was a killer. It looked like Cromartie was lackadaisical. Jeremy Kerley's inability to recognize a player bearing down on him and lack of judgment to not call for the fair catch resulting in a fumble.
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So much for the Wild Cat being guarded and a huge secret weapon. I guess they are still guarding it for the Dolphins this week!
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BlackBerry OS 10.3.0.296 gets caught on video
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1st time caught on video?
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Slicing using my
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This video doesn't exist. Chen stopped all leaks remember?
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You mean The Great Chen lied to BlackBerry users? I'm shocked! < /sarcasm >
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I see what you did there
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Hey man, how'd you get that blackberry icon. Could you pls pm it to me? Thanks
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Lol just copy paste it. Ik u cant do it in the cb app, but go on the site and scroll down to the comments
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Bluepearls, like the one above said just copy it from my signature or anywhere you can find and paste over to your
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celticmagick May 10, 2014 at 4:58 pm
Copy and paste the logo into your Word Substitution with a label of "bblogo" or whatever you like. Anytime you type that trigger word it will replace it with the logo.
It works in the CB app but only here in the comments section. It will appear as a "?" in the forums, which stinks.
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Where do you find this word substitution?
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Settings - Language and Input - Prediction and Correction - Word Substitution
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You have passed the first test my son.
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Nice work on the first. As always the reward is sweet: a cookie.
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Oatmeal chocolate chip or molasses?
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I thought that's what that was...
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LMAO! I shouldn't have read the comments before watching the video.
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Lmfao! I thought the same thing but decided not to ask incase I wasn't and I was the only one that thought that... lmfaooooooo
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That is too funny lol
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93Aero May 10, 2014 at 4:01 pm
All OS reviews shall from here on shall be done by video.
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ralfyguy May 10, 2014 at 4:02 pm
ShaunLasalle May 10, 2014 at 9:40 pm
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rasib BBRY May 11, 2014 at 7:25 am
All about Neutron Music Player, Stock Music Player Is Crap.
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Mikey_NNG May 10, 2014 at 4:06 pm
Was that a dick pic in his photos or am I seeing things? o_o (2:28, bottom pic in the middle)
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Emaderton3 May 10, 2014 at 4:13 pm
Um pic at 2:28?
So blank screen now between hub and apps?
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vagos2006 May 10, 2014 at 6:06 pm
Yeah. I saw it too. Lol! I thought it was seeing things for a minute
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bl_moore May 10, 2014 at 8:00 pm
you were seeing "things" hahaha
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qwerty4ever May 11, 2014 at 3:55 am
TMI I will not abuse my eyes. BlackBerry leak takes on an entirely NSFW approach with their new genitalia "app".
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celticmagick May 10, 2014 at 4:05 pm
Vertical video? Wtf! :P
Eq in music!
emPowered by
Jonny-R May 10, 2014 at 4:09 pm
Equalizer finally in the music app! That has taken it's time to arrive.. but OS 10.3 is starting to look very complete.
phone-company May 10, 2014 at 4:10 pm
Also seems verry fast..... want it now!!
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mnc76 May 11, 2014 at 12:10 am
Animations have been sped up big time. Looking good.
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BlueStreak67 May 10, 2014 at 4:13 pm
Taking photos while recording a video, nice!
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spookyentertainment May 10, 2014 at 4:13 pm
Not in English :(
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BlueStreak67 May 10, 2014 at 4:20 pm
Pardon moi?
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BriniaSona May 10, 2014 at 6:37 pm
I think it was in my least favorite language. Spanish.
BK_NY_RAY May 10, 2014 at 10:36 pm
That's the best language!
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Tomas Carrillo May 10, 2014 at 4:15 pm
Finally a Video in Spanish :P.
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masterful May 10, 2014 at 4:19 pm
How big is BlackBerry In Spain?
Slicing using my
AnimalPak200 May 10, 2014 at 4:39 pm
Lol... I don't think that guy is from Spain. Venezuelan or perhaps Mexico?
