Thursday, May 2, 2013

The head of BlackBerry tablets for five years will not be popular - BBC News

Thorsten Heins, the head of the BlackBerry, during a conversation with Bloomberg Television said that in 2018 we cease to use the tablets.

The words of the head of the BlackBerry are quite controversial, but it is them a little bit of truth? / AFP

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words are quite controversial, but it can be a bit of truth in them

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Despite the fact that tablets are doing well, Heins, CEO of BlackBerry, announced the death in a few years. “I think that in five years there will be no reason to have a tablet. Maybe something with a big screen in the workplace, but the tablet is not in the strict sense. Segment tablet itself is not a good business direction” – Heins stated during the interview with Bloomberg.

Recall that the BlackBerry PlayBook turned out to be a lot of failure, and self BlackBerry has lost its leading position. Recall also that, according to the philosophy of the company a few years ago – smartphones lack the physical keyboard does not have to succeed.


Theoretically vision BlackBerry boss can work – smartphones are becoming larger screens, so some of them may gradually replace the tablets. In its meaning in 2018 tablet will not disappear from the market, only to be marginalized, such as netbooks today.

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