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during which ancient egyptian month will blackberry die?
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RIM'S GONNA KEEP GOING BABY!!!
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qirex
Feb 15, 2001

Thanks Ants posted:

john "marketing departments are an unnecessary money drain" chen

the one they had certainly was

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qirex
Feb 15, 2001

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qirex
Feb 15, 2001

Just-In-Timeberlake posted:

Lazaridis just not comprehending why people weren't giving a gently caress about how economic BBs were with data is just loving lol

forgot who his customers were, thinking that wireless carries who were at the time the ultimate gatekeepers of what devices succeeded were who he needed to please

qirex
Feb 15, 2001

infernal machines posted:

how the gently caress do you even get cowboys like this in corporate it?

useless b school roommates/frat bros need jobs too

qirex
Feb 15, 2001


it's on this page

qirex
Feb 15, 2001

Rebadging In Melancholy

e: Rebadging Indicates Melancholy?
Regretting Idiotic Management?

qirex fucked around with this message at 07:11 on Sep 21, 2016

qirex
Feb 15, 2001

welp

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BlackBerry has announced a long term licensing agreement with TCL granting them the rights to design, manufacture, sell and provide customer support for BlackBerry-branded mobile devices.

Under the terms of the agreement, BlackBerry will license its security software and service suite, as well as related brand assets to TCL Communication who will design, manufacture, sell and provide customer support for BlackBerry-branded mobile devices. BlackBerry will continue to control and develop its security and software solutions, serve its customers and maintain trusted BlackBerry security software, while TCL Communication will manage all sales and distribution and serve as a global distributor of new BlackBerry-branded mobile devices along with dedicated sales teams.

BlackBerry is transitioning its handheld devices strategy to focus on providing secure and comprehensive software for devices around the world, while working with third parties to develop hardware and distribute and market the BlackBerry handset brand. The agreement with TCL Communication is BlackBerry's first global licensing agreement and expands on its existing relationship, which led to the introduction of the DTEK50 and DTEK60 handsets on Android.

"At TCL Communication, we are committed to creating the best portfolio solutions, while ensuring the quality support to consumers and enterprise users who trust the integrity of the BlackBerry device and the brand's security leadership, coupled with the Android platform," said Nicolas Zibell, CEO of TCL Communication. "Together with BlackBerry's smartphone software platform, this partnership will strengthen our position in the global mobile market."

"This agreement with TCL Communication represents a key step in our strategy to focus on putting the 'smart in the phone' by providing state-of-the-art security and device software on a platform that mobile users prefer and are comfortable with," said Ralph Pini, Chief Operating Officer and General Manager of Mobility Solutions at BlackBerry. "TCL Communication is the natural choice to license BlackBerry's software and brand on a global scale. We successfully partnered with them on the DTEK series of secure smartphones and we've been impressed with their excellence in hardware design, development and manufacturing. With our unparalleled expertise in mobile security and software and TCL Communication's vast global reach and consumer access, we are confident that BlackBerry-branded products developed and distributed by TCL Communication will address the needs of BlackBerry users and expand the availability of BlackBerry Secure products throughout the world."

TCL Communication will be the exclusive global manufacturer and distributor for all BlackBerry-branded smartphones with the exception of India, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Bangladesh and Indonesia.

qirex
Feb 15, 2001

fishmech posted:

you're aware uber's "research" program mostly consists of saying "boy self driving cars sure would be great for us" right

especially now that the actual robotocists keep quitting

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qirex
Feb 15, 2001

if anyone can actually achieve negative market share it's these guys

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