The last foray of the Spanish company Geeksphone was partnering with Silente Circle to create Blackphone, a smartphone that advocates for security and privacy, and that is one of the strongest bets to counteract this barrage of news regarding how the NSA brings it to you.
A company, which after the development of six smartphones in less than six years, has reached the end of a cycle as just announced. An end of the cycle that means that the technical support service will continue to operate and in which several of its partners have created geeks! Me, a new brand focused on the development of wearables. So what dies makes way for something that is born.
With several milestones behind him
And they go through the big door, since they can count as a great history having been the first Spanish company to develop a smartphone, the first European to launch a phone with Android and the first brand worldwide to launch a mobile device with Firefox OX alongside the phone and the Mozzila foundation.
As Rodrigo Silva-Ramos says, they would never have imagined that they would develop six smartphones in less than six years. An end of the cycle that has allowed them to receive many professional and personal successes, having been recognized by the industry itself and, most importantly, by users.
Regarding sales, Geeksphone has sold several thousand terminalsFigures of great importance if we put it in relation to the environment of European startups and it has allowed the members of its team to continue working on other projects of great importance.
The environment has changed
Geeksphone was born with the concept of innovation based on a passionate geek community, with talent and creativity, and now this has changed a lot so it does not make much sense to follow the path they started in 2009, according to what they say.
A little blame can be given to the big players that are now appearing in this mobile phone market where innovation is not so important or listening to the needs of users. This is part of the massive influx of terminals that have been spreading everywhere, and we already know what happens when something becomes overcrowded.
We can see this in CyanogenMod itself, that being a community of developers, they have finally had to choose to have a business side to be able to continue innovating within what they can.
For this very reason Geeksphone has put all the tools in the hands of the entire user community to continue developing. This means that some third-party licenses that are not public are parked without being able to take them out to the community.
On the other hand, we now have all engineering talent from Geeksphone to Silent Circle's BlackphoneAs geeks! me, a new brand focused on wearables that will launch its first product very soon. A smart bracelet that will allow users to lead a healthier lifestyle.
A goodbye to Geeksphone but a welcome to all that group of professionals that have been integrated into other projects and companies, and that we will soon see their rewards reaped.
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