BlackBerry's Achilles Heel...

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McCrazieGoalz

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ANDROID:
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BLACKBERRY:
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Thats my take.

Given the fact that BB seems to be the only one that doesn't have a new tablet or a PC (third screen), it is no surprise that its Q1 2013 results were lower than market expectation.

But, can cross platform BBM services save BlackBerry?
 
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their biggest obstacle is their kark management who 'managed' to fsuck up a brilliant platform. who couldnt move the bb forward with the times. who revelled in their popularity at the time without future-proofing. fsucking idiots...
 
No way the new operating system will save it, can someone please tell me how the blackberry platform beats android?
 
Well they not even giving the playbook bb10, they should of just ran a custom version of android the way amazon does on the kindle
 
F1 Fan said:
No way the new operating system will save it, can someone please tell me how the blackberry platform beats android?
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i love the app integration on a bb. ive used both platforms. and bis just elevated that integration to the next level. i have the apple now but if there was a BB with a decent camera at the time i would have gone with it again probably. the restrictions with an apple makes it so kark. no usb mass storage option is fsucking stupid. in this day and age. what the hell are they scared of? for a power user the apple is just kark. if it wasnt for the camera i wouldve sold it long ago.

im used messing with my phone. now its just used for what it was made for. my bb was always at hand but this apple lays unattended for long stretches at a time at home. my wife fsucking loves it cos im never using my phone:mad:
 
Playbook was a dismal failure for BB, anyway.

I wonder if they will upgrade the existing 400,000+ BB's in the Pentagon to Z10's?

To me it seems like a lot of work to have that amount of people shifting platforms.

Opinions?
 
McCrazieGoalz said:
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Thats my take.

Given the fact that BB seems to be the only one that doesn't have a new tablet or a PC (third screen), it is no surprise that its Q1 2013 results were lower than market expectation.

But, can cross platform BBM services save BlackBerry?
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BlackBerry is currently testing a new product in BBM called BBM Channels.
BBM channels will be a new social networking platform within BBM.
When a brand,celeb or person you follow post some thing.You will notified as soon as they post it.
The public can interact directly with them,view comments from other folllowers etc.
Each BBM user can also create their own channels and search for other channels.

10 Billion BBM are sent daily.50 percent of them are read in 20 seconds.

BBM channel will be a good platform for advsertiser etc.

Visit www.BlackBerry.com/BBM/channels for more details.

If you look at the BlackBerry 10 UI.The UI gives mulitasking experience like a PC.
So why do you need a tablet when you can have just one device .
You can project the phone on to a projector or monitor with HDMI cable or wireless.
 
F1 Fan said:
No way the new operating system will save it, can someone please tell me how the blackberry platform beats android?
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BB10 is not bad, I had a look at it. It need more apps but its pretty decent. Most people don't even use Android to its full potential so despite it being "Better" I don't think that the majority of users will see those benefits.

BB's current failure was not putting BB10 on the Playbook, looks like its never going to happen.
 
akescpt said:
i love the app integration on a bb. ive used both platforms. and bis just elevated that integration to the next level. i have the apple now but if there was a BB with a decent camera at the time i would have gone with it again probably. the restrictions with an apple makes it so kark. no usb mass storage option is fsucking stupid. in this day and age. what the hell are they scared of? for a power user the apple is just kark. if it wasnt for the camera i wouldve sold it long ago.

im used messing with my phone. now its just used for what it was made for. my bb was always at hand but this apple lays unattended for long stretches at a time at home. my wife fsucking loves it cos im never using my phone:mad:
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Lol, you not really answering my question are you?

Nerfherder said:
BB10 is not bad, I had a look at it. It need more apps but its pretty decent. Most people don't even use Android to its full potential so despite it being "Better" I don't think that the majority of users will see those benefits.

BB's current failure was not putting BB10 on the Playbook, looks like its never going to happen.
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Agree, but if I compare even the basic features on a BB vs that of an Android, Android still comes out tops. Add to that, with Android I can choose S4, Xperia Z, HTC One, the list goes on. With BB, I have no choice.
 
F1 Fan said:
Agree, but if I compare even the basic features on a BB vs that of an Android, Android still comes out tops. Add to that, with Android I can choose S4, Xperia Z, HTC One, the list goes on. With BB, I have no choice.
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Have you looked at BB10 ? The basic features are really good, they have done a lot of innovation. I think that the Z10 is just overpriced and BB10 is a year overdue.
 
