BlackBerry launches $2,380 ultra-secure tablet
- BlackBerry's (BBRY) SecuTablet, launched in partnership with Samsung (OTC:SSNLF) and IBM, is based on Samsung's Galaxy Tab S 10.5 Android tablet, and contains encryption and anti-eavesdropping tech developed by the company's German Secusmart unit (acquired last year). BlackBerry says the device could be available by this summer, and will sell for about $2,380.
- The tablet is aimed at enterprise and government clients with high-end security needs, and relies on app wrapping technology provided by IBM to silo consumer apps such as Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube from secure apps. IBM will also assist in implementing Secusmart's solutions "within the infrastructures of the various clients inside the governmental sector."
- The launch comes a year after BlackBerry discontinued the (QNX OS-based) PlayBook following less-than-stellar sales, and four months after the company formed an alliance with Samsung to create security solutions for Samsung's Android hardware. Google gave its blessing to BES12 (along with other enterprise mobility management platforms) last month.
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Other than AT&T, how can serious subscribers acquire the new Blackberry handsets? Please don't say amazon or ebay!What does John Chen know, that EVERYONE else doesn't?
Shop blackberry for example.
Why Amazon is not an option? What's wrong with it?you have more than hundred different, world wide carriers as well.
Why Amazon is not an option? What's wrong with it?you have more than hundred different, world wide carriers as well.
I don't want to add salt to wound. I suppose many of your in the audience have underwater shares of BBRY, ever since BBRY was genocide by AAPL, plunging from ~$300 a share to its ~$9 now. The reality is, albeit Chen's magic move, and the stance of the Secure Table outlook is good, it won't be announced until the summer. Which means it won't be sold to governments till the 3rd quarter, for revenues to coming in. But meanwhile, the company needs cash to keep itself alive.And so the forward scenario is still quite uncertain to say the least.
What are you talking about? they got more than 3 BN cash.their cash burn dropped from about 1BN in 2013 (if my memory is not mistaken) to approximately 20M/quarter.last quarter was profitable
snu,"last quarter was profitable"Only on a non GAAP reading. Think you need an asterisk there"What are you talking about?"Reality, which apparently you continue to question.
Eric, have you read the Actual report?What is non-Gaap profit, and why it was gaap loss?
Well, the SecuSmart Tablet news so far is not impressing anyone other than SA BBRY long posters. The share price is down to a $9.65 pre-market low.
@teutonic
My profile does not allow the change of my username. My username is NOT my email address. My sign in info is my email address and my password. Both can be changed. No other issue.
My profile does not allow the change of my username. My username is NOT my email address. My sign in info is my email address and my password. Both can be changed. No other issue.
Well, I had a new email address. The old one was shutdown. So I updated my profile by logging in with the old email address, and changed my email address to the new. SA uses your email address as username.Am I on the wrong track? SA does allow changing username. I wonder what your issue is.
I see no big threat for Apple. Apple with its hundreds of billions of cash, they could easily sniff out yet another super duper stellar security cryptography company/suite and just offer them a price they could not refuse, taking it over. Money talks, money talks louder and louder and if enough money is offered, nothing is not for sale. Then, putting that super cyber software into the Apple devices is a piece of cake.I am sure they Apple are now working on this with due diligence.
@Teutonic Knight, I am absolutely positive Apple heard the security cry billions of dollars ago. Remember, they buy the cream of the crop when it comes to engineers. They got nothing! Money buys love not a new secure way to protect data. Leave Apple to the consumer, they make toys. Just call BlackBerry, they already have the future secure. At least for the next 147 billion years.
@Teutonic Knight - From the ground up BBRY was built with security in mind. Every aspect of BBRY code is integrated into that solid secure foundation. AAPL focused on software/hardware integration to enhance functionality, not security. For APPL, security was just a necessary evil so they only did the required minimum. AAPL would need to start from scratch with their software/hardware architecture to have any chance of matching BBRY security. Buying a third party security company and integrating it into existing AAPL architecture would only be a patch job. It would be cloogy; a maintenance and development nightmare. Even if it were implemented as just a security layer. Essentially, AAPL's demise is already in their code. Just as your demise is already in your DNA. Even billionaires die. The dawning of the security age is upon us. It will not be denied.
LONG BBRY.
