After a day or two of processing I had an idea, what if we get a full featured 8 inch BB10 device
bzzzzzt.
That's the problem. Full fetured.. full featured.... Blackberry has proven it just will NOT release a full featured device. IT promises you X, releases X - Y, says "Y is coming soon" and then drops the device.
Meanwhile the compeition IS releasing X, Y and Z... at the same price or cheaper. I just saw that the kindle fire HD (an offspring of an eREADER) has the same size, greater screen resolution, faster processor AND has all the apps people are wanting and it is selling for less than the playbook.
Point being, yes, IF blackberry did that they would save themsleves but that is old news, as that is exactly what we have been screaming at them for YEARS now
and they just will not do it. I konw that the snadard fanboy excuse is "new platform! takes time!" yet somehow an online outfit selling merchandise spit out a device shortly after the playbook came out then already released an updated sequel that PASSES the playbook in specs and in terms of app support.
Um, no, has nothing to do with android because the playbook prided itself on claiming android support but for some reason they didn't completely pull it off. Sad fact is, they had already fallen into a death spiral of declining customer base because of declining app support and increasing resistence from app makers to support it resulting in even fewer apps, and then the loop repeats. The playbook on launch was suppose to prove blackberry was back in the game, the devince was 50% completed at best and even with the 2.0 release saying "see? we are SERIOUS!" the devince still didn't even have bbm (!?!?!) and most of the remaining promises were never fulfilled.
Now customers and investors alike are seeing a compny more interested in getting thier bbm feature ON OTHER DEVICES than getting it on it's OWN devices. THAT is the epitome of both foolishness and arrogance. Now blackberry and unfortunately its shareholders (I am one) are suffering the consequences of one bad decision after another.
There will BE no fourth or fifth chances, mark my word, the game is over.