A few years ago, Blackberry reigned in the mobile market, in fact, they were a must have, as such, they had at least one for every class and they were doing great.
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Phone makers' fate dependent on mobile market
The chief executive of Blackberry says the market will determine if his firm will continue making smartphones.
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After a while, a serious competitor, Android came, but things were still not bad for Blackberry as they had the one thing Android did not have, BBM.
Things went south hill on September 21 and September 22, 2013, when BBM became available for download on Android and iPhone.
Since then,things have continued to get worse for Blackberry as people are not buying them as much as they used to.
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The Canadian company is experiencing shrinking demand for its handsets, it shipped fewer than 8 million phones last year which is less than a sixth of the number it did three years before.
John Chen, the chief executive of Blackberry, unveiled the Blackberry Leap, a touchscreen model without a physical keyboard, at Barcelona's Mobile World Congress trade show this week, and said a further three designs would be launched before the end of 2015.
He has also made more of the company's applications and services available to rival platforms, for which Blackberry will charge.
The BBC's Rory Cellan-Jones asked Mr Chen whether Blackberry would be better off giving up making hardware to focus on software, and he said the market would determine that.
What do you think, should they stop making smartphones since people are not buying as much as they used to?
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