End of BlackBerry!

[honest1]

Smartphone maker Blackberry agrees to sell to group led by largest shareholder, Fairfax, for $4.7bn (£2.9bn)

http://phandroid.com/2013/09/23/blackberry-sale/

Ironically, 5 years back, Android was born...

 

[axeman]

Typical sensationalism. FYI, they are going private, not closing down. This helps them avoid shareholder and such pressures, and will give them breathing space, funds, and hopefully a future direction of work.

 

[ayanavish]

Yes they are going private but people mostly predicting them to disappear sooner than later.

Related story: http://www.zdnet.com/consortium-off...-4-7-billion-7000021048/?s_cid=e589&ttag=e589

 

[letmein]

ET has wasted no time in highlighting that the CEO of the buyer, Watsa, is an Indian

 

[vivek.krishnan]

ET has wasted no time in highlighting that the CEO of the buyer, Watsa, is an Indian

They have hyped it too much IMO.

 

[ashishsahu]

I don't understand the obsession of any achievement abroad remotely related to india being celebrated with a frenzy.

Be it kalpana chawla, sunita williams, bobby jindal or the latest miss America.

As for BlackBerry they are simply going private which is good for them