If you follow BlackBerry's Senior Vice President for Global Device Sales, Alex Thurber on Twitter you'll know he's a busy man who has been traveling a lot recently talking with BlackBerry partners. His most recent journey has taken him to London for some media interviews, one of which was with Chris Foxx, technology reporter at the BBC. In the new interview, Thurber discusses the recent news of BlackBerry ending in-house development of devices, rumored devices, and BlackBerry's future.
A few extra questions from my interview with @blackberry's @Alex_Thurber https://t.co/WQ3F6DXqmV pic.twitter.com/CMsvDiIlHM
— Chris Foxx (@thisisFoxx) October 5, 2016
Additionally, Chris Foxx took time to go ahead and ask Thurber some choice questions about unreleased devices that BlackBerry may have in the archives, including the BlackBerry Passport Silver Edition running Android. Go ahead and hit play on both the videos and drop your thoughts on Thurber's comments below.
Source: BBC
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BlackBerry's Alex Thurber discusses upcoming handsets and company future
It's funny that the video's on the BBC do not take kindly to embedding.
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Khmer language please
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I understand why Blackberry isn't manufacturing their own cellphone's anymore but it's a bit sad because they have made some great phones in the past. The company haven't been successful in making their cellphones appear in consumers minds. Not many younger people knows about Blackberry.
we want a new version of the Z30 too.
Terribly ironic that this article about the future of BlackBerry hardware won't play on my BLACKBERRY hardware.
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So what will Paratek do going forward? Would the changes to how BlackBerry makes phones eliminate any restrictions there may be on use of the Android runtime (Dalvik or ART) in BB10?
If bb can put android on se, they can do any passport, i want a passport with nougat, when do i want? I want it now!
I have $1000 here for a Silver Passport, legit version, that is running Android Nougat.
I do hope there is continued support for BlackBerry 10. I tried the Priv when it was released. It reminded me why I had a Galaxy for a week. Don't get me wrong, it is a much better offering than what's out there for Android devices. But have found it to have too many compromises to simulate BB10. I finally went the way of the iSheep with iPhone 7 and my Passport for emails. Couldn't be happier. Except the fact I have to carry 2 phones. I will continue to support BlackBerry but not on the Android front. Anything that needs a security update every month is like the boy trying to plug the whole in the ****. You will eventually run out of fingers and toes.
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I totally love my BlackBerry Passport and would only give it up for a BlackBerry Passport Silver Edition on BB10. That said. I'm also intrigued by the possibility of a Passport for Android. I love sliders, ever since my Torch. The Priv was almost there. Had it been a Passport slider it would have been hard to resist. In any event, I'm a realist. Much as I'd love BlackBerry to continue building their own flagship models, I know that time has passed. I will continue to look to BlackBerry for the absolute best in Operating Systems and Mobile security, and hopefully the continued availability of BlackBerry 10 on solid, well built mobile devices. (maybe they can farm out the rebuild of a PlayBook II for BB10! ). Long Live BlackBerry!
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Honestly with the spotty update history of Blackberry OS and even the Priv, I think any manufacturer running anything from Blackberry would make the device less attractive. Anytime Blackberry phones come up in the news all of my co-workers are surprised that Blackberry as a company is still around. Even well known manufacturers like HTC have broken their promises to keep phones up to date with the latest version of Android and most of the heavy lifting has been done for them by Google.
You have to open in your BlackBerry browser then wait forever. I think with everything I've been hearing no one is confirming anything about BB10 continuing in the long term. Only blackberry branded phones which could easily mean android operating system with blackberry security like they are pushing now. There is absolutely no evidence pointing to BB10 continuing past 10.3
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Is it true. Blackberry out from manufacture of mobiles
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Wish BlackBerry future very well :)
We want BlackBerry products forever :)
His most recent journey has taken him to London for some media interviews,
Too many old people at BlackBerry, time for fresh innovative blood.
Emperor of Texas & California.
OMG I WISH they came out with a silver edition running android!!!!!
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I took away two key ironies from the first video:
1) We are introducing a new keyboard model even after we told the world we do not design, engineer or manufacture phones anymore. I need a new phone and I was excited for a half second until I remembered its an android and I am resisting the move. The Hp Elite is still looking great and fully integrating into the alleged Window Eco system may be the year 2000 answer to my dilemma.
