- For BB10 fans, smartphone life seems to get dreary just waiting for the two big guys to incorporate our favourite features in their OSes. Apple bit the swiping interface which is great but we are stuck with the lame virtual keyboards and no way to configure it for office use - flashing the camera flash for notifications - really? Android has the BB suite with VKB but no swipe interface. Maybe with Fuchia.
I would love for a community to be able to update BB10 to keep it current with security updates and new webkit versions.
Can Chen open source the OS as a way to apologize for the Playbook BB10 fiasco once and for all?Mecca EL likes this.08-03-18 03:04 AMLike 1 -
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Clear your cache give some of these a try
https://threejs.org/
Posted via CB10Last edited by Leyra B10; 08-03-18 at 07:47 AM.
08-03-18 07:22 AMLike 0 - For BB10 fans, smartphone life seems to get dreary just waiting for the two big guys to incorporate our favourite features in their OSes. Apple bit the swiping interface which is great but we are stuck with the lame virtual keyboards and no way to configure it for office use - flashing the camera flash for notifications - really? Android has the BB suite with VKB but no swipe interface. Maybe with Fuchia.
I would love for a community to be able to update BB10 to keep it current with security updates and new webkit versions.
Can Chen open source the OS as a way to apologize for the Playbook BB10 fiasco once and for all?
Ideally, I think I'd totally fall in love with a BB10 Laptop which would be a nice change from the Apple Laptops, the me-too looking Rukkic Cube looking Windows laptops out now, or the ChromeBooks.
I'd dump the browser though, perhaps for a FireFox or Opera(.com) web browser though. Other companies can spend time constantly updating the browser, certificates, the patches etc,. BlackBerry doesn't need to spend time on that. Just keep the core stable instead and add support or list which network devices or hardware work with it right out of the box.
With the amount of people that keep asking about the QNX Floppy diskette from almost two decades ago, (or BB10) I think BlackBerry could probably throw BB10 and QNX on a downloads server somewhere and just charge people $60-100 to download it on a X8086 device. If they don't want to sell-it on USB thumb drive or CD-ROM.
Last thing too. BB10 seems like it would work well on a FitBit type smartwatch design. Often wondered what BB would have come up with if they did fitness or "smartwatches."Last edited by Digital_Islandboy; 08-03-18 at 08:58 AM.
08-03-18 08:33 AMLike 0 - That would be awesome. I am experimenting with ways to hook up my BB Playbook to HDMI Cable and adding a Bluetooth Mouse + Keyboard. It looks like it would make a different and awesome looking desktop.
Ideally, I think I'd totally fall in love with a BB10 Laptop which would be a nice change from the Apple Laptops, the me-too looking Rukkic Cube looking Windows laptops out now, or the ChromeBooks.
I'd dump the browser though, perhaps for a FireFox or Opera(.com) web browser though. Other companies can spend time constantly updating the browser, certificates, the patches etc,. BlackBerry doesn't need to spend time on that. Just keep the core stable instead and add support or list which network devices or hardware work with it right out of the box.
With the amount of people that keep asking about the QNX Floppy diskette from almost two decades ago, (or BB10) I think BlackBerry could probably throw BB10 and QNX on a downloads server somewhere and just charge people $60-100 to download it on a X8086 device. If they don't want to sell-it on USB thumb drive or CD-ROM.
Last thing too. BB10 seems like it would work well on a FitBit type smartwatch design. Often wondered what BB would have come up with if they did fitness or "smartwatches."
Posted via CB1008-03-18 10:24 AMLike 0 -
- Multiple threads on this already.
Possible? Maybe.
Probable? Not bloody likely.
Enjoy BB10 while you can.
Posted via CB10 / AT&T /Z10 STL100-3 /10.3.3.321608-03-18 11:55 AMLike 0 -
- The fact that Adobe's Shockwave, Macromedia, Flash et. al. are finally on their way out on the Internet could be one good thing as it is one area on BlackBerry that could be phased out in the browser and would be one area that BlackBerry wouldn't have to maintain any longer on BB10. HTML5 is taking over for the Adobe tools as right.08-03-18 04:21 PMLike 0
- The fact that Adobe's Shockwave, Macromedia, Flash et. al. are finally on their way out on the Internet could be one good thing as it is one area on BlackBerry that could be phased out in the browser and would be one area that BlackBerry wouldn't have to maintain any longer on BB10. HTML5 is taking over for the Adobe tools as right.
