BlackBerry 10 to featured on CNN: The best, the very worst
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Here....this is how consumers think:
User says: "Ooo, I want Instagram."
User goes to BBWorld and searches for Instagram.
User says: "What's all these knock off Instagrams?" - Blackgram, iGrann
User exits BBWorld
User perception: "BlackBerry doesn't have Instagram."
Conclusion....if the app isn't in BBWorld, it's not available on BBRY. People don't have time for tricks, gimmicks, or work-arounds.
Posted via CB1012-26-13 11:28 AMLike 8 - It's true. Its a part of the dumbing down of society. BlackBerry is more for technical users. Where apple is simple and doesn't let you do ****! BlackBerry is doing a better job of merging the two world's. Keep it simple for the brain washed drones (aka the apple and droid users) but still allow us to side load and have a powerful, useful machine. Not sure if this makes sense, but I know what I mean.
As for the app gap and gestures. The average person doesn't want to take the time to learn these things. They are too busy watching the kardashians and trying to keep up with whatever is popular and cool. Which right now I see the market swinging from apple towards driod (more specifically samsung). BlackBerry needs to do a better job of catering to these people, while sticking to their roots of business minded and technical people.
Ok I'm off my soapbox now.
Oh and one last thing, BlackBerry really needs to learn to market better!
Posted via CB10Thud Hardsmack and Donvald like this.12-26-13 11:37 AMLike 2 - I find the gestures easy however it's not something that new people can quickly adapt to which is the reason why so many bad reviews have been made so far and I suspect CNN will eventually cover this under bad sides(unless of course they used the device for a long time)
Posted via CB1012-26-13 12:49 PMLike 5 - My 77-year-old mother has trouble finding the red X in the top right corner of nearly every window on her Windows 7 computer, even with repeated explanations. She has marked DVD/CD/tape decks buttons with the words that correspond to the icons for years because she doesn't understand the pictograms on those buttons. Absolutely abhors technology because it's "too confusing". Same woman has no problem operating my Z10 with vocal directions and claims it's the easiest thing she's ever tried to use.
Z10STL100-3/10.2.1.1925Thud Hardsmack likes this.12-26-13 01:44 PMLike 1 - My 77-year-old mother has trouble finding the red X in the top right corner of nearly every window on her Windows 7 computer, even with repeated explanations. She has marked DVD/CD/tape decks buttons with the words that correspond to the icons for years because she doesn't understand the pictograms on those buttons. Absolutely abhors technology because it's "too confusing". Same woman has no problem operating my Z10 with vocal directions and claims it's the easiest thing she's ever tried to use.12-26-13 01:49 PMLike 0
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I was showing her a picture on my Z10 when the screen went dark; it took a mere 10 seconds to tell her how to unlock the screen and get back to the pictures, plus how swiping across the screen goes left and right and tilting would fill the screen for vertical and horizontal pictures. The kicker is she did not ask again how to do it.12-26-13 02:06 PMLike 0 - My 77-year-old mother has trouble finding the red X in the top right corner of nearly every window on her Windows 7 computer, even with repeated explanations. She has marked DVD/CD/tape decks buttons with the words that correspond to the icons for years because she doesn't understand the pictograms on those buttons. Absolutely abhors technology because it's "too confusing". Same woman has no problem operating my Z10 with vocal directions and claims it's the easiest thing she's ever tried to use.kevinnugent and Drew808 like this.12-26-13 02:19 PMLike 2
- This new method is still not (majority) consumer friendly.
Here....this is how consumers think:
User says: "Ooo, I want Instagram."
User goes to BBWorld and searches for Instagram.
User says: "What's all these knock off Instagrams?" - Blackgram, iGrann
User exits BBWorld
User perception: "BlackBerry doesn't have Instagram."
Conclusion....if the app isn't in BBWorld, it's not available on BBRY. People don't have time for tricks, gimmicks, or work-arounds.
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- Sideloading does nothing for the app gap for the vast majority of people. Plus, many of us are on 10.1.12-26-13 03:36 PMLike 0
- It's true. Its a part of the dumbing down of society. BlackBerry is more for technical users. Where apple is simple and doesn't let you do ****! BlackBerry is doing a better job of merging the two world's. Keep it simple for the brain washed drones (aka the apple and droid users) but still allow us to side load and have a powerful, useful machine. Not sure if this makes sense, but I know what I mean.
