Blackberry is almost dead

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Bleak BlackBerry Q2 results highlight nearly $1 billion in unsold Z10 phones | The Verge
BlackBerry loses a billion dollars in three months, blames it on failed Z10

The future is Android, Windows Phone and iPhone.

 

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2013 Roundup of Smartphone and Tablet Forecasts & Market Estimates - Forbes

 

[Deleted member 10837]

Of course you can tell from its stock dropping from $80 to $8.

 

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Symbian and Blackberry were the kings in 2009. Recommended readings:
The Rise and fall of the Symbian Empire | The Verge Forums
Research, no motion: How the BlackBerry CEOs lost an empire | The Verge


Comparison of smartphones - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Best display (year):
2010: iPhone - 640 × 960
2011 and 2012: Android - 800 × 1280
2013: Android - 1080 x 1920
Maybe Windows Phone too: Nokia will announce six new devices at its October 22nd event | The Verge

 

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Update: Gartner tells IT shops that it's 'game over' for BlackBerry - Computerworld

 

[ChemCat]

Haha. My brother's company has been using the blackberry since day 1. They just informed everyone they are migrating over to android. By the way, his company is the largest insurance company in the Midwest. Major corporations are jumping ship. No future for the blackberry.

 

[RosalindaH]

Too bad actually, Blackberry is a good one. Competition shows no mercy to anyone

 

[annabanana]

BlackBerry is far from dead. This awesome new phone was released today. http://us.blackberry.com/smartphones/blackberry-passport.html
They aren't targeting the Apple crowd and consumers, this is aimed at a niche market of professionals.
I was reading the thread about Windows bashing, I haven't followed news about Windows phones and devices until recently, but BlackBerry has taken a beating from the US media for a few years now. most Americans don't even know about the new BlackBerry 10 OS and phones. When they hear BlackBerry it conjures up memories of the old devices. The new BB 10 phones are more innovative then the current iOS phones by far (in my opinion as an admitted fangirl), but no one knows about them but us BlackBerry diehards.

 

[GreyFox7]

BlackBerry is far from dead. This awesome new phone was released today. http://us.blackberry.com/smartphones/blackberry-passport.html
They aren't targeting the Apple crowd and consumers, this is aimed at a niche market of professionals.
I was reading the thread about Windows bashing, I haven't followed news about Windows phones and devices until recently, but BlackBerry has taken a beating from the US media for a few years now. most Americans don't even know about the new BlackBerry 10 OS and phones. When they hear BlackBerry it conjures up memories of the old devices. The new BB 10 phones are more innovative then the current iOS phones by far (in my opinion as an admitted fangirl), but no one knows about them but us BlackBerry diehards.

Success relies not on only technical ability timing and marketing skill are just as important aka execution. Plenty of technically superior computing devices have left dotted trails and littered the landscape. Gartner's blind squirrel got this one right. However the Gartner Forecast is miles off course and is itself a shipwreck.

 

[strollin]

I can't even recall the last time I encountered someone using a Blackberry device.

 

[kundas1]

BlackBerry is far from dead. This awesome new phone was released today. http://us.blackberry.com/smartphones/blackberry-passport.html
They aren't targeting the Apple crowd and consumers, this is aimed at a niche market of professionals.
I was reading the thread about Windows bashing, I haven't followed news about Windows phones and devices until recently, but BlackBerry has taken a beating from the US media for a few years now. most Americans don't even know about the new BlackBerry 10 OS and phones. When they hear BlackBerry it conjures up memories of the old devices. The new BB 10 phones are more innovative then the current iOS phones by far (in my opinion as an admitted fangirl), but no one knows about them but us BlackBerry diehards.

so let me guess you were one of those peeps that bought the BB PlayBook... had me 2 of those till BB abandoned us.. wasn't pretty to say the least

 

[annabanana]

Lol, yes indeed. I still have 2 PlayBooks and they still run fine and work well for some things. like HDMI out to TV. One of them I use every day, but since I got the Surface Pro 3, I use them much less.
The new Passport device is off to a good start with both Amazon and Shop BlackBerry USA sold out, and BlackBerrry's earnings report beat market expectations The new CEO John Chen is a proven master of turnarounds and is moving the company in a positive direction now.