BlackBerry considering Android for future devices

QWERTY on android again. All for that!

Originally posted by smcrzyguy:

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QWERTY on android again. All for that!

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Originally posted by hearme0:

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Originally posted by smcrzyguy:

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QWERTY on android again. All for that!

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A physical keyboard is what you're wanting??? Please!

touchscreen kb is all anyone needs............PERIOD!

Besides, one can type much faster with on-screen keyboard.

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AN interesting fact: No matter how emphatically you say "period" afterwards, it does not, in fact, actually make any particular statement true. Period. Especially when that statement was opinion, not fact ^^' .

There are actually touchscreen prototypes that have little bumps that rise up over the on-screen keys on a video keyboard, as a kind of halfway point between standard physical keyboards on on-screen types; I'd be happy to see it come to production. That said, as smcrzyguy notes, both types of keyboard have their advantages and disadvantages.

BlackBerry 10 has had both touchscreen and physical keyboard phones for several years now, with a superior non-buggy simple secure and private operating system, and predictive typing options on both the touchscreen and physical keyboard phones. I wish i could justify buying the Passport as its on sale at BB World for $499 right now, and the reviews from people who actually used them are amazing. A physical keyboard with touchscreen features and word-swipe? Using it instead of your laptop? However i am so satisfied with the BlackBerrys I already have, Z30, with amazing battery life, the Z10 slightly smaller and lighter to hold, the Q5 which is an amazing little phone and way underpriced, along with a few BB7s, as often smaller is better, all are fun to use and switch between, and allow for sd card storage, and ALL of the BB10 phones already allow for installation of android apps now for those who want a few of those, but BlackBerrys do what they do quite well without having to morph into being an android. If they really do this i hope they still keep BlackBerry 10 running as well.

Just to say, the reason people arent buying them in droves is simple ignorance of what they are and what they can do, along with carriers sweeping them under the rug as much as possible unless you speak the magic words stating that you are a Business.

Originally posted by hearme0:

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Originally posted by smcrzyguy:

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QWERTY on android again. All for that!

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A physical keyboard is what you're wanting??? Please!

touchscreen kb is all anyone needs............PERIOD!

Besides, one can type much faster with on-screen keyboard.

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Makes more sense to me if Blackberry starts packaging the Google Play store on their phones with their current system than fully switching to Android. I have a Q10 currently and with the latest BB10 software its excellent. Spec wise its a low end phone but you couldn't tell with how smooth and snappy the system is.

Understandable. That's exactly why Windows Phone has endured; lower-spec phones do quite well with it, lowering costs.

Oops, double post