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TCL Brings BlackBerry Motion to the US, Will Launch Two New BlackBerry Phones in 2018 BlackBerry-branded smartphones from Chinese smartphone maker TCL  may not be the top choice for every Android enthusiast , but it seems the phones got enough attention to warrant follow-ups. Last year’s BlackBerry KEYone , which launched at MWC 2017 , was an attempt to merge BlackBerry’s security and enterprise strengths with the flexibility and popularity of Android. It’s the first of more to come: At its press conference during the 2018 Consumer Electronics Show, the company announced that it’ll release “at least two” new smartphones later this year, each of which will have  a physical keyboard . BlackBerry also announced a new Bronze color variant for the BlackBerry KEYone at the event: The Bronze Edition KEYone. It sports a matte bronze look complemented by a textured black back panel, and drops the standard KEYone’s microSD card slot in favor of a second SIM t...

Official Android Oreo Update Rolling out to the OnePlus 5 (OxygenOS 5.0) When it comes to the Android Oreo update, OnePlus has promised to release the update for most of its devices before the end of the year. The 8.0 stable update has already officially rolled out for the OnePlus 3/3T  before the latest OnePlus 5 or 5T. For the OnePlus 5, the company promised an OxygenOS -based Android Oreo beta before December, and they delivered . The company also promised to release a stable OTA in early 2018, but it looks like OnePlus has somewhat shifted their timeline to give OnePlus 5 owners a little Christmas present: OxygenOS 5.0, based on stable Android Oreo, is now officially rolling out to the OnePlus 5. The OxygenOS 5.0 update was officially announced on the OnePlus Community Forums earlier today, and it’s officially available as an incremental rollout initially starting in Canada, Germany, Finland, and Hong Kong, with a wider rollout to become available later on. OnePlus has als...