As Blackberry’s transition into a security software and service only company continues, the company has entered into a long-term licensing agreement with TCL Communications. The Chinese device maker already has the Alcatel brand under its portfolio and played key roles in the design and manufacturing of the Blackberry DTEK60 and DTEK50 Android smartphones. Under this […]
Blackberry’s journey into the Android world continues with live images of its new mid-range device – the Blackberry Mercury, surfacing on Chinese microblogging network – Sina Weibo. The smartphone boots Android 7.0 Nougat OS and feature the much loved physical Blackberry QWERTY keyboard. According to reports, the Blackberry Mercury will be the last smartphone designed […]
Albeit joining the Android ecosystem late, Blackberry has three smartphones running the OS to its name and more could be joining soon at the expense of Blackberry 10 smartphones since the company has stopped all in-house productions. The Blackberry DTEK60 is the latest entrant to join the family. While the Blackberry Priv holds the title […]
Following up its new strategy of licensing out smartphone production rather than making them in-house, a new high-end Blackberry-branded Android smartphone built by TCL (Alcatel) has gone official. The Blackberry DTEK60 (Argon) is available from the ShopBlackBerry.com in the US, Canada, UK, France, Germany, Spain, Italy and The Netherlands for $499 USD / £475 / […]
After spending close to 15 years in the game, Blackberry has finally given up on smartphone hardware production. The Canadian tech giant has announced plans to stop designing and producing it own smartphones, to focus solely on software development which includes applications and security. Announced along with the company’s Q2 Fiscal results call, Blackberry CEO, […]
Blackberry collaborated with TCL on the rumoured Blackberry Neon, which ultimately launched as the Blackberry DTEK50 in July. The partnership which could initially yield three smartphones is expected to extend to the Blackberry Argon which should launch soon as the Blackberry DTEK60. The Blackberry DTEK60 has been listed on the official listing confirming the existence […]
Blackberry has announced its first fully Android smartphone for this year – the BlackBerry DTEK50. Although the naming has gone another route, Blackberry believes this new Android 6.0 Marshmallow OS powered smartphone echoes all the company has to offer as regards security on Android. The DTEK50 is manufactured by TCL (Alcatel) and the specs are […]
Blackberry and Alcatel (TCL) are reportedly working on three new Blackberry smartphones but only two of them will launch this year. The partnership between the two companies will see Alcatel build new devices which are all confirmed to run Google’s Android mobile OS and Blackberry focus less on hardware manufacturing. The first device is […]
With prior knowledge of Blackberry’s intention to launch two new smartphones – Hamburg and Rome running Android OS this year, one of the device (Blackberry Hamburg) has surfaced on a listing on the GFXBench benchmark website with the model number – BlackBerry STH100-x. Running Android 6.0.1 Marshmallow OS with customisation and tweaking from Blackberry; […]
One man’s meat is another’s poison, right? Since Facebook pulled out of Blackberry, the Face 10 for Facebook app by Nemory Studios has seen increase in downloads and ratings. Every Blackberry user including Blackberry 10 apparently knows by now that the official Facebook app for Blackberry now redirects to web browser. What they might […]