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BlackBerry PlayBook 4G LTE to get 1.5GHz dual-core processor and NFC
After 2011’s Mobile World Congress, RIM announced its plans to launch two additional BlackBerry 4G PlayBooks which would feature support for both LTE and HSPA+ networks. After a few months now, there has been no official announcement of it coming along although it has had its share of leaked images and information that proves it is in the works. Before the BlackBerry World 2012 keynote which happened yesterday, a marketing executive from the Canadian company RIM took a little time to brief a few people about what would be the upcoming PlayBook 4G LTE.
The slide which is indicated above is a bit blur but what it says in essence is that RIM will be launching the 4G LTE PlayBook with an updated 1.5GHz processor, near-field communication (NFC) along with a feature which has been aptly named ‘always connected to e-mail’ which highlights the BlackBerry Mobile Fusion feature. From what is shown and what was discussed, the display of the LTE version of the PlayBook will remain at 7-inches with the OS being either version 2.0 or 2.1. That said however, there was no news about when the tablet would be officially launched or how much it would cost.
Back in the day, it was anathema to think that Apple computers would run on Intel processors, and Apple machines would have Microsoft Office running on them. Well, those days have long since arrived and gone, and it looks like to hear of a BlackBerry device running on Android? Now that’s what is going to happen with the BlackBerry Priv, where the folks over at Vietnam-based Karalux have something special up their sleeves for this handset, that is, by offering a gold-plating service.
It is going to be more challenging than usual though, as Karalux shared, “Unlike the previous generations, it is a little bit more difficult to disassemble BlackBerry Priv. Karalux engineers took nearly 2 hours to ‘operate’ its details, and spent 4 more hours with more than 10 different procedures to complete the first gold-plated BlackBerry Priv in Vietnam.”
The handset and gold-plating will cost $1,111 thereabouts, whereas international customers will have to fork out more at approximately $1,350 to bring one of these puppies back home. [Press Release]
It looks like BlackBerry has not decided to call it quits just yet where the smartphone market is concerned, and this time around, their unannounced smartphone has been given the codename BlackBerry Venice. What makes the BlackBerry Venice special is the fact that this could very well be one of BlackBerry’s very first devices that will run on the Android mobile operating system.
In recent times, we have heard that the BlackBerry Venice ought to be made available some time down the road over at AT&T. Apparently, @evleaks claims that this new handset, too, will be sold by T-Mobile, although there is no exact word on availability.
Whispers on the street point to the BlackBerry Venice arriving later this November. I guess all that we can do now is to sit tight and wait.
[MWC 2015] BlackBerry might not be the tour de force that it once was in the world of smartphones, but this does not mean that the company is a pushover, either. We have learned that this particular edition of Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain, has seen a new BlackBerry device introduced – the all new BlackBerry Leap smartphone for 4G LTE networks. Touted to be an affordable all-touch smartphone that is housed in a modern and powerful design, it will specially target career builders as well as companies who value both security and privacy when bringing productivity to a whole new level.
Hardware and software specifications include a 5” edge-to-edge HD display, a 2,800mAh battery life, BlackBerry OS 10.3.1, a best-in-class BlackBerry keyboard, BlackBerry Blend, BlackBerry Assistant, dual app storefronts that come preloaded for access to a huge selection of apps for work and play (BlackBerry World and Amazon Appstore), among others. [Press Release]