TCL made the first major announcement of this year’s Mobile World Congress by unveiling the BlackBerry KeyOne smartphone with Google Android software and a physical keyboard. But the company is also expected to launch a few other BlackBerry-branded phones this year, and it looks like the folks at CrackBerry have already spotted a pre-release version […]
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TCL could have three more BlackBerry phones coming this year
TCL’s unveiling of the BlackBerry KeyOne smartphone was one of the more anticipated announcements of this year’s Mobile World Congress show. Built by TCL, the phone looks a lot like the kind of device you’d expect from BlackBerry. It comes with a bunch of BlackBerry apps and services pre-installed, and it’s one of the only […]
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BlackBerry KeyOne smartphone features QWERTY keyboard, modern specs
The BlackBerry name used to be synonymous with smartphones featuring built-in keyboards. There aren’t as many of those as there used to be, but the company’s first Android smartphone had a slide-out keyboard, and after launching a few touchscreen-only devices, the company’s latest Android phone has a keyboard below the screen, giving it the look of […]
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BlackBerry Messenger may become a subscription service (for enterprise customers)
There was a time when BlackBerry pretty much dominated the smartphone space, but that was a time when there also wasn’t as much strong competition. These days BlackBerry has stopped making its own hardware and sells phones built by TCL that run Google’s Android operating system. But they still have some BlackBerry DNA in them, […]
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TCL teases its next BlackBerry smartphone: Physical keyboard and Android Nougat
New BlackBerry phones are coming this year, but now that BlackBerry has outsourced production of phones bearing the company’s name to TCL, it’s TCL that’s making the announcement. The first new BlackBerry phone of the year will be fully unveiled at Mobile World Congress in February. But here’s what we know so far: it runs […]
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The next BlackBerry phone may have keyboard, Android 7.0
BlackBerry may not be building its own phones anymore, but that doesn’t mean that the company’s new hardware partner TCL isn’t working on phones that have a distinctively BlackBerry look. A set of images purported to show a BlackBerry phone with a hardware keyboard have been making the rounds recently. Now Roland Quandt has posted […]
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TCL to unveil BlackBerry-branded phone plans at CES
BlackBerry may not be making its own smartphones anymore, but it looks like new BlackBerry-branded phones are coming soon. TCL and BlackBerry recently announced a global deal that will have TCL building Android with the BlackBerry name on them… and with BlackBerry’s communications, security, and other software. The deal didn’t come completely out of the blue: […]
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BlackBerry sees path to profitability following shift from hardware to software
BlackBerry’s name was once synonymous with “smartphone.” But times have changed, with iOS and Android now dominating the smartphone space. Phones running BlackBerry’s own operating system have a virtually insignificant market share. So the company tried something new starting last year: it released an Android smartphone called the BlackBerry Priv that uses Google’s operating system, […]
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TCL will continue making BlackBerry-branded phones
BlackBerry’s two most recent smartphones weren’t actually built by BlackBerry. Instead, the DTEK50 and DTEK60 smartphones with Blackberry software and the BlackBerry name were designed and built by TCL, the company behind the Alcatel line of smartphones. Now it looks like the two companies will continue to work together… but in a slightly different way. […]
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BlackBerry DTEK60 Android smartphone now available for $499
After leaking in September and going up for pre-order at some stores earlier this month, BlackBerry’s most powerful Android phone to date is now available for purchase. You can buy the Blackberry DTEK60 from the BlackBerry Shop for $499. As expected, the phone features a 5.5 inch, 2560 x 1440 pixel AMOLED display, a Qualcomm […]