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Microsoft Reportedly May Acquire BlackBerry

New submitter techtsp writes: Microsoft is just one one of many companies reportedly looking to get a bigger piece of the enterprise mobile market by buying BlackBerry. Reports claim that Chinese firms including Huawei, Lenovo and Xiaomi are also interested in picking up BlackBerry following the company's recent return to profitability. This report comes on the heels of BlackBerry announcing it is cutting jobs across its global business units in an attempt to consolidate its software, hardware and applications business.

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  1. Re:As big a success as the Kin by tompaulco · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    You've had 80% battery life because all you can do with the device is make phone calls, because the app store sucks.

    Well, it is a phone after all. If it can't make and receive phone calls reliably and have decent call time, then what is the point?

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