2) "Apple is a marketing machine" is the best punchline from this. The true skill Steve Jobs had was his marketing approach to consumers. Blackberry (RIM by proxy) simply stumbled over and over again. There were some great times as well obviously but talking about the memories is what help us allow the departed to make that final journey.
Goodbye BB10, say hello to BBOS when you get there.
I have a Passport SE which is the best.
My only 'buts' are:
1. it does get hot in the top right corner; and
2. Mostly I get 48 to 72 hours from the battery but occasionally it dies in 8 to 10 hours!
If a software update can fix this then BlackBerry should have fixed this ages ago and should get on and do it now.
Apart from that, no updates are needed. The phone works just as well as it did a year ago and will continue to do so in 1, 2, 3 or more years time.
It does not sound like BB10.3.3 is going to bring anything new to the table and, if BlackBerry let go of all their engineers, that will be that.
The Mercury will look like a stretched Q10, or Classic, but will be running Android and not BB10. Thanks, but no thanks . . . .
By the way, clicking on the BBC link on my Passport, worked just fine for me. Video, sound and action!
Thurber dismisses Crapple for just being a great marketing company but, sadly, he does not seem to have clocked that marketing works.
If the film 'Steve Jobs' is to be believed, then he managed to sell the NeXT computer system without even having an Operating System!
And, of course, Apple have sold about 1 billion handsets, all very cheaply made in China out of re-cycled beer cans.
Apple don't even bother with a keyboard, a file manager or a battery that can last a whole day. And still people buy them!
With good marketing you can sell a crock of s*h*i*t to people, and every couple of years, they will just keep coming back for more!
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What are you talking about Apple pretty much destroyed Blackberry... left them in the dust with the first iPhone. Blackberrys answer was the Storm and Storm II which failed miserably. Same goes for the Blackberry Playbook.
Blackberry LOST just accept it like the CEO's of the company and the guy in the video above and move one. Did Blackberry have good devices in the past sure but like ANY Canadian company they become complacent, they didn't innovate they ignore the consumer market and device convergence. People didn't want to have 2 phones personal and work. Even their "security conscious" enterprise customers have left them.
I heard him mention the passport a few times. Was that a hint that BlackBerry might come out with an android version of the passport.
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Well after hearing about another Note 7 that burst into flames on a Southwest Airlines flight today, I'm happy that my Priv and Passport both work perfectly fine. The heating issues that I had with the Priv have mostly disappeared, which is funny because the Passport still gets very hot in the top-right corner with mild use.
Damage control again. Interviewer hit it on the head with the question of if you can't sell devices, why again is someone going to license the brand? Security software maybe, but put the brand on the device and pay rights for it, I dont think so.
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I wish the other fruit company realises the trojan trotting the fake qnx isnt good enough and pays royalty for the real thing by being an authorised licensee.... for the aforementioned fruit companys automobile business and depending on android total or lack of total market share in the enterprise business, the fruit company can pay royalty also for bb10.... Heck this is the only way canuck might get up dimmed against the powerful greenback.
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"The other fruit company"...by which you mean the rotten apple?! LOL...
Respect My Autoritah!
BlackBerry 10 is Good but has a few features than Android and iPhone.
So... hunt or be hunted
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For some reason Thurber reminds me of a Evil Corp. representative from "Mr. Robot"...LOL...
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Thurber is a good guy with a difficult job. And he just brought me the best news I have heard in a while: a new pkb device within 6 months. I do hope he can envoke some hype and fun into the sales of these new phones. He needs to find a way to do that.
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With Chen in tow...I doubt it...
Respect My Autoritah!
Bad money drives out good
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There are two things that made me happy about the 2nd video:
1. No "official" Passports will be running Android for now.
2. All BlackBerry phones, regardless of whether they're running Android or BlackBerry 10, will have a headphone jack.
I wonder if they'll take the Android version that jide tech have come up with on the remix mini, so it's easier to use a PKB with the Android system! Hmmmm....
Sent from my new Passport SE in my own time.
Please let the new pkb phone come to Verizon.
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Don't hold your breath. No Passport on Verizon and the Priv has yet to receive the Marshmallow update. I'm really close to leaving Verizon.