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aevilion May 10, 2014 at 9:25 pm
The reviewer is from Mexico, the site from Venezuela.
Simmo3K May 10, 2014 at 4:19 pm
Performance seems to be improved by the look of it. Can't wait!
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Pranav Thakker May 10, 2014 at 4:20 pm
Why isn't BlackBerry making its music app headless. Like showing the name of the track playing in the Quick Settings drop down. Considering that when it's playing music the only immediate controls you need is to change or skip the track. If anything more than you can just open the app and do it. The active frame of the music app takes up unnecessary space when it's just playing.
Gotta think about it!
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nuff_said May 10, 2014 at 4:35 pm
Hopefully they have implemented this and it's in a later version of 10.3
AnimalPak200 May 10, 2014 at 4:44 pm
Too confusing for some users to have music playing even after they "closed" the music app.
Why is it still playing?!!! How do I stop it?!! I don't see it anywhere!
That type of thing.
The active frame doesn't really take up valuable space since it just gets pushed down outside the screen by the 4 more recently used apps. Plus now being able to re-organize active frames should let users prioritize/declutter that screen better!
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masterful May 10, 2014 at 4:56 pm
But the idea it great if we have the option to do so.
+1 after me if you agreed
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castano22 May 10, 2014 at 5:16 pm
Yeah I wouldn't mind the option of having it headless
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Puz_zled May 10, 2014 at 5:31 pm
Did I see him merge active frames into one frame like folders for the icons? Which implies no limit to the number of open running apps?
From my Neutrino Powered Z10
coldfir3 May 10, 2014 at 5:54 pm
No. He just re-arranged them
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Katleho Moloi May 10, 2014 at 6:42 pm
Don't forget ur volume keys help you control music at the moment...u cn still use dose coz I find em quite handy for skipping tracks while the device is in my pocket or whilst playing games or using BBM and whatsapp...headless music app +1 I support big time...#pardon the grammar this ain't no English test!!!
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BB_Bmore May 10, 2014 at 4:24 pm
Keep it up BlackBerry and I'll be all over a qwerty with a big screen! Looking very nice. I'm almost over the playbook fiasco and ill be back when the pain is completely buried.
Pollo714 May 10, 2014 at 4:25 pm
Good thing I speak Spanish
SalMan50 May 10, 2014 at 4:26 pm
Anybody else noticed that scrolling down in the hub doesn't get rid of the bottom bar?
The leaked 10.3 had it disappear and only leave three lines/dots on the left and right bottom side respectively, leaves more screen real estate to look at your content. It'd be nice if the official still has it
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nuff_said May 10, 2014 at 4:37 pm
Yes and it looks better.
mnc76 May 11, 2014 at 12:14 am
I can see needing that on the Q10. But every bb10 phone has enough screen space that you don't need it disappear.
Would be good on the Classic and any other small screen QWERTYs though.
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sf49ers1980 May 10, 2014 at 4:29 pm
2 minutes 30 seconds in. Take a close look at the pictures this guy has on his phone.
That is all I have to say.
Paul86 May 10, 2014 at 4:32 pm
Lol. I think this will keep getting mentioned in the comments
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sf49ers1980 May 10, 2014 at 4:34 pm
I see now that i`m not the only one who thinks it! lol
royalbucks May 10, 2014 at 4:29 pm
In few hours....
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Egod101 May 10, 2014 at 6:51 pm
What do you mean?!
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Having a blank home screen seems pointless, best to have something on the background i.e some apps at the bottom or other functions buttons, shortcut button when there's no active frames.
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masterful May 10, 2014 at 4:58 pm
Vote me in
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BBrickk May 10, 2014 at 5:45 pm
They are preparing for Launchers and personal arrangement of folders ;)
joserMireles May 10, 2014 at 6:38 pm
You would be surprised how many people like the blank screen to better show their wallpaper. That's the only reason my friend won't leave android over bb10 or ios, because she can get rid of all the icons and have a blank screen.
mnc76 May 11, 2014 at 12:15 am
I like it. But if you don't, then you're also in luck since apparently it's optional (can make it like 10.2.1 and below by changing settings) .
