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- We've waited 3 yrs for a new trackpad device. We'll live till November...Mr4aces and bborgimicks like this.04-21-14 01:23 PMLike 2
- No big organization is going to buy a load of new phones in Q4.The day of having cash to burn at years end are long gone.
The government financial year begins 1 Oct and business 1Jan. That's the new money they need to go after.
Nov isn't the best time for me but if it saves Blackberry so be it.Mr4aces likes this.04-21-14 01:42 PMLike 1 - wasn't calling people on BBOS7 dumb..
It's just that BBOS7 was so easy to use and why give up it just for the trackpad if they are still hanging on to their phones. Obviously they don`t care about the apps.
People that use BBOS7 still (like my dad which is an example of a big enterprise person):
1. don't care about anything that the new BB10/android/apple which is the reason why they are still hanging onto their phone.
2. they love how easy it is
3. a lot of little features makes it superior to them BB10 with 10.2.1 starting getting a few but BB10 is still missing a lot of the key features.
4. BIS - my dad only uses linkedin, facebook, bbm. He doesn't want to go buy data
5. buying BBOS7 is dirt cheap now especially for developing countries, BIS overlaps with this as well
If BB10 opened up the theme API they can make it like Playbook OS for the BBOS7/PBOS theme. Horizontal active frames like I said at the end of last page. This can help change the look. Being able to activate a virtual trackpad (ALL of BELT) which works exactly the same would help. Try it yourself http://appworld.blackberry.com/webst...ode=US&lang=en
The trackpad isn't the only reason why people haven't upgraded yet, if you think that then you need to open your eyes
Posted without the aid of AutoCorrect with my physical keyboard via CB10Mr4aces likes this.04-21-14 02:13 PMLike 1 - 04-21-14 02:27 PMLike 4
- You wont see thousands of CrackBerry members openly supporting non-touch directions. They've been flamed into the closet, or out in the cold, by the condescendingly belligerent i-touch crowd. Out of 26 LOYAL BB users in my office, i am the ONLY one that will bother posting in these forums. AND you'll ONLY find me posting about trackpad devices. All 26 of us were once very active accessory customers at CrackBerry back when we were using the non-touch 9650. Those were great days at CB when you could come here and collaborate on fixing problems and improving productivity. Several out of my office made the mistake of just ASKING how to turn off the fricking touch digitizer on their 9930s. The unhelpful, condescending, and downright abusive responses chased those members so far into the closet they STILL leave all posting at this site to just me. I'm the only one who continues purchasing accessories from CB.
Us trackpad nuts have been waiting 3 years for a new model from RIM and we still get utterly irrational resistance from trolls here in our own little q20 corner of CB. The Z's failure is not OUR fault!! If the Z hasn't drawn iPhone kids into BlackBerry by now, after neglecting legacy for 3 yrs, it isn't going to happen. Sorry. RIM lost that battle with the ill fated Storm and the Z has failed to recover that ground. RIM is bleeding. The only thing left for RIM is the niche market.
BlackBerry sold 3.2 million BBOS last quarter even against dirt cheap androids and nokias. It does mean something.
Q10SQN100-3/10.2.1.2228, Z30, Z10, iP5, SGS304-21-14 02:28 PMLike 0 -
- It is silly to think this device will be doomed because it will come after a new iPhone 6 or new Android phones because the Classic will not be aimed at the iPhone/Galaxy/etc consumer crowd. This is more for specific, target markets: businesses, other BB10 holdout markets, and maybe some consumers who are big BB users too. But I don't think Verizon or AT&T will offer this to consumers.04-21-14 03:10 PMLike 0
- No big organization is going to buy a load of new phones in Q4.The day of having cash to burn at years end are long gone.
The government financial year begins 1 Oct and business 1Jan. That's the new money they need to go after.
Nov isn't the best time for me but if it saves Blackberry so be it.
Posted via CB1004-21-14 03:32 PMLike 0 - Government starts burning end of year cash around June/July/August. Where I'm at they shut off purchasing with end of year funds in mid August because of all the work required to get them processed by September 30. I expect to have to start requesting quotes for hardware in late June early July. Starting October 1 everything goes back into hoarding mode, especially if we end up with another CR for funding, then it is impossible to get money for months.
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The fiscal year goes Oct 1 to Sep 30. Hasn't changed.
And the rush to get things bought begins summer. Nothing that isn't a micropurchase happens after August 15.
Posted from my awesome Q10 via CB10.04-21-14 04:03 PMLike 0 - If all they're developing for is "BBRY users" than there is a real problem; recent history has proven they cannot survive based on the hand full of users that currently use these devices.04-21-14 04:17 PMLike 0
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- People say things like "The problem with the Q20 / Classic is that they have to make major modifications to BB10 for it."