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After using a Passport SE I wouldn't want android, this aspect ratio isn't created for android OS. Now 10.3.3 isn't bringing anything but certification on security. I would like to see dark theme wherever we can't change it, system font change, night mode, ambient light, but since app development never took off for. Bar files, BB10 just needs maintenance updates , that's it. So I don't get why people are crying about a year x.x.x update
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I kinda knew all of this already.
Maybe that is what they mean by security, don't tell anyone about any thing, that they are planning on doing.
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Very happy to read that a new PKB device is in the pipeline !
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Why can't these app developers leave their apps in blackberry hands? Or why doesn't blackberry go straight to the app developers and come to some kind of agreement to license the app?
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Everything Work fine on My Priv. Blackberry Priv is the best phone so far.
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First!
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Lolster... :-)
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I'd like to see anyone who can build an app ecosystem that runs on BB10, sell a BB10 device. The UI/UX of BB10 was amazing - we can all agree.
BB 10 was great. It ran smoothly and was easy to handle. I'm not a heavy app user so I didn't really mind the lack of apps. Sadly I do mind the upcoming loss of whatsapp. I know there are way better messaging apps and I'm not using whatsapp when communicating with my tech savy friends but you sadly can't convince everybody to stop using whatsapp and the loss of the biggest messaging app in the world on a communicative device is a heavy blow.
WhatsApp's got us zuckered in, I guess...
Glad I'm not a user... :-)
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A sidebar comment: lots of people are switching to Telegram from whatsapp for what it's worth. The majority of my friends are using it.
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Yeah, I'm using Telegram as well with a couple of friends but there are just more than enough people you won't be able to convince of using telegram. The majority wants a single messaging which is quite understandable so they'd have to convince their friends as well and so on and so forth. By the end of this year I'll lose about half of the people I regularly chat with when whatsapp is gone. I could use good ol' sms with some of them but others don't have sms flats anymore (and why would they?!) and with others I exchange way to many pictures and sending those still costs a lot in Germany if you use sms. SO, I hate to say it but my Q10 dies come New Year's Eve. I love the phone, I really enjoy everything about it but there is no getting around whatsapp these days, however ****** that app is.
Oh well, I couldn't watch the CB video on my Verizon Z10, but that's nothing unusual. I did track down the same video on BBC site, but no audio. Nonetheless, interesting and hopefully positive news about BB10 OS. Or is it just a teaser, or, perhaps a revelation of more shotgun strategy. I still can't place high hopes on a BB10 future, since BB has pretty much convinced me of their focus on Android handsets. And that's what I have trouble understanding - how can BB claim to "secure" Android? I use just a couple of Android apps because most ask for "permissions" to share your data! No way Jose (or Boris, or Snidely or whatever your hacker, data-miner name might be). I'm just not ready to surrender....yet; but an even scarier scenario is that one day I'll wake-up, back in Kansas, and realize that my years of BlackBerry loyalty were all based on really clever deception.
Bla1ze thank you I won't lie you are my hero
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Yes, thanks Bla1ze for another good post.
At least there will be headphone jacks. I'll sleep better now.
Lol
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So then what is the deal with DTEK60?
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I could only watch the one video but mention at all of the Dtek 60 was there?
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Well this should put some people at ease
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It almost sounds as if Thurber is blaming the engineering / design of the PRIV for its high price...which is indirectly saying in-house design was responsible for its dismal sales, drag on financial resources, etc and ultimately justifies ending internal hardware development. I wonder where their in-house design team got the direction to produce an interesting, unique, and innovative high end device...outer space? LOL.
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I am convinced that the poor marketing is a huge factor in causing the poor sales of the Priv. I have a Priv and after having it for many months people who saw it here in the US STILL didn't know it existed before seeing it. Finally I met an IT guy who knew about it, (but he didn't even know how to pronounce the name.). ...and no one from BlackBerry helped with designing displays for T-Mobile and AT&T so you could see the keyboard. I could go on and on. This has been discussed before. Look at all the advertising and hype surrounding the Pixel phone which is an ugly slab in my view. Sure it may have interesting software but the hype is through the roof. Someone on their advertising team knows how to use words and expressions that appeal & create interest. They have generated viral hype about it in just a few hours as of me writing this. It is not just having an expensive ad but generating hype. That is what BlackBerry needs.
