Samsung partnership being overlooked?
I wanted to know your opinions on the following theory:
Rumours and leaks show that BlackBerry are releasing a device with Google Services, to do this, they must join and comply with the OHA
For BlackBerry to keep an Android runtime on BB10, it cannot be a part of the OHA.
We have not heard news of BlackBerry joining the OHA.
We have heard of BlackBerry working closely with Samsung.
Samsung is part of the OHA.
The BlackBerry Venice is almost an S6 Edge with a slide out keyboard and different software.
This may imply that Samsung is involved in the manufacture of the Venice.
Could BlackBerry be having a weird licencing agreement with Samsung to avoid having to join the OHA by licencing the BlackBerry name, keyboard and OS security to Samsung who simply manufacture the hardware?
This way, BlackBerry 10 keeps Android runtime, but BlackBerry brand gains Android customer base.
What are people's thoughts?
Posted via CB10