Yup. Itu official!
Launch date 17 December @ Frankfurt, Singapore and NYC .




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Guest we have to wait and see

Try look AT DirectD or 1gadgetdotcom

One more day before the launch!!! so excited!!!

As most folks should know by now, in addition to the traditional navigation keys, the BlackBerry Classic also sees the return of time-saving default shortcuts that were missing from previous BlackBerry 10 smartphones. Sure, BlackBerry 10 launched with around 200 shortcuts included, but some of those that many felt 'made a BlackBerry a BlackBerry' were missing. The BlackBerry Classic fixes that in a few ways.

Rather than just adding the old shortcuts back into the operating system they've actually improved upon them.
One is through the default shortcuts, and the other is through the BlackBerry 10.3.1 software which allows you to customize the shortcuts to suit your personal needs. You can set letter specific speed dials, shortcuts to launch apps, and even customize which letters launch the compose action, which is not linked into any one type of message. This means you can set the shortcut to compose an email, a BBM message, or even a tweet.

Have a look at some of the default actions built into the OS:

Launch the Browser – B
Compose a Message – Within the BlackBerry Hub – C
Launch the Weather App – W
Launch the Calculator – U
Launch BBM – N
Lock BlackBerry Classic – K
Toggle Notification Modes – Q
Launch Settings – O
Open Contacts/Address Book – A
Launch Help – H
Create a new Note - D
Launch Phone - P
Launch Clock - R
Use these shortcuts in the Hub and email to be even more productive:

R - Reply to Message
L - Reply to All
F - Forward Message
T - Go to top of inbox (or message)
B - Go to bottom of inbox (or message) N - Move to the next date
P - Move to the previous date
U - Move to the next unopened item
S - Search inbox

I understand your concern. Blackberry device is all about productivity. Having a trackpad or "touch-sensitive" keyboard (For BB passport) will allow the user hands always on the keyboard and not the screen. With practice, user can focus on constructing email and messages without the hassle of touching and holding the screen for edditing purposes.

Celcom is selling BlackBerry Classic at 1588. I think it's a fair price (y)

Yup. Q10 starting price is around 2200++ I think. So the Classic which is a definite upgrade of Q10, selling just below 1600 is a good deal.preloaded with 10.3 some more..

By next month we should be able to test it at Celcom BlueCube.

It's coming next week!!


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it looked so sleek and stylish

So how is it man? What's your early review of the Classic?

Anybody founds any Celcom outlet that have Classic demo unit?
Thinking of testing the QWERTY keyboard.

Works perfectly after downloading it from Amazon Appstore. This version is better than the one in BlackBerry World. Either way, WAZE is available

Awesome!! Will definitely check it out this Weekend

That is Celcom Wifi bro. Some places (shopping malls) you can detect there is a Celcom Wifi where only Celcom subscribers can log in and use the network. It's a bummer that they still track how much bandwidth you use in these so called special Wifi area.

Welcome to the world of physical keyboard!

Yup. You can sync it with your gmail account fot contacts and calender information.