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Looking at the new Pixel phone I could swear I was having a deja vu...it looked almost exactly like those leaked Mercury renders except with no keyboard (see the rounded edges, locations of reveals at the corners, etc)! Now wouldn't that be something...
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The PRIV has a PKB and few except BlackBerry fans were prepared to pay extra.
The big problem was that the PRIV was not ready for prime time at the roll out. The software was not ready and neither was the hardware. The PRIV may be fine now but early models were plagued by battery overheating and other issues. AT&T were so burdened by the returns that they stopped selling the device.
Basically the PRIV was another Z10. If BlackBerry does come out with the Mercury, I hope they have a really soft roll out to clear up potential teething problems .
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I have had a Priv since November and it definitely is improved since then with all the software updates.
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I have used a Blackberry phone for years and in February this year upgraded to the PRIV which I really loved. However, I had a recent mishap and crushed the screen so had to send it off for repair. Unfortunately, the repair company can't fix the screen and are unable to obtain a a replacement phone for me (is that because there aren't any in the UK?). To my dismay, the most popular mobile phone shops in the UK don't sell Blackberry phones (when I took my PRIV in to see if they might be able to repair it the salesman told me he didn't even know how to work a PRIV as he hadn't seen or sold any). When I go into mobile phone shops I feel that the sales staff are laughing at me because I like using a Blackberry, even when I explain that I prefer a physical keyboard and believe Blackberry phones are more secure (they mostly agree with the latter point). Now that I can't get a replacement PRIV I'm back to using my old Blackberry 8520 (which, incidentally, needed special support from the phone provider to get it to work again as they don't normally support these older Blackberry phones once you have upgraded), and feel very sad that I will have to look at other makes and go with the flow because the shops sell these phones and support them. It's a great pity Blackberry haven't marketed their phones better as they are rarely available on the high street; I would have to look online or go to an airport to find one. I am loathe to go with Apple or Sony or any of the other brands as I don't feel they offer what I want in a phone, whereas Blackberry did/does. However, I can't afford to buy a phone that won't be supported and that can't be repaired if it gets broken or goes wrong, so I hope the powers that be at Blackberry will read this and take note. There is a lesson to be learned and if they ever bring out a new phone in the future that is as good as the PRIV they need to ensure there are enough phones made for customers around the world, that retailers know about them, that a customer support programme is in place, and that the company still has a future. Until such time I now have to find a new phone.
To me he said they tried to incorporate the costs for the overall os work into the price of the priv which is a ridiculous business decision to make considering the apps and the os has been used in many other places.
Passport with android. Love to have one of thosse
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I think almost every BB fan wants one of those but the problem is that almost every single android app is made for a widescreen format.
DId you watch the videos? He said its not on their roadmap.
Seems to me that we will only see a new PKB if there is very little or no financial risk for BlackBerry. That means that they need the support of carriers and an able and willing manufacturer.
It appears that the Mercury is the device that they should have made all along. If the Mercury succeeds I doubt that there would be a viable market for an Android Passport.
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You mean beyond what is already coming in 6 months? Yes I would assume they would need a manufacturer who wants to try their hand at a PKB device and who knows if any will step up. All that keyboard technology he spoke about may not mean much.
Alex thurber, just like COO, ohh and he doesn't give a **** about bb10 anymore because in an interview he said he is an APP guy so he need GOOGLE : so now expecting from BlackBerry on bb10 is just lame. They have move on and it's better we move on too. But no android by BlackBerry.
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In the link to the BBC video he says the BlackBerry hardened android phone is the most secure phone. I was like what-the-****? This guy never user a BlackBerry with bb10?
Z10 STL100-3, 10.3.2.2836
Suck on Google's teats...
it's warm, it's comfy, it's nourishing... ;-D
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Lol!!!
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I was only able to see one video on BBC website. Is there more that I'm not seeing? The guy asked some really strong questions, such as why would any other company want to license and sell BlackBerry phones when BlackBerry are struggling to sell their own phones
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Yeah, the video on Twitter. https://twitter.com/thisisFoxx/status/783696756856987648/video/1
Hardened android with NIAP will likely help them in the software areas as well as some hardware.
It's not the hardware that's important but just a means to an end.
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He asked a very good question. Which is a third party company going to use BlackBerry brand when BlackBerry's market share is close to ZERO.
