BlackBerry to Fire 4,500 Workers
 

BlackBerry Ltd. (BBRY), the smartphone maker that?s evaluating a sale, will cut 4,500 jobs and record an inventory writedown of as much as $960 million after a new set of devices failed to catch on with consumers.

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-0...0-million.html

:disgust so much for canadian economy

Difficult to sell a product that nobody wants.

4,500 workers available to be hired by Samsung.

Damn.
:Oh crap

I know a few people that work there, hope they're safe

Does that mean no more software updates for my 850?
http://i40.tinypic.com/2mw8op0.jpg

I had one of those! :)

email actually worked better on BBs :2 cents:

When you're up against a device that can do what yours does, do it better -- and do a bunch of other shit that's 10 times cooler....it's time to hang it up.

blackberry is still in business?

Too little ,too late,they dropped it.they still have the top encrypting that should be worth something

Blackberry is much more expensive than others, the fact that owners and other top level management knew that their product is behind from other company.

They should try to hire new strategic planner!

Android and iOS , long battle to watch

I always felt the hardware inside the BlackBerry was about 1 year behind. Combine that with the worst browser ever you are bound to fail.
They need to clear that from their image.
I think they could do a pretty quick rebound if they put focus on working jointly with a large social network... that might be why they are being evaluated

Didn't adapt now they'll die.