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3G+ Blackberry Playbook in the works?
The Blackberry Playbook was probably not one of the more well received tablets of 2011, and thanks to a supposed leak of RIM’s roadmap slides for 2012, we can’t say that the next-generation Blackberry Playbook will impress either, assuming of course that the leaked specs are to be believed.
Based on the specs pictured above, one of bigger changes coming to the next-gen Playbook would be its addition of HSPA+ connectivity which we guess is a huge bump over the previous WiFi-only model. It will also sport a new dual-core processor that’s about 50% higher than its predecessor, an increase to 32GB of internal storage and NFC capabilities.
However its screen size and resolution appears to remain the same along with its RAM, not to mention oddly enough it has seen its battery capacity drop from 5,300mAh to 4,800mAh, which means that we sincerely hope the new processor is efficient enough to warrant the decrease in battery life, if not HSPA+ connected tablet with a smaller battery smells like a lot of complaints waiting to happen!
No word if and when the supposed 3G+ Playbook will be released, so in the meantime we suggest you take this with a grain of salt for now, at least until RIM has made an official announcement of sorts.
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]