<s>
BlackBerry	B-Application
Mobile	I-Application
is	O
a	O
trading	O
name	O
that	O
was	O
used	O
by	O
TCL	O
Communication	O
between	O
December	O
2016	O
and	O
August	O
2020	O
to	O
manufacture	O
and	O
sell	O
BlackBerry	B-Operating_System
branded	O
devices	O
in	O
all	O
world	O
markets	O
,	O
excluding	O
the	O
regions	O
where	O
BB	O
Merah	O
Putih	O
(	O
Indonesia	O
)	O
and	O
Optiemus	O
Infracom	O
(	O
India	O
,	O
Bangladesh	O
,	O
Sri	O
Lanka	O
and	O
Nepal	O
)	O
operated	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
BlackBerry	B-Operating_System
Limited	O
,	O
the	O
creator	O
of	O
the	O
BlackBerry	B-Operating_System
brand	O
,	O
decided	O
in	O
2016	O
to	O
cease	O
competing	O
in	O
the	O
smartphone	B-Application
market	O
directly	O
,	O
to	O
focus	O
on	O
making	O
security	O
software	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
last	O
smartphone	B-Application
designed	O
and	O
manufactured	O
by	O
BlackBerry	B-Operating_System
Limited	O
was	O
the	O
BlackBerry	B-Application
Priv	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
TCL	O
Communication	O
(	O
which	O
had	O
already	O
manufactured	O
the	O
BlackBerry	B-Application
DTEK50	I-Application
and	O
DTEK60	B-Application
,	O
the	O
last	O
BlackBerry	B-Operating_System
devices	O
to	O
be	O
sold	O
directly	O
by	O
BlackBerry	B-Operating_System
Limited	O
)	O
was	O
charged	O
with	O
manufacturing	O
,	O
distributing	O
,	O
and	O
designing	O
BlackBerry-branded	O
devices	O
for	O
the	O
global	O
market	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
BlackBerry	B-Application
KEYone	I-Application
was	O
the	O
first	O
device	O
made	O
under	O
the	O
BlackBerry	B-Application
Mobile	I-Application
brand	O
,	O
although	O
it	O
was	O
partially	O
designed	O
by	O
BlackBerry	B-Operating_System
Limited	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
February	O
2020	O
,	O
it	O
was	O
announced	O
that	O
TCL	O
Corporation	O
would	O
stop	O
manufacturing	O
the	O
devices	O
on	O
August	O
31	O
,	O
2020	O
,	O
coinciding	O
with	O
the	O
end	O
of	O
their	O
access	O
to	O
the	O
BlackBerry	B-Operating_System
license	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
last	O
developed	O
phone	O
was	O
the	O
Blackberry	B-Operating_System
Key2LE	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
August	O
2020	O
,	O
BlackBerry	B-Operating_System
signed	O
a	O
new	O
licensing	O
agreement	O
for	O
smartphones	B-Application
with	O
the	O
US-based	O
startup	O
company	O
,	O
OnwardMobility	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
licenses	O
to	O
manufacture	O
and	O
sell	O
BlackBerry	B-Operating_System
devices	O
in	O
South	O
Asia	O
and	O
Indonesia	O
have	O
also	O
lapsed	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Devices	O
made	O
under	O
BlackBerry	B-Application
Mobile	I-Application
will	O
continue	O
to	O
be	O
shipped	O
running	O
Android	O
,	O
along	O
with	O
security	O
software	O
,	O
provided	O
by	O
BlackBerry	B-Operating_System
Limited	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
suite	O
of	O
software	O
includes	O
DTEK	O
,	O
BlackBerry	B-Application
Messenger	I-Application
,	O
and	O
BlackBerry	B-Operating_System
Hub	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Many	O
of	O
these	O
features	O
are	O
comparable	O
to	O
those	O
from	O
BlackBerry	B-Application
10	I-Application
,	O
BlackBerry	B-Operating_System
Ltd	O
's	O
former	O
flagship	O
operating	O
system	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
the	O
early	O
2000s	O
,	O
Research	O
In	O
Motion	O
Limited	O
,	O
other	O
known	O
as	O
RIM	O
,	O
became	O
dominant	O
in	O
the	O
mobile	O
industry	O
,	O
under	O
the	O
BlackBerry	B-Operating_System
brand	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
They	O
had	O
a	O
global	O
dominance	O
in	O
the	O
smartphone	B-Application
industry	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2007	O
,	O
RIM	O
had	O
the	O
highest	O
growth	O
of	O
the	O
BlackBerry	B-Operating_System
brand	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Afterward	O
,	O
they	O
slowly	O
lost	O
dominance	O
,	O
as	O
many	O
consumers	O
were	O
moving	O
towards	O
devices	O
like	O
the	O
iPhone	B-Device
from	O
Apple	O
and	O
the	O
Samsung	B-Operating_System
Galaxy	I-Operating_System
,	O
due	O
to	O
their	O
all-touchscreen	O
form	O
factor	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Later	O
on	O
,	O
the	O
physical	O
QWERTY	O
keyboard	O
on	O
a	O
smartphone	B-Application
became	O
a	O
significant	O
feature	O
of	O
BlackBerry	B-Operating_System
,	O
which	O
the	O
brand	O
was	O
named	O
after	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
RIM	O
renamed	O
to	O
BlackBerry	B-Operating_System
Limited	O
,	O
and	O
then	O
set	O
a	O
new	O
strategy	O
,	O
this	O
one	O
focusing	O
on	O
improving	O
their	O
brand	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
BlackBerry	B-Application
Priv	I-Application
was	O
launched	O
in	O
2015	O
,	O
as	O
their	O
first	O
device	O
running	O
Android	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2016	O
,	O
BlackBerry	B-Operating_System
Ltd	O
outsourced	O
production	O
to	O
TCL	O
to	O
manufacture	O
the	O
BlackBerry	B-Application
DTEK50	I-Application
and	O
DTEK60	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Later	O
on	O
,	O
in	O
2016	O
,	O
BlackBerry	B-Operating_System
announced	O
that	O
they	O
are	O
moving	O
away	O
from	O
in-house	O
manufacturing	O
and	O
production	O
,	O
and	O
moving	O
to	O
become	O
a	O
software	O
security	O
company	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
December	O
2016	O
,	O
TCL	O
was	O
chosen	O
to	O
be	O
the	O
global	O
licensee	O
of	O
the	O
BlackBerry	B-Operating_System
brand	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
At	O
CES	O
2017	O
,	O
TCL	O
showed	O
off	O
the	O
rumored	O
BlackBerry	B-Operating_System
'	O
Mercury	O
 '	O
,	O
although	O
not	O
stating	O
any	O
specifications	O
of	O
the	O
device	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Ahead	O
of	O
Mobile	O
World	O
Congress	O
in	O
Barcelona	O
,	O
Spain	O
,	O
TCL	O
officially	O
announced	O
the	O
device	O
,	O
stating	O
its	O
official	O
name	O
is	O
the	O
BlackBerry	B-Application
KeyOne	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
device	O
was	O
designed	O
by	O
BlackBerry	B-Operating_System
Ltd	O
.	O
rather	O
than	O
TCL	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
device	O
is	O
sold	O
under	O
"	O
BlackBerry	B-Application
Mobile	I-Application
"	O
brand	O
.	O
</s>