BlackBerry only sold 400 K phones last quarter, and I expect more and more decline after this terrible news of stoping hardware development. I doubt there would be a good and reputable third party company that would produce BB phones. Even the second tier Chinese companies are now selling way higher number than this. Focusing on "Secure Android" seems not working at all and no one cares. I hope the brand won't get abused just like what happened with Kodak.
Kodak is a sore spot. Great was their fall. Literally. They were responsible for the first NASA photos by astronauts. And now...
Those who don't learn from history are destined to repeat it. I HOPE BlackBerry insists on high standards of quality for anything with their brand name.
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Good point. But there is obvious trend (obvious not in "developed" world yet, probably) for well sponsored and massive abuse of security. For example, Russian Federation is going to make all electronic communication in the country accessible to state agencies - at any time. Budget funding is provided for decrypting of popular messaging systems, for state blessed hacking, etc. More scandals, more privacy intrusions - and probably the "average consumer" will wake up and realise that security is not less important then Angry Birds. Probably.
try and make $ without dealing with google...if you're make phones and your margins are meager, what do you have to lose? Samsung and others (incl google itself) will keep taking market share and if youre just hustling the same thing as they are at a lower price point, guess what, there's a ton of competition. this is the rotary engine (mazda) argument.
Clicked on the bbc link and the video played straight away.
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If bbb sells me a android update for my paspoort se it would be nice.
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I agree. Although I have switched the the priv, if Blackberry did a kickstarter campaign where you could pay for the Android OS on your Passport and once they reached the number they released it with support for two years wouldn't that be awesome. The would know they would make a profit and everyone would be happy. The question...how much. I would (as a business) pay $200 to get Android with 2 years of support to extend the useful life of my device. Some will say "what I paid XXX for my passport and now I have to pay again....$200" Well then don't buy but would it be cool to have the option?
^^ I agree. BlackBerry should come out already with the release of the dtek60. I would even officially announce and upcoming pbk phone and give some hints.
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Long live #BlackBerry
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I don't understand how they get information out and why it has to be so secretive and encrypted...why not get people excited about their next phone and what is going to be coming out...for example...my wife and I are looking for new phones in the near future to transition from bb10...I keep telling her to wait and see what is coming from BlackBerry...but there is no information to tell her...are we seeing a dtek60 or not...is it high end specs or not...it is very frustrating as a huge supporter of BlackBerry...I want to buy their phones but they are going to lose me because there is no formal direction for handsets...what is the problem with letting the consumer know the path...we know there will be a next iphone...we know there will be a next Samsung. Why the tight lips?
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Smartest comment on this post.
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I agree, this first line says "I don't understand how they get information out"
One weak point in BB's program is terrible advertising, promotion and public relations.
No promotion ... no sales ...the essential reason why the past years products have failed to sell.
One can not live on the "Blackberry" name alone.
I wonder which cave these folks at Waterloo occupy. Everything is done in circles there. From press releases, public relations, marketing, advertising, customer relations, sponsorship, endorsements... they don't understand the importance of instilling confidence and churning out excitement.
No Junkroid on Steroids on my Passport
Unified message(ing) platform... ;-P
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On news radio here just this morning,
" a few days after announcing the end of hardware manufacturing BlackBerry has announced a keyboard device within 6 months".
The announcer was laughing as he said it!
Showing his own reading "comprehension"...? ;-D
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Same here, my wife and I are analyzing switch out of Blackberry because all this corporate drama and hopeless. IPhone 7 is wink its eye to us.
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In the exact same boat. Both my wife and I use BlackBerry. We live near Waterloo so besides the fact we like our Z30 we also like to support those we know who work there. We are ready for new devices. If the dtek60 falls through we may jump ship also. Can't believe it has come to this. I mean give us a clue what is going on. Get us excited. Have they not learned anything. Sad.
My work used BlackBerry for years. Since they were blue in colour with the wheel on the side. I'd guess about 600 devices. They've had enough too. Switching out to Apple. Ugghhhh
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John Chen opens his mouth...leads everyone to believe PKB may not come and that BlackBerry is done with hardware. Thurber talks and confirms PKB device is coming and hardware will live on through strategic parternships.
Another reason why Chen should just shut his mouth and never speak about anything in public.
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I think you're right!
