BlackBerry PRIV Android smartphone announced

[rpm]

BlackBerry PRIV Android smartphone unveiled

BlackBerry unveiled its first Android smartphone, the PRIV, promising users great “privacy and productivity”

 

[FiestaST]

#BBdroid

 

[km2]

You can see the previous leaked video at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uJ6Yvp7-z3E

And John Chen demonstrating it poorly at: http://www.bnn.ca/Video/player.aspx?vid=713580

I've never been a BlackBerry fan, but I have liked hardware keyboards and am definitely interested in this phone. A little concerned though at the way it stalled for three seconds when tapping the home button (icon stayed lit) in the John Chen video.

 

[FlashSA]

Great idea and will please many who want Android with a physical keyboard. But, in typical Blackberry fashion, this phone will be underspecced and lag like a MOFO...

 

[Viva]

You can see the previous leaked video at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uJ6Yvp7-z3E

And John Chen demonstrating it poorly at: http://www.bnn.ca/Video/player.aspx?vid=713580

I've never been a BlackBerry fan, but I have liked hardware keyboards and am definitely interested in this phone. A little concerned though at the way it stalled for three seconds when tapping the home button (icon stayed lit) in the John Chen video.

Here's the Youtuvbe video for those without flash

[video=youtube;ROB2jcj-lfI]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ROB2jcj-lfI[/video]

It really looks like this is his first time using the phone.

 

[Bonk]

You could see that he is used to using BB10. The way he wanted to swipe up to to close the app at the beginning.

 

[throwaway420]

mfw
privacy
mfw
android

unless this is a heavily modified ROM...

 

[ActivateD]

hmm I want to play with this when it gets to SA. Might just consider this my upgrade if the price is right.

 

[Thor]

This is a beast of a phone android plus the security of Blackberry!! Take my money|

http://crackberry.com/everything-we-know-about-blackberrys-upcoming-android-powered-slider

 

[throwaway420]

This is a beast of a phone android plus the security of Blackberry!! Take my money|

http://crackberry.com/everything-we-know-about-blackberrys-upcoming-android-powered-slider

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Mate.. No..

 

[upup]

blackberry toilet

 

[koeks525]

Glad they didnt make another Blackberry Passport or Blackberry Porsche

It looks really good.

 

[SYNERGY]

You could see that he is used to using BB10. The way he wanted to swipe up to to close the app at the beginning.

The fact that it doesn't have the BB10 gestures is a major disappointment for me.

Between the iPhone, Android (Z1C) and the BB Z10 - the interface on the Z10 was the most intuitive. Gestures on Android are just not as fluid on the Z10.

And yes, I know BB Z10 is a +/- a fork of android.

 

[backstreetboy]

mfw
privacy
mfw
android

unless this is a heavily modified ROM...

Ever heard of Samsung Knox?

 

[WaxLyrical]

Check how he starts blushing from 2:00 after she starts flirting.

Now thats what I call private and productive.

 

[throwaway420]

Ever heard of Samsung Knox?

I have yes, and...

mfw
unless this is a heavily modified ROM...

 

[backstreetboy]

I have yes, and...

Most of that made it to stock android as android for work so I fail to see the heavily modified part...

 

[latro]

You could see that he is used to using BB10. The way he wanted to swipe up to to close the app at the beginning.

Yeah also noticed

And yes, I know BB Z10 is a +/- a fork of android.

Uhm...what?

 

[SYNERGY]

Yeah also noticed ��



Uhm...what?

BB10 uses android as a base. Hence why you can sideload android .applications. Maybe fork is not the most technically correct term.

Edit: Seems I'm mistaken. QNX based.

 

[Sapphiron]

If only they switched to android and this hardware model 2 years ago.

I think this phone takes BB's chances of making a comeback and surviving from 1% to 10%.