BlackBerry.... BB10, BlackBerry Android and John Chen
- False statement. BlackBerry is no longer a phone manufacturer.
Some true statements: almost all BB10 programming personnel are gone. The only SoC's that supported BB10 were discontinued years ago. There's no infrastructure in place for them to make another BB10 phone.
Unless BlackBerry can find a CEO and BoD stupid enough to invest billions for the sake of making millions, dream on. Or, do as I've said before and send them your resume and explain how you can run the company better than the current management.06-10-17 09:40 PMLike 0 - OP, if you really breath BB, go read Lost Signal, although it is 80% more less correctly, and missing some key or low key events, but you will get the picture. The bb is no longer the BB you want to breath in ... be careful not to chock if you find out it hard to have some BBness left...06-10-17 09:46 PMLike 0
-
On that same subject, I have numerous times challenged people who keep saying how stupid and misled Android and IOS users are to go to android central and imore and tell those people the errors of their ways... tell them they need to try BB10 to see what they're missing! Hell, you don't even need to make a new account! You think one single person has done so? Hah!
There's this funny thing about human nature... we're so terribly afraid to put ourselves in a position where we might be in the wrong. It's so easier on the ego to say we're right instead of actually proving it.
The only "action" I ever see from anyone are the 500 petitions to keep whatsapp from being discontinued.Elephant_Canyon likes this.06-11-17 04:27 AMLike 1 - BB10 is dead. While I use my pd9983 and have stock for it and the Q, BB10 is dead.
If it was not dead on arrival, John Chen made certain it was a dead OS walking. As a COO and a CFO with experience in turning around many 3 to 5 B companies and assets, it was apparent to me that BB only kept BB alive long enough to transition to a software company. There was never an intent to continue OS10 as evidence by numerous announcements of "likely exiting the handset business", etc. All created uncertainly in the market, failure to meet corporate expectations and investment cycles, etc. And indeed from our own experience, we could not get BB to assist or commit key persons for point of contact, etc. I can point to competitors that undertook Classic testing only to be told two months into the process that production had been halted . . . You can imagine the result of that conversation: Apple scooped an enterprise contract for 20,000 handsets.
While I think BB could have done much better, it made a decision and moved in said direction. Unfortunately, as I have written elsewhere, it likely would be a success in the near and mid term, but have my doubts for the long term as there is not enough points of differentiation, and the "Big Boys" will crowd BB's space and begin to eat its lunch . . .
However, in answer to the OP, and to borrow from THAT movie, "10's dead, baby. 10 is dead."elfabio80 likes this.06-11-17 05:59 AMLike 1 -
People around here talk about BB10 (which I love, btw) as if anyone who tried it would have traded in their Android or iPhone instantly. But the reality is that owners of Android phones and iPhones were very happy with their choices in early 2013, and many of them were already on their 3rd or 4th device by then. BlackBerry was 5-6 years late to the party. The executive team was addicted to their BIS recurring revenue and completely lacked the vision, skills or team to develop an app and content store like Apple and Google had.
Posted with my trusty Z10southlander likes this.06-11-17 06:51 AMLike 1 - Well if that's everyone's excuse for never trying, then nothing will ever change. But it's easy to complain and armchair quarterback anonymously on the Internet isn't it?
On that same subject, I have numerous times challenged people who keep saying how stupid and misled Android and IOS users are to go to android central and imore and tell those people the errors of their ways... tell them they need to try BB10 to see what they're missing! Hell, you don't even need to make a new account! You think one single person has done so? Hah!
There's this funny thing about human nature... we're so terribly afraid to put ourselves in a position where we might be in the wrong. It's so easier on the ego to say we're right instead of actually proving it.
The only "action" I ever see from anyone are the 500 petitions to keep whatsapp from being discontinued.06-11-17 08:04 AMLike 0 - Coming from an original BB10 user, BlackBerry was both too late with their new proprietary software and too early.
After seeing the Super Bowl ad for BB10, US customers had to wait months for the Z10. Back then, die hard customers wanted a physical keyboard and they were forced to wait even longer for the Q10.
Then when we finally got the phone, the software had so many issues it made must of us -even the most die hard- want to throw the phone off a cliff.
Tenacity and stupidity were the only things that made me keep my Q10 when it was running early BB10 software.
Posted via CB1006-11-17 08:12 AMLike 0 -
But after reading Losing the Signal, I think senior execs at BB were hearing a different story. Denial and an inflated sense of superiority were deep-rooted in their culture. So I think they ran the ads fully convinced that they had a completed product in final testing. The truth was something very different.
Anyway, add this to the many reasons BB10 failed. The bet is on BB Android now. Let's wish them better luck with that.Elephant_Canyon and BBRYQ10 like this.06-11-17 08:32 AMLike 2 - We should just pin this to the top and change the title to "read this instead of posting about BB10" lol.
