Company to stop making device it hoped would entice users who prefer a physical keyboard,a symbolic shift absent from handsets and toward softwareThe smartphone pioneer BlackBerry will stop making its Classic model, the company said on Tuesday, and some 18 months after launching the device it had hoped would entice users who prefer a physical,rather than touchscreen, keyboard.
Blackberry’s move is the latest shift absent from its money-losing handset trade and toward its software. Shares in the Canadian technology company fell more than 3% after an executive confirmed the move in a company blog post. Related: Why Kim Kardashian has a stash of BlackBerry phones Related: How did email grow from messages between academics to a global epidemic? Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com