Here's Johnny! With a hot phone beside him, BlackBerry CEO Chen is working his magic
In the midst of the first sustained comeback that BlackBerry has enjoyed since partnering up with manufacturers like TCL, company CEO John Chen jetted off to Indonesia to participate in the Bloomberg Daybreak: Asia meetings. Among the topics that Chen discussed during a television interview were possible acquisitions for BlackBerry, something that even the most dyed-in-the-wool Berry fan couldn't have imagined being open for discussion so soon after the launch of the BlackBerry KEYone.
The KEYone has been lifted by more than just that fabulous QWERTY keyboard. After all, the amazing battery life on the handset has also propelled growth. There has been talk about a possible sequel model called the KEYtwo. We could see such a phone contain an IP67 or 68 certification rating, 4GB of RAM and perhaps a stronger screen adhesive.
If you watch the interview with Chen, you'll hear him talk at length about how vibrant the mobile sector is. And you can see through the executive's mannerisms that this is a man who has figured things out as he helps BlackBerry differentiate itself from the other players in the handset industry. BlackBerry is certainly not all the way back, but the company is relevant once again and it has a hot phone; if you're John Chen, you can't ask for much more than that.
FCC OKs Cingular\'s purchase of AT&T Wireless
Things that are NOT allowed: