BlackBerry is reportedly planning Android Smartphone with Google software – STAR

D He ailing smartphone pioneer BlackBerry could stand in the fight against the overwhelming competition from Apple and Samsung in front of a turnaround. According to insiders, the Canadians are thinking about equipping the first time a new smartphone model with the Android software from Google. To date, the company avoided this operating system that use Samsung and other competitors, hoping to win back his new 10er models market share. However, the management had to admit that they had not brought the hoped-for breakthrough, declared four people familiar with the situation. The swing to the Android software is part of BlackBerry’s strategy in the future to focus on software services and device management.

Blackberry is under massive pressure. The once leading smartphone manufacturer has only a market share of less than one percent. The Canadians have been a perennial drastic times behind him, were mined in thousands of jobs. Much hope put the Group in the new generation of devices, but could not keep up with Android devices and Apple’s iPhone step the 10-series.

it was unclear whether the step towards Android software, the end of the 10-series means that was brought with great fanfare in early 2013 on the market. “We do not comment on rumors and speculation, but we are also on to our BlackBerry 10 operating system, the security and performance like no other offers,” the company said via email. A Google spokeswoman declined to comment.

BlackBerry CEO John Chen focuses on a new device management system, the so-called BES12. With the System companies and authorities would not only manage the mobile phones of Canadians and can back up, but also mobile devices with operating systems from rivals such as Apple, Google and Microsoft. One hurdle here: Customers must be convinced that really runs the new software on different platforms

With the introduction of its own Android-based device could take the air out of the sails BlackBerry skeptics. , said two insider. Possibly BlackBerry Android will use on a device that is to come this fall in the market. This should combine a touch screen with a slide-out keyboard. For BlackBerry would appeal customers using even older devices with keyboard, but also want to have the wide variety of applications on Android.