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That was the strategy.
They've said that they would like to find a partner who could continue to issue BB10 phones, but so far none have signed up. It turns out most companies care more about shareholder value (and managing risk) than they do about an OS.02-01-17 05:43 AMLike 0 - they telling the public other things.. just released 10.3.3
just tell us you're out and going to focus on bigger and better things... heck, they even stopped reporting their phone sales, it must be that bad.. pull out completely, and let me make some money on those shares! #BBRY
You're aware that when you invest you can lose money too? It's not a risk-free business.
I always enjoy seeing greedy people lose money on betting. It's just a shame when the gamblers bring down the real economy with them.02-01-17 05:47 AMLike 0 - 02-01-17 06:00 AMLike 0
- as mentioned ad nauseum already, what the trum/er, chen supporters keep glossing over is the fact that blackberry, the world's premier smartphone maker, had come up with the world's most effective and impressive smartphone and neglected to tell anyone. all chen had to do was spend some of that billion-dollar bank account saying BLACKBERRY'S BACK, BABY! and showing the passport (& Z30?) trouncing every other phone on the market at everything a phone could do at the time. people wont buy something if they dont know exists.
life would have been better for all of us. imagine if qnx ramped up instead of ramping down over the last 2 years. I bet google would have offered up some newer runtimes too. not that i'm particularly bothered by the current setup. after 2 years of stagnant development, everything I need still works well. my phone still gets attention from people who've never seen one before....they ask the silliest questions!
Posted via CBX02-01-17 09:43 AMLike 0 - as mentioned ad nauseum already, what the trum/er, chen supporters keep glossing over is the fact that blackberry, the world's premier smartphone maker, had come up with the world's most effective and impressive smartphone and neglected to tell anyone. all chen had to do was spend some of that billion-dollar bank account saying BLACKBERRY'S BACK, BABY! and showing the passport (& Z30?) trouncing every other phone on the market at everything a phone could do at the time. people wont buy something if they dont know exists.
life would have been better for all of us. imagine if qnx ramped up instead of ramping down over the last 2 years. I bet google would have offered up some newer runtimes too. not that i'm particularly bothered by the current setup. after 2 years of stagnant development, everything I need still works well. my phone still gets attention from people who've never seen one before....they ask the silliest questions!
Posted via CBXBbnivende likes this.02-01-17 10:17 AMLike 1 -
The BlackBerry Board and Fairfax ALREADY came to the conclusion that BB10 was a failure and that the company had to switch from hardware to software (after an unsuccessful attempt to sell). They SUBSEQUENTLY hired Chen, a software turnaround specialist, to accomplish this.
Minimal lip service and resources were dedicated to hardware while they worked through their parts inventory and contractual commitments, and to keep their foot in the enterprise space while the transition was completed.Last edited by conite; 02-01-17 at 10:54 AM.
02-01-17 10:34 AMLike 0 -
- Again, you haven't got the chronology right.
The BlackBerry Board and Fairfax ALREADY came to the conclusion that BB10 was a failure and that the company had to switch from hardware to software (after an unsuccessful attempt to sell). They SUBSEQUENTLY hired Chen, a software turnaround specialist, to accomplish this.
Minimal lip service and resources were dedicated to hardware while they worked through their parts inventory and contractual commitments, and to keep their foot in the enterprise space while the transition was completed.
Posted via CB1002-01-17 12:02 PMLike 0 - Minimal lip service is pretty much like lying but Chen warned us all along but we did not want to hear. The problem now is how can we trust that BlackBerry will keep on with their Android skin and will their be improvements to the skin. Will their current DTEK models get OS upgrades?
Posted via CB1002-01-17 12:21 PMLike 0 - Again, you haven't got the chronology right.
The BlackBerry Board and Fairfax ALREADY came to the conclusion that BB10 was a failure and that the company had to switch from hardware to software (after an unsuccessful attempt to sell). They SUBSEQUENTLY hired Chen, a software turnaround specialist, to accomplish this.
Minimal lip service and resources were dedicated to hardware while they worked through their parts inventory and contractual commitments, and to keep their foot in the enterprise space while the transition was completed.
I think you should disclose that this notion of a "parts inventory" and "contractual commitments" that lasted two or so years is your pure speculation and nothing else.
Chen backers need to stop stating speculation as fact.
Posted via CB1002-01-17 01:34 PMLike 0 -
Only one opinion is allowed on the BB10 boards. Chen didn't fail with bb10 devices. He merely glided to a safe and orderly landing so he could execute his glorious software business.
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DTEK60 / Z30Troy Tiscareno likes this.02-01-17 01:48 PMLike 1 - I am just talking about the BlackBerry software on TCL phones. Are you saying that BlackBerry skin will be TCL'S responsibility?02-01-17 02:32 PMLike 0
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I'm sure BlackBerry will fulfill their contractual obligations to them.02-01-17 02:41 PMLike 0 -
They simply provide the software to their licencees for whatever period of time they agreed to.02-01-17 04:20 PMLike 0 - Could you please expand on your post. I am not sure why contracting out their apps , skin and perhaps their security is not part of Chen's strategy and execution.02-01-17 04:21 PMLike 0
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Posted via CB1002-01-17 05:57 PMLike 0 - I don't think the priv was the end game. It was cheaper to build an android phone, there was a slim chance it would succeed and if it flopped they would have something someone might want to license. It was the bait on the hook to draw people to their android offering. Something cheaper would have been wise for that purpose. Chen miscalculated there. They convinced enough people including TCL that is worth spending money on. They couldn't even convince themselves to spend more money on BB10.02-01-17 06:03 PMLike 0
- I don't think the priv was the end game. It was cheaper to build an android phone, there was a slim chance it would succeed and if it flopped they would have something someone might want to license. It was the bait on the hook to draw people to their android offering. Something cheaper would have been wise for that purpose. Chen miscalculated there. They convinced enough people including TCL that is worth spending money on. They couldn't even convince themselves to spend more money on BB10.
Posted via CB1002-01-17 06:12 PMLike 0 - When people disagree that Chen is saving Blackberry by losing money and having no business plan, they are "bickering."
Only one opinion is allowed on the BB10 boards. Chen didn't fail with bb10 devices. He merely glided to a safe and orderly landing so he could execute his glorious software business.02-01-17 06:34 PMLike 0 -
They just loaded the OS and added their apps and made sure it was all stable and that the keyboard worked.
So to recap :
BB10: A full Dev team for the OS. Drivers for the SOC. Full developer support tools and apis along with seminars possibly. Advertising. Distribution channels for the devices.
Android : Development of a few apps and advertising and the distribution channels.
Which do you think is cheaper?
NB : I probably left out some stuff things but I think I'm close. This is all speculation though.02-01-17 06:48 PMLike 0
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