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pepe241185 May 10, 2014 at 4:40 pm
That's one slick looking OS ... can't wait ... then again ... I have a Z10 STL1 so it'll be some time before we see a leak, but happy to see how 10.3 is coming on.... #goBlackBerry
shorski May 10, 2014 at 4:45 pm
Equalizer! Oh that's way to go!
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Notatroll123 May 10, 2014 at 4:47 pm
The camera app is different on Michael Clewley's photos. This build is already old.
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miguel89to May 10, 2014 at 5:19 pm
I mentioned that to them in all the posts in BBM about it... thought it was weird.
Posted via CB10 app with my trusty Z10
Man_apart May 10, 2014 at 4:55 pm
Video wont load.
nataprawira May 11, 2014 at 1:24 pm
When you access youtube, change the http:// with https://
Dont know why.. youtube redirection = sucks :p
CB10 on Z10STL100-2/10.2.1.2141
TheDutch20 May 10, 2014 at 4:58 pm
If no one else is going to say it I will. Zone BlackBerry stated that they were uploading and prepared to bring it to the forums alas they send a video instead. Don't tease ppl it's not nice it's likw the saying don't keep your dog's hungry cause they will bite the hand that feeds then
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masterful May 10, 2014 at 5:00 pm
Where did you get that info?
Slicing using my
TheDutch20 May 10, 2014 at 5:04 pm
The beta OS thread for this version
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UnlimitedEra May 10, 2014 at 5:02 pm
Am I the only one who just saw a kid staring at a dick?
jic999 May 10, 2014 at 7:01 pm
Spain is very liberal when it comes to sex very very liberal !
Johan Rojas May 10, 2014 at 5:06 pm
In the comments of the BBzone Blog, they said they will leak de OS in the next few hours, can´t wait...
Egod101 May 10, 2014 at 6:51 pm
Seriously, where?! I don't see that.
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UnlimitedEra May 10, 2014 at 5:06 pm
This build is old btw, look at the setup/camera icons and compare them to the one Clewley posted.
Now that Clewley posten an in camera photo, it looks way different than the one in this video.
francees May 10, 2014 at 5:11 pm
Clewley may be using 10.3.0.428 who shows up on sechesi/bb servers clewley is the only few that could get access to them files....
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dhbrell10 May 10, 2014 at 5:20 pm
I like the simple red background. Will there be new wallpapers with 10.3?
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buylocal_getaBB May 10, 2014 at 5:27 pm
Why do you need more wallpapers when you have the whole internet to choose from?
Buy a bb, get a droid for free
rat_time May 10, 2014 at 7:42 pm
+1 million... Hahaha too funny
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mnc76 May 11, 2014 at 12:22 am
1,000,000 squared.
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pablovakanazo May 10, 2014 at 5:36 pm
I love Zonablackberry *-*
tutibreaker May 10, 2014 at 6:41 pm
ZBB Rules !!!!
jsille May 10, 2014 at 5:40 pm
Really impressed with the new camera featuring and also with the equalizer...!
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jsille May 10, 2014 at 5:45 pm
Really impressed with the new camera featuring and also with the equalizer...!
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romulusiulian May 10, 2014 at 5:46 pm
Waiting for the leak or official release. Doesn't matter! I want it on my Z10.
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chrisstlaurent May 10, 2014 at 6:19 pm
I was talking g to a programmer yesterday and he said that now that adobe air is gone on 10.3 that you will see about a 15percent battery increase and a lot smoother....i guess adobe ar was taking up a lot of memory.
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Dave Bourque May 10, 2014 at 6:53 pm
It's not gone in 10.3... it's gone after 10.3.1
Kamika007z May 10, 2014 at 7:04 pm
Makes sense since adobe is one of the worst and over bloated pieces of garbage software out there. Not to mention the endless security holes that it has.
