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But, in the past year I don't think I've ever needed to visit my web site or any of my competitors' Web site on my mobile phone.
Posted with my trusty Z10Qorax likes this.01-23-18 12:57 PMLike 1 - Only true if a) there's a need to use those sites on one's phone; and b) there's a significant problem with how the sites are rendered in a BB10 browser. I still use BB10 for most Web sites without significant issues.
But, in the past year I don't think I've ever needed to visit my web site or any of my competitors' Web site on my mobile phone.
Posted with my trusty Z1001-23-18 01:03 PMLike 0 -
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In the end I expect most IT departments already had BB10 on a replacement schedule.... AT this point we are talking about hold outs that either bought into the whole "we support BB10" line that BlackBerry has been dishing out, or simple were not ready to pull the trigger. The vulnerabilities of the last few months and BlackBerry's announcement will give IT a little more "ammunition" to convince the powers to be to provide the budgets needed. Sure there are policies that they can implement that would reduce BB10 exposure... but in the end IT probable want to move on too.Mecca EL likes this.01-23-18 01:57 PMLike 1 - Sure. I agree with all that. The only thing I was questioning is "ASAP.". None of what anyone has described is new or creates urgency to replace these phones "as soon as possible." The few that are still in use will likely be replaced at a steady pace between now and the end of 2019.
Posted with my trusty Z1001-23-18 02:04 PMLike 0 - Blackberry's products are a supplement to, not a substitute for, Microsoft Office or Google Docs, and they work with Apple and Android as well or better than they do with BB10.
Anyone who wants to edit documents on their phone in their native file format is better served on an iOS or Android phone using the official apps, IMO.
In 2018 BlackBerry phones are best for the basic smartphone features related to email and PIM functions, supplemented with available apps as needed. That's plenty for many people at work, but not enough for most who either need more apps for their jobs or who want to use more apps for personal use.
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Not that it matters much in practice now, all things considered.01-23-18 05:18 PMLike 0 - 01-23-18 07:06 PMLike 2
- Truth be told , ASAP is probably 90 percent a done deal. You can probably still find some companies using Leaps in Toronto. If you are in Toronto and working for a top 100 company, tell me different.
The Manchester police dept. purchased 6,000 leaps long after they should have. They might still have them.Last edited by Bbnivende; 01-23-18 at 10:40 PM.
01-23-18 09:10 PMLike 0 - Truth be told , ASAP is probably 90 percent , a done deal. You can probably still find some companies using Leaps in Toronto. If you are in Toronto and working for a top 100 company, tell me different.
The Manchester police dept. purchased 6,000 leaps long after they should have. They might still have them.
They will all be replaced as fleets are refreshed (most already have been), but from this point on it will be a slow trickle over the next two years.
The idea that the ones still being used need to be replaced As Soon As Possible lacks any rational justification. If anything the recent announcement that BB10 will be fully supported on Blackberry's enterprise platforms until the end of 2019 may have removed a sense of urgency from the few organizations still using them.
Posted with my trusty Z1001-23-18 09:26 PMLike 0 -
Posted with my trusty Z1001-24-18 07:41 AMLike 0 -
As you said, all the devices won't stop functioning at once, unless the company turns off the devices themselves.01-24-18 07:53 AMLike 0 - They'll cycle off as the company IT plan and budget dictates. If their carrier decides to incentivize the company to move sooner by offering credits, upgrades or both, the company might choose to move sooner.
As you said, all the devices won't stop functioning at once, unless the company turns off the devices themselves.01-24-18 10:32 AMLike 0 - A company phone that can not legally run the latest version of Google maps can not be said to be fully functioning. There are, I am sure , companies out there who will continue to allow BB10 devices on their systems due to employee requests. They are no longer repaired and the employee is willing to fill in the gaps with their own devices.01-24-18 10:46 AMLike 0
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- A company phone that can not legally run the latest version of Google maps can not be said to be fully functioning. There are, I am sure , companies out there who will continue to allow BB10 devices on their systems due to employee requests. They are no longer repaired and the employee is willing to fill in the gaps with their own devices.
I can think of 20 applications more likely to be a deal breaker for a company than Google Maps.01-24-18 01:59 PMLike 0 - I can run Google maps in the BlackBerry Browser. More importantly, I have never seen Google Maps on a list of a company's required apps. Sure, it's very useful, but, unless your company has licensed it for custom data integrations, I doubt it's required for all employees. Google Earth, on the other hand is widely used in some industries, but primarily on PCs.
I can think of 20 applications more likely to be a deal breaker for a company than Google Maps.
Each to their own I guess but at this point in time, straying past Android or iOS by a company or government entity, seems unwise. The least they should do is to have a replacement plan.
BlackBerry Mobile should be reaching out to these Enterprises by offering an incentive to stay with BlackBerry.01-24-18 02:56 PMLike 0 - The main incentives are security, BES (fading interest...) and reliability of BBM *enterprise*. With slack taking the corporate world by storm, and BES fading... it seems to me that the security hardening is the main selling point, software-wise?
Posted via CB1001-24-18 05:44 PMLike 0 - Can you get turn by turn navigation ? It was just an example. Do employees who use BB10 devices, end up using their personal phones for company business ?
Each to their own I guess but at this point in time, straying past Android or iOS by a company or government entity, seems unwise. The least they should do is to have a replacement plan.
BlackBerry Mobile should be reaching out to these Enterprises by offering an incentive to stay with BlackBerry.
As for turn by turn directions, BlackBerry's stock maps program works fine for me 99% if the time.
Posted with my trusty Z10Mecca EL likes this.01-24-18 06:06 PMLike 1 - I seem to recall that BB maps were ok for a specific address but not good at all in finding an address from a name. At least in my part of the woods.
The speed? The slowest being the point in time the device needs a repair or when having having a BB10 impedes your productivity or causes additional work for others.01-24-18 08:06 PMLike 0
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