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Blackphone launches PrivatOS update with new phone and tablet to boot

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Posted by Rich Edmonds on 2 Mar 2015 5:57 am
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[custom:mwc15] Geekphone and Silent Circle today announced an update to its enterprise privacy platform PrivatOS, alongside the Blackphone 2 and a tablet dubbed the Blackphone+. The new hardware is promised to be more secure with privacy in mind than other solutions available on the market.

Blackphone's PrivatOS to get an update with privacy-focused app store next year

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Posted by Harish Jonnalagadda on 9 Dec 2014 8:10 am
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Rocking a Blackphone? The anti-surveillance device manufacturer has announced updates for its PrivatOS, a custom OS running on a forked version of Android KitKat that offers several privacy features like end-to-end encryption between two Blackphone users. The new version of PrivatOS, which will be rolling out to users next year, features an app store with content curated by the Blackphone team...

Makers of the privacy-focused Blackphone say they're working on a tablet

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Posted by Dan Thorp-Lancaster on 10 Oct 2014 3:37 pm
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Silent Circle, the maker of the privacy-focused Blackphone, announced that the company is planning to release a privacy-minded tablet. Jon Callas, founder of the Silent Circle company that produces encrypted communication at the heart the Blackphone, said "we are going to have a tablet soon."

Blackphone fires back: 'BlackBerry betrayed its customers and jettisoned its credibility'

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Posted by Simon Sage on 15 Jul 2014 1:59 pm
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The folks working on the security-centric Android-powered Blackphone have posted a rebuttal to the criticisms made by BlackBerry recently. The piece focuses primarily on BlackBerry's poor market performance, dwindling stock price, and ultimate reliance on competing platforms.

Blackphone is now shipping to security-conscious consumers

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Posted by Rich Edmonds on 30 Jun 2014 7:55 am
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Blackphone is a sturdy smartphone focusing on nothing more than user privacy and security. The Android mobile device focuses on rigorous security and is now shipping to the first wave of purchasers. For those who aren't familiar with the device itself, it's a result of a partnership between Spanish manufacturer Geeksphone and security company Silent Circle. Using a "security-orientated" Android...

In three weeks, Blackphone hopes to satisfy privacy concerns

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Posted by Chuong H Nguyen on 15 Jun 2014 8:49 pm
Blackphone will ship its privacy-centric phone in three weeks
After having been available for preorder since the beginning of the year, the privacy-centric Blackphone will be shipping in three weeks for $629. The device is pitched as an Android smartphone that's designed around security and privacy, both areas of growing concerns with the rise of malicious software, hacks, and government surveillance.

Security-focused Blackphone decides on Tegra 4i

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Posted by Richard Devine on 28 Apr 2014 6:47 am
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The super-security focused Blackphone was first announced at Mobile World Congress in February, but today we're learning a little more about what makes it tick. Initial launch materials didn't specify exactly which CPU would be powering the Blackphone, but today sees the announcement that it will in fact be a Tegra 4i.

Security-conscious Blackphone now available for preorder

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Posted by Simon Sage on 24 Feb 2014 10:05 am
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After making a healthy splash following its announcement, the Blackphone is ready to preorder for $629 and will be shipping in June. The Blackphone runs a version of Android they're calling PrivatOS, which, as the name suggests, aims to provide users with the utmost security and privacy. From a pure specs standpoint, the Blackphone packs a 4.7" HD IPS screen, 2 GHz quad-core CPU, 2 GB of RAM...

'Blackphone' aims to be a secure Android experience

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Posted by Phil Nickinson on 15 Jan 2014 9:16 am
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Preorders for joint venture between Geeksphone and Silent Circle to begin at Mobile World Congress Coming next month at Mobile World Congress, we should get a look at the "Blackphone," a joint venture between Geeksphone (you know them as being an early CyanogenMod supporter) and Silent Circle. BlackPhone aims to give a traditional Android experience that "prioritizes the user's privacy and...