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Clicks Communicator: Your First Look at Working Hardware!

CrackBerry Kevin — Thu, 09 Jul 2026 11:47:43 +0000

Six months after unveiling Communicator at CES, Clicks is showing off the next major milestone: working hardware running real software.

Six months after unveiling Communicator at CES, we're showing you the next major milestone: working hardware running real software.

There are moments in every hardware project that matter more than the others.

This is one of them.

Back in January, we introduced Clicks Communicator to the world at CES. What everyone saw were beautifully crafted industrial design models that represented exactly where we were headed.

What you didn't see was everything happening behind the scenes.

Finalizing suppliers.

Locking down the PCB design.

Sweating every last detail with our engineering and industrial design teams.

Finding ways to squeeze even more performance and delight into the product.

Working with our partners on literally hundreds of tiny refinements that nobody notices individually... but everyone notices when they're all added together.

That's the part of hardware development very few people ever get to see.

Today, we're excited to finally pull back the curtain.

Over the past week, our Communicator First Look video has already surpassed 900,000 organic views, making it one of the biggest moments we've had since launching Clicks.

Reading through the comments has been just as rewarding as watching the view count and orders for Communicator climb.

If you were one of the people who looked at Communicator when I first shared the news and thought, "Looks great... but I'll believe it when I see it working," ... this video is for you.

The Punkt. MC03 Is The Smartphone Giving Big Tech The Middle Finger

CrackBerry Kevin — Thu, 09 Jul 2026 11:45:30 +0000

Is there any hope of any company out there breaking the stranglehold that Apple and Android have on the smartphone market? Maybe not...but if there was one I'd root for to pull off the impossible, it's the combined power of the Punkt. MC03 and AphyOS).

I'm heads-down with the Clicks team right now. We've got the Clicks Power Keyboard shipping to customers right now (stay on top of shipping updates here), and we just gave a video first look at working pre-preproduction units of Clicks Communicator that are on track for Q4 mass production and shipping. But I wanted to pop up my head from Clicks Mode for a minute because the Punkt team deserves some shine.

The newest phone from Punkt. MC03 just started shipping. My history with both Apostrophy and Punkt. is a long one. Rather than rehash it all here, I'd say:

Bring Back BlackBerry - The Next Chapter

CrackBerry Kevin — Tue, 27 Jan 2026 22:32:31 +0000

The first Bring Back BlackBerry episode of 2026 just dropped and in this one CrackBerry Kevin and Jeff Gadway debrief on the news coming out of CES with the unveiling of the Clicks Communicator and what it all means for the Bring Back BlackBerry movement.

If you're hoping for a new BlackBerry in 2026, not so fast... but I think you're going to appreciate what the Bring Back BlackBerry crew has been cooking!!

The first Bring Back BlackBerry update of 2026 is a doozy, and it's one you're going to need to watch from start to finish so you're up to speed. A blog post just isn't enough.

On this episode, CrackBerry Kevin and Jeff Gadway talk through:

The news they dropped in Las Vegas at CES with their reveal of the Clicks Communicator and Power Keyboard, which to their surprise became the BIGGEST story of the show. The news spread around the world and across social media - the NYTimes even named Communicator as the "2026 Heir to the BlackBerry."
🍀 The backstory of "Project Clover," whose aspirations date back to March 17, 2023. See CBK's write up on CrackBerry for more.
The positioning of "purpose built communicators" as a mobile device category adjacent to smartphones, and why this context makes sense for the industry and broader consumer market. See MKBHD WVFRM show for more.
A transparent look at the Bring Back BlackBerry campaign, and how this movement has evolved over the past six months, along with what has been learned along the way from doing the work and talking to hundreds of industry and BlackBerry (past and present) insiders.