BlackBerry have no plans to introduce Google Play Store, but will run Android apps instead

While we have a few images of BlackBerry manufactured Z10 running the Google Play Store application, leaked a couple of days ago. Following the allegations, pilled up a number of rumors too. But to put a full stop on this case, one of the company's spokesperson have now moved all speculations out of it's way.

As he made it clear that the new update to the Canadian's operating system will pack the Android Runtime (ART), and will support installations and running of Google's platform Android based applications on BlackBerry 10 devices.

"There is no planned support for Google Play on BlackBerry. BlackBerry World remains the primary source for trusted and curated BlackBerry applications and we continue to support open standards and open source tools so BlackBerry developers can continue to create great apps on any of the development platforms we support," said the officials.

And as seen before, exactly what happened on the Z10, users with the BlackBerry update 10.2.1.1055 will be able to open up apk. files from the smartphone's file manager and install the application, without the need of converting the file to a BlackBerry optimized bar. format.

Source: CrackBerry

Blackberry's next C-series smartphone leaks

The Canadian telecommunication and wireless equipment company, Blackberry is in plans to release a new Blackberry 10 C-series smartphone. 

But it hasn't been a week since the company has released their latest flagship in the Z-lineup, the Blackberry Z30. For your instance, we have been reported a few specifications and details of this new upcoming leaked Canadian smartphone. This handset is rumored to be a low-end device which is expected to come with a Qualcomm Snapdragon 400 chipset and LTE connectivity, 4.2-inches LCD screen with 720 x 1280 resolution display.

Meanwhile, the company is fighting to pull up it's socks in the smartphones market, where the firm has also announced to short down 4,500 jobs to reduce it's operating costs for next year, which will face a cut down in Quarter 2 of 2014 by a price of 1 Billion US Dollars.

Source: bbin