BlackBerry's new CEO John Chen says that upcoming BlackBerry phones will 'predominantly' have physical keyboards. Ron Louks, former exec at Sony Ericsson and HTC, will run the device business. In an interview with Bloomberg Chen said, “Ron’s a very creative guy. I think he’s more in touch with not only the technology and design to make a phone great but how people like the phone.”

Finally, Chen announced a five month deal with Foxconn Technology to help produce phones for developing and emerging markets.