1. morfinpower's Avatar
    World�s most secure Android phone vows to �replace� and �dominate� BlackBerry

    How hard is is to �dominate� a company whose mobile platform has an estimated 0.4% of the market? Probably more difficult than Silent Circle, the company behind the security-centric Blackphone, thinks. As Gizmodo reports, Silent Circle security specialist Mike Janke was positively beating his chest at Mobile World Congress this week talking about the new Blackphone 2, which he implied spells the end of BlackBerry once and for all.

    �We�re replacing BlackBerry, we don�t care that BlackBerry�s CEO is throwing nasty things about us onto Twitter,� he said. �We�re going to dominate them.�

    Why are we skeptical of this happening? Largely because Silent Circle made similar boasts about the Blackphone last year and its security didn�t quite live up to the hype. In fact, last summer one hacker managed to figure out how to root the Blackphone in a mere five minutes, although the company quickly issued a patch to fix this particular vulnerability.

    Then again, Blackphone is adding a lot more security features to its new devices so we�ll just have to wait and see how well they hold up. In the meantime, though, we should also remember that the remaining BlackBerry diehards are fiercely loyal and aren�t going to be swept away by an upstart Android manufacturer anytime soon, even if it does deliver on its security promises.

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    05-17-15 12:54 PM
  2. diegonei's Avatar
    Then again, Blackphone is adding a lot more security features to its new devices so we’ll just have to wait and see how well they hold up. In the meantime, though, we should also remember that the remaining BlackBerry diehards are fiercely loyal and aren’t going to be swept away by an upstart Android manufacturer anytime soon, even if it does deliver on its security promises.
    And this is why wallstreet should rethink how it treats BlackBerry stock. Till there is real proof a BlackBerry isn't fundamentally more secure than other platforms, there will always be a market for BlackBerry devices.

    Blackphone can do better? Good. Let them try. I really hope they can. Then BlackBerry can top that off.

    Competition is good.
    05-17-15 01:00 PM
  3. Kanishk Amin's Avatar
    Well, I never knew about Blackphone. It has the Blackphone 2 coming soon or maybe already out, whatever. I saw the review and yes they have some features that they are calling "private" but I guess many of them or maybe all are already present in Android, except for Silent call and text, which BTW is a stupid and a useless feature.
    But it has one great feature, that even Android has and I guess all other OSes have except for our own BlackBerry and that is "Application lock" feature. Yes, I know I can lock the phone, but what if, I just wanna lock a few apps and not the whole phone? I guess I can't do that with my BlackBerry.
    But then again, I'll always wait for BlackBerry to provide me with this feature and hopefully we have it in 10.4

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    05-17-15 01:26 PM
  4. zocster's Avatar
    moved to android ...
    05-17-15 01:50 PM

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