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Want the BlackBerry Passport? You’re not alone, but right now – you can hardly get one. The Canadian company has cleared out its initially inventory of just 200,000 units. Yes, they took a conservative approach which seemed wise, but that made many users unhappy, myself included. Some people are content about the current situation, BlackBerry…
BlackBerry is working on a gold version of its flagship device, BlackBerry Passport. It’s unknown when exactly the gold model will join its piano black and porcelain white brothers, but chances are we won’t wait forever to find that out. However, we do doubt this model will be available all around the world; rather, it’s…
BlackBerry has managed to move 200,000 Passport units on the first day of the phone’s availability. That, obviously, prompted the company to think about this model’s successor, even though it’s been selling for just a few days. Or they’ve been thinking about it even before. We can’t really tell; in any case, it’s good to…
BlackBerry announced that it has sold 200,000 Passport smartphones, which at the moment are going for $599 in the U.S. and CA$699 in Canada. The device has been sold out in 6 hours on BlackBerry’s website and within 10 hours on Amazon.com, according to the company’s CEO John Chen. BlackBerry touts the Passport as a…
I’ve been arguing in the past that BlackBerry’s best bet is to launch an Asus Padfone-like device, one that would allow users to dock their (BlackBerry) phone into a tablet shell and get a bigger screen experience. Or they could go one step further and launch a laptop shell, providing for a full-blown computer experience.…
Well, here’s something I haven’t written in a while: BlackBerry has released a new smartphone! Ever since BlackBerry began coming apart at the seams, the company has been struggling to stay afloat, dropping Thorsten Heins and nabbing James Chen as CEO of BlackBerry. Where Heins was extravagant and flashy, Chen is anything but. Since his…
The BlackBerry Torch won’t be the last QWERTY slider made by the Canadian company. If we can take BlackBerry’s recent patent filing for anything, they are working on another such device as we speak. However, unlike the original Torch, this one has a different kind of keyboard, one that looks like Passport’s keyboard. We’re talking…
BlackBerry has finally made its Porsche Design P’9983 smartphone officially official. After being leaked for months, it’s almost here, but you still can’t get one. Let alone afford it. Although the pricing hasn’t been announced, chances are this will be an expensive device, one that will find its buyers among Middle East oil barons and…
BlackBerry and T-Mobile may be “dating” again. The “couple” disengaged after T-Mobile started offering its BlackBerry subscribers and easy upgrade option to the iPhone, leading BlackBerry’s CEO John Chen to react. T-Mobile’s CEO John Legere responded swiftly, and the two parties pretty much ended co-operation. However, now that BlackBerry is about to launch the Passport,…
BlackBerry is preparing for busy September; the struggling Canadian company will unveil two new devices in the next few weeks. First, we’ll see the expensive BlackBerry Porsche Design P’9983, which will boast all the expensive materials and Porsche branding to justify the steep price tag. Unlike the previous Porsche Design device, this was one goes…