This is a unique phone with good specs if anyone interested can try the old blackberry os.specs below http://m.gsmarena.com/blackberry_passport-6457.php
OS BlackBerry OS 10.3, upgradable to 10.3.2
Chipset Qualcomm MSM8974AA Snapdragon 801
CPU Quad-core 2.26 GHz Krait 400
this is clearly a relic from another era
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At the right price, I'd consider one, for pure curiosity's sake. The 'right price' for me is around 150. I've never seen it priced this low; it is a decent handset considering so few come with tactile keypads these days. So that adds to the uniqueness. Otherwise, I dislike the shape and sharp edges…always did.
This is much better than the outlandish prices of the past. You can pretty much say it's fairly-priced now, considering its uniqueness. Too bad Windows Phone and Blackberry lost the apps race.
I sort of agree however I would possibly buy a Windows Phone as you can get by with their apps if force to but with BB?
I am sure I will sound paranoid and silly with this, but seeing as I already know I am (Silly that is): Every time I hear something about BlackBerry I think about phone users with encryption, and I am sure that most people could not afford the service anyway. From the news chatter about our governments frustration at Australians who have access to encryption services when our agencies here cannot listen in to calls using such encryption (Now that all internet and phone traffic of every Australian - metadata only I am sure - is captured and stored for 5 years in case someone wants to see what you were up to yesterday or 5 years ago). The making of a new law that requires tech companies to give Australian government back door access to Aussie users and bypass that encryption they pay for, I assumed that BlackBerry was one of those devices that offers encryption for a price (I guess that makes having encryption pointless if back doors are made for Australian government to listen in to all Aussies with encrypted services). Of course I cannot see how Turnbull ranting about a newly made up Aussie law directed at some server owner in Mexico will make them hand over all of their paid customers content. I find the whole reasoning behind mass interception of the public and surveillance of all Australians rather confusing not to think about the cost to tax payers. Why bother with all that when anyone who really wants to be invisible will be so anyway with ToR.
Tor? Better read up on that. It's not making anyone invisible.
Welcome to the world of total surveillance. Those who just look at 'laws' are lost. It's been going on for ages. Laws are for the muppets. If half the people knew half the things that are going on…
American government control most entry / exit nodes, no one is safe using TOR. i2p is loads better.
There's no numbers on that keyboard.
I don't understand the appeal of these BB keyboards. The buttons are so small that typing on them can't be very fast. I'd have to use my pinky just to avoid fat fingering the adjacent buttons.
Would be much quicker to type using the on screen KB.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yn6DRcUFj8Y
Keys have decent surface area, so typing shouldn't be too hard.
I see now. They still need some on screen keyboard to cover the missing keys. Buttons are a bit bigger than they look here. Still going to be slower to type than on screen keyboard though.
bb typing is fuzzy/predictive. you only have to hit a key in the right area, not necessarily the exact key
I love my passport, but it now sits in my draw collecting dust as BB pulled support and stop updating it about a year ago, even popular apps like whatsapp pulled support. Yes, you can sideload android apps but they're unreliable and buggy.
Hey mate , has you considered sell your passport on Ebay ?
Ex BB Z10 user here, loved BB OS10 especially Hub and gesture but with BB and many popular apps pulled the plug on OS10, I don't think it is a good idea to buy a OS10 device now. I have sadly moved on to Android :(
I have done some research that we could actually install Google Play service on OS10 , but not sure how reliable and useful on this way to get latest app. Agree with other comment that it might worth $150 for a pure personal assistant device with all the build in APP like (email , browser, memo etc) and isolate with all the other populate updated APP .
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I hope this is a joke.
Edit: From research, this actually isn't the worst deal, but the RRP on the site is complete bullshit.