BlackBerry is planning on making an Android device

[JordanWearinThe45]

Reuters has just reported that BlackBerry could come out with a phone loaded with -- wait for it -- the Android operating system later this year. Sources told the news outlet that this doesn't mean the end of BlackBerry 10, but it is a big move that signifies the Waterloo company's dwindling sales. Reuters also reports that one of the reasons for the move is that BlackBerry CEO John Chen is putting its bets on a device management system called BES12, which gives companies the ability to manage not just BlackBerry phones but also Android, iOS and Windows devices on their internal networks. Apparently BlackBerry might implement Google's mobile OS in the slider device that was teased at Mobile World Congress a few months ago, which means that this Android phone could launch this coming August. We're reaching out to both Google and BlackBerry for comment and will update this post if we get a response.

http://www.engadget.com/2015/06/11/reuters-blackberry-android/

 

[Neil Tyson]

Finally.

 

[Ricky Church]

I kinda wish BB didn't go "under" the way they did... they had some great devices.

 

[Liquid]

4 years too late.

@ThiefyPoo lost

 

[Morose Polymath]

4 years too late.

@ThiefyPoo lost

 

[ThiefyPoo]

4 years too late.

@ThiefyPoo lost

 

[Liquid]

Seriously, who was it in that room thought that in their mind releasing a proprietary mobile OS in 2013 was a good idea? Especially with Microsoft aggressively targeting the low end crowd with their cheap phones and Nokia siding with them?

4 Mobile Operating Systems will not work, hell the only reason Microsoft is still in the game is because of how tight their ecosystem is...other than that Windows Phone would have never stood a chance either.

What they needed to do was drop the idea of a proprietary OS and focus hard on getting the interface just right over android, it should have been their overlay which was years ahead of what Samsung was doing and not focusing on gimmicks.

They COULD have had a chance to grab the #2 spot behind Samsung in the Android War...could have possibly even been picked to design and ship out a Nexus

Morons

 

[McPiff]

 

[Creepn]

They should've let Justin Bieber rock it when he promised Blackberry that he would put Blackberry back in the game if they sponsored him.

Instead they sponsored Alicia Keys...

 

[Rich Spirit]

#JobsGang

 

[JLova]

They should've let Justin Bieber rock it when he promised Blackberry that he would put Blackberry back in the game if they sponsored him.

Instead they sponsored Alicia Keys...

Every decision they made got progressively worse. Just completely delusional.

 

[EnyceLowRida15]

nikkas fixkinf with BlackBerry in 2015

 

[Notorious 1 E.Y.E.]

4 years too late.

nah, more than 4 years too late

 

[ORDER_66]

Blackberry though??!?! There's only one blackberry that was cool to me was the large phat one that looked like a giant rectangle... that's it... you dont need a qwerty keyboard on your phone anymore...

 

[EnyceLowRida15]

if your gonna buy a blackberry you might as well pick up a larry to go with it