Tahir Ally said:
BlackBerry is currently testing a new product in BBM called BBM Channels.
BBM channels will be a new social networking platform within BBM.
When a brand,celeb or person you follow post some thing.You will notified as soon as they post it.
The public can interact directly with them,view comments from other folllowers etc.
Each BBM user can also create their own channels and search for other channels.

10 Billion BBM are sent daily.50 percent of them are read in 20 seconds.

BBM channel will be a good platform for advsertiser etc.

Visit www.BlackBerry.com/BBM/channels for more details.

If you look at the BlackBerry 10 UI.The UI gives mulitasking experience like a PC.
So why do you need a tablet when you can have just one device .
You can project the phone on to a projector or monitor with HDMI cable or wireless.
Click to expand...

So by your reasoning people have tablets because their smartphones dont multitask well enough?
You just cant consume certain content on a cellphone, well not comfortably at least.
 
Tahir Ally said:
BlackBerry is currently testing a new product in BBM called BBM Channels.
BBM channels will be a new social networking platform within BBM.
When a brand,celeb or person you follow post some thing.You will notified as soon as they post it.
The public can interact directly with them,view comments from other folllowers etc.
Each BBM user can also create their own channels and search for other channels.

10 Billion BBM are sent daily.50 percent of them are read in 20 seconds.

BBM channel will be a good platform for advsertiser etc.

Visit www.BlackBerry.com/BBM/channels for more details.
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Sounds like Twitter and Facebook with another label...no?
 
Tahir Ally;[B said:
If you look at the BlackBerry 10 UI.The UI gives mulitasking experience like a PC.
So why do you need a tablet when you can have just one device .
You can project the phone on to a projector or monitor with HDMI cable or wireless.[/B]
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Well the multitasking on a Android is better than BB10 there's not much of a learning curve. Big deal with the projection stuff iOS and Android could do that for years


10 Billion BBM are sent daily.50 percent of them are read in 20 seconds.
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Q: Why do BBM users send more messages than people using other smartphones?
A: Because that's basically all you can do with a blackberry, smartphones users do a whole lot more stuff on their phone than the average BB user
 
Nerfherder said:
BB10 is not bad, I had a look at it. It need more apps but its pretty decent. Most people don't even use Android to its full potential so despite it being "Better" I don't think that the majority of users will see those benefits.

BB's current failure was not putting BB10 on the Playbook, looks like its never going to happen.
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They didn't differentiate themselves from the competition that's what killed them on BB10
 
Tahir Ally said:
BlackBerry is currently testing a new product in BBM called BBM Channels.
BBM channels will be a new social networking platform within BBM.
When a brand,celeb or person you follow post some thing.You will notified as soon as they post it.
The public can interact directly with them,view comments from other folllowers etc.
Each BBM user can also create their own channels and search for other channels.
Click to expand...

Facebook and Twitter (along with the oft-ignored Google+) already exist for this. I really thought that Blackberry had canned their reactive idea stream...

10 Billion BBM are sent daily.50 percent of them are read in 20 seconds.
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Means nothing to BB10 as a marketing tool, with BBM going cross-platform...

BBM channel will be a good platform for advsertiser etc.
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With it's tiny market share, not really, no...

If you look at the BlackBerry 10 UI.The UI gives mulitasking experience like a PC.
So why do you need a tablet when you can have just one device .
You can project the phone on to a projector or monitor with HDMI cable or wireless.
Click to expand...

If BlackBerry are going with a "one device" strategy, then they really do not understand the current market, and deserve to go the way of the dinosaur (which oddly enough, is about as modern as their marketing tactics).
 
Nerfherder said:
BB10 is not bad, I had a look at it. It need more apps but its pretty decent. Most people don't even use Android to its full potential so despite it being "Better" I don't think that the majority of users will see those benefits.

BB's current failure was not putting BB10 on the Playbook, looks like its never going to happen.
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I am still trying to work out how my S4 is superior to my BB9800, besides the HD screen and better camera. Seriously, I had the same functionality with my BB?
 
FlatspinZA said:
I am still trying to work out how my S4 is superior to my BB9800, besides the HD screen and better camera. Seriously, I had the same functionality with my BB?
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I assume you are being sarcastic ?

Anyway... compare like with like. Z10 with the S4 or do you want to compare the OS, because those are different things entirely.
 
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