Chen did not say that hardware is done. Third party manufacturer will now make the BlackBerry device. Man you are confused.
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I'm not confused at all. You didn't understand what I was saying. Yes he didn't actually say its done but he also didn't bring the message across properly which allowed the media and tech blogs to assume that. There is a reason why BlackBerry spent the last week tweeting along with damage control interviews to explain their plans. This happens every single time Chen speaks. He talks which leads to media headlines being distorted, then he does some BNN or Bloomberg interview shortly after to try and explain. Still doesn't explain properly. Which then leads to tweets by BlackBerry followed by interviews with other executives and a write up on Inside BlackBerry blogs which explains. The problem with all this is, the media doesn't go back and correct their story, they just leave it at that.
If you want proof, most every single main stream media station in Canada reported that BlackBerry is done with hardware. Not a single one went back and reported what is really happening which was clarified time and time again over the last week by BlackBerry after Chen once again couldn't get his message across properly. What does that do for the people who saw all the original headlines?
I agree 100%
This is the best news today so far. Thanks Bla1ze!!! You are the best.
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OK. We know that BlackBerry 10.3.3 is fairly imminent but after thar BlackBerry 10 is dead.
We have to move to Android if we wish to have a BlackBerry device.
The good news is a QWERTY device running Android and likely to be a Passport SE II.
If that happens I'll be a very happy bunny. ;)
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The guy clearly states in the video that the passport se Android type phone in not in their roadmap
Why even make the announcement at all. Just do it and keep it moving. IMO that was not a smart announcement.
Given that his CEO again put his foot in his mouth by stating it may or may not come which caused a massive uproar of "expert" analysis everywhere especially in the CB forums, he likely had no choice but to say its coming within 6 months.
Great to hear the news. The Android world needs a set of different and unique devices. The passport android version will definitely generate some interest.
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You mean the phone he said about was not currently on the road map?
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Dang, I would have loved an Android Passport. Could have sold it for $399 since they've already done the R&D with the original. Just update the cameras, stronger processor, and 4gb of ram. Maybe make a Android Passport SE which comes with 64gb of storage for $449
Again, it's big Brother Google that's preventing it... :-)))))
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If supposedly so few users, one has to wonder why the mighty Google would not allow it? Would be the best of both worlds for most of us. What are they afraid of?
New QWERTY device within the next 6 months? Is this Mercury he's talking about?
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Presumably.
Need that headphone jack!
lol.. funniest part of the interview.
I think that should have been the title of the article..."Blackberry says all new devices in development will have headphone jack" This site would have blown up!
LOL!
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Headphone jack with Local Radio built in!
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I think something is wrong with the link
I don't think I got to see the whole video
No mention of a headphone jack
Even opened the CrackBerry site in my browser and tried
Z30STA100-2/10.3.2.2876
At least there's no problem with this "link" and Windows 10.
There are two different videos.
A new PKB phone within 6 months!
A secure Android device is like a bike lock on a paper vault.
Must post...on...CrackBerry!
No need for an oxygen blowtorch..?
Zippo lighter does it... :-)
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And not many people seem to grasp that very important point.
The nail on os 10 has hammered
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Depends on how you look at it.. In a different interview he also noted:
"We continue to support the BlackBerry 10 operating system; some companies are interested in licensing it for handsets. If it’s a solid business model going forward we’ll work with a 3rd manufacturer. But we’re not close enough to say we’re going to do that."
Question is, even if it is licensed and used, will it be the same offering as BlackBerry could put out or will it be some dumbed down solution. eg: Who is going to build apps for it? Will it have access to BlackBerry World? Will it just be more of a 'dumb phone'. As they admit to not having any deals in place, nothing is laid out.
That's interesting. Have to keep an eye on that. Thanks for the post.
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Well I guess it makes a good replacement for Symbian.
Maybe their new Indian company? So new BlackBerry devices with OS10?
Oh God, please be real, please be real...
*_*
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It'll be interesting to see if a third party will help with BB10. Then OS will live on heh. And at the same time BlackBerry can still continue with Android. Can't wait for the future!
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BlackBerry had invested so much in BB10, but now that they've pretty much abandoned it, they'd be happy to get something more back from their investment by licensing it to somebody else.
My impression of Alex Thurber's opinion,
He doesn't like BB10 but will reluctantly continue with it if there's a market, he'd prefer to drop it.
