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If you are in Canada, and are planning to purchase an Android-powered BlackBerry smartphone, you'll be glad to know that the company's first two Android phones - the Priv and DTEK50 - have received solid price cuts in the...

If you are a BlackBerry Priv user on AT&T's network, and your device is eligible to receive beta updates, here's some news for you: a new update has started rolling out that includes Android security fixes for the month of December. Arriving...

BlackBerry has started pushing out a new beta update to its Android-powered DTEK50 and DTEK60 smartphones. Arriving as build number AAH990 and AAI039, respectively, the update brings along Android security fixes for the month of...

BlackBerry may be pulling out of making its own hardware (the DTEK50 and DTEK60 are little more than rebadged Alcatels), but one final true BlackBerry is headed our way. Rumored since June, the Mercuryccropped up on GeekBench in October and last...

BlackBerry's online shop in the USA is now selling all BlackBerry smartphones at slashed prices. It's a Black Friday sale that should go on for about a week or so. You can get Priv for $299, DTEK50 for $229, Passport for $249, Passport Silver...

BlackBerry CEO John Chen has confirmed in a TV interview that his company is in fact working on a new smartphone that will have a physical keyboard. Once a staple item in any BlackBerry design, the physical QWERTY keyboard has been missing from both...

If you recall, over a week ago, BlackBerry announced that it's working with AT&T to quickly fix the "No Service" issue being faced by some AT&T Priv users. Well, the good news is that the fix has arrived. To apply the fix, you have to...

Good news for the Blackberry owners - the company has begun seeding the latest November security firmware updates on the Android-powered Priv, DTEK50, and DTEK60. There are no official change logs or update schedule, but various reports confirm...

BlackBerry has started pushing out a new beta update to its Priv smartphone. The update, which is hitting all Priv units except those on Verizon's network, brings along Android security patch for the month of November. It weighs in at around...

Verizon has started rolling out the Marshmallow update to BlackBerry Priv units on its network. According to the information available, at least one Verizon Priv unit has received the update. Priv's software update page on Verizon's website...

BlackBerry has announced that it's currently working with AT&T to speed up the release of a fix to the 'No Service' issue that some Priv users have been facing on the carrier's network for over a month now. "The root cause for this issue has...

There’s still no official word from BlackBerry about just when the newest DTEK60 model will be released. However, a new report from Pocket-Lint says that a new listing on German Media Markt shows the TCL-built BlackBerry device in question with a...

Turns out the reports were true, as BlackBerry has now updated its website to reflect that updates for unlocked AT&T Priv units (that use a non-AT&T SIM card) will be directly handled by the company. The Canadian company has in-fact started...

If you recall, BlackBerry Priv users who purchased their unit (factory unlocked) from AT&T were in for a shock when it came to light that their device won't be officially receiving any updates unless it's being used with an active AT&T SIM...

BlackBerry has started rolling out a new beta update to its Android-powered Priv smartphone, and looks like everyone (except for those on Verizon) is getting it this time. While the update carries a firmware version of AAG873 for AT&T Piv users,...

BlackBerry has been getting a lot of attention today with the somewhat old news (but now official) that BlackBerry will no longer develop or design smartphones to run on its BlackBerry-skinned version of Android. The short story is that the Canadian...

The writing's been on the wall for this one for quite a while now. Today BlackBerry has finally made it official though - it won't develop any more phones by itself from this point on. That said, we'll still see the BlackBerry brand on mobile...

Despite all the initial pessimism, BlackBerry's first dive into the Android realm with the Priv actually turned out to be a solid effort. You can read our full review of the flagship in case you are interested in the details. The DTEK50 that...

If you recall, last year, before the Priv was made official, a BlackBerry Passport Silver Edition running Android OS was spotted in a lengthy video. While the device was never officially launched, you can now purchase a unit if you want... and are...

For those in Canada who are planning to purchase the BlackBerry Priv, here's a deal: the Android-powered device is now available for zero-down from Rogers. The deal, however, is only available on select two year plans. $0 #BlackBerry #PRIV at...