BlackBerry's board is reportedly pushing for quick sale

04 September, 2013
The company's top brass is said to aim at closing a deal before the end of November this year.

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  • 05 Sep 2013

Rasta from Jamaica, 05 Sep 2013Could you repost that again! After all I have the Lumia 820... moreThese closed minded people, eh? Terrible, aren't they.

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    • 05 Sep 2013

    Your good friend, 05 Sep 2013He mentioned his experience with Samsung as an unpleasant o... moreCould you repost that again! After all I have the Lumia 820 and a Blackberry 8520 and THEY SUITE MY NEEDS a lot of folks follow the statistics and techbloggers yet DON'T research for eg the HTC One oh it was praised for its "premium looks! And the Galaxy bashed because its outside is Plastic yet it SOLD MORE than the HTC those persons chose the Phone THEY want not following crowd also I used the Blackberry for unlimited Service which other manufacturer has that?

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      • 05 Sep 2013

      Your good friend, 05 Sep 2013He mentioned his experience with Samsung as an unpleasant o... moreI'm sorry I didn't read you reply because it was far too big and un-interesting, however, thank you for the reply! I'm glad to have sparked such a thought out reaction!

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        • 05 Sep 2013

        I sure hope they will make it through because BB10 is such a great OS and I would hate to be left with fewer options.

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          • 05 Sep 2013

          George, 05 Sep 2013I had Pearl 8100 some time ago, it was the crappiest phone ... moreWow, you are referring to a phone from 2006! I can list a whole bunch of crappy phones from all the brands back then comparing with phones from today.

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            • 05 Sep 2013

            AnonD-56268, 05 Sep 2013to deathofkai , I am aware that samsung is very good for ... moreSamsung will just exceed in the smartphone world, i dont know how you did your calculations, if theres any company to say that is triving in the mobile market, its samsung. Some comments on here are just a waste of space.

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              • 05 Sep 2013

              Mr. R Sole, 05 Sep 2013You are one out of billions, and are of no statistical impo... moreHe mentioned his experience with Samsung as an unpleasant one, it does not mean he said every single user would face the same issues, in fact he didn't even say any other user faces the same problem. I will acknowledge him, I have used iPhone 4 and 4s then I switched to Samsung S3 and now S4. Apple does limit access to many things but that's for the stability. Android seemed like the perfect do-as-you-please to me so I chose it with no hesitation - result?
              I have been banging my head because of Android's instabilities(read Android, I did NOT say Samsung).
              Quite honestly Android seems to be the worst, most flawed and least secure mobile OS I have ever used. Security is an obvious necessity in my work which Android had failed and caused losses to the company. I'm not your 'average' user playing games, wasting time and being a child saying "my phone is the best". I have more specialized needs and Android certainly fails miserably in all aspects. I used the blackberry torch when it came out, while it was a good phone, it looked and felt very outdated and certainly not a phone you can use personally, It screamed 'business' from the OS outside. I will be taking on the blackberry again to see if they have an improvement now, which I really hope(and think) they do.
              Oh, I almost NEVER comment online but let's just say your ignorance on the subject of 'statistics' disappoints me, if you ever even knew how statistics are collected and more importantly how they are USED, you will probably never dare talking about things you don't know, ever again. Don't be so insecure and retaliate like a small child when somebody points out an issue he or she faces, if you cannot speak good or contribute CORRECT knowledge; better not. I do hope you take this advice and use it to better yourself in life instead of taking it personally. I don't know you and I probably won't ever. It's just advice from a human to human, entirely up to your mental processing capacity what you make of it. This also goes out to everyone who is head over heels saying their iPhone or their Samsung, Blackberry whatever is best etcetera, in the end every phone has it's pros and cons and it boils down to the preference of the INDIVIDUAL consumer and NOT the masses(I didn't pull that one for the statistical comment, did I? ;) )

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                • 05 Sep 2013

                Mr. R Sole, 05 Sep 2013The recent IOs 7 post, the Nokia's dead post, this post - I... moresize of volumes might change

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                  • 05 Sep 2013

                  AnonD-56268, 05 Sep 2013to deathofkai , I am aware that samsung is very good for ... moreYou are one out of billions, and are of no statistical importance.

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                    • 05 Sep 2013

                    The recent IOs 7 post, the Nokia's dead post, this post - I LOVE how every signle thread end up talking about Samsung. It really does speak volumes.

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                      • 05 Sep 2013

                      to deathofkai ,
                      I am aware that samsung is very good for technolgy, as almostly all hardware vendors buy electronic parts from samsung. But I meant taht they mights stop (my opinion) in smartphones world. I do not have positive experiences with samsung on smartphones .

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                        • 05 Sep 2013

                        Someone, 05 Sep 2013No my friend, they are up for SALE not LIQUIDATION. Two ... moreMy error, however I think it's still a much more dignified way than Nokias untimely demise

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                          • 05 Sep 2013

                          AnonD-25445, 05 Sep 2013If Google Buy BB instead of MOTO,they will become immortal.I believe this also!!! lol they should, but i guess they have to consider if spending that sorta money makes sense,cause honestly no matter what company buys over blackberry they will NOT be competition.

                          Android is determined to swollow Apple and that is slowly happening. Unless (though it is late i think personally) these "cool" iphones september 10th get ppl going especially if they can connect outisde of the apple via bluetooth and stuff..THEN things may change

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                            • 05 Sep 2013

                            Anonymous, 05 Sep 2013Yeap. And Droid is a hacker's dream, wrought with holes. Gi... moreFunny that, because Android is still going strong, whilst BB is a rotting corpse getting circled by very, very fat vultures?

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                              • 05 Sep 2013

                              Yeap. And Droid is a hacker's dream, wrought with holes. Gimme single supplier of h/w and s/w.

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                                • 05 Sep 2013

                                Mr. R Sole, 05 Sep 2013Wow, first Microsoft Nokia (lol) Now BB is up for liquidati... moreNo my friend, they are up for SALE not LIQUIDATION.

                                Two different things in business, sir.

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                                  • 05 Sep 2013

                                  AnonD-56268, 05 Sep 2013yes the one to go should be sammy instead of BBWOW...you actually have very little knowledge when it comes to a company as a whole or technology.

                                  Why should Samsung go down. Unfortunately, BB have repeatedly shot themselves in the foot with every release of their phones, which a few exceptions.

                                  Samsung not only continue to improve on their tech but also their software.

                                  It sounds like you just want Samsung to go down for personal reasons. We need less uninformed and unwarranted comments like this and more insightful, useful comments. This sir, is just plain trolling.

                                  kthanksbye

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                                    • 05 Sep 2013

                                    Google changed the game, they went open source and now things are automatically turning in favor for them, soon apple will face this fate too.

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                                      • 05 Sep 2013

                                      how sad' i remember the joint venture of SonyEricsson, Sony had just buy the share of ericsson, soon microsoft and nokia will follow the tracks, i love Ericsson not this stupid sony..

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                                        • 05 Sep 2013

                                        Eznuel, 05 Sep 2013This is sad. Why can't they Learn from Nokia's mistake, why... morebb was never a giant ,it's not easy in the mobile market, I don't blame nokia and nokia still getting profits from NSN & other advance technologies, most ppl are blinded by apps and that's where apple and android are.