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LG and HTC had better hope this BlackBerry Android phone is fake

Posted on July 9, 2015 by Hayato Huseman

If you pit three struggling companies against each other, what happens next? In an ideal world for the smartphone enthusiast that wants to see everybody succeed … well, they do. But in reality, things aren’t that simple, and the smartphone market becomes an every-man-for-himself race to see who can innovate faster. Who can pack more features. Who can market their products best. That’s all easy when you’re a giant corporation like Apple or Samsung, with billions of dollars to throw ...

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BlackBerry’s upcoming Dallas and Venice smartphones show up in certifications, import records

Posted on July 7, 2015 by Rithvik Rao

No, it’s not 2009. You haven’t time traveled. Yes, it’s 2015, and we’re on the eve, apparently, of not one but two new BlackBerry smartphone launches. We’re hearing from three separate sources about the existence of a BlackBerry Dallas as well as a BlackBerry Venice.First, the BlackBerry Dallas – SQW100-4, as it’s otherwise known – made appearances in IDA and e-CoM certification for Singapore and Malaysia. It was also spotted in Indonesia through e-POSTEL.The device also went on to appear in Indian imports tracker Zauba, along with what’s ...

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5 reasons the world needs an Android BlackBerry

Posted on July 3, 2015 by Michael Fisher

This morning, as we prepared for what turned out to be a pretty solid installment of the Pocketnow Weekly podcast, a leaked image hit our feeds that suddenly sent us scrambling to update the rundown. It was the press render seen above, featuring a dramatic view of a sleek new BlackBerry handset with front-firing speakers, a curved glass display … and Android as an operating system.Sure, we’d heard rumblings about such a thing before, but today’s leak put a name to the ...

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BlackBerry Venice Android phone tipped to find a home at AT&T

Posted on July 2, 2015 by Stephen Schenck

Last time we checked in on the BlackBerry Android-phone rumors, CEO John Chen wasn’t making it sound like we had a great shot at seeing such a device hit the market anytime soon. At least, while he didn’t dismiss the idea, he also suggested that it would be a significant undertaking that would involve taking a serious look at how Android functions and manages device security. But even in light of those comments, these rumors live on, and today we get to build off some previous intel about a ...

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BlackBerry “Venice” specs rumored as possible evidence of Android testing emerges

Posted on June 17, 2015June 17, 2015 by Stephen Schenck

BlackBerry rumors have been heating up over the course of the past week, all circling around an idea that’s either outright crazy or just crazy enough to be true: that BlackBerry could produce an Android-running smartphone. After first hearing about this notion of the company dropping its own BB10 OS for a forthcoming model, the story evolved with the new angle that this device could be a joint ...

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