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Community => General discussion => Topic started by: kenjoe41 on August 13, 2013, 12:40:42 PM

Title: Blackberry begins its death march
Post by: kenjoe41 on August 13, 2013, 12:40:42 PM
(http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/mobile-cloud-view/files/2013/08/6196828043_6bff06ebf2_b.jpg)
Looks like blackberry is broken beyond repair. ATM it has already began closing shop.
The company perpotedly reportedly suspended shares and formed a special committee to administer the Last Rites.

Looks like bad news to any BB fans.
Title: Re: Blackberry begins its death march
Post by: Kulverstukas on August 13, 2013, 06:14:53 PM
So I don't get it. Is it bad news that your BB broke, or is it because BB is closing their shops (whatever that means)?
Title: Re: Blackberry begins its death march
Post by: proxx on August 13, 2013, 08:07:54 PM
Death to BB !
Crapberry sucks.
Title: Re: Blackberry begins its death march
Post by: namespace7 on August 13, 2013, 08:36:19 PM
I kinda liked the Z10... but oh well, too bad.
Title: Re: Blackberry begins its death march
Post by: Axon on August 13, 2013, 08:59:12 PM
Currently they are trying to pull back and privatize the company, they are also considering selling the company, this is in return could save the company from an eminent collapse.
http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2013/aug/12/blackberry-confirms-private-smartphone (http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2013/aug/12/blackberry-confirms-private-smartphone)

There were hoping the the new Blackberry 10 OS will boost the sales, but it wasn't enough to gain momentum.
http://techcrunch.com/2013/06/28/blackberry-shipped-just-2-7m-bb10-handsets-in-q1-2013/ (http://techcrunch.com/2013/06/28/blackberry-shipped-just-2-7m-bb10-handsets-in-q1-2013/)

In all, I hope Blackberry gets back on its feet very soon, and recover well. My experience with BB 10 is so far good, it's completly different than any previous BB os, hopefully the next OS 10.2 will boost the sales again.


However, the competition to gain a foothold in smartphones is really difficult, this source (http://dealbook.nytimes.com/2013/08/12/blackberry-to-explore-strategic-alternatives-including-a-sale-again/?_r=0) clearly stated that four years ago, BB had 51% of the north america smartphone market. Now they only have 3.4%. Even the once great cellphone manufacturer Nokia is also struggling to gain momentum in what I call the iphone+Android era of smartphones.