A brand new BlackBerry is coming, and yes, it has a keyboard

BlackBerry's back — again.  

In a CES news release, Chinese tech giant TCL's mobile branch, TCL Communications Technology (TCT) announced it's planning on reinvigorating the classic smartphone brand for 2017. 

TCL obtained a global smartphone software and brand licensing agreement in December, so this move shouldn't come as a complete shock. The company was also behind the poorly-received BlackBerry Android offerings from last year, which were the last handsets thought to be produced with the branding. 

According to the statement, the newest BlackBerry device (which appears to be named the "Mercury"), will be focused on three core features: security, productivity and reliability. And like its ancestors, it has an actual, honest-to-goodness physical QWERTY keyboard! Read more...