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Silent Circle Blackphone - Out in June for $630 US

posted by mattie_p on Monday February 24 2014, @03:29PM   Printer-friendly
from the security-will-cost-you dept.

fliptop writes:

"Promising that orders will start shipping in June, Silent Circle has announced the Blackphone is ready for pre-orders. (Domain registered in Switzerland)

Touted as 'The high-end smartphone which puts privacy and security ahead of everything else' the Blackphone has a 4.7" screen, 2GHz quad-core CPU and 16GB storage. It also includes several Silent Circle apps.

The Blackphone makes use of a customized version of Android called PrivatOS, is fully unlocked, and the encryption can be used on any compatible network. Purchase includes a 1-year subscription to the apps; after that it's $10 a month (in addition to your carrier's charges).

In order to take advantage of the encryption, the other person you're communicating with has to have their own Blackphone or use Silent Circle apps on their Android or iOS phone."

 
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  • (Score: 1) by corey on Monday February 24 2014, @09:29PM

    by corey (2202) on Monday February 24 2014, @09:29PM (#6318)

    I agree on most fronts but I struggle to type legibly using the onscreen keyboard of my Galaxy Nexus. Its a big phone, I'd hate smaller onscreen keys. My fingers are thin too.

    Thankfully it has a decent spellchecker. But it works overtime on this.

    I just typed Thabkfukky instead of thankfully. Heh

  • (Score: 2) by mcgrew on Tuesday February 25 2014, @10:22AM

    by mcgrew (701) on Tuesday February 25 2014, @10:22AM (#6612) Homepage Journal

    I struggle to type on any glass, even on my daughter's tablet, so I just don't. If I want to type I wait until I have my laptop. If there's only a sentence or two I use its speech to text and avoid the typing (sometimes that can be almost as frustrating as trying to type on a phone).

    I have to say, my newer phone is a hell of a lot easier to type on than my old feature phone with its qwerty keyboard and teeny tiny keys. But I still avoid typing on it.

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    • (Score: 1) by corey on Thursday February 27 2014, @05:49PM

      by corey (2202) on Thursday February 27 2014, @05:49PM (#8130)

      I fully understand. My fingers get sore joints (the endmost joints) from typing on glass. I think its the constant minor shock of hitting/tapping something solid. That's where a keyboard doesn't have the same effect, it has shock absorption.

      Probably all just RSI or the like from years of computer use.