BlackBerry could adopt Android – Challenges.fr

The company based in Waterloo, Ontario, had its BlackBerry 10 to regain ground to Apple’s iPhone, while Canadian brand has fallen below 1% share of a market that a time dominated. But the goal was not achieved and the sources said, speaking on condition of anonymity, BlackBerry plans to turn to Google in order to refocus its activity on the management of software and devices.

It is not clear that using Android would mean the death of the BlackBerry line 10 which, after a launch in early 2013 fanfare and positive initial criticism, has failed to compete with its competitors, in particular fault a sufficient number of compatible applications. “We do not comment on rumors and speculation but we remain committed to the BlackBerry 10 operating system, which provides unparalleled advantages in terms of safety and productivity,” responded BlackBerry email .

Less than 1% of market share

A spokesman for Google declined to comment.

The CEO of BlackBerry John Chen, put on the new mobile device management system of his company, the BES 12, which allows companies like governments to manage their BlackBerry devices and their intranets, but also other devices using Android, iOS platform Apple or Microsoft Windows.

The main difficulty confronting Canadian society is to convince large customers that operational system actually works with all platforms.

Scheduled to Fall

According to two sources interviewed by Reuters, the launch of a device with Android would be a way to demonstrate that BlackBerry has confidence in the ability of BES 12 not only to manage but also to secure the smartphones and tablets using the platforms of competitors.

The first BlackBerry slider phone with Android and should hit the market this fall, added the two sources, specifying it would be equipped with both a touchscreen and physical keyboard.

BlackBerry hopes to capture a clientele that is not phone at his convenience on the Android market, dominated by the tactile keyboards while loyalty physical keyboard users wishing to benefit from wide range of applications offered by Google.