{"id":5243,"date":"2015-11-11T16:27:05","date_gmt":"2015-11-11T16:27:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/\/?p=5243"},"modified":"2015-11-11T16:27:05","modified_gmt":"2015-11-11T16:27:05","slug":"linked-blackberry-priv-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/2015\/11\/11\/linked-blackberry-priv-review\/","title":{"rendered":"Linked: &#8220;BlackBerry Priv Review&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/blackberry-priv-review-blackberry-may-win-you-back-with-android-1446786132\">via WSJ<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\n<em>Let\u2019s be real, though. If you\u2019re eyeing this phone, you\u2019re after its secret weapon, a four-row physical keyboard that slides out firmly from under the screen, trundle-bed style.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Typing on real keys with a phablet-sized 5.4-inch screen towering over them is odd at first, but once I found my acrobatic balance, my fingers were scurrying around at up to 60 words per minute. That\u2019s about 20% faster than I type on my iPhone (though still 15% slower than on the BlackBerry Classic\u2019s larger, wider, backlit keyboard).<\/em>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>I\u2019m very jealous. A lot of Apple bloggers have jumped on to remark that we\u2019ve moved past hardware keyboards but it\u2019s easy to say that when you only use Apple devices in which a majority of the company\u2019s revenues are from devices with software keyboards. I miss hardware keyboards. I rarely type on my iPhone or iPad and when I do, it\u2019s about 90 seconds to type out a single sentence because every word is incorrect or correct and AutoCorrect changes it to something else entirely. I use real keyboards to get work done.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>If the Priv ran iOS, you can bet I\u2019d be lining up to buy one. It\u2019s a shame that you either choose a company that respects your privacy or you choose the other guy (Google). The fact that the only remaining Google services I use are Voice &amp; YouTube, I could never use a Google Android phone and not feel guilty about it and unfortunately, it seems the Blackberry Priv is the only device with a modern processor and hardware keyboard.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>If Blackberry wants to send me one to review, I\u2019d use it exclusively for a month without the Google services enabled. I love Apple but lacking a hardware keyboard is something I really miss every time I try to type out a sentence on my phone.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"via WSJ: Let\u2019s be real, though. If you\u2019re eyeing this phone, you\u2019re after its secret weapon, a four-row&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_seo_schema_type":"","apple_news_api_created_at":"2016-03-17T02:07:31Z","apple_news_api_id":"8b1e8dbb-d13c-4e1b-8d5b-01b14a1e05c8","apple_news_api_modified_at":"2016-03-17T02:07:31Z","apple_news_api_revision":"AAAAAAAAAAD\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/w==","apple_news_api_share_url":"https:\/\/apple.news\/Aix6Nu9E8ThuNWwGxSh4FyA","apple_news_cover_media_provider":"image","apple_news_coverimage":0,"apple_news_coverimage_caption":"","apple_news_cover_video_id":0,"apple_news_cover_video_url":"","apple_news_cover_embedwebvideo_url":"","apple_news_is_hidden":"","apple_news_is_paid":"","apple_news_is_preview":"","apple_news_is_sponsored":"","apple_news_maturity_rating":"","apple_news_metadata":"\"\"","apple_news_pullquote":"","apple_news_pullquote_position":"","apple_news_slug":"","apple_news_sections":[],"apple_news_suppress_video_url":false,"apple_news_use_image_component":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"csco_singular_sidebar":"","csco_page_header_type":"","csco_custom_appearance":"","csco_disable_excerpt_posts_layout":false,"csco_page_load_nextpost":"","csco_post_video_location":[],"csco_post_video_location_hash":"","csco_post_video_url":"","csco_post_video_bg_start_time":0,"csco_post_video_bg_end_time":0,"_jetpack_hide_featured_image":false,"_jetpack_featured_image_duplicate_dismissed":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5243","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-linked","cs-entry","cs-video-wrap"],"apple_news_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pb3IC4-1mz","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":6942,"url":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/2017\/06\/29\/technology-ten-years-of-iphone\/","url_meta":{"origin":5243,"position":0},"title":"Technology: Ten Years of iPhone","author":"Adam Chandler","date":"June 29, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"Theres\u2019 a lot to say about iPhone on its 10th anniversary. I\u2019ve spent an hour today reading many of the posts discussing the impact on us as a society and as individuals.\u00a0 I\u2019ve waited in line for nearly every iPhone except that rumored white iPhone 4S back in the day\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Technology&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Technology","link":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/category\/technology\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"I heart iphone","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm2.staticflickr.com\/1349\/828382161_a4240f412b_z.