by "404 - User No Longer Available" (toni-cipriani)
Published 03/05/2017 at 00:31
by "404 - User No Longer Available" (toni-cipriani)
Published 03/05/2017 at 00:31
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It was awesome. Pre-production right now, should be out next month.
"TheHondaBro" (wwaveform)
03/05/2017 at 00:36, STARS: 0
Does it run on Android?
"Svend" (svend)
03/05/2017 at 00:42, STARS: 0
Very nice. I notice there isn’t a Blackberry button again.
How does it feel without it.
Is there still a trackpad to slide your finger over? I tend to use the trackpad to operate my Classic so I’m not putting finger marks on the screen or accidentally clicking on something while I intend to swipe up or down.
"404 - User No Longer Available" (toni-cipriani)
03/05/2017 at 00:46, STARS: 2
No, it runs Sony Orbis OS from PS4. See the triangle, circle and square buttons? It’s clearly a PlayStation.
"404 - User No Longer Available" (toni-cipriani)
03/05/2017 at 00:49, STARS: 1
Well I moved to a Priv since 2015, so I’m very much used to it. It’s a standard Android phone with BlackBerry’s touches.
The keyboard is capacitive, you can slide your finger on the entire keyboard for gestures. Acts as a scroll pad in documents, divides up into 3 zones to autocomplete words while typing, and you can use it to select text. This feature was carried over from the Passport.
Also supposedly they were working on a “pointer” mode for you to use the keyboard like a trackpad with a mouse cursor. But that feature was pulled and appears in developer options in a handful of devices.
"TheHondaBro" (wwaveform)
03/05/2017 at 00:54, STARS: 0
Oh okay, it looks like the OS on my Vizio remote.
"Svend" (svend)
03/05/2017 at 00:57, STARS: 0
Cheers mate.
I’m really tempted by this phone as my Classic is getting old now and I was looking at a Priv for quite a while but constantly had a niggle I should go for the Passport instead.
"404 - User No Longer Available" (toni-cipriani)
03/05/2017 at 01:00, STARS: 0
Definitely get the KEYone instead. Despite the SD600 series SoC, it is noticeably smoother than my Priv.
And unless you don’t use anything other than calling and e-mail, don’t get BB10. App support is going from bad to non-existent real fast.
"Svend" (svend)
03/05/2017 at 01:10, STARS: 0
I’ve never known BB for any great selection of apps. And I’ve never been an app kind of guy. I have Accu Weather, Wisepilot and Fancy Tran. The rest just onscreen bookmarks for different forums I’m on.
"404 - User No Longer Available" (toni-cipriani)
03/05/2017 at 01:11, STARS: 1
Well me neither, but when BlackBerry’s own MDM (Good For Enterprise/Good Work, now called BlackBerry Work) didn’t support BB10, I knew it was time. That’s what made me ditch my Classic last year.
" The Compromiser" (charger)
03/05/2017 at 12:30, STARS: 1
At least it isnt an a and and b. Can’t run on the NES platform.
" The Compromiser" (charger)
03/05/2017 at 12:31, STARS: 0
Don’t hate it....
I may go back to liking a physical keyboard. .
"404 - User No Longer Available" (toni-cipriani)
03/05/2017 at 14:31, STARS: 0
I never left the PKB world to start with. :P
" The Compromiser" (charger)
03/05/2017 at 17:40, STARS: 0
I know... I’m a filthy casual.... still rocking bb10 though....
"JayZAyEighty thinks C4+3=C7" (jayzayeighty)
03/05/2017 at 17:46, STARS: 0
!
On a Z30 now (from Classic, 9370 and Z10 before that), but probably preordering KEYone. If only “Mercury” had stuck... oh well. Nothing’s going to stop me from buying the last BlackBerry-designed handset. I’ll miss BB10, but the hardware will be worth it. There is a question of whether the audio is stereo or mono, could you shed any light on this?
"404 - User No Longer Available" (toni-cipriani)
03/05/2017 at 17:48, STARS: 0
I tried to get a FLAC file on it last night but couldn’t get it working as the device wasn’t really set up for anything, plus the venue was quite loud.
Kevin seems to indicate it’s 1 speaker.
"JayZAyEighty thinks C4+3=C7" (jayzayeighty)
03/05/2017 at 17:50, STARS: 1
Can you still buy the Passport on your side of the pond? ShopBB just recently sold out here. I almost bought the PRIV during the Black Friday sale for US$299, but stupidly hesitated. I dearly miss the blue Classic I got my hands on but returned. Priv and KEYone will be very different beasts than PP and Classic due to the OS gap. It’s a necessary move, but one that sacrifices quality for quantity.
"JayZAyEighty thinks C4+3=C7" (jayzayeighty)
03/05/2017 at 17:55, STARS: 0
Awesome, thanks for the info. I take it you were at the CB meetup? Seems like it was a good time. The Z30's speakers really make my job tolerable, but external audio won’t matter so much by the time I get my hands on the KEYone. It’ll feel a bit empty buying a BlackBerry device without the incentive of supporting future development, but this phone will work for me for a long time to come.
"404 - User No Longer Available" (toni-cipriani)
03/05/2017 at 17:59, STARS: 0
Oh yeah, there was a LOT of food and free cocktail.
"JayZAyEighty thinks C4+3=C7" (jayzayeighty)
03/05/2017 at 18:07, STARS: 0
That’s really cool. Definitely something I’d go to if it weren’t thousands of miles away. It’s a good sign that TCL seems to be reaching out to CB and the community; it wouldn’t be hard for them to do a KEYone in a couple of years with upgraded internals I suppose, still retaining the BlackBerry DNA. Hopefully sales can support something like that.
"Svend" (svend)
03/05/2017 at 21:45, STARS: 1
Blackberrys are getting harder and harder to find.
My go to is carphonewarehouse. But to find a Priv or a Passport I’ve got to really look now.
Vodafone stock the Classic, and they’ll be stocking the Blackberry Leap soon (currently out of stock) but there tariffs are crazy.
"JayZAyEighty thinks C4+3=C7" (jayzayeighty)
03/07/2017 at 16:14, STARS: 0
Yeah, it seems that they silently stopped Passport production sometime last year. The Classic is totally out of stock from reputable retailers here. I hope they throw in some sort of preorder incentive for KEYone, but I’m probably hopping on board either way.
My Z30 was giving me a hard time last night and took about an hour to get out of a boot loop, so I backed it up on BB Link and did a factory reset. Now I’m trying to reload at least my media from Link and the restore function keeps telling me to make sure the device is on and connected. I have hundreds of travel photos that I really don’t want to lose, and glitches like this are making me slowly accept an Android future of decent software support.
"Svend" (svend)
03/08/2017 at 02:40, STARS: 0
I’ve been really lucky with my Classic so far.
As long as the phone had a physical keyboard I’d be happy regardless or Androis, Windows, or whatever.
But I know Blackberry, I trust Blackberry and want to keep with Blackberry any way I can as long as they are going.