The issue with Blackberry isn’t that they make bad phones per se. Its more that their platform/OS doesn’t have that many Apps compared to iOs or Android that have all the apps for just about anything. It’s now official that Blackberry 10 can now run Android Apps too. Blackberry CEO John Chen confirmed this in an interview with the Wall Street Journal when asked the question why consumers should buy a blackberry
According to Chen,
We have however been warned that since Android Apps aren’t particularly designed for Blackberry, the user experience may not be that smooth but at least users will have more options.
On whether this move will retain Blackberry die hards or help grow Blackberry market share is still unclear especially with the grim forecast at the once great company. Not having owned a Blackberry before and being an Android die hard, I may definitely try this out should I get the opportunity to. This will be my one chance to also own the legendary Blackberry.
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