Posted via CB10ppeters914 likes this.06-11-17 08:42 AMLike 1 -
It's dat dank psychology that companies need to take in account.06-11-17 09:45 AMLike 0 - Blackberry didn't understand that people stupidly wanted toys (android/apple) and not productive phones.
People complain about bb10 but for me it works flawlessly, never freezes or hiccups.
My only hope is that BlackBerry just up keeps security....I'd be happy with that but I don't think it will happen.
BlackBerry Passport.
Posted via CB10Ajith Raveendran likes this.06-11-17 09:47 AMLike 1 - Blackberry didn't understand that people stupidly wanted toys (android/apple) and not productive phones.
People complain about bb10 but for me it works flawlessly, never freezes or hiccups.
My only hope is that BlackBerry just up keeps security....I'd be happy with that but I don't think it will happen.
BlackBerry Passport.
Posted via CB10
Posted via CB1006-11-17 09:52 AMLike 0 - They use them because they have no other options..... that's why they use them.
Your making my point, BlackBerry didn't understand the future and people not caring about security.
Me I'll take security and use my passport till it doesn't work anymore.
Posted via CB1006-11-17 09:57 AMLike 0 - Blackberry didn't understand that people stupidly wanted toys (android/apple) and not productive phones.
People complain about bb10 but for me it works flawlessly, never freezes or hiccups.
My only hope is that BlackBerry just up keeps security....I'd be happy with that but I don't think it will happen.
BlackBerry Passport.
Posted via CB10
You can buy a passport and play emulators or post shait maymays all day long as with every other smartphone.06-11-17 09:59 AMLike 0 - They use them because they have no other options..... that's why they use them.
Your making my point, BlackBerry didn't understand the future and people not caring about security.
Me I'll take security and use my passport till it doesn't work anymore.
Posted via CB10
Posted via CB10kbz1960 likes this.06-11-17 10:03 AMLike 1 - kbz1960Doesn't MatterBlackberry didn't understand that people stupidly wanted toys (android/apple) and not productive phones.
People complain about bb10 but for me it works flawlessly, never freezes or hiccups.
My only hope is that BlackBerry just up keeps security....I'd be happy with that but I don't think it will happen.
BlackBerry Passport.
Posted via CB10
What some and they didn't understand is that the toys were and are also tools that a lot of the time worked better for business because of the apps available.06-11-17 10:22 AMLike 0 -
-
I just see it as the carriers told BB early on they had a turkey on their hands. The carriers in various way helped to kill BB10. In NA you can not market a phone to consumers without the carriers helping to sell it.
But the root cause was BB refused to first ... come to market with Android. IMO ...Troy Tiscareno likes this.06-11-17 12:49 PMLike 1 -
Kitkat in 2014 would have been the earliest version they could have worked with.06-11-17 01:36 PMLike 0 -
But assuming the former, I would say it's a solid, efficient email device (via HUB) in a tough, no-nonsense form-factor.AllanQuatermain likes this.06-11-17 01:44 PMLike 1 - Blackberry didn't understand that people stupidly wanted toys (android/apple) and not productive phones.
People complain about bb10 but for me it works flawlessly, never freezes or hiccups.
My only hope is that BlackBerry just up keeps security....I'd be happy with that but I don't think it will happen.
BlackBerry Passport.
Posted via CB10kbz1960 likes this.06-11-17 02:03 PMLike 1 - That you can't think of your own reason as to why you use it is troubling.Elephant_Canyon and southlander like this.06-11-17 02:14 PMLike 2
- If I didn't know the reason why would I use BlackBerry,i would have been using something else.my point is how should I make them understand that BlackBerry thing to them.
Passport Silver Edition06-11-17 02:28 PMLike 0
- Forum
- BlackBerry 10 Phones & OS
- BlackBerry 10 OS
BlackBerry.... BB10, BlackBerry Android and John Chen
Similar Threads
-
Hub refreshes itself at least 50 times every now and then
By stodge in forum BlackBerry Z10Replies: 2Last Post: 06-10-17, 09:55 AM -
Dvmap: the first Android malware with code injection
By gizmo21 in forum BlackBerry Android OSReplies: 1Last Post: 06-10-17, 07:14 AM -
Uninstalling BlackBerry Runtime for Android
By gcarloni in forum BlackBerry 10 OSReplies: 3Last Post: 06-10-17, 02:27 AM -
I m.not able to browse nor download whatsapp in blackberry 9320
By CrackBerry Question in forum Ask a QuestionReplies: 0Last Post: 06-09-17, 10:17 AM -
why did my contacts, emails, and past text history disapear?
By techdinomargo34 in forum Ask a QuestionReplies: 0Last Post: 06-09-17, 10:02 AM
LINK TO POST COPIED TO CLIPBOARD