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":5499,"url":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/2016\/02\/26\/technology-one-week-with-a-blackberry-bold\/","url_meta":{"origin":5243,"position":1},"title":"Technology: One Week with a BlackBerry Bold","author":"Adam Chandler","date":"February 26, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"I have a suspicion that everyone reading knew how this would end. They knew I wouldn\u2019t be happy and they watched as I spent my hard-earned money buying a device released the same year as the 4th Generation iPhone (my favorite model by the way). I celebrated unboxing the Blackberry\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Technology&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Technology","link":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/category\/technology\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Blackberry Bold 9930 Unboxing","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm2.staticflickr.com\/1653\/24851978206_44e81fd541_z.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm2.staticflickr.com\/1653\/24851978206_44e81fd541_z.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm2.staticflickr.com\/1653\/24851978206_44e81fd541_z.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":6079,"url":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/2016\/08\/15\/linked-in-senate-blackberry-era-officially-over\/","url_meta":{"origin":5243,"position":2},"title":"Linked: &#8220;In Senate, Blackberry Era Officially Over&#8221;","author":"Adam Chandler","date":"August 15, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"via Bomble (whatever that is): The reign of the Blackberry lasted a good decade or more in Congress, early on due to the advanced nature of the devices and obsession with email checking. Even when the iPhone and Androids came about, the Blackberry still kept the throne for awhile because\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Linked&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Linked","link":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/category\/linked\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":11807,"url":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/2023\/02\/06\/technology-about-the-ipad-in-2023\/","url_meta":{"origin":5243,"position":3},"title":"Technology: About the iPad in 2023","author":"Adam Chandler","date":"February 6, 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"The 2022 Six Colors Report Card reminded me that I needed to write something about iPad. Here\u2019s the excerpt: The iPad took a precipitous fall to its lowest score in the history of this survey. There was some praise for the iPad 9th generation, but even that product got dinged\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Technology&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Technology","link":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/category\/technology\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Aople 12 9 M1 iPad Pro + iPhone Pro Max","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/51521442289_ff0f6e334b_b.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/51521442289_ff0f6e334b_b.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/51521442289_ff0f6e334b_b.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/51521442289_ff0f6e334b_b.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":3023,"url":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/2011\/09\/01\/to-all-pc-manufactures-trying-to-copy-apples-design\/","url_meta":{"origin":5243,"position":4},"title":"\u2605 To all PC manufactures trying to copy Apple&#8217;s design:","author":"Adam Chandler","date":"September 1, 2011","format":false,"excerpt":"You can invest millions into copying Apple's beautiful hardware, making notebooks thinner and integrating the computer into the LED display and improving on the touchpad and increasing the battery life and making swell backlit keyboards. You can do a fantastic job copying Apple's hardware. At the end of the day,\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Technology&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Technology","link":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/category\/technology\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":12224,"url":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/2024\/01\/17\/technology-more-apple-vision-pro-thoughts-despite-having-no-experience-using-the-device\/","url_meta":{"origin":5243,"position":5},"title":"Technology: More Apple Vision Pro Thoughts despite having no experience using the device","author":"Adam Chandler","date":"January 17, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"In June, my day-of remarks focused on my preference of not purchasing a Version 1 of a new Apple platform, the price and overall my case that this is going to be a great first version. Apple makes platforms and Apple Vision Pro on launch will be a promising new\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Technology&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Technology","link":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/category\/technology\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]}],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5243","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5243"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5243\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5243"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5243"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5243"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}