I think Thorsten Heins will be the next Steve Jobs: Turn around BlackBerry. Who agrees?
- What Steve Jobs did to Apple, Thorsten Heins will do to BlackBerry.
2013 will be the year of BlackBerry.
BB10 mobile computing platform will be the dominant operating system/platform.
Z10, Q10, R10 will be mere side-shows compared to what's coming.
The larger picture looks very promising.richardat likes this.05-13-13 10:45 AMLike 1 - @superionmaximus, I respectfully disagree on several points.
First of all, I don't think BlackBerry needs to sweat its share of the consumer market. They will sell phones and plenty of them. BBM is the undisputed champion of mobility messaging, community, and security for the corporate and government set. Other mission-critical apps are similarly advanced. They talk about the Apple ecosystem or whatever, but BlackBerry has its own. It is large in terms of users and former users.
Second, I don't believe that they are behind currently. If anything, they are way ahead.
Third, they own the future. That may be debatable, but they seem to be thinking several move ahead of their competitors.
So we disagree. Time will tell.
Posted via CB1005-13-13 10:46 AMLike 0 - Funny you say that because one of the things I love about this guy is that he is more than willing to rattle cages. It was great the way he came out and said that the IPhone is "dated" (totally true) . It was awesome when he said that tablets are not a good business model and won't exist in five years (they aren't and they won't, not in anything close to their present form, anyway. )
The guy has nuts the size of cantaloupes!
Posted via CB1005-13-13 10:54 AMLike 0 -
- i saw many interviews , his communication has no point of view , come on ... think before you write something
just look around blackberry z10 , people who purchase it they just feel like cheated a lot bugs , error and no apps
What Steve Jobs did to Apple, Thorsten Heins will do to BlackBerry.
2013 will be the year of BlackBerry.
BB10 mobile computing platform will be the dominant operating system/platform.
Z10, Q10, R10 will be mere side-shows compared to what's coming.
The larger picture looks very promising.05-13-13 08:15 PMLike 0 -
Posted via CB1005-13-13 08:28 PMLike 0 - Funny,
I have a Z10. It reboots itself an average of twice a day. It randomly decides whether it is going to allow me to answer a phone call or not. It keeps duplicating (or worse) my contact database, the battery will NOT last a full day at work forcing me to go out and buy spare chargers so I can plug the damn thing in everywhere I go. I won't even get into the app situation and the Browser? who cares, it's a phone, i don't use it browse the internet.
And to be fair, mine doesn't drop calls (very often), it just shuts itself off in the middle of calls. Great improvement.
I am terrifically disappointed in it but stuck with it.05-13-13 08:51 PMLike 0 -
- Funny you say that because one of the things I love about this guy is that he is more than willing to rattle cages. It was great the way he came out and said that the IPhone is "dated" (totally true) . It was awesome when he said that tablets are not a good business model and won't exist in five years (they aren't and they won't, not in anything close to their present form, anyway. )
The guy has nuts the size of cantaloupes!
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You know my steez using Samsung Galaxy S4richardat likes this.05-13-13 08:59 PMLike 1 -
- @superionmaximus, I respectfully disagree on several points.
First of all, I don't think BlackBerry needs to sweat its share of the consumer market. They will sell phones and plenty of them. BBM is the undisputed champion of mobility messaging, community, and security for the corporate and government set. Other mission-critical apps are similarly advanced. They talk about the Apple ecosystem or whatever, but BlackBerry has its own. It is large in terms of users and former users.
Second, I don't believe that they are behind currently. If anything, they are way ahead.
Third, they own the future. That may be debatable, but they seem to be thinking several move ahead of their competitors.
So we disagree. Time will tell.
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BBM is the best messaging platform, I will agree there. But, back to the first point, if no one's using it because they didn't sweat the consumer market, it doesn't matter.
Not behind? BlackBerry maps anyone? It's the worst in the industry. They have no ecosystem. They have an app store and they have the NOC. The NOC is only relevant to BES customers and BBM for consumers. It will be more important again as BlackBerry re-purposes it to service other QNX customer needs for M2M and TDC but they have to regain market share to make that happen.
BlackBerry cannot own the future if they can not compete in the present. They have to show that they are able to grow at a rate faster then the market for the next year or so and then they have to maintain. They have a shot at it but they must execute very well and the products have to be great.05-13-13 10:59 PMLike 0 -
I got news for you trollboy, COMPUTERS are the future, and that's what seperates the z10, it's a COMPUTER! And it integrates! It integrates all the integrals. You probably don't even see the synergy in that!
