BlackBerry is reportedly considering developing a new smartphone that will run its Android operating system Google, in an effort to regain lost customers from iPhone and Android smartphones, according to Reuters.
For those who don't know the existing ones Appliances of BlackBerry run on BlackBerry 10 the company's operating system.
The Android smartphone of BlackBerry will be released this autumn, with a QWERTY a la BlackBerry keyboard.
It is not known if the device will have the same slider (on the keyboard) as the one presented by the company on Mobile World Conference 2015.
Please note that the weakness of its BlackBerry operating system has always been the lack of apps.
"Android is part of BlackBerry's strategy," the Reuters report said.
The launch of an Android device will be a vote of confidence in the company's BES12 device management system, which is used by businesses and governments to manage devices across many different operating systems, including Android, iOS and Windows.
Let's see. With less than 1% of the market share of smartphones, the news may not be a bad idea for BlackBerry.