Released in November 2015, the Priv -- named as a hat tip to BlackBerry's focus on privacy -- was touted by BlackBerry CEO John Chen as the most secure Android phone on the market. Its launch came as ...
The BlackBerry Priv might look like the company’s Hail Mary — swapping BB10 for Android with a physical keyboard — but its chief executive, John Chen, revealed more devices are in the pipeline before ...
Unlike JNCOs and beanie babies, it seems smartphone maker BlackBerry may have longevity. The embattled Canadian company surprised pundits on Friday when reports emerged that Walmart had exhausted ...
Time flies, as they say, whether you're having fun or not. It's almost incredible, and by that, we mean "unbelievable", that BlackBerry's first fully Android smartphone has already passed its second ...
We learned in September that BlackBerry wouldn’t be updating the Priv to Android Nougat, despite that it launched with Android Lollipop. It was disappointing news, though the company said it would ...
BlackBerry said this week that it will no longer provide monthly system and security updates to its BlackBerry Priv smartphone. The company originally committed to providing updates for a period of ...
The BlackBerry PRIV has reached the end of its life as far as software updates are concerned, and will no longer receive monthly security patches going forward. The development is in accordance with ...
BlackBerry got a fair bit of attention earlier this year with the reveal of the BlackBerry Keyone, but its first Android device — the Priv — didn’t garner nearly as much praise or attention. Now, two ...
Today, we’ve got even more bad news as another device joins the no Nougat club — the BlackBerry Priv. Alex Thurber, the General Manager of BlackBerry Mobility Solutions, revealed that the Priv ...
A BlackBerry senior director has gone on record to The Economic Times with some of the most definitive language yet in acknowledging the end of the road for the BlackBerry 10 platform. The employee ...
Two ads set out to convince consumers that the Priv combines the best of both worlds: the Android mobile software and BlackBerry security. Lance Whitney is a freelance technology writer and trainer ...
Corbin is a tech journalist and developer who worked at Android Police from 2016 until 2021. Check out his other work at corbin.io. The BlackBerry Priv was an odd device for many reasons. It was the ...