Master of Surgery May 10, 2014 at 6:22 pm
Ooh...Music Player Equalizer .... LOVE that. Keep it coming BlackBerry! (1:15)
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BriniaSona May 10, 2014 at 6:34 pm
Would loveeeee to know to bring the quick setting down with one hand on my z30. Oh right. Move the settings swipe down to the overflow menu and make the quick settings one finger swipe.
Egod101 May 10, 2014 at 6:47 pm
There's going to be a leak?! I don't care if it does not have radio! I have to try this!
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Rogercouthino25 May 10, 2014 at 6:47 pm
The present icons r much better, than the ones they implemented now. And will dey keep the hub dark themed or light,i really wish to see dat as an option in 10.3. They should also allow us to color code our hub messages. Live gallery and a 30 second video glance for news media and social media should also be implemented.
Bbm should have animated surprises dat appear on the screen to give it a live conversation feeling.
Glad the action bars are black with white text. I didn't like the preview colours Michael was showing.
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Georgefly97 May 10, 2014 at 7:13 pm
An equalizer in the music player!!! :dancing:
Straight Talk Z10, .2179
rbertwilliams May 10, 2014 at 7:22 pm
Look at the comments up top. Every one has seen it by now. I hope the vid gets taken down or that portion edited out.
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petikeis May 10, 2014 at 7:31 pm
Is that a picture of a penis at 2:28 bottom middle square? Lol
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Bllaca Enis May 10, 2014 at 7:31 pm
We will the download link:)))))
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Egod101 May 10, 2014 at 7:33 pm
What link?!
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canadian nick May 10, 2014 at 7:32 pm
Cannot wait to try this!
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songless_bird May 10, 2014 at 7:33 pm
I wonder. Is only me that dont like when opening an app see it first in task manager and then full screen? I would like when i press app icon open full screen at once.
thisiscjay May 10, 2014 at 7:33 pm
Could anyone confirm the return of Face Focus functionality within the camera application?
Marcellino Wagey May 10, 2014 at 7:36 pm
Hope this leak release for z10 stl 1
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aevilion May 10, 2014 at 9:29 pm
No love for STL1.
Egod101 May 10, 2014 at 7:39 pm
Guys really?! What leak are you talking about. Is it on Cb?
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audirocs May 10, 2014 at 7:45 pm
Why is Priority Hub still there? Who the hell uses it. Lol
T-Mobile USA Z10
Overall, I think the OS seems to be more responsive, especially the context menus (e.g. in the music app). However, this blue action button still looks distracting and, contrary to what someone responded to me a few days ago, it does overlay some of the text. I hope that this is something I can turn off. Regardless, can't wait to hear more about this release!
Bllaca Enis May 10, 2014 at 7:48 pm
For install on my Device
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Egod101 May 10, 2014 at 7:55 pm
Are you saying you have the link or you're asking for it?
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kalonjie May 10, 2014 at 8:01 pm
Leaking soon? XD
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newfie1974 May 10, 2014 at 8:02 pm
Hope it comes soon.
glamrlama May 10, 2014 at 8:07 pm
Two word review: "Equa Lizer".
trinichindian May 10, 2014 at 8:08 pm
Anyone else notice how he was having problems closing the active frames sometimes. To press that little dam x
Commonly happens to me as well and I don't have large hands. Wish we had another gesture to close them.
Zwiped from my Zed
Rogue99 May 11, 2014 at 4:41 am
Perhaps it would be handy to close active frames by dragging off screen or drag and drop to a trash can icon.
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nick13b May 10, 2014 at 8:11 pm
Omg equalizer. Thank the gods! I cried on the old beta zone forums about getting an equalizer back before 10.2.1 so to me, this is HUGE!!! THANK YOU BB10 DEV TEAM!!
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cashmoneyj May 10, 2014 at 8:23 pm
Yeaaa... that was def. a dick in 2:28....
trroystory May 10, 2014 at 8:38 pm
Lmfao at the dick pic
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BB_Bmore May 10, 2014 at 8:44 pm
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Djlatino May 10, 2014 at 8:58 pm
He likes Zomboy, I'm sold.
