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  1. I’m making a video series where I solve 2025 Advent of Code problems on different devices. Watch me reminisce and solve Day 2 using BlackBerry 10 Cascades! youtu.be/JviWMdO5lXk #blackberry #kitchener #waterloo #qt

  2. «Первое» устройство BlackBerry: уникальный КПК с x86-процессором от Intel. Изучаем диковинку

    Мои давние читатели знают, что я большой фанат устройств от Blackberry. В 2023 году я ходил с Passport как с основным смартфоном (и даже написал об этом статью), в 2024 использовал Priv, а в 2025'ом активно пользовался Unihertz Titan как единственной доступной альтернативой легендарным ежевичным устройствам. Однако немногие знают, что поначалу компания выпускала не смартфоны, а КПК и пейджеры — и в техническом плане они были уникальными. Сегодня мы с вами узнаем, что же скрывается внутри BlackBerry 957, изучим компонентную базу и схемотехнику и узнаем, для чего там нужен самый настоящий Intel i386 !

    habr.com/ru/companies/timeweb/

    #monobogdan_ништячки #blackberry #blackberry_os #java #386 #386ex #intel #x86 #гаджеты #почитать

  3. BlackBerry è tornata. Dopo la fine degli smartphone, oggi cresce grazie a QNX, il sistema operativo usato in milioni di auto, e alle comunicazioni sicure vendute a governi e grandi organizzazioni.

    #blackberry #qnx

    reuters.com/world/americas/bla

  4. BlackBerry OS - a mobile operating system with a core set of applications for smartphones and communicators produced by Research In Motion Limited (RIM). BlackBerry OS (the classic versions used on BlackBerry phones before Android) was based on a modified version of... archiveos.org/blackberry-os/ #mobilephone #smartphone #blackberry

  5. Damn I miss the Blackberry OS. It was a lot of things, but it wasn't a goddamn spy machine trying to addict me. I loved the coloured led notifications. The Passport was an excellent phone. The Leap was sexy. And it was Canadian. And it worked. Not glitchy or weird or splashy, tying to reinvent. It just worked.

    Another good thing lost because everyone wanted Android.

    #blackberry

  6. A great way to get me to NOT use your product is to require your users to create an account for firmware updates. NOPE.

    Hello and Goodbye Clicks Power Keyboard

    dallincrump.com/hello-and-good

    #tech #clicks #BlackBerry #blog #100DaysToOffload

  7. @peteorrall

    I couldn't go back to T9, though. 😆

    Even the #Blackberry Pearl's goofy T20 system was annoying to use.

  8. Zinwa Q27 smartphone with BlackBerry-style design now available for pre-order

    The Zinwa Q27 is a smartphone that combines modern features with classic BlackBerry design. In fact, it looks a lot like the BlackBerry Classic that was released in 2014. But the Zinwa Q27 is an Android phone with a MediaTek Dimensity 7300 processor, 12GB of RAM, and support for 5G networks, among other things.

    But it stands out from most modern smartphones thanks to a relatively small 4 […]

    #blackberry #keyboardPhone #qwertyKeyboard #smartphone #zinwa #zinwaQ27 Read more: liliputing.com/zinwa-q27-smart
  9. Many people have come to believe that Blackberry's story has ended. But today, the company is powering hundreds of millions of devices, particularly vehicles. hackernoon.com/how-blackberry- #blackberry

  10. one of my favorite things about summer in France: eating these right off the bush that grows just outside the front door!

    #Photography #Fotografía #Photographie #Blackberry #Zarzamora #Mûre

  11. RE: kolektiva.social/@poshelnahuym

    This reminds me my friend Jack.

    I worked at #blackberry for a bit and one of the "perks" at the time was employee pricing on devices. After the lackluster launch of the #playbook #tablet, it was a yardsale - we could grab up to 10 Playbooks for cost essentially ($200-300 depending on model).

    My friend Milo bought four. Two were for Jack, his son with Downs syndrome.

    Jack had a collection of favourite things, he would carry around with him in his Favourite Things pillowcase: feathers, stuffed animals, sticks, leaves... stones.. and a brick. And that Playbook. Down the stairs? `TUNK-DUNK-DUNK-CRUNCH-TUNK` went the pillow case.

    That goddamned Playbook lasted 4 years. When it finally died (fell in the pool, not abuse), they unboxed the second one and got 3 more years out of IT.

    I think about that Playbook at lot. I still have one in a box somewhere, I don't have the heart to recycle it.

    Anyways, Thinkpads of this era were the same. Indestructable.

