BlackBerry “has finally given in to the mobile OS duopoly and is gearing up to launch its first-ever Android device, the BlackBerry Priv,” Ron Amadeo reports for Asr Technica.
“The company’s CEO, John Chen, was recently interviewed at Vox’s ‘Code Mobile’ conference,” Amadeo reports. “When asked if there would be new BlackBerry 10 devices ‘in a year or two from now,’ Chen was surprisingly non-committal: ‘Well that’s going to be dictated by business choices,’ he said. That sounds to us like, if the Priv sells well, BlackBerry would consider becoming a full-time Android shop.”
Amadeo reports, “Chen then brought up the hypothetical of leaving the smartphone hardware business entirely: ‘Even if I’m not in the handset business, getting into providing security for Android lets us provide solutions via software.'”
Read more in the full article here.
MacDailyNews Take: Little known fact: Chen holds the world record for grasping at straws.
The BlackBerry Perv (typo and, oh boy, it’s staying) is several years too late. And even if you do become a “full-time Android shop,” none of those entities are making any money because Apple’s revolutionary iPhone owns the high end. High-end buyers aren’t going to leave Apple’s superior hardware, software, and ecosystem for yet more Android crap from yet another Dead Company Walking. HTC, LG, etc. already dominate the market for non-selling “high-end” Android phones.
[Thanks to MacDailyNews Reader “mpias3785” for the heads up.]