Blackberry announced it was firing 4,500 of its staff on Friday as the struggling smartphone firm said it expects to lose nearly $1bn on disappointing sales of a new device.

http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2013/sep/20/blackberry-fire-4500-employees-billion-losses

We should run a sweepstake on how long they’ll stay in business, I doubt they’ll last 2 years…..

Looks like 2 years was being optimistic!

Struggling smartphone maker BlackBerry has fired its chief executive and abandoned a $4.7bn (£3bn) rescue bid from its largest shareholder as it turned to a $1bn fundraising plan in a battle to stay afloat.

Thorsten Heins, brought in to run the company in January 2012, will leave with a $22m payoff, and be replaced by John Chen, a seasoned technology industry executive. The surprise move by BlackBerry indicates that it has failed to find a buyer for the company after a six week process in which it has discussed deals with industry powerhouses including Google, Cisco and Facebook.

http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2013/nov/04/blackberry-fires-ceo-thorsten-heins-fairfax-bid-collapses

I hated my Blackberry, tiny buttons, rubbish ball thing as a mouse.

I love my IPhone and my Android phones before it weren’t bad either.

I’m not surprised Blackberry are on their way out. I’d rather have a standard mobile phone than a Blackberry.

I’ll give them until May next year.

Feel sorry for their staff though.

They should have given up on the hardware side years ago.