As for the app gap and gestures. The average person doesn't want to take the time to learn these things. They are too busy watching the kardashians and trying to keep up with whatever is popular and cool. Which right now I see the market swinging from apple towards driod (more specifically samsung). BlackBerry needs to do a better job of catering to these people, while sticking to their roots of business minded and technical people.
Ok I'm off my soapbox now.
Oh and one last thing, BlackBerry really needs to learn to market better!
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Donvald and kevinnugent like this.12-26-13 03:45 PMLike 2 -
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One of these things is not like the other.12-26-13 03:46 PMLike 3 - The gestures if anything are not initially intuitive.... but hard??? no
I wish these gestures become standard across all platforms because they actually seem rational - Whereas, my windows 8 tablet gestures make me want to re-consider ultimate frisbee as an activity.12-26-13 03:48 PMLike 0 -
What remains to be seen is how easy are BlackBerry going to make it to access those .apk files in the first place. For it to be easy for average users it needs to be in dumbed down app store format like BB World. I'd like to see them bundle 1Mobile and Amazon app stores with the stock OS to be honest.
Posted via CB10 on Z10 STL100-2 on EE, UK - Activated on BES10.212-26-13 03:49 PMLike 0 - That's what 10.2.1.x starts to address, Android .apk files can be installed directly after downloading to your phone, no external steps needed.
What remains to be seen is how easy are BlackBerry going to make it to access those .apk files in the first place. For it to be easy for average users it needs to be in dumbed down app store format like BB World. I'd like to see them bundle 1Mobile and Amazon app stores with the stock OS to be honest.
Posted via CB10 on Z10 STL100-2 on EE, UK - Activated on BES10.212-26-13 04:01 PMLike 0 - It's true. Its a part of the dumbing down of society. BlackBerry is more for technical users. Where apple is simple and doesn't let you do ****! BlackBerry is doing a better job of merging the two world's. Keep it simple for the brain washed drones (aka the apple and droid users) but still allow us to side load and have a powerful, useful machine. Not sure if this makes sense, but I know what I mean.
As for the app gap and gestures. The average person doesn't want to take the time to learn these things. They are too busy watching the kardashians and trying to keep up with whatever is popular and cool. Which right now I see the market swinging from apple towards driod (more specifically samsung). BlackBerry needs to do a better job of catering to these people, while sticking to their roots of business minded and technical people.
Ok I'm off my soapbox now.
Oh and one last thing, BlackBerry really needs to learn to market better!
Blackberry has its own brand of brainwashing.21stNow likes this.12-26-13 04:06 PMLike 1 - i agree they're starting to address this, but it's the *leaks* that are addressing this,,, nothing officially released is there yet, (yes, carriers dragging their feet, maybe BB too, who knows), but wouldn't it be sooo much better to have these installed in the box???
But unfortunately since the PlayBook BlackBerry seems to have taken the attitude of just get it out of the doors and we'll add the functionality months even years later. That's not a good way to do business at all.
Posted via CB10 on Z10 STL100-2 on EE, UK - Activated on BES10.2milo53 likes this.12-26-13 04:10 PMLike 1 - I think you nee to take off the Ability to sideload android apps. Like any normal people know how to do that or have the newest version of the OS that have this ability. Sorry but if you can't use the pre loaded app store that comes on the phone it doesn't count for about the mass market. As for which side BB 10 is on I think it obvious. It's the one the was for sale and then wasn't. The one that went private and then didn't. The one that has fallen to 4th place behind Microsoft Windows Phone. Listen. I don't think BB10 is bad but there are only so many bad decisions that can be made before there isn't a way to come back. More than the OS, CNN will sink this product because of the decisions which leave the end user hoping they have support for the next few years.12-26-13 04:24 PMLike 0
- Maybe but I was just paraphrasing what someone would say. It's just reality.
But, in no way was I trying to down play the efforts of those devs. I'm appreciative of their contributions to bring a highly sought after app to the platform and natively. Same for Snap2Chat and every great BlackBerry dev for that matter.
Posted via CB1012-26-13 04:28 PMLike 0 -
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Look, sideload, APK, BAR, these are all term that the every day user doesn't want to hear anything about and won't take time trying to understand. People can make all the excused they want, and point to all sorts of roundabout methods to get apps, but you don't make money telling the consumer that they're wrong.Thewaxedworm likes this.12-26-13 04:53 PMLike 1
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