U-235 EP May 10, 2014 at 9:01 pm
Nice. It looks like they added a functioning active frame for the device monitor
marcossit May 10, 2014 at 9:02 pm
I love ZonaBlackBerry
firstname.lastname@example.com May 10, 2014 at 9:31 pm
BlackBerry 10 on a whole new level. Loved all the new additions. Bring it on
Posted via CB10
Looks awesome
Posted via CB10
cia_man May 10, 2014 at 9:45 pm
Cool OS... I love BlackBerry... hope this will help the firm ;) Hope the Update + new devices will bring the golden times back
sibeans May 10, 2014 at 10:01 pm
it seems that a 3rd of the comments are about the dick pic, lol....btw, can't wait for 10.3!
bkbkjbb May 10, 2014 at 10:13 pm
English please.
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BK_NY_RAY May 10, 2014 at 10:38 pm
It's a Venezuelan or mexican company I believe, of course it's going to be in Spanish.
Posted via CB10
BK_NY_RAY May 10, 2014 at 10:37 pm
He didn't mention anything about pinning active frames :(
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Eitot May 11, 2014 at 10:53 am
I don't think he showed anything that we didn't know already. It seems likely to me that BlackBerry implemented or activated the new features carefully, to prevent leaks from exposing them.
Chris Westwood May 10, 2014 at 10:39 pm
Hahaha soooooo seen the dick pic pmsl..
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raymond May 11, 2014 at 12:12 am
I love you for a thousand years
Stop, drop, and roll.
raymond May 11, 2014 at 12:13 am
What's this about dick pics??
Stop, drop, and roll.
raymond May 11, 2014 at 12:15 am
Just found it!!! Hahaha!!
Stop, drop, and roll.
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Bacon Munchers May 11, 2014 at 1:38 am
Exciting stuff.
I'd like to see different color themes, like shades of grey, and colors to match upcoming BlackBerry body color customization
(hint-hint BlackBerry)
Great, now thanks to that dick picture I can't think about 10.3 without feeling disgusted.
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munthir_98 May 11, 2014 at 6:25 am
Nice :)
One thing I don't love it on it ..
2hen u open gallery the photos are
not in group's we want group's like
-Whatsapp photos
-camera photos
And like this !!
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Md Niyas May 11, 2014 at 8:19 am
Y thy r using both flat and 2D icons?....
Posted via CB10
dmach33 May 11, 2014 at 8:51 am
tried it on my STL-2 Z10,the music app still doesn't have an equalizer.,.
Devil May 11, 2014 at 10:36 am
Dude's getting killed with the bbms
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Qum4rs May 11, 2014 at 12:06 pm
It looks very fast and smooth :D can't wait for the official release.
rbrar03 May 11, 2014 at 2:23 pm
Watch 2.28 the pen is comes on the screen
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NaijaBerry May 11, 2014 at 2:57 pm
This is nice! I like the way BB10 continues to evolve....
oneinfiniteloop May 11, 2014 at 3:27 pm
Hmmm... First the photo, on the main Crackberry.com page, shows that the leak (10.3.0.296) is running on a Z30; second, though the version is listed as 10.3.0.296, I seem to have a different icon for Remember on my Z10! How does that happen? Does this mean that a different version is out in the wild? Bla1ze, care to comment?
superdiesel May 11, 2014 at 4:06 pm
For God sakes make the video in Fucking English!!!! SHIT it's a Fucking universal language, so other can understand you Jackasses
marcosis May 11, 2014 at 8:47 pm
Actually, math is the only Universal language.
gord888 May 11, 2014 at 11:26 pm
Math relies on understanding of characters that represent numerical values. Typically English numerals are used. So.. yeah. There is no universal language.
That aside... bb10 is going to get awesomer! I'm so proud to rock a
Posted via CB10
marcosis May 11, 2014 at 11:33 pm
You do realize mathematics was around way before the English language was even spoken?