Also not many sites are utilizing HTML 5 specific layout elements. A standard is there but convoluted. React for example, bad at managing memory so you need devices with more RAM solely because of its poor implementation of its views. That sucks.Last edited by Leyra B10; 08-03-18 at 09:56 PM.
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Posted via CB1008-03-18 06:57 PMLike 0 - All BlackBerry needs is a licensee with lots of cash. BlackBerry has been open to licensing BB10 since 2013. Today they would probably still be willing to license BB10 as is, meaning BlackBerry Limited would do no updates themselves and accept no liability for the OS. The licensee would have to invest the money to make BB10 run on modern hardware. As stated before, those who keep saying BB10 has a future should make it happen and roundup the investment dollars to make it happen.pdr733 likes this.08-03-18 08:09 PMLike 1
- All BlackBerry needs is a licensee with lots of cash. BlackBerry has been open to licensing BB10 since 2013. Today they would probably still be willing to license BB10 as is, meaning BlackBerry Limited would do no updates themselves and accept no liability for the OS. The licensee would have to invest the money to make BB10 run on modern hardware. As stated before, those who keep saying BB10 has a future should make it happen and roundup the investment dollars to make it happen.08-03-18 08:27 PMLike 0
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- BB10 will not be open-sourced because BB isn't willing to open-source QNX, which is the foundation upon which BB10 is built. BB still sees QNX as a strategic asset that is used for several of their most important products, including their self-driving car initiative as well as BB Radar.
As far as licensing BB10, BB10 was available for licensing deals since a year before it launched, and there's never been a taker. Given that BB lost around $10B in cash and assets trying to make BB10 work and failed, and nearly went bankrupt in the process, it's hard to imagine why anyone would license it today - 4 years since development ended, and without even a staff that is familiar with it. WinPhone wasn't successful with a licensing model and they licenced it (for small devices like phone) for FREE.
More info about licensing:
https://www.theverge.com/2012/1/23/2...blackberry-ceo
This article was from mid-January, 2012, and talks about Heins being open to licensing BB10 - and this is a full year before it was actually delivered, though it was also around the time BB had initially promised delivery before pushing back the date several times.
https://crackberry.com/thorsten-hein...ing-it-someone
This was in August 2012 - and Heins was still looking for licensees, and it's clear that he saw a financial crisis in the works even then. Of course, he would have never said so outright, but it's easy to see in retrospect (and some of us could see it even then).
BlackBerry maker RIM hires outside firms to review its business - latimes
In May of 2013, BB brought in 2 outside consulting firms to accelerate their ongoing strategic review, hoping for input on how to better monetize their assets, which specifically included licensing BB10, among other BB properties.
https://crackberry.com/thorsten-heins
On November 4th, 2013 as BlackBerry called an end to their strategic review, Thorsten Heins announced he would be stepping down as CEO and CEO John S. Chen would take his place.
So, for nearly 2 years - and more than half of that BEFORE BB10's launch and spectacular market failure, BB was actively looking for BB10 licensees - and failed to find any.
As we well know, Chen came in and announced that licensing would also be a big focus of his, and has subsequently licensed out a number of things, including BB's flavor of Android as well as the cross-platform (i.e., non-BB) portion of BBM. If there was a way to make money licensing BB10, is there really any doubt that Chen wouldn't have jumped at the chance? And if that's true, what conclusion can we draw from the fact that BB hasn't done so?
And it's harder today, given that BB is now a Google licensee and as such has agreed not to offer Android forks such as the BB10 runtime - meaning BB10 would have to be stripped of the runtime in order to be used going forward. Given the state of BB World - and the fact that it's scheduled to be taken down next year - that should tell you what BB believes themselves.08-04-18 01:25 AMLike 7 - 08-04-18 01:56 AMLike 0
- if passport or blackberry10 died, I will make sure leave blackberry. and I will buy blackberryandroid forever. and now I don't buy bbndroid prive or more.
Passport RED Edition 10.3.3216308-04-18 04:37 AMLike 0 - BB10 will not be open-sourced because BB isn't willing to open-source QNX, which is the foundation upon which BB10 is built. BB still sees QNX as a strategic asset that is used for several of their most important products, including their self-driving car initiative as well as BB Radar.
As far as licensing BB10, BB10 was available for licensing deals since a year before it launched, and there's never been a taker. Given that BB lost around $10B in cash and assets trying to make BB10 work and failed, and nearly went bankrupt in the process, it's hard to imagine why anyone would license it today - 4 years since development ended, and without even a staff that is familiar with it. WinPhone wasn't successful with a licensing model and they licenced it (for small devices like phone) for FREE.
