BlackBerry launching new smartphone
TORONTO — BlackBerry is releasing a new smartphone with an emphasis on security in a bid to revive its flagging fortunes.The company announced Tuesday the launch of the DTEK50, its second device powered by Android and one it says is more secure than other Android-powered phones on the market."With an increase in cybercrime on smartphones, people need to recognize that the private details of their lives — where they live, their bank info, pictures of their kids — are at risk on their personal device," BlackBerry chief security officer David Kleidermacher said in a statement.
BlackBerry's new Android device billed as 'world's most secure' smartphone
BlackBerry is on a mission to stay competitive and relevant in the smartphone market even as it kills off its most iconic product.The Canadian company unveiled its latest strategy with a new Android handset Tuesday — DTEK50 — less than a month after it said it would stop making the BlackBerry Classic.The company is calling the device the world's most secure smartphone.
BlackBerry launching new smartphone with emphasis on beefed-up security
TORONTO - In a bid to once again make its struggling hardware business profitable, BlackBerry is launching a new smartphone billed as the most secure Android device available.The company says the DTEK50 target audience is "everyone" due to the increasing threat that mobile security risks now pose to the public at large."We feel that customers today, certainly businesses and consumers, are beginning to understand just how important security is when it comes to their smartphone," said Alex Thurber, senior vice-president of global device sales, during a Tuesday webcast launch from the company's Waterloo, Ont., headquarters.
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