  12. Never had a BlackBerry in it's prime day, but naturally had to get one as a collectible :blackberry:

    This rather intensively used BlackBerry Curve 8520 was released in August 2009 and had 512 MHz CPU, 256 MB of internal memory, Bluetooth 2.0 and WiFi for connectivity, 2 MP camera able to capture 320p videos and quite well working optical trackpad :neocat_phone:

    More BlackBerry inspiration in following reviews by @1EYEreview here: Bold 9000, Passport, Storm 9500 and 6210 :blobcatreading:

    #retrophone #blackberry #mobile

  13. We watched "Blackberry" on Netflix last night. I highly recommend it if you're into the history of modern technology. It says right in the description that it's fictionalized, and inspired by, actual events, so don't take it too seriously. But even with that, there was one element - an innovation by the RIM engineer to improve capacity - that I'm sure was the origin of something we now take for granted in all Internet-based communications systems. I don't want to give any spoilers, but it was cool. I went, "Oh, so that's how that started!" Other nice things for me were images of some of the old tech, including test equipment, in their original headquarters. There were some technical absurdities - again, I don't want to give any spoilers - but some of us will easily be able to say, "That part was pure fiction!" because the writers/producers got it so wrong it literally couldn't have happened. But overall, a believable reenactment, good casting, and fun to watch.
    #Netflix #Blackberry #Internet #telecom

  14. BBM Enterprise (BlackBerry Messenger Enterprise (BBMe)) – a secure, paid, end-to-end encrypted instant messaging service from the Canadian technology company BlackBerry. archiveapp.org/bbm-enterprise/ #messenger #windows #osx #ios #android #blackberry

  15. Patiently [read: not-so-patiently] waiting for #LineageOS to officially support Zinwa's #BlackBerry #Q25 because good god do I not trust #Google

    Not enough that 'ADB disable'-ing everything Google solves at least

  16. Stocks & Trading Update – July 7, 2026
    More Hormuz attacks = crude up, futures mostly red. Samsung’s weak guidance drags Micron & others down. AI bubble still raging. NATO in Ankara = Canada-Turkey trade chatter. WEN & BB still red. RIVN dipping—worth a look? 🚗💨

    geospart.substack.com/p/stocks

    #StockMarket #Investing #Trading #StocksToWatch #MarketUpdate #WallStreet #Investment #DayTrading #SwingTrading #CandlestickPatterns #StockNews #Fintech #spacex #spcx #aapl #wen #att #t #blackberry #rivian

  17. 1999:
    Typing text messages with an #Ericsson T28.

    2008:
    Typing text messages with an #iPhone 3G.

    2013:
    Typing text messages with a #Blackberry Z30.

    2026:
    Typinf tea t massage with and Google pixelated 8 .

  18. So here's where the project sits at the end of day 1 - It's a #Blackberry Q10 keyboard working through a #PiPico #RP2350 controller. I'm making a physical keyboard case for my phone because I'm outrageously tired of virtual keyboards.

    That's a PMOD implementation of the Q10 keyboard by Solder Party (shout-out to @arturo182) - I don't think you can buy these anymore but I bought two of them years ago and squirreled them away for the day I'd have a suitable microcontroller for the project.

  19. Pook-Emu Bee: Links For 04-13-26

    There were no Pook-Emu Bee links on Saturday because it was newsletter day (22 links in issue 275!). There were no Pook-Emu Bee links on Sunday because I failed. But today is Monday. Monday is a fun day. I will not fail. In fact, I may even have some bonus links (either to make up for yesterday or to keep my link list under control). 1. 420 Court's Façade Takes Shape in Carroll Gardens, Brooklyn (Michael Young and Matt Pruznick for New York YIMBY. April 13, 2026.) Carroll Gardens is next […]

    social.emucafe.org/naferrell/p

  20. Lilbits: Android for desktop PCs leaks, as does NVIDIA’s processors for laptops

    Google has made it pretty clear that it’s working on bringing a desktop mode to Android, effectively blurring the lines between Android and ChromeOS (and maybe eventually phasing out the latter). But most of the work on that project has been taking place behind closed doors.

    A recent bug report in the Chromium bug tracker provided an early look though. While the web page has been removed, the […]

    #aluminumOs #anbernic #anbernicRgG01 #android #androidForDesktop #blackberry #bringBackBlackberry #chrome #clicksCommunicator #gmk #gmkNucboxK13 #leaks #lilbits #lunarLake #miniPc #nvidia #nvidiaN1 #nvidiaN1x #riscV #spacemit #spacemitK3 Read more: liliputing.com/lilbits-android
  21. Much to the chagrin of GF, and amusement of friends I'm still rocking a #Blackberry #KEY2 as my daily drive. Released in 2018 its battery needs a mid afternoon boost to make it thru the day, but its still android and it still runs everything, albeit slowly.

