BlackBerry has cancelled two upcoming BlackBerry phones 10 as its developer and Investor Conference 2014 is also given the chop.
The last round of cancellations BlackBerry handset comes just days after Canada manufacturer announced a staggering third-quarter losses exceeding £2,7 billion, the latest in a long series of negative financial reports.
The two discarded phones have been around online in recent weeks under the moniker of BlackBerry Café and Kopi, although detailed specifications of unconfirmed models remains a mystery.
Making the announcement, the company said that it had "made the decision to cancel plans to launch two devices to mitigate the risk identified.
After the launch of the first BlackBerry powered handsets in January 10, Z10 and BlackBerry BlackBerry Q10, the operating system failed to reignite the ailing manufacturer's smartphone stakes.
As well as boxing two upcoming phones, BlackBerry has confirmed that it does not intend to host 2014 BlackBerry Live next year.
"We took a look at how to best meet our goals with BlackBerry events and today we're announcing that we will host a Live BlackBerry Conference in 2014," the company has confirmed through a statement on his official blog.
They added: "However, we are planning to continue with an exciting line-up of smaller, targeted events taking place in the world for the next 12 months. These events are designed with an increased focus on specific business, developer and an audience member and will allow you to get the most out of your presence. "
While the cancellation of an annual company event might not seem like a big deal, BlackBerry Live was running under one pretext or another from his first company in 2002 as the Wireless Enterprise Symposium and acted as a launch pad for a number of its older versions.
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Via: WSJ
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