LONG BBRY.
"Leave Apple to the consumer, they make toys."Managers of many businesses worldwide happily use Apple's toys since years, which is why IBM, SAP, etc. support iOS developer communities. I wonder how that can be... are most businesspeople stupid in your view?
With a wide range of award-winning software and hardware solutions, Certicom, a wholly owned subsidiary of BlackBerry Limited (Nasdaq: BBRY; TSX: BB), protects billions of dollars worth of content and millions of devices around the world. With over 350 patents and patents pending worldwide covering key aspects of Elliptic Curve Cryptography (ECC), Certicom provides the core technology for the National Security Agency (NSA) Suite B standard for secure government communications.In case you have never heard of ECC, Blackberry was able to establish FIPS 140 certification with NTSA for its devices based on the use of Elliptic Curve Cryptography.
In your effort to appear witty you have just demonstrated your ignorance of the realities of today's internet
In the 90s when the biggest economic espionage was in the full swing, security was never brought to any of the mortals (you and the majority of the consumer market). Today's as you appear to be far back from that time, it is essential for the big corporations (not only governments as it was back then) to have that. Creating standards in the Information security is called innovation, because you have to stay ahead of those who might be smarter then you and are trying to break in. Also, you need to constantly update those standards, and most of the time create new.
Most of the people involved in those areas are scientists, because this is science, so avoid reading the shallow minded leeches/media and do some program reading, and algorithm creations.
FYI we are currently witnessing, the SHA1 and TLS 1.0 (SSL) are obsolete and vulnerable, which was not the case 5 years ago, when they were the standard.
Most of the people involved in those areas are scientists, because this is science, so avoid reading the shallow minded leeches/media and do some program reading, and algorithm creations.
FYI we are currently witnessing, the SHA1 and TLS 1.0 (SSL) are obsolete and vulnerable, which was not the case 5 years ago, when they were the standard.
@bendy (too bad you cannot change your username so it is grammatical: as in iPhone. See the Chicago Manual of the use of internal capitals)AAPL never discounts anything. No firesales of Zwhateverthenumberwas kind of stuff.kudos for the effort. My wife would have said: your best college try!
I'm not one to rub dirt in someone's *investment thesis*. We all like to think we pick diamonds 100% of he time but, we've all got a few lumps of coal in our portfolios. The vast majority of bullish comments in this thread are not investment thesis. They are emotional, irrational and conspiratorial. They speak of Apple as though the company is a person and has personally slighted them. They, literally, can't see the investment reality of a company like Apple versus BlackBerry. They appear to faun over some magical day in the future where BlackBerry will vanquish all other tech companies - particularly Apple - and we will all rue the day we ever doubted JC AT THE HELM's obvious wisdom and our foolish, stupid short sighted focus on companies that make money. That thinking is delusional. On the other hand, Blackberry will continue to exist, or be sold off in chunks (or the whole). Instead of focusing and dreaming of what's not gonna happen, why don't those who feel amorous to the company develop a sound strategy for the "new" BlackBerry. Think BlackBerry will be sold? That's a sane possibility; develop a quick thesis on the PPS for a sale and make an arbitrage play. Think BlackBerry will be a going concern for a long, long time? That's a sane possibility; develop a carefully thought out, rational thesis on what that business will look like. BTW, this is exactly what Chen is doing. He's selling/closing/elimin... those aspects of their business that are essentially lost for the foreseeable future. BlackBerry can absolutely survive and remain a profitable, even growing robustly company. It can also be a profitable investment vehicle at the right entry price and realistic understanding of possibilities. The idea that BlackBerry is going to rekindle what was lost and show the world a thing or two is fallacious and deluded. Hardly a basis to make a ***investment*** decision on. There can be a profitable company in the rubble of what was BlackBerry.
re: The idea that BlackBerry is going to rekindle what was lostCan't say I've heard any bulls make such a statement or anything even remotely close to it. You appear to be hearing what you want to hear, which is delusional.Chen has clearly stated 10million handsets a year is fine by him.The only other major part of its old business model that is part of the 4 new pillars is BES, and that never fizzled, they are still 500lb gorilla's and gaining weight.You're thinking in the past, Blackberry re-invented itself 2 years ago.
