BlackBerry Abandons Its Phone - The New York Times

Disintegration time for BlackBerry

"BlackBerry will no longer make its own smartphones, the product it once defined.

Before being overtaken by iPhones from Apple, BlackBerry’s phones were so popular that they were nicknamed CrackBerry. But the distressed Canadian company’s decision, announced on Wednesday, means that the BlackBerry name will will now be found only on handsets made by a group owned by phone companies in Indonesia, which has licensed the brand."

BlackBerry Abandons Its Phone - The New York Times