BlackBerry appoints Moto veteran Pini after head of devices Louks out
Pini spent 27 years with Motorola and oversaw launch of popular Razr handset, succeeds Ron Louks after two years at Canadian manufacturer BlackBerry has appointed former Motorola veteran Ralph Pini as...
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BlackBerry CEO gives one year deadline for handset profitability
Speaking at Canadian manufacturer’s Annual General Meeting, Chen said handsets alone would not be enough to secure BlackBerry’s future BlackBerry CEO John Chen says the manufacturer’s top target for...
View ArticleBlackBerry stops production of Classic handset
The decision comes 18 months after the handset was launched in December 2014 BlackBerry has officially stopped the production of its Classic handset just 18 months after the device first launched. The...
View ArticleBlackBerry given a year to live as device sales dry up
Industry expects BlackBerry to exit the handset market after CEO Chen sets profitability ultimatum BlackBerry’s 16 year spell as a handset manufacturer will come to an end within the next 12 months as...
View ArticleWhere did it all go so wrong for BlackBerry?
With sales at their lowest for almost 10 years, is it time to finally wave goodbye? “The device business must be profitable because we don’t want to run a business that drags onto the bottom line....
View ArticleBlackBerry runs out of juice as fat-cats fill their wallets
After CEO John Chen gave the handset division a year to return to profitability or face being axed, Michael Garwood looks at where it has gone wrong for the manufacturer In 2007, former Soviet Union...
View ArticleIngram lands “game changing” BlackBerry DTEK50 exclusive
“Most secure handset ever” prompts surge in pre-orders from channel Ingram Micro has beaten its rivals to secure an exclusive distribution deal on the newly launched Android-run BlackBerry DTEK50...
View ArticleBlackBerry to axe all internal smartphone production
The news follows significant declines in smartphone shipments, down from more than 52 million in 2011 to seven million last year BlackBerry is to cease all internal development of smartphones, instead...
View ArticleBlackBerry Q2 revenues fall by nearly a third to £256m
The decline follows another announcement of the manufacturer axing all internal smartphone production BlackBerry’s revenues for the three months ending August 31 fell by nearly a third from a year ago...
View ArticleBlackBerry introduces new security platform
Cloud-based service can prevent cyber hackers from penetrating devices and protect sensitive data BlackBerry has launched a new security platform it claims can help reduce the costs for businesses...
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