More info about licensing:
https://www.theverge.com/2012/1/23/2...blackberry-ceo
This article was from mid-January, 2012, and talks about Heins being open to licensing BB10 - and this is a full year before it was actually delivered, though it was also around the time BB had initially promised delivery before pushing back the date several times.
https://crackberry.com/thorsten-hein...ing-it-someone
This was in August 2012 - and Heins was still looking for licensees, and it's clear that he saw a financial crisis in the works even then. Of course, he would have never said so outright, but it's easy to see in retrospect (and some of us could see it even then).
BlackBerry maker RIM hires outside firms to review its business - latimes
In May of 2013, BB brought in 2 outside consulting firms to accelerate their ongoing strategic review, hoping for input on how to better monetize their assets, which specifically included licensing BB10, among other BB properties.
https://crackberry.com/thorsten-heins
On November 4th, 2013 as BlackBerry called an end to their strategic review, Thorsten Heins announced he would be stepping down as CEO and CEO John S. Chen would take his place.
So, for nearly 2 years - and more than half of that BEFORE BB10's launch and spectacular market failure, BB was actively looking for BB10 licensees - and failed to find any.
As we well know, Chen came in and announced that licensing would also be a big focus of his, and has subsequently licensed out a number of things, including BB's flavor of Android as well as the cross-platform (i.e., non-BB) portion of BBM. If there was a way to make money licensing BB10, is there really any doubt that Chen wouldn't have jumped at the chance? And if that's true, what conclusion can we draw from the fact that BB hasn't done so?
And it's harder today, given that BB is now a Google licensee and as such has agreed not to offer Android forks such as the BB10 runtime - meaning BB10 would have to be stripped of the runtime in order to be used going forward. Given the state of BB World - and the fact that it's scheduled to be taken down next year - that should tell you what BB believes themselves.08-04-18 01:45 PMLike 0 - BB10 will not be open-sourced because BB isn't willing to open-source QNX, which is the foundation upon which BB10 is built. BB still sees QNX as a strategic asset that is used for several of their most important products, including their self-driving car initiative as well as BB Radar.
As far as licensing BB10, BB10 was available for licensing deals since a year before it launched, and there's never been a taker. Given that BB lost around $10B in cash and assets trying to make BB10 work and failed, and nearly went bankrupt in the process, it's hard to imagine why anyone would license it today - 4 years since development ended, and without even a staff that is familiar with it. WinPhone wasn't successful with a licensing model and they licenced it (for small devices like phone) for FREE.
More info about licensing:
https://www.theverge.com/2012/1/23/2...blackberry-ceo
This article was from mid-January, 2012, and talks about Heins being open to licensing BB10 - and this is a full year before it was actually delivered, though it was also around the time BB had initially promised delivery before pushing back the date several times.
https://crackberry.com/thorsten-hein...ing-it-someone
This was in August 2012 - and Heins was still looking for licensees, and it's clear that he saw a financial crisis in the works even then. Of course, he would have never said so outright, but it's easy to see in retrospect (and some of us could see it even then).
BlackBerry maker RIM hires outside firms to review its business - latimes
In May of 2013, BB brought in 2 outside consulting firms to accelerate their ongoing strategic review, hoping for input on how to better monetize their assets, which specifically included licensing BB10, among other BB properties.
https://crackberry.com/thorsten-heins
On November 4th, 2013 as BlackBerry called an end to their strategic review, Thorsten Heins announced he would be stepping down as CEO and CEO John S. Chen would take his place.
So, for nearly 2 years - and more than half of that BEFORE BB10's launch and spectacular market failure, BB was actively looking for BB10 licensees - and failed to find any.
As we well know, Chen came in and announced that licensing would also be a big focus of his, and has subsequently licensed out a number of things, including BB's flavor of Android as well as the cross-platform (i.e., non-BB) portion of BBM. If there was a way to make money licensing BB10, is there really any doubt that Chen wouldn't have jumped at the chance? And if that's true, what conclusion can we draw from the fact that BB hasn't done so?
And it's harder today, given that BB is now a Google licensee and as such has agreed not to offer Android forks such as the BB10 runtime - meaning BB10 would have to be stripped of the runtime in order to be used going forward. Given the state of BB World - and the fact that it's scheduled to be taken down next year - that should tell you what BB believes themselves.
Well done, Troy.08-04-18 02:00 PMLike 8
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