Defaramade:
If the phone is priced reasonably well I think it will be a success. The watertight security of BlackBerry combined with the flexibility & popularity of Android is a strong recipe for success.

Karmanaut:
"...does not know" instead of "do not know"
Cheers.

Tallesty1:
You know, when I told a friend about this new blackberry priv, his response was “blackberry had better stick to their OS or embrace Android completely”

The reason according to him is that old-time Android users might have no problem adapting to the new phone but how about old-time BB users?

Well, I think he was right as Chen himself unintentionally demonstrated, long time BlackBerry users might instead feel lost.

BlackBerry’s CEO John Chen in an exclusive interview with News Network gave a glimpse at a working BlackBerry Priv, the company’s first “true” Android smart phone.

But in trying to demo the smart phone that “runs Google” as Chen calls it, He is visibly seen struggling to figure out how to actually use the device, as well as probably some hints of unresponsiveness with the touch screen.

He was clearly lost as he hastily aborts an attempt to launch Chrome, with a flurry of taps and swipes leading nowhere.

After series of unsuccessful attempts to come up with something meaningful, he finally goes back to home screen where he considers opening another app before thinking better of it, opting instead to inform the interviewer that the new smartphone has “the latest specs, literally the latest Qualcomm specs, and the cameras and other good stuff.”

The question now is, Is this really the smart phone that will bring back BB users who fled in exodus?

I know that a BB running Android is a good thing but just because it is a BlackBerry Android smart phone doesn’t mean everyone will automatically fall in love with it.

What Do You Think?




Source: http://www.naijatecharena.com/blackberrys-ceo-john-chen-not-know-use-new-blackberry-priv/

Karmanaut:

I don't know, man.
I hate to admit it but Security and Android don't really go hand-in-hand.

khassy:


what's BlackBerry.. is it a fruit name or what

Whizpeter:
If its worth it, I'd go for it...

Karmanaut:

I don't know, man.
I hate to admit it but Security and Android don't really go hand-in-hand.

khassy:


what's BlackBerry.. is it a fruit name or what

Godvilla:
You're joking right?
The security in Android 5.1.1 is very tight. Perhaps u're yet to get ur hands on android device running on the latest OS verion

 adb rm data/system/gesture.key

Tallesty1:





You know it's not true.

Besides the man said he would only build an Android-powered smartphone if he can secure it.

Karmanaut:

Very tight as in?
It can't be rooted?
You can't do

 adb rm data/system/gesture.key

to remove the pattern lock?
You can't flash a custom recovery to reset the phone while keeping data?
You can't flash a custom boot loader or firmware?
I've been on Lollipop since it was developer's preview back in 2014.

Godvilla:
Hahaha.... I unlock and hack into a BB device, irrespective of the OS 7or 10, infact, version 10 is much easier. Same thing goes for windows OS. Do u even know that u can hack into a windows OS?

If u're in Lag, i'll hand u a LG device running on Lollipop, u cannot flash nor even boot into recovery once the device is locked and data stored on google server.

 adb reboot recovery 

U really need to explore Android 5.
That's not the security we're even talking abt.
"Private data security", which can still be hacked into

Karmanaut:

If it's running Android OS then it's running a Linux kernel, and root is a property of *Unix.
So if you can root it, you can do whatever with the phone.

buzquet:
y