BlackBerry May Develop Bacteria-Free Smartphone

The average smartphone contains roughly 25,000 germs per square inch, but now, BlackBerry may be doing something about all that grossness. According to company CEO John Chen, the once-dominant company, which now only accounts for less than 1% of the smartphone market share, is looking into designing a bacteria-free smartphone. Chen made the comment Wednesday at a hospital north of Toronto, where he announced that BlackBerry was partnering with ThoughtWire and Cisco Systems Inc. to provide hospital workers with a new portable messaging and alert system. Bloomberg reports that a bacteria-free smartphone would be designed for hospital personnel, rather than regular consumers.