BlackBerry recently refused offers to retail inedible various chunks of the company to interested parties like Microsoft, Google, Lenovo and Apple. This is the leading period Apple has been mentioned in connection with the now-off BlackBerry rummage sale.
This is according to Reuters which reported the incapacitated Canadian practice assumed so as to infringement up the company and whipping inedible bits and bobs would declare been unfavorable to the interests of customers and shareholders.
Apple and Microsoft were apparently interested in acquiring a ample patent stash, but BlackBerry spared its left over loyal supporters the sting of since their beloved company fall into enemy hands.
The other two tech companies sniffing around BlackBerry's still-twitching body were Cisco and Lenovo, according to the convey, with the latter long reflection to be interested in a conquest proposition.
Doubt, doubt and more doubt
BlackBerry's immediate hope was cast into yet more doubt earlier this week it announced it would abandon pursuing conquest, which would declare taken the company confidential previously again.
Instead it available $1 billion (about £625m, AU$1.06) in funding from Fairfax Financial - which had led the syndicate planning to take inclusive control in the leading place - amongst other investors.
The Waterloo-based company consent to president Thorsten Heins die too, replacing him in place of the period being with John Chen. Chen's leading conduct yourself in the life-size chair was a vow so as to BlackBerry will carry on making smartphones.
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