BlackBerry continues to fail, admits CEO Chen. Sales in the first three months were awful, and he’s not backing down from his threat to quit the phone business.

John Chen’s mea culpa comes in the form of admitting the Android-based PRIV was too expensive. He won’t say just how few BlackBerry sold, but it doesn’t sound like many.

Chen, then, is pinning his hopes on two new Android smartphones expected later this year. According to the rumor-mill, they’re codenamed Rome and Hamburg. In IT Blogwatch, bloggers draft the final eulogy for BlackBerry. <!– Not to mention: XXXXXXXXXXXX… –>

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