Seems like 10.3 has the same old problem. It often takes you 2-3 approaches to close an app, because the closing "x" is too small
Parrillas NY May 11, 2014 at 10:56 pm
Wonderful Video!! The big event is coming soon!! Great!! Thanks!!


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The National Weather Service said most of southern New England could see anywhere from 18-24 inches between Friday and Saturday, and some other forecasts cautioned that totals could be even higher. Suffolk County in New York was under a blizzard watch, as were parts of Massachusetts, Connecticut and Rhode Island.
New York City was expecting between 4 and 6 inches of snow. Mayor Michael Bloomberg said plows and 250,000 tons of salt were being put on standby to start clearing the streets.
"We hope forecasts are exaggerating the amount of snow, but you never can tell," he said, adding that if bad weather has to happen, it's better to have it on a weekend.
Meteorologist William Babcock with the National Weather Service in Taunton, Mass., says it's looking like it is going to be a very
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The snow will start Friday morning, with the heaviest amounts dumped on the region that night and into Saturday.
In Massachusetts, Gov. Deval Patrick was receiving regular updates but had not made any decisions about the state's workforce, a spokeswoman said.
The prospective timing has drawn comparisons with a powerful storm that hit in the afternoon of December 13th, 2007, and paralyzed state highways, turning 30-minute commutes into 3- to 6-hour treks.
On that day, Patrick advised state employees to leave work no later than 11:30 a.m., and private businesses were encouraged to dismiss their employees early as well. Many people, however, apparently waited longer to get on the road and by then, snow was falling at a rate of 1 1/2 inches an hour with virtual white-out conditions. The resulting traffic gridlock made it impossible for plows to clear the roads.
One place people were excited about the snow was at ski resorts in northern New England. Because they can make their own snow, they aren't as dependent on natural snowfall, but when it snows a lot in southern New England people start thinking more about winter sports, said spokesman Dave Meeker of Mount Snow in Vermont.
"When they have snow in their backyards, they're inspired," he said.
At the Dartmouth Skiway in Lyme, N.H., Dartmouth College senior Evan Diamond and other members of the school's ski team were getting ready for the college's Winter Carnival, which includes ski races.
"We're pretty excited about it because this has been an unusual winter for us," he said. "We've been going back and forth between having really solid cold snaps and then the rain washing everything away."
As much as he welcomes the snow, it could be too much of a good thing, at least for this weekend, "For skiing we like to have a nice hard surface, so it will be kind of tough to get the hill ready."MORE IN This Just InMONTPELIER With just days to go before the Democratic primaries, and a sitting governor and... Full StoryBOSTON Red Sox manager John Farrell calls outfielder Rusney Castillo an exciting, athletic... Full StoryCampsite at Santas Full Story
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EU considering Apple, Microsoft complaints against MotorolaThe European Commission is deciding whether to act on complaints from Apple and Microsoft over Motorola's alleged abuse of standard-essential patents to keep ahead of competition.
Joaquín Almunia, vice president of the European Commission and competition Commissioner, said on Friday that he is looking into the complaints as part of a broad-reaching plan to reduce abuse of the standard-essential patents by telecoms, reports The Wall Street Journal.
"I am considering whether we need to investigate these complaints formally to help bring more clarity into this area of competition control," Almunia said in a lecture in Washington, D.C.
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Almunia notes that the patent struggle has become a morass and is slowing down innovation and growth in the telecommunications industry.
"I dont need to tell you that this is unacceptable," Alumnia said, "and I am determined to use antitrust enforcement to prevent such hold-up by patent holders."
Apple in February filed an "antisuit lawsuit" against Motorola to protect itself against litigation that leverages standard-essential patents in an attempt to block sales of the iPhone 4S. During the same month, the Cupertino, Calif., company also lodged a complaint with the European Commission regarding the matter.
Microsoft's complaint against Motorola and its soon-to-be-owner Google deals with the telecom's handling of patents regarding mobile internet connectivity.
