BlackBerry is reportedly planning a switch to Android

BlackBerry may release an Android smartphone this fall.

BlackBerry is considering a new smartphone that will run Google's Android operating system in a bid to win back customers it ceded to the iPhone and Android smartphones, Reuters reports. BlackBerry's existing devices currently run its own BlackBerry 10 operating system.

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The Android-powered smartphone, which will reportedly launch this fall, will sport a slider form factor with a QWERTY keyboard hidden underneath a la BlackBerry's previous Torch. It's unclear if the device is the same slider device the company teased at Mobile World Conference earlier this year. Read more...

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