Η BlackBerry reached a partnership agreement with Amazon, which will allow the former's smartphones to have access in 240.000 applications Android, which the latter has through its online application store.
The agreement will be effective from the fall, when the new operating system is expected to be released system for smartphones BlackBerry 10.3, and which can support platform-based applications Android.
According to Reuters, the deal will allow the Canadian BlackBerry to sell consumer apps to its devices while it can focus on creating applications that are more business and productive.
The deal with Amazon is the latest of a series of moves made by BlackBerry's new CEO, John Chen, to be able to keep the company alive and to win the lost ground against the competition represented by Apple Lossless Audio CODEC (ALAC), and Samsung.
It is worth noting that the operating system BlackBerry 10 was designed to support apps built for Google's Android operating system. However, Google never licensed its use Play Store, its own online application store, for use on BlackBerry devices.
So the Canadian company turned to Amazon, whose operating system and related applications are using the Android core and can run on the BlackBerry operating system as well.
Source: naftemporiki.gr