Almunia mentioned the veritable laundry list of ongoing patent-related investigations being headed up by the EU including Samsung's use of FRAND patents, Google's conduct in search and search advertising and the recent scrutiny over Apple's alleged e-book price fixing which is also being investigated by the U.S. Department of Justice.
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Hopefully you watched Forrester's Stefan Ried present his webinar on cloud brokering and the many opportunities for different kinds of companies to exploit this technology. Part of Stefan's conversation included an explanation of the evolution to a unified cloud broker. If you missed it, you can catch up with it here.
As 2013 begins, it's a natural time to explore where cloud brokering is headed. A cloud broker is the intersection of infrastructure, software and consultancy. Naturally, technology is a key enabler for a service provider adopting the broker role but it also impacts business models and consultancy.
This diagram summarizes concept into the high-level architecture discussed above:
In the blue is a proposed "Unified Cloud Broker Platform." This shows how a cloud broker can take existing applications, SaaS and IaaS, and create customer value and a new cloud portfolio from them. This isn't necessarily a single product but shows the elements needed to offer the component parts that a cloud broker would need in their "stack" to offer compelling cloud offerings to ISVs, SMEs, enterprises and cloud ecosystem partners:
- A highly scalable, multi-tenant grid - required to allow the dynamic, "bursty" nature of cloud brokering and a solid foundation to cope with demand but also provide an efficient, effective multi-tenant core to the whole broker offering for multiple customers.
- Integration and connectivity - the broker must be able to connect their on-premise systems, the customers' systems and cloud-based SaaS, IaaS and other cloud services together.
- Unified provisioning and service aggregation - once connected to, the broker must be able to provision dynamic, customized and sometimes complex "bundles" of applications, processes, infrastructure and cloud offerings. Services must be aggregated together, regardless of source, to create the right offering for the customer.
- Business process and cloud orchestration - increasingly, cloud services need to be orchestrated together; this might be in the form of a cloud supply chain but also business processes that the broker wants to offer as a value-added service. There is a growing trend for process-centric applications to be offered by a service provider or broker.
- Value added services - taking the aggregated, orchestrated services and creating differentiated products, applications and service offerings is where the cloud broker can really start to generate value for the customer and create a high margin portfolio of offerings. These offerings are presented through channels and catalogues to the marketplace.
- Application marketplace - the enterprise "app store" is where the broker can offer a catalogue of cloud services with an economy of scale and a single, convenient billing model. The next step for these marketplaces is to go beyond the reselling of standard, vanilla offerings and offer customized, higher value added products and services.
- Enterprise mobility - offering enterprise mobility as part of the unified cloud broker platform allows mobile applications and mobility to be offered "as a service" by the broker to the customer. By combining all the capabilities from the broker "stack," the provider can offer rich, powerful mobile enterprise applications.
On the right of the diagram (in yellow) you can see the operations side of what a broker needs to do. This varies from billing and metering of the variety of services offered by the broker through to the day-to-day operations such as customer onboarding, order management and issue resolution. On top of that, business stakeholders and channel managers need visibility and intelligence into the operations, customer management and portfolio offerings.
On the left of the diagram (in green), you can see how an organization can use the unified cloud broker stack to create consultancy and professional services based offerings on top of the broker stack. By extending the capabilities of a unified cloud broker platform with PaaS, a service provider can create and take to market industry solutions such as financial services, energy/utilities, manufacturing/logistics, healthcare, etc. You can see this today from leading telcos, which are offering business and enterprise services. In fact this seems to be a dynamic area of M&A with telco service provider acquiring technology companies to build out their broker stack and create new industry vertical cloud offerings. These vertical solutions are typically then taken to market through consulting and professional services to customize and implement them for a customer's needs. The lengthy implementation cycles are greatly reduced as the capability is delivered from the cloud broker platform and customer specific customizations are composed and personalized thanks to a cloud delivery model and a well put together broker platform offering "mass customization."
While the cloud broker picture is still evolving, it's getting clearer, and it should crystallize throughout 2013.
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