The growing disappointment that is Blackberry.

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I have the BB Torch for about 4 months now and the last 2 months the disappointment has become a point of c

In 2009 it has been confirmed that Adobe and RIM will release a Flash for their BB phones in the middle of 2010.
It is now mid 2011 and still nothing.
The lack of flash supports reduces the use of the internet severely without the lack to support a vast number of websites and flash content.

It has been revealed recently that OS7 will be released soon but it will not be backwards compatible with any of what can now be considered, "RIM's ginger bastard children.
We can probably expect to be placated with an update from RIM with OS6.1.

It has become glaringly obvious that the unlimited internet browsing, downloads, emails and BB messaging for a paltry R59 is becoming less and less an incentive for what can only be described as purchasing overpriced handsets with legacy hardware and crippled software.
 
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RIM/BB is 100% screwed yes. Right now they're holding on, but there is simply no way they can compete in a market-space with Apple, Google and MS in it...and all 3 willing to cross subsidize mobile because its a strategic objective for them. Game over right there.

No idea what they are going to do, but they had better make it fast & good. In short they need to change the rules of the game or get out of the game entirely.
 
I will always have a spot spot for BB - as the manufacturer that relieved me of Nokia/Symbian - and showed me the first glimpses of the power of a smartphone. :-) But after less than a year it became evident that there was more to be had, now that I've smelled the goodies. Moved on to iphone (insert android here if you prefer) and it's a massive leap in terms of functionality.

BB's email is great, but not so much better as to justify its other shortcomings. BBM is cool, but useless for all your contacts without BBs so of limited value.

Completely in agreement with the BIS comment. Power users excluded, you can sign up for 175mb 7.2Mbps HSDPA at only R129 per month and should be sufficient for most people. 500mb only costs R185 per month.

There is now doubt that RIM is under siege a the moment, and risk becoming irrelevent in the smartphone market - I hope they manage to change that, but they will need bold (no pun intened) management and decisions.
 
My concern is that it might be too little to late. The Torch was their chance (final?) to enter a market that is decided by dynamic and adaptive users that have high expectations for the technology that MUST adapt to their lives through innovative, appealing and cheap applications.

The flexibility of Android and iOS allows apps to be developed cheaply and with the requirements of the user in mind.
With the flexibility of the applications the BB has lost its niche market, the business exec.
Apps allow us to read, send and update communication at a minimal cost. WhatsApp already makes BBM moot and it will not bee too long before the main ISP's bring a data option for th iPhone or Android phones. Already they have free data thrown in with their contracts.

BBM has become the lecherous old gent, smoking his pipe in the reading room of his local gentlemans club, talking about the good old colonial days. A relic of a bygone era too obtuse to realise that its time has passed.
 
With regards to the "unlimited" internet and emails and bbm. I have had a iphone for 4 years, have never limited my data usage or bothered about it, and can not recall every going over the 100mb i get free. BBM is for schoolgirls who cant figure out how to use whatsapp.
 
SiriS said:
I will always have a spot spot for BB - as the manufacturer that relieved me of Nokia/Symbian - and showed me the first glimpses of the power of a smartphone.
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Huh? How is BB better than even Symbian in terms of being "smart"?
 
And here i am absolutely loving Adobe Flash10.3 with Android2.2.1 Froyo custom ROM on my X10.

Its already over for BB, they took too long to bring something competitive, the Torch is an absolute joke, makes me laugh when those BB sheep whip it out in public as if its the best thing around.
Majority of my friends own BBs, i watch them have reboots, having to reboot, having to use Opera Mini, reset etc...their 9700s, Torchs and Curves, whilest my X10 runs without a glitch and the icing on top, they often have to ask to use my phone to view many websites that their precious BBs cant handle, shame realy, as many are paying out their assess for the status of owning a BB and have to live with such crippled smartphones.
 
It gets better - BB OS7 will be but a stopgap between OS6 and QNX-based devices, running similar software to the PlayBook. Sure, there's the potential of having all the benefits of BIS and Android (the PlayBook can run Android Apps), but will there be anyone around to buy these devices by the time they land?

RIM is on the edge...

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Also just remembered: what is being bandied about as OS7 was meant to be OS6.1 Get used to your Torch as it is, it won't be changing much if at all.
 
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Tsepz_011 said:
And here i am absolutely loving Adobe Flash10.3 with Android2.2.1 Froyo custom ROM on my X10.

Its already over for BB, they took too long to bring something competitive, the Torch is an absolute joke, makes me laugh when those BB sheep whip it out in public as if its the best thing around.
Majority of my friends own BBs, i watch them have reboots, having to reboot, having to use Opera Mini, reset etc...their 9700s, Torchs and Curves, whilest my X10 runs without a glitch and the icing on top, they often have to ask to use my phone to view many websites that their precious BBs cant handle, shame realy, as many are paying out their assess for the status of owning a BB and have to live with such crippled smartphones.
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True i own a BB torch and i am very disappointed should have gone with a iphone
 
Kage said:
BBM has become the lecherous old gent, smoking his pipe in the reading room of his local gentlemans club, talking about the good old colonial days. A relic of a bygone era too obtuse to realise that its time has passed.
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One of the best descriptions for RIM's current situation I've ever read.
 
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