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The market leader stood its ground amidst all the frenzy in the smartphone world. 'BlackBerry addiction' is a reality with the President himself admitting he can't do without it. What are the Crackberry's upto?
Mobile Phone Series
Native BlackBerry Map leads the way on BlackBerry OS
Camera usage garners 42 sessions per month among BlackBerry users
BlackBerry users have an affinity towards Chat apps
Males are more active users of BlackBerry handsets
YouTube app is most accessed on BlackBerry as well
Accessing native app store is the key content consumed by BlackBerry users
‘Communication’ stays with BlackBerry users
News on BlackBerry - An Overview
Both app & web usage on BlackBerry shows a drop in Nov’11
Camera accessed by maximum BlackBerry users; Media Player & Radio have high usage
BlackBerry users have an affinity towards time management apps
Significant Increase in Reach of Entertainment & Communication activities on BlackBerry
eBay app has highest usage on Blackberry devices
Native Blackberry Messenger commands highest reach on BB devices
Native Blackberry apps occupy top 2 slots on Blackberry OS
Key activities usage in BlackBerry
Top 4 games contribute to 60% of gaming time
A day in the life of a Blackberry user
Top Applications Used on Blackberry
Blackberry Mobile
 
 

Updated in Aug'12


 

Updated in July'12


On an average, more videos are recorded on BlackBerry handsets versus their Android counterparts. However, # of images clicked is less compared to Android & iOs.
 

Updated in June'12


BlackBerry users prefer to be socially connected- 6 out of top 10 Online apps installed by them are Chat apps.
 

Updated in May'12


While females spend higher share of time on communication on their BlackBerry handsets; Males are actively into browsing,
app usage & entertainment activities on their BlackBerry handsets.
 

Updated in April'12


Other popular video apps used on BlackBerry handsets being Access Vuclip Video app & Vision for YouTube which allows easy access to online YouTube videos.
 

Updated in March'12


Other popular categories accessed via app being Chat, Social Networking, GPS & Search. 3 out of top 5 apps used are native BlackBerry apps.
 

Updated in Feb'12


Overall, the contribution of Call & Messaging is more than 40% . Almost an hour per day equivalent to 38% of total active time is spent on Online activities. Offline usage takes up only 20% of total active time.
 

Updated in Jan'12


 
 

Updated in Dec'11


Decline in app usage can be solely attributed to reduction in time spent on social networking apps by 12 minutes per day.

Updated in Nov'11


Multimedia categories like Radio & Media File Viewer app have high share of time spent but have low penetration. Recorder on the other hand has high reach but low usage. Media Player & Camera are high on both the attributes while TV & Media Editor have low reach & usage among BlackBerry users.

Updated in Oct'11


Time Management apps like calendar & the native BlackBerry clock are accessed by 8 out of 10 BlackBerry users.

Updated in Sept'11


More than 98% of BlackBerry users use SMS service, utility apps & surf the web.

Updated in July'11


Other popular shopping apps accessed on Blackberry are Amazon app, Groupon app, Our Groceries app & Ticketmaster for Blackberry smartphones.

Updated in June'11


More than 3/4th of Blackberry users used an IM app atleast once a month. Other popular IM apps used on Blackberry devices are Yahoo Messenger,
Windows Live Messenger & Gtalk.

Updated in April'11


Blackberry messenger & Blackberry app world which come pre-installed with the device have high penetration.
Social Networking apps like Facebook & Twitter are also popular among Blackberry users.

Updated in Sept'10

Blackberry Mobile Apps
About 50% of the BlackBerry base are Medium users. Active time is spread more or less uniformly across all day parts.
Time spent on Communication is the highest amongst all activities - which falls gradually as one moves from morning to night. Time spent on Browsing and Applications shows an uptake at Night.

Blackberry Mobile Apps
Brickbreaker - the preloaded game on all Blackberry models has the highest reach and the highest usage. Klondike Solitaire albeit with a low reach grabs the next highest share of gaming time.

Blackberry Mobile Apps
In the day of this Blackberry user, Browsing and Messaging is more or less a round the clock activity. Mornings are also heavy on Gaming.

Blackberry App World

Social Media is big - even on a business phone! The influence of Social Media is clearly seen with 5 out of the top 10 apps being Social media related (3 Social networking / 2 chat apps). UberTwitter happens to have the highest time spent followed by Facebook. The Crackberrys also have a good appetite for music with the Media player and Pandora Internet radio falling within the top 5.