In response to the comments by Heins, Canada's Industry Minister Christian Paradis told Reuters earlier this week that Canada may even go to the extent of reviewing a sale of RIM's
handset business if such a deal was proposed.
Not exact matches
Blackberry CEO John Chen has stated that this phone is make it or break it and that the company would be out of the
handset business in a year
if it can't make a profit from it.
If you're looking for a premium
handset that costs as much as it feels good, and are interested in
business - type features like the rumored Windows Ink support, you'll likely want to wait for the Surface Phone.
Now that it has sold off its
handset business to Microsoft, Nokia can «monetize the communications patents they have and can charge other people royalties
if they don't use them internally,» DiDio noted.
In an attempt at revitilizing its smartphone
business, LG is said to be contemplating
if it's best to start anew this year by ditching the G and V smartphone series and adopting new brands for its flagship
handsets.
As Alex Dobie pointed out in this smart piece, it seems that OnePlus plans to depress its
handset prices indefinitely, even
if it takes a loss on the hardware, to further other aspects of the
business.
If you're more
business focussed then Polaris Office also sits on the Desire C, allowing you to read Word, Excel, PowerPoint and PDF documents, although once again ease of use is hampered by the smaller display on this budget HTC
handset.