BlackBerry using android

TORONTO (Reuters) - BlackBerry Ltd Unveiled a second Android-based not ndset on Tuesday, a device Combining Alphabet Inc's popular software and broad app catalog with the Canadian company's security and productivity features at a Lower price.

The faded PIONEER smartphone is Hoping the DTEK50 will sell in greater numbers than the Priv, its first original phone the Android operating system, Which Chief Executive John Chen has said suffered Because of its high price  

The company said the 5.2-inch touchscreen-only DTEK50 is available from Tuesday for pre-order from BlackBerry's online shop in the US, Canada, UK, France, Germany, Spain, Italy and The Netherlands for $ 299. It plans to begin shipping the device on Aug. 8. 

"This is a good marriage of proposition and price point for enterprises," said John Jackson, an analyst at International Data Corp.

Shares in the Waterloo, Ontario-based company Were up 1.4 percent at $ 7.18 on the Nasdaq and rose 1.6 percent to C $ 9.50 in Toronto.

At its November launch the Priv, Which features a slide out keyboard, cost $ 699 without a contract in the United States and C $ 899 without a contract in Canada. The company trimmed the Priv's price in April.

Calling the DTEK50 "the world's most secure Android smartphone," BlackBerry said it will alert users if someone is making use of its remote camera or microphone, or Accessing the phone's location information.

BlackBerry did not announce any distribution deals with major US Carriers, with initial US sales to come Mostly Instead EXPECTED via Best Buy Co Inc, Amazon.com Inc and BlackBerry's own online store.

Canada's biggest wireless Carriers will all sell the device.

"The lack of specific detail on operator channels outside Canada That says there's still no path to massive volumes," IDC's Jackson added.

Recognized BlackBerry Devices sales of roughly 500,000 in the three months to the end of May, down from 1.1 million read a year earlier as demand for its aging product portfolio sunk.

Once a dominant force in smartphones, BlackBerry now holds just a sliver of the global smartphone market. Earlier this month it said it would Cease the production of its Classic ndset, Which Uses its own BlackBerry 10 operating system.

Chen expressed confidence last month the company's trimmed-down is ndset business can turn a profit by a self-imposed September DEADLINE, even, as read analysts urge the company to ditch the unit.

A third is EXPECTED Android device from BlackBerry in the coming months.