From CNET: We're finally getting a clearer picture of whether people are giving BlackBerry another chance. And things don't look good.
BlackBerry said Friday that it sold 600,000 phones in its fiscal fourth quarter, well below Wall Street's expectations of 850,000 and also below the 700,000 units it sold in the preceding quarter.
Until now, things had been a little murky. BlackBerry's first Android-powered phone, the Priv, went on sale in November, but it worked with only a few carriers, such as AT&T in the US. T-Mobile began selling the phone in January, and Verizon added it earlier this month. Sprint still isn't selling it.
Beyond token comments by CEO John Chen, like things are "quite positive" and "so far, so good," there hadn't been many indicators of how many people were buying the Priv.
BlackBerry devotees (those who are left) and Wall Street alike have been keen to see whether the Priv is resonating with consumers. That's because a big part of BlackBerry's future in phones hinges on the success of the Priv, which marked a dramatic move away from running the company's own software in favor of Google's widely used Android.
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