It's time for BlackBerry to kill the BlackBerry
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Once again, BlackBerry CEO John Chen, the man brought into save the long-foundering mobile company, has said he's willing to kill BlackBerry's smartphone business. He's been saying that publicly for nearly a year, effectively letting customers know to go elsewhere. Maybe the idea was to get customers to show their commitment to BlackBerry devices; if so that strategy has backfired -- BlackBerry device sales continue to decline to trivial numbers (now fewer than 3.5 million a year, or what Apple sells in five days), despite a series of new models of every conceivable design in the last two years.
Do you agree? Have any CPians actually bought a new BB device recently?
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Once again, BlackBerry CEO John Chen, the man brought into save the long-foundering mobile company, has said he's willing to kill BlackBerry's smartphone business. He's been saying that publicly for nearly a year, effectively letting customers know to go elsewhere. Maybe the idea was to get customers to show their commitment to BlackBerry devices; if so that strategy has backfired -- BlackBerry device sales continue to decline to trivial numbers (now fewer than 3.5 million a year, or what Apple sells in five days), despite a series of new models of every conceivable design in the last two years.
Do you agree? Have any CPians actually bought a new BB device recently?
Never owned a BlackBerry, but people who had them loved them. I think he should just open source the whole thing! ;) Marc
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Once again, BlackBerry CEO John Chen, the man brought into save the long-foundering mobile company, has said he's willing to kill BlackBerry's smartphone business. He's been saying that publicly for nearly a year, effectively letting customers know to go elsewhere. Maybe the idea was to get customers to show their commitment to BlackBerry devices; if so that strategy has backfired -- BlackBerry device sales continue to decline to trivial numbers (now fewer than 3.5 million a year, or what Apple sells in five days), despite a series of new models of every conceivable design in the last two years.
Do you agree? Have any CPians actually bought a new BB device recently?
I recently bought a Blackberry Passport to replace my old Blackberry Curve. The new Passport is amazing, it's much more powerful and easier to use than my wife's Android or my son's iPhone (he is dumping the iPhone and plans to get a Passport). I love it.
- I would love to change the world, but they won’t give me the source code.