Do you think BlackBerry could get into the personal computer laptop business?
I think I got this idea of BlackBerry actually going straight into the personal computer space with maybe a laptop form factor. I think that would be pretty cool, provided they can churn an operating system for laptops out of QNX. I really think it can be done.
Just sayin'.
What do you guys think?
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Re: Do you think BlackBerry could get into the personal computer laptop business?
They are having enough trouble keeping their tablet and smartphone business afloat right now...let's get that fixed first before they move on to something else...
Do you think BlackBerry could get into the personal computer laptop business?
Originally Posted by
Speedygi I think I got this idea of BlackBerry actually going straight into the personal computer space with maybe a laptop form factor. I think that would be pretty cool, provided they can churn an operating system for laptops out of QNX. I really think it can be done.
Just sayin'.
What do you guys think?
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They need to get into the smartphone business first before even thinking laptops etc.
Tim
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Re: Do you think BlackBerry could get into the personal computer laptop business?
You hit it on the nail. I personally think Blackberry hasn't even come to grasping the true power of the QNX framework in its latest phone, the Z10. There hasn't been one single feature , besides maybe multitasking , that has made me sit up and take notice from an innovation standpoint. And I keep hearing stories of design flaws and some outright bugs plaguing BB10.
My take on this is that they haven't truly grasped QNX's strengths , but they would certainly do much more down the road if they do.
Do you think BlackBerry could get into the personal computer laptop business?
I don't see a laptop... But I do see a Playbook 2 with maybe larger screen and keyboard convertible case so you can use it as a tablet or with a physical keyboard attached (like the Surface).
The PC laptop space is dominated by Microsoft and needs to have the big software and legacy support of Windows. There is no way, as much as I love Blackberry, that I would want them entering this mine-field of low proft margins and little purpose or need. Just not a smart move.
Apple's MacOS laptops are a smaller but significant player, and of course all variations of Linux for mostly the adventurous more technically-minded folk.
ChromeBooks are basically dumbed down web-browsing netbooks and have no capability of running much locally, depending on Google cloud based apps for everything.
Unless you plan on a Blackberry cloud-based app solution, I see no reason to invest the effort into it. There still needs to be major app support for Office-like suites, movie editors, photo utilities, and everything else.
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