From InfoWorld: BlackBerry isn't throwing in the towel -- at least not just yet.
In what could be described as a last ditch effort, the company's chief executive, John Chen, told The National that BlackBerry plans to launch two mid-range Android smartphones this year. One of those phones will come equipped with a physical keyboard similar to that featured on last year's launch, the BlackBerry Priv, while the second smartphone will offer a full touchscreen experience.
The company recently eschewed its own BlackBerry 10 operating system in favor for Google's Android, but that wasn't enough to help the struggling manufacturer. BlackBerry sold a measly 600,000 smartphones (the total for all models, including the Priv) in the financial quarter ended March 31 -- 100,000 fewer sales than in the previous quarter, and 1 million fewer than in the same quarter a year earlier.
The company has not said how Privs it had sold, but originally forecast sales of 850,000 units. Chen did say BlackBerry priced the Priv too high in a "saturated" Android market, which suggests the Priv has sold poorly.
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