    Whenever I get a fishy email (like one of those addy book hijack mails) from a legit contact/friend, I fwd the url to my K2 to open. I figure any #malware or #virus would realize where it is, go *WTF* and simply refuse to execute.

  22. Much to the chagrin of GF, and amusement of friends I'm still rocking a #Blackberry #KEY2 as my daily drive. Released in 2018 its battery needs a mid afternoon boost to make it thru the day, but its still android and it still runs everything, albeit slowly.

    Whenever I get a fishy email (like one of those addy book hijack mails) from a legit contact/friend, I fwd the url to my K2 to open. I figure any #malware or #virus would realize where it is, go *WTF* and simply refuse to execute.

  23. Much to the chagrin of GF, and amusement of friends I'm still rocking a #Blackberry #KEY2 as my daily drive. Released in 2018 its battery needs a mid afternoon boost to make it thru the day, but its still android and it still runs everything, albeit slowly.

    Whenever I get a fishy email (like one of those addy book hijack mails) from a legit contact/friend, I fwd the url to my K2 to open. I figure any #malware or #virus would realize where it is, go *WTF* and simply refuse to execute.

  24. Much to the chagrin of GF, and amusement of friends I'm still rocking a as my daily drive. Released in 2018 its battery needs a mid afternoon boost to make it thru the day, but its still android and it still runs everything, albeit slowly.

    Whenever I get a fishy email (like one of those addy book hijack mails) from a legit contact/friend, I fwd the url to my K2 to open. I figure any or would realize where it is, go *WTF* and simply refuse to execute.

  25. Much to the chagrin of GF, and amusement of friends I'm still rocking a #Blackberry #KEY2 as my daily drive. Released in 2018 its battery needs a mid afternoon boost to make it thru the day, but its still android and it still runs everything, albeit slowly.

    Whenever I get a fishy email (like one of those addy book hijack mails) from a legit contact/friend, I fwd the url to my K2 to open. I figure any #malware or #virus would realize where it is, go *WTF* and simply refuse to execute.

  26. @iamstu I get disapproving looks in public (and the kids roll their eyes) but I'm still rocking my #KEY2 - the last #Blackberry !

    Before then I had a PRIV (the slider), though I never used the keyboard; phone felt... unwieldly when the keyboard was out. Before that, a Z10 - last of the removable batteries - which only had on-screen keyboard.

    I tell you, I've fallen for the KEY2. If this one dies, I'll probably find a refurb KEY2. Is it fast? no. But it just *works*.. at least for what I need.

  27. @iamstu I get disapproving looks in public (and the kids roll their eyes) but I'm still rocking my #KEY2 - the last #Blackberry !

    Before then I had a PRIV (the slider), though I never used the keyboard; phone felt... unwieldly when the keyboard was out. Before that, a Z10 - last of the removable batteries - which only had on-screen keyboard.

    I tell you, I've fallen for the KEY2. If this one dies, I'll probably find a refurb KEY2. Is it fast? no. But it just *works*.. at least for what I need.

  28. @iamstu I get disapproving looks in public (and the kids roll their eyes) but I'm still rocking my #KEY2 - the last #Blackberry !

    Before then I had a PRIV (the slider), though I never used the keyboard; phone felt... unwieldly when the keyboard was out. Before that, a Z10 - last of the removable batteries - which only had on-screen keyboard.

    I tell you, I've fallen for the KEY2. If this one dies, I'll probably find a refurb KEY2. Is it fast? no. But it just *works*.. at least for what I need.

  29. @[email protected] I get disapproving looks in public (and the kids roll their eyes) but I'm still rocking my - the last !

    Before then I had a PRIV (the slider), though I never used the keyboard; phone felt... unwieldly when the keyboard was out. Before that, a Z10 - last of the removable batteries - which only had on-screen keyboard.

    I tell you, I've fallen for the KEY2. If this one dies, I'll probably find a refurb KEY2. Is it fast? no. But it just *works*.. at least for what I need.

  30. @iamstu I get disapproving looks in public (and the kids roll their eyes) but I'm still rocking my #KEY2 - the last #Blackberry !

    Before then I had a PRIV (the slider), though I never used the keyboard; phone felt... unwieldly when the keyboard was out. Before that, a Z10 - last of the removable batteries - which only had on-screen keyboard.

    I tell you, I've fallen for the KEY2. If this one dies, I'll probably find a refurb KEY2. Is it fast? no. But it just *works*.. at least for what I need.