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BlackBerry faced secret plot to
switch to Android OS


It has been revealed that BlackBerry came under
an attempted $8bn takeover bid last summer
from a Silicon Valley entrepreneur although the
attempt quite evidently failed.
Entrepreneur and angel investor, Robin Chan,
has revealed his attempt to launch a takeover bid
for the company, which would have seen him
lead a team of investors to run the company,
according to cellular-news.com.
Chan spent three months last year pitching his
takeover bid to potential investors, and also
built up a team of developers who would move
in to head up the R& department.
Key to the bid was a plan to essentially scrap the
BlackBerry hardware and OS, and focus the
company on services, particularly its deep
penetration into corporate email servers.
His plan would have seen the company ditch
most of its work on the BB10 operating system,
and instead release a modified version of an
Android smartphone with BlackBerry 10 features
and its email/BBM services.
In addition, they would have made the
BlackBerry email services easier to deploy onto
iPhone and other Android handsets.
The proposal obviously failed to gain traction,
although he was able to raise commitments of
$1bn towards the takeover bid.
BlackBerry has however, now put itself up for
sale and is seeking a new route out of its current
handset sales.


http://www.punchng.com/business/technology/blackberry-faced-secret-plot-to-switch-to-android-os/

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