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2013-11-10 Science & Technology

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Posted by Fred 2013-11-10 00:00|| || Front Page|| [1 views ] Top

#1 Too much Red Ink...Blackberry is dead...

Posted by Slarong Thusolet9045 2013-11-10 00:38|| 2013-11-10 00:38|| Front Page Top

#2 So why would the Qatari company want to infuse Blackberry with 1 bil into a company that was dead but still walking around?

Posted by Alaska Paul 2013-11-10 00:52|| 2013-11-10 00:52|| Front Page Top

#3 For the patents Blackberry holds...

Posted by Steve White 2013-11-10 02:02|| 2013-11-10 02:02|| Front Page Top

#4 No debt, cash in the bank.
Reasonable stable business-users who seem to like it.
BBM to sell off.

Once you cut a vast amount of staff and board fodder there's probably a decent profit to be made.

Posted by Bright Pebbles 2013-11-10 06:48|| 2013-11-10 06:48|| Front Page Top

#5 It seems like they actually offer a better product with better potential than their main competitors, but can't make the sales. May be something like the Betamax-VHS deal, where 'better' isn't the biggest factor.

Posted by Glenmore 2013-11-10 09:25|| 2013-11-10 09:25|| Front Page Top

#6 My wife has a Blackberry, and we both have Playbooks. Playbook was overpriced when it first came out, a well-priced tablet now. I use it primarily as a book reader.

Her Blackberry Z10 seems very stable and easy to use. I'm envious. I have a Samsung smart phone that doesn't like me. I rub it the wrong way.

Posted by Fred 2013-11-10 11:37|| 2013-11-10 11:37|| Front Page Top

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