BlackBerry Ltd. (USA) May Have Finally Found its Software and Hardware Niche | The Motley Fool Canada
The next few months should reveal more but I think this is what the people in the know are thinking.
Kudos to the writer.
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The next few months should reveal more but I think this is what the people in the know are thinking.
Kudos to the writer.
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Taking something unknown and great, and putting it on something popular <-- mmhmm
I read the article. BlackBerry is not trying to reinvent itself it is changing itself and in my opinion not for the better.
To keep the hardware alive maybe? I think the article makes sense, unless there's something you like to tell us bla1ze? ;-)
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Anyone else "feeling" the PASSION in this move?In my opinion, BlackBerry is a great company with a lot of potential that can be bought at a discount price—the stock is down nearly 30% this year. The passion that the company shows in trying to reinvent itself is truly astounding.
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No.
None of us may like this, but BlackBerry is doing anything and everything to stay alive. As a BlackBerry fan, boo-hiss. As a BlackBerry investor, yipee!
So they believe that BB10 will be available for Android phones? That's a new twist.
*yes!
Ftfy
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Wow, you're ready to completely dismiss the BlackBerry Experience Suite before we even see it, look at it, or use it? Based on what, some early renders or photos?
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They meant an experience and functionality similar to BB10.
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I've discovered that a lot of people dismiss everything without seeing anything:)
Use Inbox instead of the normal client. Much better.
Just do not get this... what is all the hate about Android about??? If BB cannot makes hardware division work... then from what I am ready... may anti-Android types would rather see BB drop the the hardware line all together... makes no sense... no one has said there will be no BB10... unless I missed something... heck.. no one said there will be actually be a BB Android... so I simply do not get all the commotion... as for those who keep railing about Android being so bad... funny how a "bad product" can sell hundreds of millions of units... seems another case of because I do not like it... then it is bad.. and no one else should... the ultimate definition of bias....
Just do not get this... what is all the hate about Android about??? If BB cannot makes hardware division work... then from what I am seeing... many anti-Android types would rather see BB drop the the hardware line all together and have no devices at all... makes no sense... no one has said there will be no BB10... unless I missed something... heck.. no one said there will be actually be a BB Android... so I simply do not get all the commotion... as for those who keep railing about Android being so bad... funny how a "bad product" can sell hundreds of millions of units... seems another case of because I do not like it... then it is bad.. and that means everyone else sees it the same way... the ultimate definition of bias....
I'm not here to knock BlackBerry. I am interested in their future.
I think going android could be good move on BB's part.
I have no interest in PKB phones anymore and I have also never liked slider phones so I won't be buying a Venice or an Oslo.
This leaves the experience suites. I guess I'm odd compared to most on here but the hub didn't cut it for me. Looking at the BB experience packages there isn't that much I want so it looks like that if I want just one or two BB apps I may have to purchase a bundle or two. These, knowing BB, will most likely be by subscription. Not worth it in my opinion.
I'm always open to nice surprises though!
Wow......Horrible? That's too bad. Definitely different - which should have been expected. No reason to keep something you don't want. Anyway, mine works for me....or rather I make it work for me until my next BlackBerry. If all else fails, I'll use my Q10., my Z30 is toast.
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NO don't need/want no stinking Android OS.
Interesting choice of words in the article : "anemic" hardware. I do agree that BB10 devices are a way off the forefront when it comes to hardware specs, but I don't see that as a negative - on the contrary, it is testimony to a well-designed and efficient operating system. BB10 devices don't NEED to be high-spec. With their modest and dated hardware, they are every bit as quick and productive as (if not faster and better than) many current top-of-the-line devices running other systems.
It will be interesting to see what happens.
The exact thing they accuse folks of doing with BB10, no less...
BlackBerry 10 will still be around if you want it. Without it, they would lose too many contracts. This is just to pump some adrenaline into the hardware department. I'll give it a go on my personal phone no problem, but the work phone will still be BlackBerry 10. Quite looking forward to trying the slider and seeing what they've done here actually. Personally I don't understand those who dismiss it out of hand without at least giving it a fair chance. The truth of the matter is that we don't really know what's going on at BlackBerry or how this thing will work.
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The Best hardware with a very popular OS it either sells better than 10 did or its the Last waltz.
I understand what you're saying, but if both the android slider and the experience suite come out, BB10 is all but done.
Sure, BB10 will still be around -- BlackBerry will provide security updates.* But there will be little new development. The availability of android on the slider and the experience suite on other platforms is going to cannibalize the already tiny user base of BB10. Developers will give up. BlackBerry will not waste resources on it. It won't be open sourced.
*But they're not great about security on discontinued lines. FREAK is not patched on OS 7.1, and they sold OS 7.1 devices last year.
It's not that simple though, BlackBerry 10 is the only mobile platform to gain any sort of credibility in the government sector. The DoD certification speaks for itself. What you say is true only if BlackBerry can make Android as secure as BlackBerry 10 and I don't know if that's possible without the QNX hypervisor. I think that if bb10 is only going to be for high level enterprise and government then industry specific apps will emerge rather than the consumer ones that are always referred to. Since nobody is saying anything, it is just a wait and see situation.
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Fair enough. If those presumptions turn out to be correct, and if IT departments actually care about BB10 security, you may very well be correct.
I have a feeling that there's a lesson in communications to be learned here....