BlackBerry 10 operating system finally launched in January
The Z10 and Q10 are the first devices to launch on BlackBerry 10. The company's future hangs on the success of the long-delayed platform. NEW YORK (CNNMoney) BlackBerry is past the point of "transitional quarter" excuses, but the new fiscal year isn't starting out well for the struggling smartphone maker. BlackBerry shares slumped 17% in premarket trading Friday after the company's fiscal first-quarter results sorely missed Wall Street estimates.It's been a lot of hurry-up-and-wait for BlackBerry watchers. The long-delayed BlackBerry 10 operating system finally launched in January, during the company's fiscal fourth quarter. But the first BlackBerry 10 device, the touchscreen Z10, went on sale in only a few locations just a few weeks before the quarter ended -- so that reporting period was essentially a wash. The first quarter was BlackBerry's first chance to prove the company is turning around. Unfortunately for BlackBerry, the quarter was a painful ...
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