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After long rumors and leaks, BlackBerry has finally confirmed that it is working on an Android smartphone which is called Priv. As confirmed by BlackBerry CEO John Chen during BlackBerry’s second quarter financial results, BlackBerry’s first Android running smartphone will be a slider phone and it will be coming out later this year. “Today, I am confirming our plans to launch Priv, an Android device named after BlackBerry’s heritage and core mission of protecting our customers’ privacy,” wrote Chen. “Priv combines the best of BlackBerry security and productivity with the expansive mobile application ecosystem available on the Android platform.” BlackBerry believes that Priv, the Android running BlackBerry device will help the company to increase its revenues. The company is teasing it as the “flagship slider device. While Chen didn’t reveal any exact release date, but he said that more details about the phone will be made available in the coming weeks.

The New Year has kicked off with a bang as far as smartphones are concerned. We’ve seen quite a few launches in January from the most affordable LTE smartphone (Lenovo A6000) and Samsung’s first-ever Tizen smartphone, to Xiaomi’s much-awaited Mi 4. Here’s a list of 10 smartphones that launched this month. Lenovo A6000 Priced at just Rs 6,999, the Lenovo A6000 is one of the most affordable 4G LTE phone in the market today. The A6000 comes with a 5-inch HD, and under the hood is a Snapdragon 410 quad-core processor clocked at 1.2GHz and paired with 1GB of RAM. The smartphone also features an 8-megapixel rear camera, 2-megapixel front-facing camera, 8GB internal storage, microSD card slot, and a 2,300mAh battery. Connectivity options include LTE support, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, and on the software front it runs on Android KitKat. The Lenovo A6000 is available on Flipkart via weekly flash sales. Samsung Z1 Samsung finally launched its first Tizen-powered

BlackBerry 10.1 was a maintenance update for BlackBerry Z10 and Q10 devices which was released in July and after 3 months, BlackBerry has announced that  it’s  new BlackBerry 10.2 update would roll out for Z10 and Q10 this week. This new update will bring lots of new features which will include BlackBerry Priority Hub, BlackBerry Natural Sound for BBM and hundreds of new improvements. WHAT’S NEW IN BLACKBERRY 10.2 UPDATE Priority Hub  learns what conversations are most important and automatically puts those messages at the top of the  inbox BBM Video with Natural Sound  makes  conversations sound  more natural and realistic by capturing a wider sound spectrum that  are usually lost  in most cellular calls. Instant Previews of BBM, SMS and Email from any app  lets you see  email , BBM and SMS message previews in any app. You can also tailor these notifications to ensure you’re only notified as much as you want to be. BlackBerry Keyboard   now offers personalized next word