He certainly doesn't like the PP, his commentary seemed to just provide a token compliment.
My opinion only.
Why would he. The passport flopped. Move on.
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So has the priv, but they are still pushing that dead horse.
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You do know they're just trying to pacify the power users, right? There will never be another BlackBerry 10 phone.
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This new QWERTY will be interesting to see.
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They don't know what they are doing!!!
They have such a powerful & unique product and fail and fail and fail and fail and fail and fail and fail and fail and fail and fail and fail and fail and fail and fail and fail and fail and fail and fail and fail and fail and fail and fail and fail and fail and fail and fail and fail and fail and fail and fail and fail and fail and fail and fail and fail and fail and fail and fail and fail and fail and fail and fail and fail and fail and fail and fail and fail and fail and fail and fail and fail and fail and fail and fail and fail and fail and fail and fail and fail and fail to market it!
The target group is failing to show up...?
Oh, they didn't target a group?
Hey, we are power users and wanna BBe heard...! :-D
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I didn't quite catch what you were saying about their marketing...
;)
Just watched it on BBC news,liked how he kept making the point about blackberry being the most secure android phone,and pleased to hear they are still going to release one more physical keyboard phone,pity it will be running Android but you can't have everything can you?
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I need that keyboard phone as soon as possible! especially as I don't know how much longer the Classic will work for me. for example whatsapp may or may not work in 2017 on the classic
10.3.3 before handsets would be sweet.
Q10 \m/
Of course the video on this BB-centric site doesn't work on the BB version of the app...
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Open it in your browser, might work then. At least the Twitter one should, not sure about the BBC video.
Yah, doing that now...
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In Zeus, no luck either ... well at least the "sponsored content" started playing... ;-D
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Works in private browser. Sound only. PP SE
Couldn't see the twitter vid. Just a black box. BBC worked fine... "open in browser"...
Worked for me. Hmmmm
Using my amazing BlackBerry Passport
Could be my app. It never loads any pictures or anything unless I'm on wifi, and yes, i've made sure my settings are right...
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You know what, I'm going to delete the app and reinstall it...
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Cool. What did you have for lunch btw.?
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I had butter chicken
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Yes its an issue with the app
Pictures don't load up on my app either (even on wifi)
Have deleted and reinstalled multiple times but no change
Z30STA100-2/10.3.2.2876
Aaaaand, it made it worse... smfh
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Works fine on my BlackBerry
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Mine too.
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Indeed, z30.
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Anyone want to paraphrase for those of us who can't see the video?
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Music to my ears. Any idea if it will be a mid-range or high-end device Bla1ze? From the rumors I've heard regarding the Mercury, it's supposed to be mid-range. I'd prefer a high end PKB device -- another mid-range like the classic and i'll prob have the same sluggishness issues etc
BBM Channel: C002165D3 Tour 9630 > Bold 9650 > Q10 > Playbook > Classic AND Passport SE!!!
Totally agree. I will need to be a significant update from the BlackBerry Passport for me to give up this device. Best phone I've ever owened!
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Oh, thanks, just had it loaded up in the browser like you suggested, lol.
I'll watch it anyway, but thanks for the summary. Good to hear about the pkb device.
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Yes!!!! Thank you for the good news Mr. Thurber!
(I should post a link to this thread on some other threads that had some financial wizards needing to hear this news. They would be happy.) :-D
Wonder if the psychics who said it would never come out saw this. Anyway, I'll wait for the time to come, if/when it comes out, I'll definitely ask the CB psychics what they think about it...
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+1
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Fawesome :D
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Sorry if I missed something in the video but I didn't see any mention of the Passport SE running Android as you have mentioned on the article
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Thurber said, "I don't see that in our road map right now" and "You never say never in technology".
Watch the second video.
bla1ze rocks
YES! I'm very happy to hear that the Qwerty keyboards aren't dead.
Thanks for the good news and reporting Bla1ze daddy. :-)
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Spend resources on something that matter, not something that's a waste of money.
Lol Senior VP device sales... King without a Kingdom, anyone????
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Was thinking the same thing lol, surprised he's still got a job.
Doesn't look like an android passport is coming anytime soon.
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This is truly so disappointing, was hoping they might do this through a partner.
Do you really need that layer of security?
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