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I will confess, the most difficult thing about moving to Android has been the general UI. I love gestures. I love swiping. BlackBerry did a good job with the home button short cuts and the ability to slide from the left side in most apps mitigates my anguish a bit.
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Quickly following the update to BlackBerry's DTEK application Password Keeper has been pushed up to 1.0.0.31. This one has a bit more than just bug fixes with "improvements to the user experience" listed as well.



There is now ...

With all of this week's sales it can be hard to keep track, but Seidio is offering a pretty good one. Everything on their site is 60% off on Friday. Seidio has always made solid products, their surface clip is one of my all time favorite cases. If you need a holiday gift ...

If you are looking for a STV100-1 variant of the Priv, and would rather bypass Digital River/ShopBlackBerry altogether, you can now order/purchase a BlackBerry Priv (STV100-1) online from Staples Canada.

This variant is the same one that can be purchased unlocked on ShopBlackBerry, and includes the wireless charging capabilities. ...

If you've been holding out on purchasing an unlocked BlackBerry Passport,BlackBerry Classic or BlackBerry Leap, BlackBerry's Black Friday deals that are in effect as of today might make you finally decide to purchase the latest QWERTY or all-touch BlackBerry 10 devices.

Starting today (November 24) and running through December 1, ShopBlackBerry is offering up to 20 percent off the ...

BlackBerry announced earlier this week the new voice encryption solution SecuSUITE for Enterprise that protects mobile calls with a maximum level of security and is a multi-OS offering to be used on iOS, Android and BlackBerry 10 operating systems. The VoIP, software-based, cloud-hosted solution will be available through an annual licence and the monthly costs per user are low. The app will be available later this month for Android, BlackBerry ...

Incipio has just launched a new case called Octane Pure for the BlackBerry Priv. The impact absorbing case is precision engineered with a rigid Plextonium polycarbonate back shell and a shock absorbent Flex2O bumper. Finished with a crystal clear back and contrasting bumper, the ...

Many of you have read or experienced "screen clicking" when your BlackBerry Priv screen is closed and you are typing away on the virtual keyboard.

This can be downright annoying!

Before returning your beloved device to your carrier or BlackBerry ...

A well-known smartphone durability tester has now taken on the Priv by BlackBerry in a scratch, burn and bend durability test.

How did the Priv fare?

Pretty good actually. I was happy to see that the screen is pretty scratch resistant and even burn resistant ...

Many of you are accustom to leaked OS' and autoloaders for BB10 and BBOS devices. Now we can experience the same thing on the new BlackBerry Android-based platform!

I will not be posting the direct downloads for the autoloader, because we (the BlackBerry community) are still ...

With the BlackBerry Priv now officially in the hands of many developers and professionals, BlackBerry has decided it's time to put everyone on the same page when it comes to how BlackBerry has utilized the Android operating system.

The webcast will cover:
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The BlackBerry Priv is less than a day away from being available in carrier retail stores worldwide. With AT&T having exclusive rights in United States at launch for the Android-powered smartphone, many have wondered if/when Sprint, Verizon or T-Mobile will be offering the device. With conflicting reports on social media stating that ...

BlackBerry announced that Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority has selected AtHoc for its new highly secure alerting and crisis communication system. WMATA's primary objective for this stage of deployment within the IT organization is to be able to distribute certain actionable information to and from the Information Technology's (IT) Metro Enterprise Monitoring Center (MEMC), Helpdesk and Customer Services sections within the Office of Data Center and ...

AT&T has made it official that the BlackBerry Priv will be released on November 6th. We have received word that the SKU for the phone is now live, although apparently orders still cannot be placed. Many BlackBerry faithful are hoping that AT&T has already received it's ...