(Telecompaper) BlackBerry has launched its new qwerty keyboard smartphone, the BlackBerry Passport. Featuring a 4.5-inch square touch screen, touch-enabled keyboard and 3450 mAh battery, the BlackBerry Passport is aimed at business professionals. The phone comes with a Corning Gorilla Glass 3 display with 1440x1440 resolution, optimized for viewing and creating content. The device runs the latest version of BlackBerry's OS, 10.3, and comes loaded with new productivity features including BlackBerry Blend and BlackBerry Assistant, as well as the BlackBerry World storefront and Amazon App store for Android apps. BlackBerry Blend is a new feature that syncs messages and content from a BlackBerry smartphone to a computer and tablet. It allows users to get instant message notifications, read and respond to email, BBM or text messages, and access documents, calendar, contacts and media in real time on any device. BlackBerry Blend will work on Mac OS X 10.7 or higher, Windows 7 or higher and Android tablets running 4.4. BlackBerry is also working to bring Blend to other tablets soon. The new keyboard on the Passport works similar to a trackpad, with touch functions directly on the keyboard. Users can scroll web pages, flick to type or slide along the keys to move the cursor, leaving the full screen space for viewing. Other features of the phone include a quad-core 2.2 GHz processor, 3 GB RAM, 13 MP rear camera and 32 GB memory. The BlackBerry Passport is now available through local carriers around the world and online through ShopBlackBerry.com and Amazon.com.