It’s been less than 24 hours since the name of BlackBerry’s Android-powered device was suggested to be the BlackBerry Priv, but it’s now been confirmed by BlackBerry themselves in their earnings report released today. Talking about their device roadmap for the future, BlackBerry says that the Priv will be available this “calendar year in major markets in-store and online” and says that more details will be coming soon. Here’s an excerpt of BlackBerry’s report describing the Priv:
“The company will launch a flagship slider device, Priv, which will run on the Android operating system, bringing together the best of BlackBerry security and productivity with the expansive mobile application ecosystem available on the Android platform.”
BlackBerry was careful to emphasize that the Priv would have “best in class security”, though we’ll have to see exactly how this ties in with the recent collaboration between Google and BlackBerry on Android for Work and BES12. In its report, it was revealed BlackBerry is still making 41% of its revenue from hardware, so we wonder just how much more money BlackBerry is going to be making once the Priv goes live.
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Source: BlackBerry via engadget
