Sometimes monopolies get stagnant, other OEMs if they had done PKBs, may be the PKB evolution would have followed different timelines but we are stack with a single evolution timeline.... the BlackBerry timeline!
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Sometimes monopolies get stagnant, other OEMs if they had done PKBs, may be the PKB evolution would have followed different timelines but we are stack with a single evolution timeline.... the BlackBerry timeline!
Seems like I've heard this somewhere before. I don't see TCL doing anything to change this.
I know and see the same thing. I'm a little bummed I haven't seen any advertising for the device here in the states. The rollout of the KEYone was very quiet, which directly affects people not knowing BlackBerry has a new device out.
With the limited availability of the KEYone (one can order if you keep checking Amazon and BestBuy, but it keeps going out of stock), what sort of marketing campaign do you suggest?
Nope, the lack of marketing is pretty disappointing. Although with their whole lack of stock it might actually be bad to start advertising like crazy, lol.
Yah, that's why I'm kind of conflicted on how I feel about it. Before I was really hoping to see a real marketing effort from TCL once it launched everywhere (I didn't expect any before that happened), but now that it has and the supply seems to be inconsistent, would spending money on a marketing campaign really benefit them?? I don't know what to think really...
It should be remembered that Motorola has a cross-patent license with BB (they each owned patents the other needed), so Moto absolutely CAN (and has in the past) make a BB-style PKB without any pesky licences . The fact that they haven't should tell you that their market research has shown that there's no money in it. If they thought there WAS money in it, they'd certainly have given it a shot.
Here's an old one:
If either firm manages to license BlackBerry's keyboard I'd grab the device. TCL and BlackBerry Mobile's product management seems like a sub par high school project thus far.
I'd take a Sidekick landscape keyboard device! or the Samsung Galaxy s 4g on sprint or HTC touch prop 2 those were really nice keyboards - a 3;2 ratio landscape keyboard!!! please
I would leave blackberry behind if Samsung or another manufacturer release a qwert phone to be honest.
Although I'm not sure about this, I once heard that BlackBerry owns the copyright on the capacitive keyboard. If that were true, would you still leave considering the other device would not have one?
Is this being shipped? Says July. I had Motorola Atrix before, it was the, hands down, worst phone I've ever owned, worse than Sony Ericsson T10, absolute piece of garbage so comparing to my experience with blackberries - no thank you!
Piece of junk that is.
Werent they Windows Mobile devices!?
I've used the Nokia device and its awesome however BBOS at the time was much more fluid.
Man, I loved my Palm devices, especially the Treo 680, and would buy just about anything new branded with Palm, if only for old times, sake. Still love BB, though, and grooving with my new KEYone.
I remember how many pkb phones were out there 8-9 years ago. I've tried it all and tbh the BlackBerry is the best when it comes to PKB phones. I didn't mind the t-mobile dash which was a windows 6 phone made by HTC
I think BB has the only license for keyboard usage on devices!?
How about a cover that doubles as a keypad? They make them for ipads and window tablets. Would you guys consider one made in landscape format for a phone?
I don't think any exists. Hmm.... I wonder if there's a potential niche market there...
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