Official roll out of BlackBerry 10.3.1 begins, brings BlackBerry Blend, Assistant and thousands of apps

BlackBerry has started rolling out BlackBerry OS 10.3.1 globally for Blackberry 10 devices including BlackBerry Passport, BlackBerry Z3, BlackBerry Z30, BlackBerry Z10, BlackBerry Q10, BlackBerry Q5, BlackBerry Porsche Design P’9983 and P’9982 smartphones. BlackBerry Classic that was released recently in December comes pre-loaded with BlackBerry 10.3.1.

The latest update brings with it several new enhancements and features including BlackBerry Blend and BlackBerry Assistant as well as improvements in BlackBerry Hub, battery, camera, calendar, multimedia and much more. The new OS version will also give the user access to thousands of apps through two app stores – the BlackBerry World storefront and the Amazon Appstore. The BlackBerry 10.3.1 also features an instant action bar and updated icons.

BlackBerry Blend will let you access your BlackBerry phone’s messaging and other content such as documents, contacts, calendar and media on your computer or tablet. It works on many OS including Windows, Android, Mac and iOS.

 BlackBerry Assistant is an intelligent voice-activated personal assistant like Google Now, Siri and Cortana. It can be used for text and voice commands and assists the user in managing both work and personal tasks such as email, contacts, calendar and other apps.

Then there’s the BlackBerry Hub with Instant Actions. It helps the users to better manage all their conversations including texts, emails, phone calls, BBM and social media. With Instant Actions users can instantly organize their Inbox without accessing each individual message and quickly change their communication mode from email to SMS, voice call or meeting invitation.

The BlackBerry 10.3.1 update also brings with it other features including time saving keyboard shortcuts, new camera functions, boost to battery life, better sound media, ability to add songs, photos or videos to favorites for quick access, new meeting mode option and weekly agenda view in calendar and BBM meetings to work smarter.

BlackBerry 10.3.1 has started rolling out in Europe, Africa, the Middle East and Asia Pacific. Download notification will be received in the BlackBerry Hub.

 

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Official roll out of BlackBerry 10.3.1 begins, brings BlackBerry Blend, Assistant and thousands of apps

New BlackBerry Porsche Design on the Works

With BlackBerry Porsche Design P’9983 released just last month and went on sale this month, BlackBerry and Porsche Design are going to redesign one generation before this model, the BlackBerry Porsche Design P9982. The new design will be based on Z10 and similar to P9981, the design will be with all-black configuration.

The Black on black will be supposedly released by the beginning of November while other colours like Black on cognac/red/aquagreen will be available from mid-November onwards. Beside the new colour design, the rework model will run on BlackBerry 10.3 which includes BlackBerry Assistant. BlackBerry Assistant is the virtual personal assistant similar to Siri (Apple), Cortana(Microsoft) and Google Now (Google).

BlackBerry P9982comes with 9 hours of talk time, 64GB of internal storage, 4.2-inch display screen and 8MP Rear Camera. The body is made of the finest quality of stainless steel, with a satin finish complemented by hand-wrapped Italian leather back door. It lets you access all your messages with a single swipe. A new feature, BlackBerry Priority Hub will organize your message with the most important message at the top so that you can focus on more important matters. You can also see all the attachments you have sent and received in one place.

There is no change on the pricing, the device will still priced at around $2000 mark.

New BlackBerry Porsche Design on the Works

BlackBerry Porsche Design P’9983 with BlackBerry 10.3 and BlackBerry Assistant goes official

Yesterday BlackBerry announced its latest Porsche Design P’9983. Few days back the company went out announcing its BlackBerry Passport that has some very premium specs. However, the BlackBerry Porsche Design is believed to break the ice and is powered with the latest BlackBerry 10.3. The handset comes with a 3.1inch Super AMOLED display having 720×720 pixel resolution. The handset is powered with a dual-core 1.2GHZ Snapdragon S4 Plus MSM8960 processor, a 2GB of RAM support, 64GB of built-in storage and 128GB of microSD card slot support. At is back lies a powerful 8MP primary snapper while the front hosts a 2MP secondary snapper. The connectivity options for the device include NFC and Bluetooth. The handset comes with a battery capacity of 2100mAh.

This new BlackBerry handset comes with it newly released BlackBerry Assistant that is similar application to Windows Cortana and serves as a personal assistant helping you to respond to your texts and emails, schedule a meeting, get directions and much more. This personal assistant will respond to users based on their location. Users of this latest Porsche Design handset would get a special PIN number. However, if you are looking for this device in the near future, make sure your pockets are filled up with a whopping $2000.

The BlackBerry Porsche Design P’9983 comes with QWERTY keypad that is equipped with auto-correction also suggesting the next word of type. Through BBM Video, members of the messaging apps allows you to video chat and the BlackBerry Natural Sound technology boosts BBM Voice sound to very great levels. The icing on the cake is the BlackBerry 10 Browser allowing pages to render quickly.

BlackBerry Porsche Design P’9983 with BlackBerry 10.3 and BlackBerry Assistant goes official