Silent Circle has announced the secured Blackphone 2 smartphone, the successor to the original Blackphone, is the company first product to be part of the Google’s Android for Work program. The Blackphone 2 now runs Silent OS which is a secured and customised version of Android just like the PrivatOS on the Blackphone. It comes […]
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Geeksphone exits smartphone business, turns attention to wearables
Geeksphone has announced its departure from the smartphone scene. Founded in 2009 by Rodrigo Silva-Ramos and Javier Agüera, the company made a total of six smartphones to its name including the multi OS based Geeksphone Revolution. Citing the stiff and unfavourable conditions in the smartphone industry, the company would no longer make hardwares and it […]
MWC 2015: Blackphone 2 smartphone and Blackphone+ tablet goes official
Privacy Firm, Silent Circle recently announced it has acquired the services of Geekphone; both companies collaborated on the original Blackphone secure smartphone. The company has announced the successor at the ongoing MWC 2015 – the Blackphone 2 alongside a its first ever Blackphone tablet – the 7-inch Blackphone+. The Blackphone 2 is said to come […]
Silent Circle buys out Geekphone, set to unveil more devices at the MWC
Ahead of the Mobile World Congress, Silent Circle has announced it has bought Geekphone which would see the company takeover the Blackphone project. Hardware company, Geekphone collaborated with Silence Circle on the Blackphone which was announced at the MWC last year. The $600 priced smartphone runs PrivatOS (a customised version of Android) and uses an […]