Here is news which will cheer-up BlackBerry users- The Company has announced that it will be bringing Amazon Appstore to its platform which will give its users access to over 200,000 apps!

This move from the Waterloo based company will go along with the launch of BlackBerry 10.3, as revealed by the company. With this, the users will be able to run popular apps such as Groupon, Pinterest, Candy Crush, etc.

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"Making the Amazon Appstore available on BlackBerry 10 devices will help BlackBerry continue to meet two essential needs: greater app availability for our smartphone users and enhanced productivity solutions for enterprises," John Chen, CEO of BlackBerry, said in a statement.

Since his joining last year, Chen has been working diligently to make BlackBerry profitable again by focusing more on software providing than manufacturing. He has also successful cut many costs which has increased BlackBerry's customer base.

"We've listened to our customers and have taken this important step to deliver on their needs, while executing on our strategy.", Chen stated.

Amazon and BlackBerry, in collaboration, will work with latter company's developer community to bring the play into execution. With this move the developer community will be able to take advantage of several services provided by Amazon. These include the promotional programs such as Amazon Coins, and Developer Select. While the former allows users to easily make in-app purchases, the latter will help developers to design apps which can easily reach to their target customers.

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