"Can't say I've heard any bulls make such a statement or anything even remotely close to it."Then you need to read fellow kamikaze investors' posts more carefully. BlackBerry article comment sections are awash with such nonsensical delusions. This article's comment section, too."...4 new pillars..."What would these four new pillars be? They are not mentioned in BlackBerry's corporate literature or on the company website."...Blackberry re-invented itself 2 years ago."Looking at their quarterly financial statements and the last annual report, this appears not to be the case: Hardware. Service. Software. Other. It is all there, as before.The only thing John Chen "managed" so far was to shrink the business faster than his predecessor, Thorsten Heins.
@Food
If you have read Michael "Perma AAPL Bear - Perma BBRY Bull" Blair's recent _piece_ (I will refrain from tastless puns) on BBRY, you may have noticed (not likely!) that his BULLISH handset sale prediction was for 1.2 M units in the quarter. Now comes the math...Never mind. The news is bad.
If you have read Michael "Perma AAPL Bear - Perma BBRY Bull" Blair's recent _piece_ (I will refrain from tastless puns) on BBRY, you may have noticed (not likely!) that his BULLISH handset sale prediction was for 1.2 M units in the quarter. Now comes the math...Never mind. The news is bad.
Interesting development; Something from press piqued my interest:Dr. Hans-Christoph Quelle, CEO of Secusmart GmbH: "Subject to certification of the SecuTABLET, German government agencies will have a new way to access BlackBerry's most secure and complete communications network in the world."Are we talking about BIS here? Is this guy just confused?
DeZeee, one critically important thing: you forget that 'JC is at the helm'. With JC At The Helm, it's only a matter of time before anyone who cares about security will own and use multiple BlackBerry devices. Umm hmm. It says so just above. (Lol!!!)
Roll Tide, Roll, the problem with your thesis is that Blackberry is not
by along shot the only company that provides advanced security for
enterprise. That is a myth we only read about on sites such as Crack-
berry or posted ad nauseam by hopeful BBRY longs. Any entity who
is interested in better security has many choices which is why instead
of Blackberry gaining customers they have been steadily losing them.
by along shot the only company that provides advanced security for
enterprise. That is a myth we only read about on sites such as Crack-
berry or posted ad nauseam by hopeful BBRY longs. Any entity who
is interested in better security has many choices which is why instead
of Blackberry gaining customers they have been steadily losing them.
@Roll Tide, Roll
"...use multiple BlackBerry devices"
I wonder where DaZeee is!
Still, multiple devices? Shouldn't ONE be enough? It reminds me of the old RadioShack Sunday blow-in insert days: a copier, a fax machine, an answering machine, a pager, a camera, a phone, a battery charger, a cassette deck...Shouldn't BBRY figure out how to copy iOS and Android to have them all in one device?
"...use multiple BlackBerry devices"
I wonder where DaZeee is!
Still, multiple devices? Shouldn't ONE be enough? It reminds me of the old RadioShack Sunday blow-in insert days: a copier, a fax machine, an answering machine, a pager, a camera, a phone, a battery charger, a cassette deck...Shouldn't BBRY figure out how to copy iOS and Android to have them all in one device?
If BlackBerry and SecuSmart were the only businesses offering secure solutions, their devices and services would sell, year after year, in vast quantities.Well, they don't.
An expensive ice scraper. Should have been released this winter. The summer release points to its secondary use as illuminated beer-mat.
Andreas,"An expensive ice scraper. Should have been released this winter."It's 98 degrees Fahrenheit out here in the Wild West. It's about as useless as one could imagine at this point.
Now, here is the one to really kick BBRY with—while it's down.
Last year's AAPL developers conference was all about groundbreaking programming. After the announced IBM - Apple partnership last Fall, this coming WWDC may be focusing on security and enterprise deployment (to shore things up about HealthKit, too). But that's in June. I wonder if BBRY will be still around to watch the show... or will it be sitting under the willows of the nursing home, staring blankly with watery eyes at the swans on the lake while the nurse changes the colostomy bag.
Last year's AAPL developers conference was all about groundbreaking programming. After the announced IBM - Apple partnership last Fall, this coming WWDC may be focusing on security and enterprise deployment (to shore things up about HealthKit, too). But that's in June. I wonder if BBRY will be still around to watch the show... or will it be sitting under the willows of the nursing home, staring blankly with watery eyes at the swans on the lake while the nurse changes the colostomy bag.