BB is giving us the answer! Someday, they will even give us the question! (but that will take a much more powerful mobile computing and many many years of computation)05-14-13 12:52 AMLike 2 - Why? Because they put a ton of resources into developing the smoothest, fastest, most stable and efficient operating system currently available on a mobile device.
The z10 is the first phone I've used that made me see that the day is coming soon when I will carry my computer in my pocket and connect it to whatever dumb peripherals it needs to do various tasks. It handles work-related communications and documents better than anything out there, including Windows Phones. Hats off to Microsoft for also seeing the mobile computing future, though.
Right now BlackBerry is way ahead in terms of its core technology and vision.
Posted via CB1005-14-13 07:20 AMLike 0 - What are you talking about? Have you not seen the threads and posts? Things are CLEARLY looking up. They OWN the future. I know that most of us cannot wait to buy a mobile computing. How can you even argue that a mobile computing is the future??? The other companies can start trying to copy and make one of their own mobile computing, but it's too late, I've already bought a BB mobile computing, and it dominates the market. I feel sorry for you, if you don't see why a mobile computing is far superior, yer an *****. I bet you're just another troll, you probably don't even know what a mobile computing is!
I got news for you trollboy, COMPUTERS are the future, and that's what seperates the z10, it's a COMPUTER! And it integrates! It integrates all the integrals. You probably don't even see the synergy in that!
BB is giving us the answer! Someday, they will even give us the question! (but that will take a much more powerful mobile computing and many many years of computation)
Posted via CB1005-14-13 07:31 AMLike 0 - He hasn't proven that yet. Jobs was a visionary at looking far ahead and creating a beautiful user experience. BlackBerry 10 was brought to market by Thorsten but it's Mike's baby. BlackBerry 11 will be Thorsten's test.
This isn't to suggest Thorsten isn't doing a good job in terms of operations (he is!), but so far, he strikes me as more "Tim Cook" than "Steve Jobs". I'm delighted to be proven wrong.05-14-13 02:47 PMLike 0 - Next Steve Jobs? When it comes to turnarounds, he doesn't even come close to Marissa Mayer
When Marissa Mayer became CEO of Yahoo about a year ago Yahoo stock was at $15.74, now it is at $25 (59% increase)
When Thorsten became CEO 18 months ago BBRY stock was at $17, today it is below $10 (43% decrease)07-02-13 08:36 PMLike 2 - Next Steve Jobs? When it comes to turnarounds, he doesn't even come close to Marissa Mayer
When Marissa Mayer became CEO of Yahoo about a year ago Yahoo stock was at $15.74, now it is at $25 (59% increase)
When Thorsten became CEO 18 months ago BBRY stock was at $17, today it is below $10 (43% decrease)
A stock price does not reflect how a company will do. It's how people THINK a company will do. Huge difference.07-02-13 08:49 PMLike 3 - Why? Because they put a ton of resources into developing the smoothest, fastest, most stable and efficient operating system currently available on a mobile device.
The z10 is the first phone I've used that made me see that the day is coming soon when I will carry my computer in my pocket and connect it to whatever dumb peripherals it needs to do various tasks. It handles work-related communications and documents better than anything out there, including Windows Phones. Hats off to Microsoft for also seeing the mobile computing future, though.
Right now BlackBerry is way ahead in terms of its core technology and vision.
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tell that to Playbook user..if 1GB Ram or single core processor is not enough how can you tell it is efficient OS ?07-02-13 11:39 PMLike 0 - Superfly_FRRetired Moderator
Anti-sexy Heins puts the piece of the puzzle together. And can't market it right now.
They are barely comparable. Other times, other goals, other means ...
Apple was saved by Jobs in the glorious times for IT/Mobile stock investments (vision = 5 yrs+).
Nowadays, "investment" is more likely a pay-back-instant trade ...amazinglygraceless likes this.07-03-13 04:34 AMLike 1 - What Steve Jobs did to Apple, Thorsten Heins will do to BlackBerry.
2013 will be the year of BlackBerry.
BB10 mobile computing platform will be the dominant operating system/platform.
Z10, Q10, R10 will be mere side-shows compared to what's coming.
The larger picture looks very promising.07-03-13 05:39 AMLike 0
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