BlackBerry to stop making Classic smartphone, killing keyboards for good
by Reuters from Technology | The Guardian on (#1KCGG)
Company to stop making device it hoped would entice users who prefer a physical keyboard, a symbolic shift away from handsets and toward software
The smartphone pioneer BlackBerry will stop making its Classic model, the company said on Tuesday, some 18 months after launching the device it had hoped would entice users who prefer a physical, rather than touchscreen, keyboard.
Blackberry's move is the latest shift away from its money-losing handset business and toward its software. Shares in the Canadian technology company fell more than 3% after an executive confirmed the move in a company blog post.
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