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Sir Reaper I still have to say that when it comes to Android I find the others do it better. The only thing in my opinion that I find is better from BlackBerry is their software keyboard for Android and seeing as there are ways to load it onto any Android device, I really have no desire for any Android based BlackBerry.
Why BlackBerry? Because I can!
I cant say i disagree with you. but lets look at this logically. I, as a share holder, would like to see BlackBerry revive. BB10 didnt catch on. we can keep pounding our fists on the forums and telling people they dont understand. but, reality is that BlackBerry is NOT winning anybody over. at least not enough to show solid revenue. Heck, based on my chart/post above, for every 55 legacy os users we lost, bb10 gained 10. is that positive? no, its not. Android is not perfect, but it has 80% global market share. imagine if BB released some kind of Android device in 3/2013. they would be on their 2-3 generation device right now.. I, for one, am sure they would be at a much better position. We know that BB wrote off a bunch of 1st gen bb10 phones. they didnt take. we can argue marketing wasnt there, they didnt promote, all true. BUT, we do know that bb10 was still BIGGER in 2013 than it is today, in fact, thay had roughly 79M subscribers by the end of '13... so that means, in reality, a lot of people knew that BB released something new! the market simply didnt like it. BlackBerry was slow to deliver updates, and with the high paced tech releases, BlackBerry simply couldn't keep up.. on top of it, BB let go most of its work force. they had roughly 17,000 employeees at bb10 launch. today, they have just over 6,000. they simply dont have the guns to keep up with the market.. let a lone, commit to updating bb10 AND android. this is simply not feasible.