Texas Company Promises to Release 5G BlackBerry With Physical QWERTY Keyboard in 2021

[bheathain]

I had a "regular" 6000 series with a monochrome screen, a thick heavy beast.

My mistake though, when you said Curve I thought Pearl. I went from a non-roller ball type of BB to the smaller Pearl with the roller ball and there was so much not to like about that move. Had I gone to a Curve, that would have been a real upgrade. I fell for the greater portability of the Pearl. It was that, but so less usable otherwise.

I agree. My sister-in-law had the Pearl, and it seemed a step down in functionality for sure.

 

[threshtonic]

 

[johnsc3]

Wow- On paper, a new and more secure OS would have been a great (out of the box) pairing for this device, and for those looking to stay away from the iPhone and the heavily device fragmented Android devices as a whole.

 

[Digital Skunk]

5g of blackberries to put in your oatmeal?

Seriously though why? It's like Hollywood, rebooting things no one asked for.

Is there really anyone begging for QWERTY keyboards on their phones? Okay okay okay okay, sure; can we get a Palm reboot then too?

 

[Mr Magoo]

Go crack open a history book and read about web browsing on phones before the iPhone. The term is used correctly.

?. Good thing internet on mobile devices evolved from that crap. It was horrible as I remembered it back in the beginning of the year 2000. WAP and wml pages.

 

[imikem]

What could better say, "We are completely out of ideas for what to do next," than this sad joke?

 

[Princejb134]

Remind me again who would want a blackberry phone in 2021?

if it had IOS i would get it

 

[UK-MacAddict]

I used to have a Blackberry as a second phone to my iPhone. Although iPhone is still my preferred choice I did love my Blackberry as well.

 

[PinkyMacGodess]

Why?

 

[TrevorR90]

A phone? With a keyboard? Lol

 

[JM]

Go crack open a history book and read about web browsing on phones before the iPhone. The term is used correctly.

Go crack open an internet search for what WAP means right now ? its a joke my friend. Haha

 

[Apple_Robert]

Nice, promise to deliver something well after the apocalypse.

Zombies do need a way to communicate. Call it the ‘Dead Head Blackberry.”

 

[Rendergroup]

I'd love to see a Passport version 2, I switched to an Iphone (my first one) but I miss the keyboard.

 

[kovalchuk71]

Remind me again who would want a blackberry phone in 2021?

To be honest, I miss the Blackberry days. The browser was so terrible and difficult to use that it really limited my use of the phone to SMS, Calls, and Emails. I was less “glued” to my phone as I am today, which I am currently trying to work on. It’s a tough habit to break.

 

[krfr]

With the advancement in touch screens I can’t imagine going back to a physical keyboard. Unable to have the keyboard change depending on what I’m doing. Sounds terrible!

 

[PinkyMacGodess]

Still have my old Blackberry Torch.
Threw it in the charger to see if it still powers up. Charging, but won’t power on just yet.
It’s been almost 4 years since I used it.
I actually liked this phone for work emails.

Keep an eye on it. I had a Windows Phone Palm Treo. The battery swelled so much it broke the case open. Same with my Palm VII, although that got really hot, but swollen too. Yikes...

 

[PinkyMacGodess]

Bring back the Blackberry please.

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It should be registered as a weapon! Looks like it would drive nails or something.

 

[T-R-S]

Blackberry's next model ...

 

[jtmarine73]

Is RIM even around anymore? What do they sell/do now?

Mostly the systems that run your car infotainment.

 

[ian87w]

Whatever they make, they should sell it in Indonesia again. Indonesia was one of the largest market for Blackberries, even after its demise.

 

[beermode]

Let's resurrect Pan-Am for the 9th time while we're at it.

 

[JSRinUK]

I have a friend who will be pleased to hear this. She hates touchscreens, and is passionate about a physical keyboard for texting.

She’ll go for this, if the price is okay.

 

[cmaier]

I have a friend who will be pleased to hear this. She hates touchscreens, and is passionate about a physical keyboard for texting.

She’ll go for this, if the price is okay.

My Ph.D. advisor was passionate about paper tape readers for computers. "You can actually see the bits." Required students in the senior-level computer hardware design class to build an interface circuit for a paper tape reader and a PDP-11.

But I digress.

 

[rjohnstone]

Keep an eye on it. I had a Windows Phone Palm Treo. The battery swelled so much it broke the case open. Same with my Palm VII, although that got really hot, but swollen too. Yikes...

No swelling, battery is just dead... no longer accepts a charge.
My old Moto Razr battery swelled so much it popped the back cover off.

 

[rjohnstone]

Blackberry's next model ...
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Now I know I'm old.
I used to own one of these.
Ambassador series I believe.