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Blackberry Passport Announcement Thread 24/09/14

Anonymous — Wed, 24 Sep 2014 11:34:26 GMT

Good Afternoon!

With less that 30 minutes until the launch of the BlackBerry Passport I decided to setup this announcement thread as I'm not expecting an official thread from O2!

Please leave your constructive thoughts here to try and keep this launch info and members thoughts all in one thread. (If possible )

Please try to remain On Topic.

You can follow the launch in the BlackBerry Live Stream here: http://live.blackberry.events/

Re: Blackberry Passport Announcement Thread 24/09/14

Anonymous — Wed, 24 Sep 2014 12:36:08 GMT

Will defo be taking a look at the passport.

Re: Blackberry Passport Announcement Thread 24/09/14

Anonymous — Wed, 24 Sep 2014 12:44:21 GMT

So the stream has been delayed for an hour and should hopefully kick off in the next 20 minutes.

Its also worth pointing out that we should also expect to see the BlackBerry Classic, BlackBerry 10.3 (and all of its features), as well as BlackBerry Blend being officially announced today!

Re: Blackberry Passport Announcement Thread 24/09/14

Toby — Wed, 24 Sep 2014 12:58:10 GMT

Eager to hear more about this PapaDug. Great idea for a thread.

Re: Blackberry Passport Announcement Thread 24/09/14

MI5 — Wed, 24 Sep 2014 13:00:39 GMT

Looking forward to the updates...

Re: Blackberry Passport Announcement Thread 24/09/14

Anonymous — Wed, 24 Sep 2014 13:07:49 GMT

I'm at work so having to try and view the stream and update this thread as sneakily as I can!

Blackberry CEO John Chen currently on stage...

Re: Blackberry Passport Announcement Thread 24/09/14

Anonymous — Wed, 24 Sep 2014 13:11:31 GMT

John Chen just challenged us to bend the Passport (snigger)

Re: Blackberry Passport Announcement Thread 24/09/14

Anonymous — Wed, 24 Sep 2014 13:13:25 GMT

Blackberry launching 4 phones this year...

Z3 already launched

Passport Design P9983 launched yesterday

Passport today then the classic sometime between now and the end of the year

Re: Blackberry Passport Announcement Thread 24/09/14

Anonymous — Wed, 24 Sep 2014 13:22:31 GMT

Like the iPhone launch stream it can't cope with the traffic lol

Re: Blackberry Passport Announcement Thread 24/09/14

Anonymous — Wed, 24 Sep 2014 13:27:51 GMT

John Chen talking about how when first shows off the Passport that people think it's a little too big. But then he compares to actual physical Passport and then they love it.

Wayne Gretsky currently on stage talking about life with the Passport

4.5" Square Gorilla Glass Screen

1440x1440 pixel screen

453dpi

60 characters per line

Comparison to the iPhone 6

Re: Blackberry Passport Announcement Thread 24/09/14

Anonymous — Wed, 24 Sep 2014 13:30:35 GMT

There's alot of comparisons to the iPhone 6 at the moment...including the need to turn the iPhone to landscape view to get the same screen width as the Passport

Re: Blackberry Passport Announcement Thread 24/09/14

Anonymous — Wed, 24 Sep 2014 13:33:20 GMT

The touch enabled keyboard looks Magic!!! swipe gestures direct on the keyboard!!

Re: Blackberry Passport Announcement Thread 24/09/14

Anonymous — Wed, 24 Sep 2014 13:34:02 GMT

Wasn't sure I would like the passport, defo feel more interested in looking at one over the iPhone 6 now

Re: Blackberry Passport Announcement Thread 24/09/14

Anonymous — Wed, 24 Sep 2014 13:40:59 GMT

BlackBerry 10.3 brings a new design, 100's of new features designed to boost productivity:

BlackBerry Assistant - A personal assistant built for work - stating it is better than Siri and Google. Siri/Google can't access info secured on work devices, but Blackberry Assistant can do so.

Blackberry Assistant will interact hands free with you at the wheel

Touch enabled keyboard: users were 4 times more accurate with less typos in tests

(sorry I had numerous phonecalls at work there, I'm trying to catch up!)

Re: Blackberry Passport Announcement Thread 24/09/14

Anonymous — Wed, 24 Sep 2014 13:42:58 GMT

So will we be able to get it from O2?

Re: Blackberry Passport Announcement Thread 24/09/14

Anonymous — Wed, 24 Sep 2014 13:55:02 GMT

BlackBerry Passport has the largest battery of all major smartphones and phablets on the market. Up to 30 hours of use - 350 milli amp hours. Put the Passport face down on a flat surface and it goes into standby mode to conserve battery.

Device Switch app will take all data from your old phone, transfer it to your new one.

passport has a mic and earpiece that can sense the distance between the device and your ear to enhance the sound. Natural Sound Technology for clearer audio for phone calls. Passport speaker 350 per cent louder than Samsung S5.

4.5inch full HD Gorilla Glass display

13Mp camera

2.2Ghz quad core processor

3Gb RAM

32Gb memory

moving on to address apps...

Re: Blackberry Passport Announcement Thread 24/09/14

Anonymous — Wed, 24 Sep 2014 13:55:30 GMT

http://youtu.be/eXH5UDFMHfE

Design video

Re: Blackberry Passport Announcement Thread 24/09/14

Anonymous — Wed, 24 Sep 2014 14:01:15 GMT

BlackBerry Blend announced - http://us.blackberry.com/software/desktop/blackberry-blend.html

The power of BlackBerry now on your computer and tablet! - available in the Google Play and Apple App stores

Re: Blackberry Passport Announcement Thread 24/09/14

Anonymous — Wed, 24 Sep 2014 14:03:40 GMT

http://youtu.be/IHc3TY5n8sI

Official unboxing

Re: Blackberry Passport Announcement Thread 24/09/14

Anonymous — Wed, 24 Sep 2014 14:05:53 GMT

CrackBerry BlackBerry Passport Review - http://crackberry.com/blackberry-passport-review