BlackBerry Could End Up With Google, Apple, or Microsoft: CIOs

CIOs see a range of prospective buyers for BlackBerry, including Google and Apple, the companies who helped put the phone maker in its current tight spot.


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    • As usual, the Spamberry few demonstrate their complete lack of logic and comprehension.

      1. A pension fund buying and operating Blackberry. Right. If any company sinks to that level ineptitude, they need to withdraw from tech entirely and sell insurance or something.

      2. Going private = no media. Really? Just pause and think about that without your blinders. Much as you'd like to blame anyone else for Blackberry/RIM's own decisions, the media will continue reporting every new fact and rumor, just as before. If the facts were actually good, this would be a positive. What you want is a lack of information and accountability so the Spamberry squad can continue to post plus++ glowing support for your fave company. Having your illusions broken with each quarterly report is frustrating your efforts, hence the constant calls for privatization and secrecy.

      3. Clearly the Spamberry squad is composed of a few devoted employees hanging on the hope of stringing along their jobs a little longer. Because going private is just about the last thing a Blackberry investor wants. Most would suffer a loss and none would make more than a very minor profit. Even if they bought in bulk at the very lowest point, they would never make more than a few dollars per share. A goal they could have achieved with greater success with hundreds of other stocks with far less risk. Also, the investor loses any chance of reaping the large gains they were hoping for if Blackberry actually succeeded. A private sale closes off any future gains, hardly a wise choice for an investor.

      In regards to the military, whatever scenario your spinning is financially meaningless. I haven't seen Samsung report sales numbers to the military so I won't speculate there but Apple is selling tons to Blackberry's ounces. And if your beef is tech integration, you should be far more concerned about BB10's reliance on Microsoft for email. You should keep in mind Microsoft's love for slightly changing the code to leave their partners high and dry. You really think they'll be more gentle with a weakened competitor?

    • Apparently you aren't aware of pension funds in Canada. To take Blackberry private eliminates American media like WSJ and Barron's with their BS and spam merchants like you. They become ineffective. Oh, to breath fresh air again without the constant stench of a vulture watching over your shoulder. Did you know the only way that Apple and Samsung can get into DOD in any serious capacity is to piggyback on Blackberry"s secure platform.

    • Apparently you didn't notice that it's Blackberry tarting themselves up for sale, has nothing to do with the media from any country. And none of the companies listed has any interest here. Samsung? Why buy anything when they can fork Android for free. Apple? Blackberry has nothing they want that isn't already covered by licensing. Even if they wanted the patents for kicks, they can just keep waiting as the price dwindles away. Microsoft? Really? Sure Balmer loves making pointless deals but Mr. Unified Windows Beyond Reason would just waste years having his peeps rewrite the code to become Windows again. Na. It's China or bust. And it's highly unlikely the Canadian government would ever approve such a deal. Years of special tax breaks to make the quarterly reports look a little better just to hustle them off on a slow boat to China? Not happening.

    • BlackBerry is not going anywhere LOL. Screw the American media.

    • buy the competition before it gets a chance to rise again.....little insurance

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