Cerberus can bid for BlackBerry, says WSJ - veja.com

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Reporting newspaper The Wall Street Journal on Wednesday found that Cerberus would be interested in acquiring a stake in the maker of BlackBerry smartphones. Cerberus is a management company that specializes in buying assets of troubled companies.

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WSJ , Cerberus plans to sign a confidentiality agreement with the BlackBerry that would allow the company to have access to private financial information to eventually formulate a proposal by the company. According to the report, there is still no certainty about an offer of investment management.

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few weeks ago, the Fairfax Financial Holdings Inc made a proposal for a $ 4.7 billion for delisting the BlackBerry and take control.

In this Wednesday trading after the report from WSJ, BlackBerry’s shares rose more than 1%, reversing a 5% decline recorded earlier in the session. The paper quoted at $ 8 in the early afternoon, still well below the range of $ 9 per share made by Fairfax.

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as BlackBerry refused to comment on the report. “We do not intend to disclose the progress of the process until we approve a specific transaction or a review of strategic alternatives,” said a spokesman for the BlackBerry.

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BlackBerry - BBM for iPhone and Android, Expectations - My New Phone

In late September, the official Twitter Blackberry gave one of the plans of the brand. The text: “Still 100% committed to take the # BBM to Android and the iPhone. Join BBM.com to know when # BBM4All” created expectations for the launch of BBM for new appliances as i Phone and compatibility with Android .

After the tweet, which revealed no expected date for the premiere, executive vice president of BBM, Andrew Bocking, took action and said not launch the application for now. On the other hand, Gary Klassen, maker of BlackBerry Messenger, let users more curious when he revealed the site The Mobile Indian that the application could reach new platforms.

The Canadian had already shown that the BlackBerry 10 could reach new desktops such as Windows and Mac OS interface using a mirror. BBM would be a novelty applications. The information given to the site also generated great expectation for the Windows Phone as the next to receive the app.

Online stores in New Zealand and Australia, for example, began to sell the application, but were interrupted when it was found that the Android version knocked some servers.

And through the creation of so many expectations, users are even more anxious.

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British Journal withdraws application for Blackberry users for lack of - Terra Brazil

01 October 2013 • 19h41

The British newspaper The Times said on Tuesday it would no longer provide a version of its BlackBerry mobile application because few people used it, in a further sign that rival smartphone makers are outpacing the company’s technology.

sharp drop in revenue from the BlackBerry and its growing losses forced the technology pioneer to accept a preliminary offer of $ 4.7 billion from its largest shareholder for delisting the company.

Applications of The Times and Sunday Times for Blackberry will be removed from October 31, while access the systems from Apple and Android will remain unchanged, the British newspaper said in an e-mail to subscribers.

“While the application of The Times for iPhone, iPad and Android continues to have much success, few people use the application on the Blackberry,” said a spokeswoman for the company, owned by News Corp.

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London – The British newspaper The Times said on Tuesday it would no longer provide a version of its BlackBerry mobile application because few people used it, in another sign that smartphone makers rivals are outpacing the company’s technology.

sharp drop in revenue from the BlackBerry and its growing losses forced the technology pioneer to accept a preliminary offer of $ 4.7 billion from its largest shareholder for delisting the company.

applications The Times and Sunday Times for Blackberry will be removed from October 31, while access the systems from Apple and Android will remain unchanged, British newspaper said in an e-mail to subscribers.

“While the application The Times for iPhone, iPad and Android continues to have much success, few people use the application on the Blackberry,” said a spokeswoman for the company, owned by News Corp. .

Samsung Galaxy S4 and Z10 BlackBerry gadgets are easier ... - Christian Post in Portuguese

specializes in examining the repair of appliances, iFixit notes recorded for each to assess the simplicity and complexity in the procedures to adjust a problem on mobile devices.

notes were embedded in a coefficient 0-10, BlackBerry and Galaxy S4 and Z10 were the smarts that came closer to the maximum rate, getting the note 8, beating rival brands such as Apple, Motorola and HTC.

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Among the reasons given for the success of the S4 and the Z10, the site points out that the two are effective because they have removable covers, making simple battery exchange and the screws with equal shapes, according to the website Tecmundo.

For the negatives, which avoided the note 10 of the Galaxy and BlackBerry, the S4 was qustionado by excess glue around the back of the AMOLED screen and Z10 had problems with small parts glued to the main structure.

Among other models, the new phones from Apple, iPhone, iPhone 5S and 5C, obtained only grade 6, behind not only rivals BlackBerry and Galaxy, but the Motorola Moto X, which received 7 evaluation.

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Among the champions of negative index, the gadget that showed the greatest difficulty for repair was the HTC One, who received the note 1, at huge obstacle encountered to get access to internal parts.

Termination fee of BlackBerry is seen as intimidating - EXAME.com

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The BlackBerry Fairfax agreed to pay a fee of U.S. $ 157 million if the group come up with a better proposal than the U.S. $ 2.4 billion with another buyer

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BlackBerry logo is seen through broken glass: the termination fee will increase to $ 262 million if the smartphone maker and Fairfax enter into a transaction permanent

New York and Toronto – The BlackBerry Ltd. was so desperate to find a buyer who agreed to pay its biggest shareholder a rare termination fee for a provisional offer of acquisition – a move that could deter rival bidders.

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difficulties, the smartphone maker said last week that a group led by Fairfax Financial Holdings Ltd., an insurance company based in Toronto, has signed a letter of intent for the acquisition U.S. $ 4.7 billion.

Although Fairfax CEO Prem Watsa, has not yet identified the rest of the group purchase, or obtained funding committed to the business, BlackBerry to the group agreed to pay a fee of $ 157 million if he gets a better deal with another buyer.

provision of BlackBerry in agreeing a fee without the signing of a definitive agreement is “unprecedented” and could have a chilling effect on your auction, according to Tor Braham, former director of investment banking at Deutsche technology Bank AG.

If a higher bid comes, Watsa – board member of the BlackBerry until last month – receives the additional termination fee he can get on a stake of nearly 10 percent.

“It’s a desperate situation,” said Willy Shih, professor of management practice at Harvard Business School and former executive of Eastman Kodak Co., in a telephone interview. “The terms of the agreement recognize their plight. The Fairfax is very astute. “

This is a “beautiful” deal for Watsa, Shih said.

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