BlackBerry unveils Android phone in new reboot effort

Blackberry used to be very popular for business. I know a few companies still using them, but I also know the people stuck using them would rather a 'real' smart phone. Blackberries always had the same problem, the screen is too damn small and nearly impossible to read. There is no workspace on the display if you need to do any kind of word processing or similar. The keyboard is also tiny and somewhat antiquated. Sadly, the traditional Blackberry has become 'retro' and only a major overhaul will regain their market share.

Physical buttons! Boy, I sure miss those!

But if they would just redesign the keyboard so that it slides down and exposes a bigger screen, or slides out from below the screen. that would be really nice!

Also I would like to see a hands-free set that either recharges directly from the phone, or has the wire wind up into the body of the phone then dock seamless to the phone....and that has a lot to do with the way my stupid android phone screen goes blank during calls if I don't use a hands-free making it difficult to hang up...unless I set the one lousy physical key I have to hang up...which means its useless for other things....grrrr....

The only attractive feature BBs have is the physical keyboard, but with the dictation-to-text technology more and more refined, who needs it? I don't know about Cortana and Google Play, but Siri is close to exact when transcribing what you you want in your message.