No hatred. You don't expect me to throw my playbook and Z10 away now do you? As long as I still use and own BB products, I still have an opinion about the company. Until such day that all my BB devices deem useless will I move on. Does not mean I will purchase anymore product from the company. Nor will I sell like he'll for the company. No one should be holding hands and sing kumbaya either.
Oh boy do I remember. I remember first one major app then another never showing up and the apologists repeatedly replying with the same line, "I dont need that app anyway, its not important to me." Aside from Angry Birds, not one popular app came to the device that was on the tablet consumer's high demand list.
The handwriting on the wall was when the third party developers were quick to spit out an Apple or android app on their websites and customer support having little more than "maybe later for you QNX guys" for an answer. You gotta laugh at the futility when you hold a BLACKBERRY device in your hand that never got a real BBM client yet they are hot and heavy making one for the competitor's devices?! HUH?!?!" Why would chevrolet forgo putting their best motor in their cars but ship them straight to Ford?
At this point you seriously have a case for questioning Blackberry's competence.
The best thing for blackberry is concede they failed sell out and let a big company actually run it. As the months go by the short bus throws up fail after fail. By years end if Thor is still talking out of his arse with no real results time for the shareholders to pull the plug on the so called turn around.
The A10 will be another pb wait and see..
no more furture for PB!!!
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yeah, thinking about the PB, the A10 does seem like another really bad idea.
I totally understand why they needed two phones, but that should have been it at least for a full year.
That isn't what I said. Let me try another way: If you hate BlackBerry, vow never to buy another product, and plan to switch to something else, you've already made up your mind to leave. A lot of these people are still here posting, long after they swear they are 'done'. ;-)and you expect the unHappy customer of Blackberry go to Samsung forum to complain
If it doesn't meet your personal needs, it doesn't meet your needs. I bought a 64 GB model (loads of space!) for $200, eighteen months ago. Long before there 'was a BlackBerry 10'. I use it daily for a range of tasks. It does the same tasks today as it does the day they canceled BlackBerry 10 as the day before they canceled BlackBerry 10. And it does it well enough for me that I don't feel a pressing need to split. If it doesn't meet yours, it doesn't.you waiting i dance on roof by happiness
My current app count is 151 on mine.no app's at all and even for read my eBook
Fair enough, but if you take that view, I think you'll ultimately be let down by every company on the planet that doesn't keep a promise.But for sure before i buy a new BB i will think twice : you lie ounce you will lie twice
You weren't the type of person I was directing this post too.
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And people still defend this company?? I will never recommend BlackBerry products or any thing related to this company to anyone. Even if the company is sold out I wont buy anything from them! No BB10 and absolutely no support to the default OS? What is the guarantee they wont do the same to Z10 and Q10? And people are having high hopes on A10!! All the people defending the move are delusional fanboys! SHAME ON YOU! AGAIN SHAME ON YOU!
I continue to use both of my PBs and will until they go to sleep for the last time. Like mentioned above, there are still some developers supporting and adding apps. Including a new browser I'm sure most have read about. OrigamiBrowser.
As long as your PB is able to do what you're used to doing with it keep it alive.
I do want to add an observation though. When the no BB10 coming to the PB announcement was made, I believe there was another one made that they would continue to support the PB.
That sure didn't last long.
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They did say that they were considering "compensating" PB adopters.
So hopefully it doesn't mean we get a sh*t load of random useless apps on the PB, but instead something actually useful
On top of that, why not just stick a new android runtime on it. Problem solved, everything works with debug :)
SO why can't they provide normal PB OS updates? These guys running the company are bunch of greedy losers! Never trust them, you are defending a company who has lied, betrayed and continuing to fool their loyal fans.
You're a real Cassandra, aren't you? ;)
Can't blame you though. BBRY brought this whole mess upon themselves. As for the A10, it's looking up to be another PlayBook disaster - overpriced at launch, few apps, something few would want.
What's galling for me is not that BB10 isn't coming for PB, but the fact that even basic updates and support have been stopped. BBRY have successfully washed their hands clean of the PB. They've also p!ssed on the customers they can ill afford to lose.
I understand that there will eventually have to an EOL day for the PB
But from the start, PB was always playing catch up, and it really hasn't caught up to anything....
I do feel a bit cheated from RIM.
I'll still support them, because BB10 is still one of the best platforms out there
However, I do not support their business ethics if they are cheating and lying, especially when they publicly made a statement that they will commit to something. I have my uses for the PB, but to be honest, apart from a video player when I'm travelling, and occasionally using it to surf the net, it usually sits in the drawer, not doing anything. That shouldn't be what RIM envisioned the PB to be, so they should do something about that.
