Topman BlackBerry doubts future tablets - Automation Guide

The PlayBook, the BlackBerry tablet flopped.

Thorsten Heins, chief executive of BlackBerry, is the future of tablets pessimistic. In 5 years there is no need, he expects.

In an interview with Bloomberg CEO Heins’ that tablets in itself a good business model. “said In 5 years there will be no reason to want a tablet he expects. Heins may still sees room for “a large screen at your workplace.”

Late last year Heins was expressed in The New York Times all in similar terms about laptops. “About 3 to 5 years you will not walk around with a laptop,” he said. Heins expects the smartphone the spindle is in everyday computing and both the desktop PC, laptop and tablet will replace.

PlayBook tablet was unsuccessful

BlackBerry, then that Research In Motion (RIM) was called, in 2011 brought its own tablet computer on the market under the name Playbook. That was not a great success, partly because the first version e-mail was not possible. The Canadian manufacturer had that year $ 485 million write off unsold inventories PlayBooks.

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In the interview, Heins emphasized that any successor to the Playbook will have to bid on the now crowded market for tablets something unique. Earlier, in January this year, he said it would only consider if that yields profits.

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Optimistic about future of BlackBerry

Despite the rapid decline of BlackBerry’s market share in smartphones Heins remains optimistic about the future of his company. “I see that BlackBerry arrive in 5 years the absolute leader in mobile computing – we aim for,” he said. BlackBerry, according to him to get back market share without others to imitate.

New Model Q10 could very well sell

In a separate interview with the TV section of Bloomberg Heins said he sees bright prospects for the BlackBerry Q10. Sales of the new smartphone began last weekend in the UK. The United States followed late May. “We have very, very good signals received immediately after its launch in the UK,” said Heins. He expects Blackberry “tens of millions” of copies of the Q10 can sell.

The Q10 is the 2nd device on the new operating system BlackBerry 10 is based. The Q10 comes with the familiar QWERTY keyboard that many earlier models featured. Earlier this year introduced BlackBerry all the Z10, a smartphone that only has a touchscreen.

According to an analyst at Jefferies Group hit the Q10 after launch quickly sold out at British outlets like Selfridges and the retailer Carphone Warehouse. The sales staff were enthusiastic about the device and also seemed more excitement around the Q10 to be rather than around the Z10, said the analyst.