Blackberry

The company can make a return to the mobile world with the help of Texas startup OnwardMobility. OnwardMobility, in partnership with FIH Mobile, a subsidiary of Chinese company Foxconn, will be producing new BlackBerry phones. In 2016, a Chinese manufacturer, TCL, purchased the license from BlackBerry to use its brand logo. TCL started making phones under the name of BlackBerry in the year 2017. The contract between TCL and BlackBerry expires on August 31, 2020, and TCL has said that it is no longer interested in renewing the contract after not much success....

Though the Blackberry internet service is gradually being restored, I can’t help but be somewhat amused at what my state of mind would have been if my BlackBerry hadn’t developed a fault during this period. Massive Frustration! Massive Frustration! I’ve gradually got so addicted to the damn phone that I simply can’t imagine carrying it about without connection to the world for 2 days. It suddenly dawned on me that without BIS, BlackBerry devices are no different from generic cell phones that can only make and receive calls as well as send text messages....