I think that is what everyone ultimately wants. Some of us are just a bit more verbal with a bit more edge and anger. I don't think we should be fighting, because ultimately we just want the same thing
I hope the developer bring Origami Browser to the app world soon. I'm not gonna side load anything.
Fanboys here wont understand these things. They will never stop defending. If we express our disappointment they will label us trolls.
Oh Please...My PLayBook works the same today as it did April 19th 2011 if not better, stop whining! As Bla1ze said, if you aren't happy don't buy another BBRY product. The whining on the Forums of late is really getting to me. For anyone visiting our site, if they are currently using a different Mobile OS, reading some of this ******** ain't helping...............
I'd just like to point out, a month ago, before the playbook betrayal, I saw people like Arvind on BGR defending BlackBerry in every article. The one thing that sites like BGR and Engadget always noted was the strong passion of BlackBerry fans. They would get a ton of complaints for every hit piece on BlackBerry.
Arvind, can you imagine going back to BGR and fighting for BlackBerry's good name after all this? What a difference two weeks make. It seems that Janika and Jaime, the anti-blackberry super-trolls, were right after all.
That is what is really upsetting. The line handed out was that once again, rather than dribbling out updates to fix or enhance the OS2 system, they would move us to BB10 and so stopped doing anything for the pb. At this time my speculation is that there is no one in house capable of moving OS2 forward or tweaking it. What's ironic is because they are producing a new OS7 device, updates for that OS are still coming out periodically.
There is no need for anyone to be an apologist for any company, be it Blackberry, Apple, Sony, whatever the case may be. The sole reason these companies/corporations are profitable is laregly due to their consumer base. They need us a whole lot more than we need them. There will always be another company eagerly waiting to step up to the plate. Not having BB10 to preserve usability of the Playbook, fine. I was upset intially also, but I realized I bought the Playbook not for BB10, but because I was impressed by the product and package it presented. However I feel to completely brush off any update though is a bit harsh for those who supported the company in its "darkest hours". Why can iPad owners whom purchased a tablet in the same time frame as when the Playbook released expect an update to the latest OS, and us Playbook owners not even a mere browser and runtime update. It is what it is I guess.
At the end of the day, I want Blackberry to be sucessful as I'm sure many of you do also. They need to give their user base some love. End rant lol
Yesterday's fanboy is tomorrow's troll wherever you look. I think the real loser here is common-sense. Both in the mobile computing business and in the reactions of the consumer. While we're at it, let's throw out another disgusting reference to the Jonestown Massacre as if it isn't a tragic blot in the stain of American History.
just like what they did to OS7 and Theme builder 7, not surprised
Bro, look at this way. Thorsten knew that it was never going to be a good product...so he had the conviction to say no to the project...that to me shows character to bring Blackberry forward into brave new worlds and higher plateaus.
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As I remember Thor was talking about dumb tablet using BlackBerry 10 device to run it.
It seems to me that the playbook is smart enough for that.
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Actually I like the way Alec Saunders basically just says "Confirmed". At least he did not try to weasel his way of saying something like, "We will not port BB 10 for PlayBook, but we will continue to provide enhancements in the months to come although the hardware cannot really run BB 10 proper...bla...bla..bla..", therefore fueling more speculations again down the road, more angst and such. PlayBook was a failed product, now a dead product. I bought the device at $499, paid the price of early adopter.
You are right my friend. Lesson learnt in a hard way. A lot of people think its just an update, and claims why to bother for a 2 year old device? actually its not just about BB10. Now, there won't be any update for PB. As some one pointed in this thread, BlackBerry purposely killed PlayBook because of A10. If BB10 is available for PB a lot of users will go for PB instead of the over priced 5" A10! This a very smart suicidal move. Most of the people complaining here are those who bought PB for full price before the fire sale. There was nothing expect the Browser. No usefull apps, lack of email, calenders and no android runtime support. We continued to believe in BlackBerry and trusted every time BB said they were working on significant updates and will make the tablet a wonderful device. Email client and lots of apps, BBM were promised to arrive "soon". We all know BlackBerry "soon". It took nearly an year to get email and calender! That was the last useful update PB ever received. Do you think this is the way to treat the customers? 2 years we were fed with nothing but hopes. Hopes that one day PB will be a great tablet. BlackBerry always informed that they were "committed" in tablet market and BB10 will be available for the existing PlayBooks. Being a sincere BlackBerry customer I even bought a Z10 trusting the company again. If the fanboys and defenders here think people complaining here are against BlackBerry then they are wrong! Just open your eyes and see what BlackBerry is doing to the community!