[dafrankcode]

Partnership does seems more probable and strategic.

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[nexus2905]

He is exploring options of getting blackberry more into China. No partnership has been confirmed, just an exploration of options.

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[rohetaku]

That's awesome love lenovo computers!


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[BBUniq01]

BlackBerry in China would be awesome. Mass potential. Probably the Z3 and Q5 for market penetration at a lower price point.

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[INFOmuzRON]

Chinese business people are going to love BB.

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[THBW]

Mr. Chen is a smart smart man. He knows exactly how to work with the Chinese. Partnership is absolutely the way to go.

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[THBW]

Hmm, is this how BlackBerry is going to bring generic 5 inch screens to market. Hold onto your hats.

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[Grafic111]

China alone could be enough to rake in the moolah....way to go JC. he is playing a game of chess, Blackberry against the world!

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[z10baby]

Could work.. most andorids in China don't use the playstore... so bb10 could sell. The android wechat works okay on BlackBerry and that's most important

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[rohetaku]

Could work.. most andorids in China don't use the playstore... so bb10 could sell. The android wechat works okay on BlackBerry and that's most important

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What do they use?

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[nhanken]

He is Chinese after all so he has certain advantages and experiences that the previous CEO's didn't have

Mr. Chen is a smart smart man. He knows exactly how to work with the Chinese. Partnership is absolutely the way to go.

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[keepingsane101]

They DO use android, but anything Google related is banned. I think they have their local app store? Forgot the name, it's in Chinese anyway. And theirs is the only country that samsung released a hybrid android flip phone. That's one helluva expensive phone. But I'm such a sucker for flip phones. Guess if flip phones can sell there, surely BlackBerry can have a piece of the action.

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[z10baby]

Many app stores in China

Baidu App Store (chinas google)
Tencent App Gem
Qihoo 360 Mobile Assistant
Wandoujia
91 Mobile Assistant
Xiaomi App Store

[yessuz]

it could be - BBRY licences OS to lenovo/xiaomi etc for like 5$/device.
massive income with almost 0 effort.

[jojo beaconsfield]

Good for the stock price, as it is North of $11 US ,funny how small meetings make for huge profits on BB,now the for selloff EH!!!

[jcraig]

I'm much happier to see the word partnership floating around instead of buyout. I still wish they would have partnered up with Sony. Sony has some amazing hardware and I would love to see a BB10 enabled Xperia tablet.

[anon(6038817)]

This is a fantastic strategy that I hope results in lasting and profitable partnerships in China.

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[menshawy]

whatever the outcome of whatever he is doing there, it's all good!

I give more credits to Xiaomi than Lenovo though

[dafrankcode]

Japanese have always loved keypad and flip up phone, they basically invented this during the heydays of Nokia , Motorola etc . JC should meet up with Sony and others Japanese handset makers too since he is there for the Apec in China . Being with android and touchscreen have not help Sony much, it's time they try blackberry OS with keypad and flip phone again Some good suggestions from Crackberry fans in these forums on various topics. Hope that Crackberry guys can relay these to Blackberry as their feedback instead of us talking amongst ourselves.

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[early2bed]

This would be a good opportunity for Blackberry to outsource the mobile hardware business. If your partners can make quality devices at such a low cost then why would you continue to make your own?

[jojo beaconsfield]

so here we have BB stock increasing 5 or 6% on really not that much info,anybody want to guess what it will do Thursday , when they truly have something good to announce??BES12..down 5 or 6%,boggles the mind!!!

[beemaabeemababy]

From Wikipedia regarding John Chen:

International relations[edit]
Mr. Chen is actively involved in international relations. He has testified before Congress on U.S.?China trade relations.[3] U.S. President George W. Bush appointed Chen to serve on the President's Export Council in 2005.[11] In 2006, he was appointed co-chair of the Secure Borders and Open Doors Advisory Committee.[12]
Additionally, Mr. Chen chaired the U.S.-China Policy Advisory Roundtable for the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS).[13]

So he probably knows a thing or two about making the correct relationship to fulfil his strategy with BlackBerry.

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[Andy_bb_king]

Could work.. most andorids in China don't use the playstore... so bb10 could sell. The android wechat works okay on BlackBerry and that's most important

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Sorry OT, how and where did you get Android Wechat? It seems not in Amazon.

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[dafrankcode]

Can be downloaded in blackberry world

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[nuff_said]

With Google trying their best to lock manufacturers into Google Play store, and more apps requiring it perhaps a partnership with a local company in China would be a good way of getting BlackBerry phones into the market. I don't think BlackBerry would outsource their OS because of security risks. Maybe outsource the OS minus all their security protocols for entry levels phones in China and keep high level phones as premium devices for them to handle in house?
Considering BlackBerry already runs a variety of app stores (bbw, Amazon, snap, mobile 1) why could they not allow some of the major app stores in China run on BlackBerry 10 also? Just have it pre installed.

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