Blackberry Is Reintroducing Its Physical Keyboards

Two years after the underwhelming release of the KEY2 LE, BlackBerry is once again making a comeback, this time under the helm of Texas-based startup OnwardMobility. The American company has now acquired the BlackBerry license and plans to release an inaugural model as early as next year. While information regarding the upcoming smartphone remains scarce at this time, we know that it’ll run on Android, have 5G support, and of course, carry the brand’s emblematic physical keyboard, which OnwardMobility says will be created in-house from fresh, instead of simply reusing old designs.

“We see a lot of enterprise experiences being enabled by 5G,” OnwardMobility CEO Peter Franklin told the The Register. “Productivity, along with security, is enabled by 5G in many ways. Your business executive running these mission-critical apps will benefit greatly when you have 10 to 100 times faster speeds with [lower] latency.” “Top of mind for us is not just making the most secure and productive device, but also being an everyday device,” he continued. “That means things like a top-notch camera, and the other specs you’d expect from your day-to-day phone. Simultaneously, we know that we must be competitive, and so is our pricing.” Elsewhere in tech, Apple is now worth $2 trillion USD.

WALD Releases a Rugged "Black Bison" Kit for the Suzuki Jimny

WALD, known for its VIP styling kits for luxury German automotive brands like Mercedes-Benz, has just given North America another reason to hanker for the Suzuki Jimny. Straying from its affinity for dressing up sleek sedans, the tuner has chosen the compact Jimny 4×4 and given in a rugged makeover kit.

The Black Bison Edition kit is something between a G-Wagon and a Jeep Rubicon, with its Over Fender Kit (an 8-part aero kit that makes each side of the Jimny 30mm wider), LED light bars, JAPAMERICANA Grille, bonnet scoop cover, smoked indicators, spare tire cover, roof spoiler, and chrome accents. Each body piece is also available in the choice of either ABS or FRP. Fully-kitting out your Jimny won’t come cheap, however, as the price for each part runs from ¥22,770 JPY ($215 USD) for the basic components, up to ¥78,747 JPY ($745 USD) for the main parts like the hood and the light bar. Head over to nengun to see the full build. In other automotive news, Ferrari’s second-quarter earnings are down 60 percent.