New BlackBerry phones, as announced by Onward Mobility in 2020, are not coming out anymore. The upstart company behind the project is shutting down. On its official website, Onward Mobility has announced its farewell: We want to thank you all for the tremendous amount of support that you have given us since we first launched […]
After ending support for all of its legacy devices, Blackberry continues to sell its mobile patents–this time to Catapult IP innovations for $600 million. The deal is split as $450 million in cash and a $150 million promissory note. Under the said deal, Blackberry will be selling its patents related to not just mobile devices, […]
With all the failed attempts to revive the Blackberry brand—which includes the end of its partnership with TCL—the brand is coming to an end (for good), as it announced that it will end support to legacy devices running Blackberry software effective January 4. The end of life support covers practically all Blackberry devices—BlackBerry 7.1 OS […]
You just can’t kill a good brand it seems, and it looks like there’s a good chance we’ll be seeing BlackBerry smartphones making a comeback in the near future. Onward Mobility, the company that took over the BlackBerry brand from TCL back in August of last year is teasing the revival of the phone brand […]
BlackBerry was once the leading mobile phone brands in the 2010s. Today, the company has forgone making mobile devices and has since focused on creating software solutions for businesses. Despite the shift from hardware to software, the company’s vast body of intellectual property (with an estimate of 38,000 patents in its library) remains relevant up […]
It will still service all TCL-made Blackberry products It’s an end of another era for Blackberry: after TCL entered into a licensing and technology support agreement with Blackberry last December 2016, the two will be parting ways effective August 31, 2020. In Blackberry’s statement, TCL will no longer sell Blackberry-branded devices and it will no […]
We review the BlackBerry Key2! I’m not going to lie – I loved my old BlackBerry back in the late aughts. It was simple, easy to use, and that keyboard was a godsend for someone like me who wrote for a living. But times have changed. Most of the world, including me, have learned to […]
We go hands-on with the Key2! BlackBerry’s Key2 was an interesting phone when it was announced back in 2018. With a focus on safety, security, and productivity and possessing a physical keyboard, the phone wasn’t without its charms. But that was roughly 10 months ago. It’s only now that the Philippines is getting the BlackBerry […]
Physical keyboard for the win We’ve always been enamored by BlackBerry’s phones that had keyboards in them because hardcore tech Titos understand how great those things were for typing back in the day. With BlackBerry selling off its hardware division to TCL, we were never sure if the new, BlackBerry-branded phones made by the Chinese […]
Exclusive to India for now Blackberry, together with Indian manufacturer Optiemus, announced two new smartphones: the Evolve and the Evolve X. Both phones sport an 18:9 5.99-inch Full HD+ display, a generous 4000mAh battery, 64GB internal storage, 16-megapixel front cameras, and a dual rear camera setup. While both models look identical from the outside, the difference […]
Yes, the brand is still alive and well Ahead of its launch today, leakster Evan Blass spilled all the details on the upcoming BlackBerry Key2 in a series of Tweets—from official press renders, specs, to pricing. The Key2 retains the form factor of the KeyOne, and sports a sleeker back with a carbon fiber-like texture, […]