@Food to remain with your username theme
Goldman Sachs does not have egg on his face. Goldman Sachs is sitting in the clubhouse, looking at the melting snow on the golf-course and having a Bloody Mary with Eggs Benedict. The eggs are safely placed on half-cut English muffins and guess what? Smoked Canadian ham...But, it's true BBRS's bacon was smoked by the justified downgrade.
Goldman Sachs does not have egg on his face. Goldman Sachs is sitting in the clubhouse, looking at the melting snow on the golf-course and having a Bloody Mary with Eggs Benedict. The eggs are safely placed on half-cut English muffins and guess what? Smoked Canadian ham...But, it's true BBRS's bacon was smoked by the justified downgrade.
I also wouldn't care for gold socks.Even if they are wrong they always come out with profit.But with BBRY they are not wrong. Revenue is really falling and BES12 didn't conquer the market.But this was expected.Now is the question how will market access this expected "non-success". I wouldn't be sure that market will say that this was fiasco.
The question is will they sell more than 100 of these tablets.
I mean my post is as realistic as most I am reading here.
The back patting and kudo's as if this tablet is going to save
the company has reached a point of absurdity that really
can't even be described. The desperation of underwater longs
is reaching a pinnacle. Obviously misery loves company.
I also can't even comprehend why all the posts by BBRY longs
comparing this to the iPad. This just makes the desperation
palpable as this tablet is aimed at a completely different market.
It's time to let go of having missed out on one of the greatest
investments in history (AAPL) and start being realistic about
your losing investment in BBRY. Ever hear of "cutting losses"?
I mean my post is as realistic as most I am reading here.
The back patting and kudo's as if this tablet is going to save
the company has reached a point of absurdity that really
can't even be described. The desperation of underwater longs
is reaching a pinnacle. Obviously misery loves company.
I also can't even comprehend why all the posts by BBRY longs
comparing this to the iPad. This just makes the desperation
palpable as this tablet is aimed at a completely different market.
It's time to let go of having missed out on one of the greatest
investments in history (AAPL) and start being realistic about
your losing investment in BBRY. Ever hear of "cutting losses"?
iPads are banned by a range of european governments and parliaments for work meanwhile. Since this is really very uncomfortable for the users, I suggest even such a high prized device will be accepted, in special, as it is the money of the european tax payers.
@xoleo
AND you think it was because of security concerns? Not because of the distraction factor of Tetris and Sudoku and Angry Birds to anaesthesize the brain-curdling boredom of parliamentary sessions. You may be right. Let's give them Blackberries and my business card to make appointments for psychiatric consultations to deal with their anxiety stemming from suppressed resentment.
AND you think it was because of security concerns? Not because of the distraction factor of Tetris and Sudoku and Angry Birds to anaesthesize the brain-curdling boredom of parliamentary sessions. You may be right. Let's give them Blackberries and my business card to make appointments for psychiatric consultations to deal with their anxiety stemming from suppressed resentment.
@ DezeeGo google, malware, tracker etc...,you don´t find arguments anymore, or have you ever had some?
Well this certainly was a weekend treat, can't wait to see the stock price action next week. Goldman Sachs have egg on their face.
Manfred,Can you explain this in English. :-).I'm currently short and I'm option trader and I don't have a clue what you said.
And you talking about us.
And you talking about us.
Sell on the news, of course, for most investors who still own BBRY but, I hate to say this, still underwater.Get the Hell out NOW!Massive Liquidation is the ONLY way to go given this LAST Chance!
What to say?We have been at 9 few times, before that they were at 6 few times and currently we are at 9.8 for a while.My prognoses here were in last period most accurate here as you remember and this time I don't have idea.But I smell that we won't stay here, but go somewhere in longer jump.
nVkbl8811,BlackBerry should work with everyone, including Apple. Everyone needs and deserves security. No one should hinder that. I remember Marcap suggested that only important people needed security. Like there are are unimportant people in the world. Marcap said he is willing to give up his privacy to the NSA. Not me.If all phones were not secure, what keeps any able country from lighting up all phone cameras all at the same time to see just where the important people are? With facial recognition, it would not take long for someone to be found. The unimportant people would be used against the important people.