“John Chen, CEO of Canadian handset manufacturer BlackBerry Limited, has given an indication that BlackBerry may introduce a phablet in the near future,” Zacks Investment Research writes for Benzinga. “Chen hopes that Blackberry, as an early entrant, will be ready to capitalize on the phablet market which is still in its growth stage.”
“Currently, the company is concentrating on new devices like the Z3 smartphone for customers to push demand for the company’s smartphones. Last month, BlackBerry revealed the budget-friendly, full-touch Z3 smartphone in Jakarta,” Zacks writes. “BlackBerry is also planning to launch a new non-touch screen mobile phone – BlackBerry Classic – in partnership with Foxconn. BlackBerry was once a leader in the smartphone industry. However, its handset business deteriorated drastically over the last couple of years in the face of stiff competition from Apple Inc.’s iPhone and Google Inc.’s Android devices.”
Read more in the full article here.
MacDailyNews Take: Delusional bastages.
In related news, Acorn hopes to launch a 64-bit personal computer “real soon now.”
[Thanks to MacDailyNews Reader “24January1984” for the heads up.]
