Reply With QuoteVideos have been taken down but here's a mirror of a terribly boring future RIM won't live to see as a company
Microsoft's to contrast.
The mockups are nice but soulless.
You mean like this?
Videos have been taken down but here's a mirror of a terribly boring future RIM won't live to see as a company
Microsoft's to contrast.
The mockups are nice but soulless.
No doubt if these Playbooks don't sell it will somehow be the consumers' fault.
I actually have students who prefer Blackberries to iPhones, because they love the keyboards for texting, and the general durability of the phones. But it's like, literally, one per class, so about 20-1 in favor of iPhones.
Who texts any more? I use whatsapp, for convenience (wife and some others use it). Only costs data.
WTF. That's sad.Originally Posted by rei
This type of company may turn into a patent troll zombie, if selling real products and setvices fail.
My favorite example of "...but Blackberry's are still popular with" are those people who say that Blackberry's are still popular with chavs in England because the authorities can't spy on BBM.
Dude, when hoodlums, drug dealers, and criminals are your last great market, you are fucked.
Don't forget poor/developing countries!
Or if all your friends have iphones, just use iMessage. It's built in. Almost everybody I know has an iPhone, so I just don't pay for a text plan at all but continue to use the standard messaging app.
Yup, I would be that student.
Maybe you guys are all high tech gurus, but my students still text. I think most of their phone plans now have unlimited texting anyhow. While I did use iPhones in my anecdote above, it's really a mix of Apple and Android phones, with the techies gravitating towards the latter. But texting seems to be universal, still. Then again, college students, especially students at the place where I teach, are probably not a very representative sample.
Personally, I would have no use for a Blackberry, being satisfied with my Droid phones.
You pay quite a lot for unlimited texting. It's not thrown in like unlimited voice. And yes, I know that makes no sense at all.
All those revised Verizon and AT&T smartphone plans have unlimited voice/texts standard now, with the ludicrous data buckets being the main price difference between tiers.
Yeah. And up here, most folks are Verizon, because they're the only ones with any coverage whatsoever.
NYT ends support of Blackberry on their mobile app. http://www.nytimes.com/content/help/...ouncement.html
On July 23, 2012, we stopped supporting the NYTimes apps on BlackBerry and Palm Pre. The news content in your app will no longer update.
The rattle, it is deathly.
Moar!
Cue "I'm not dead yet!" from RIM in 5... 4... 3... 2... 1...
I doubt RIM feels happy.
Also, as soon as anyone notices BBM is a thing you can guarantee arrangements were made to monitor them as required. RIM is in Canada, not Russia. They will happily cooperate with law enforcement, guarantee it.
http://www.theverge.com/2012/8/1/318...y-company-town
Asked to speak as a panelist at BlackBerry World 2012, he explained why he, as a student, sticks with the brand. His answers were just what RIM’s marketing department would hope for: the BlackBerry sips data compared to its competitors, it’s secure and reliable, it conveys a professional image (all of those belt holsters), and it has a physical keyboard.
uh...guys? we may uh...have...to...uh....license bb10...that is, if we ever release it
Thor is still pretty stupid on his talking points though--you shouldn't repeat negative wording like "BlackBerry is not in a trough"
More RIM fail: http://mobile.eweek.com/c/a/Mobile-a...-Saved-310523/
1. Huh?On Whether BB10 Can Compete With IOS 6:
"The Dev Alpha is a prototype device. It doesn't reflect the true experience. It's not actually BlackBerry 10."
2. Way to sidestep the question.
3. Huh?
Oh, please, please, please. I get emails every week from BB about "Upgrading my licenses" and shit. Just go away! I don't care, I don't want BB10, and I definitely don't want BB Fusion.it has been suggested that RIM could fold before it reaches BB10's now twice-delayed launch date
Ugh.
The comments section is the best.
Steve Young I love that bb 9900 on the photo. Looks so professional. It screens productivity imoi do not see it why not. apple was once on the top and was almost out afterwards. it seems to me that some think that apple is heading back to the bottom again after yesterdays presentation
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/t...w/16381381.cms
Yahoo to give employees any smartphone they like
Until now, Yahoo has largely been a BlackBerry work world, which might go a long way to explaining why it has lagged in the mobile arena.Yahoo is also going to discontinue IT support for Blackberry phones.
My work is finally giving up on Blackberry phones. They will no longer be an option for our outside sales team.
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