Wake me up when someone, anyone, actually steps forward to license BB10. 5 years, 0 takers.
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Wake me up when someone, anyone, actually steps forward to license BB10. 5 years, 0 takers.
Absolutely correct, and it's not just app developers. BlackBerry would have needed the kinds of strategic partners that Apple and Android had to differentiate themselves. Apple had the entertainment industry, from their iTunes platform, and Android had Google [everything].
BlackBerry had BBM, BlackBerry Travel, Docs to Go, and Alicia Keys.
And Drake. And Tim Allen.
And me! Though I think the music business has more influence than I do.
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BB10 had actually launched with a pretty extensive ecosystem at the time, there was a music and videos services and even a native cross platform Games app (it was probably one of the biggest mobile solutions of its time). They shut almost everything down in 2014 unfortunately.
I was there at launch. My point is that BB's music service was not a strategic advantage like iTunes was. I don't remember anyone saying that people should dump Apple because BlackBerry's music service was so much better.
To launch a new platform, one needs strategic partners with exclusive offerings, not just a bulleted list of equivalent features that copy the established players.
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There was also nothing unique about their offerings or how they were integrated into BlackBerry. It was basically like just buying media from anywhere and downloading it more or less wasn't it?
Exactly. BlackBerry launched with their main strategic differentiator as the Hub, and it still.is!
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Apple also had the advantage that people no longer needed an ipod and a cell phone and could now do both through one device, and keep the music they had already purchased for the ipod. BB10 never even got close to that.
I like this article because it dates back to July 2013 which was a point in time where CrackBerry was still thinking the impossible was possible.
http://www.eweek.com/mobile/blackber...10-reasons-why
Not surprising, if the terms are similar to Neutrino license terms where it has never expanded beyond its core market.
And thus they failed, a differentiator is fine if you are capable of doing the overall task. In 2013 that was running apps. Email was no longer the focus of most smartphone users, which is probable the bigger issue. What many BlackBerry users wanted from a smartphone, is not what the overall smartphone market wanted.
At this point, HUB is less of a factor.... as email and notification features on iOS and Android have improved. I do agree that HUB+ is a great App and I use it, but it's not the differentiator it was five years ago. I use the drop down notification tray most the time, and it takes me to the app that I need. I'd rather not use HUB for anything but email.
My point was ironic. The Hub was never a sufficient strategic differentiator when compared to iTunes or Google' s services. It was simply all BlackBerry could bring to the table.
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Android on BB10 was never serious. I would not be interested in supporting a stop gap Android implementation that did not support the Flow UX that resulted in an impression that it could be deprecated at any time. It was at 4.3 instead of the more useful 4.4.
In 2013. No. Kitkat did not even start to be deployed until Nov 2013, and didn't see moderate use until mid-2014.
Netflix worked straight up - no mods.
Instagram worked straight up - no mods.
Candy crush worked straight up - no mods.
Vine worked straight up - no mods.
Etc, etc, etc.
When BB10 was first released, it had Gingerbread 2.3. Next up was Jellybean 4.2 in September of 2013 with the release of 10.2, and 4.3 came later.
pretty sure it never was 2.3. It started with 4.1 or 4.2
Nope, 4.2 came in 10.2, it was Gingerbread like the PlayBook until then.
http://devblog.blackberry.com/2013/0...ackberry-10-2/
Anyone else think the names for the android versions are ridiculous?
Not as ridiculous as “Priv.” Or “DTEK50.” Or “KEYone.”
Haha, not defending the blackberry names...but at least they tried to have a marketing agenda, albeit a bad one, but they tried. Android sounds like something a six year old made up.
Yeah, but it's turned into a big guessing game for every new release with the next letter of the alphabet.
That's a lot of free advertising between the time Google says the next letter version is getting started and when the name is actually announced.
Personally, for the next one, "P", I'm partial to Pop tart.
Really? Explain what the “agenda” was for the overall strategy.
The various Android versions are named after desserts, and are in alphabetical order. There’s logic and internal consistency to it, and it makes things instantly recognizable and easy to remember. Plus, it builds buzz for the next version when the Android community starts guessing what it will be called.
edit: ninja’d
I totally agree with this statement.
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It's going to be Peppermint.
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