Yet, these same people are too completely terrified to even TRY to describe what "major modifications" are required.
It irritates me, because ALMOST NO MODIFICATIONS WILL BE REQUIRED. ALMOST NONE. And, any that ARE made will be "invisible" to those on devices that don't have the Belt.
Ok, you too... go ahead... try to describe what this "rebuild OS" will be like.
I just wish people would stop jumping to conclusions about how much work the Belt will be to implement, when they haven't even stopped for 2 seconds to actually think about it, never mind posting it along side their "it will be so much work to get BB10 to work with the Belt" statements.... because if you do think about it, you'd probably not post those "oh lord what horrible things will happen to my beautiful BB10 OS?" lamentations, because you'd realize that most of what is needed to support the Belt is already there.
Again. It irritates me.
I am eager for the release of these belted "Classic" devices (SLIDER!) and repeatedly seeing so-called "BlackBerry Fans" saying this stuff, building anti-Belt criticism before the launch, further disparaging BlackBerry "they don't know what they're doing"... irritates.
How do YOU know almost no modifications will be required? Looks like we're jumping to assumptions all around, so don't get too irritated (at yourself).Bluenoser63 likes this.04-21-14 07:38 PMLike 1 -
If you really need to leave BlackBerry because they are giving users a choice, perhaps an Apple product will be right up your alley. You can have it in any form you want, as long as it's a rectangular piece of glass.Mr4aces likes this.04-21-14 07:43 PMLike 1 - If your hoping to buy a new blackberry with end of year money good luck. I should qualify that. If you ask for a phone you'll probably get a Blackberry Bold. Some corporations might begin buying the New classic in 2015. The trick for government is to wait long enough that all the Bold are gone but early enough theres still money left. Tricky.
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The PlayBook wasn't half of the core functionality of a device that is a "phone" and all that work is now done or underway: it's not credible to compare the PB - BB10 delta to that of BB10 - BB10Belted.
Posted via CB10Mr4aces likes this.04-21-14 09:05 PMLike 1 -
BTW: Playbook had Balance. So you don't know technology as much as you think.04-21-14 09:19 PMLike 0 - Where is the native Maps app on the PlayBook? BBM? Travel? Protect? The vastly improved Browser which is the backbone of so many apps and OS components?Balance? Remember? all of that was not needed on the PlayBook as designed as a companion to BBOS7 devices, but is needed on BB10 phones and had to tightly integrate with the OS. The Hub was developed from the ground up and a significant effort went in to redesigning the OS gestures for one handed operation... which is best of class for any mobile OS but no where near as good as BBOS with the belt. There is nowhere near the same amount of work to implement the Belt on BB10... and adding the Belt is actually a shortcut to further optimization because of BB10s innate mouse support.
The PlayBook wasn't half of the core functionality of a device that is a "phone" and all that work is now done or underway: it's not credible to compare the PB - BB10 delta to that of BB10 - BB10Belted.
Because I know technology and software / UX design and most people who suggest how hard it will be don't say why, and often when objections are raised they are easily refuted.
Posted via CB1004-21-14 09:28 PMLike 0 - What bothers me most about this whole announcement is... the announcement itself. I might sound crazy, but - honestly! - I'd prefer to stay all puzzled about the launch date of the Classic, than knowing that it's coming in 6 (SIX for God's sake!!!) freaking months. Time flies by faster when you are not waiting for anything. Now, that we all have set our minds on November it's just crawling and each day becomes a torture. Why, Chen?! Oh, why you did this to us????!!!!!!bborgimicks likes this.04-22-14 06:12 AMLike 1
- kbz1960Doesn't MatterPlaybook was not for play on your book it was for like a sports teams playbook where all your plays and execution resides. The brain of your system.AthenaSmith likes this.04-22-14 06:30 AMLike 1
- What bothers me most about this whole announcement is... the announcement itself. I might sound crazy, but - honestly! - I'd prefer to stay all puzzled about the launch date of the Classic, than knowing that it's coming in 6 (SIX for God's sake!!!) freaking months. Time flies by faster when you are not waiting for anything. Now, that we all have set our minds on November it's just crawling and each day becomes a torture. Why, Chen?! Oh, why you did this to us????!!!!!!
In the year since the launch of BB10 we have had 4 BB10 phones and 1 BBOS phone released with a 5th BB10 coming in a couple weeks. Meanwhile the guys over at iMore had to wait 18 months to replace their iPhone 5 with a slightly faster Gold iPhone 5s. OR with an iPhone 5c which was their iPhone 5 made with cheaper plastic parts.
Posted via CB10Dave Bourque likes this.04-22-14 06:34 AMLike 1 - Wow, all these years and that never dawned on anyone in my office or purchasing. Makes sense now that you mention it. Thanks.04-22-14 06:50 AMLike 2
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