Blackberry: "The tablets will be useless in 5 years" - CanalAR

said BlackBerry CEO, Thorsten Heins. He also announced that in five years to completely dominate BlackBerry mobile market.

As part of a dialogue with Bloomberg, BlackBerry CEO, Thorsten Heins , announced that the tablets sector has no future.

“In five years there will be no reason to have an electronic tablet. serve not at all “, shot Heins and surprised the tech industry.

“Maybe I can run a big screen in the place of work, but not the tablet as we know. tablets themselves are not a good business model “added the CEO.

The company had launched its tablet Playbook in In 2011, short sales were expected, so BlackBerry offered huge discounts to sell more units. In addition, Heins ads contrast with the growing market for tablets, which has increased sales by 142% in the first quarter of this year according to IDC (The sale of tablets increased 142% in the first quarter of 2013).

Meanwhile, Heins was very optimistic about the place of BlackBerry in the mobile device market. “ In five years I see BlackBerry as a leader in mobile computing , which is what we’re looking for.”

In this regard, in February launched BlackBerry Z10 , its full touch smartphone which the company says already exceeded sales expectations .