How the iPhone, without the keyboard. BlackBerry is suing the company ... - Wyborcza.biz

Apple is in this conflict observer, though the iPhone appears in the background. Main battle court, if there is no settlement, will take place between BlackBerry (formerly Research in Motion) and the company Typo Products LLC. Publicity gives it the fact that one of its founders, Ryan Seacrest, American TV celebrity, known for his pursuit of the “American Idol”.

QWERTY discord

And went on the keyboard. In December, the company Typo announced that it will soon present a self-created electronic overlay. It’s a case with a keyboard, compatible with iPhones 5 S and C – can be applied to the touch screen. Already coming order. The price is 99 dollars., About 300 z?. The snag is that the keyboard resembles a known solution already known from previous BlackBerry phones.

“flagrant violation” versus “checked patents”

– This is a flagrant violation of the company Typo against the classic BlackBerry keyboard. We will protect our intellectual property. Do not step down any company that copies our design – said in a statement Steve Zipperstein, head of the legal department BlackBerry. But did not provide information that a patent has been thoroughly broken.

What is the accused party? Not afraid of Canadian producer and says it will vigorously defend itself. – We checked patents. Above the keyboard are working for two years. We created it from scratch – said Laurence Hallier, chairman of Typo, quoted by “The Wall Street Journal”.

new drive

BlackBerry, albeit in a bad financial situation, I still can not forget about yourself. And proves that still did not give up. As we wrote in wyborcza.biz, the company plans to gradually recover shares in the respective markets. It is relatively strong in Indonesia, because first there will be a new budget smartphone codenamed Jakarta, developed in partnership with the largest electronics manufacturer in the world – Foxconn.

Money not arrive

Meanwhile, melt the Canadian company finances. BlackBerry announced the results for the last quarter of 2013 – 4.4 billion. under the dash. This is largely the result of a write-down of inventories. But apart from these one-off operations, the company and so ends in the red – 354 million dollars. For comparison: in the same period of 2012, the BlackBerry had a profit – $ 14 million. Low, but still. New CEO Jon Chen, who was replaced by Thorsten Heins November, is convinced that the company has a lot of work to rebuild the position, but it is doable. Heads continuously monitor what is right and what needs improvement. Therefore, as we wrote in wyborcza.biz, Alicia Keys dismissed, creative director responsible for improving sales results. And this lame. During the last quarter sold only 900 thousand. flagowców latest BlackBerry – Z10 and Z30.