Don't we have enough Apps?
I suspect like most, I started using a Blackberry at work and found it to be the ideal device to integrate phone with email. The new Z30 has moved into a new era and in my view, it is a very robust, easy to read, quick operating device. But I hear a lot about a lack of Apps. What Apps? I use my phone primarily for business purposes. Here's how I look at it....
1) I monitor three email accounts, 2 personal - the Hub is very efficient.
2) I have the Bloomberg App for business news and a Stock Market App which I watch closely.
3) I have Twitter which pushes news at me from the WSJ, Reuters, The Globe and Mail - even Perez Hilton if you want.
4) I have the CBC news and CNN news App.
5) The conference bridge capability of setting up meetings in Outlook with the appropriate number already in the meeting request is great.
6) The hands free capability of the phone, when used in an emergency conference call setting is exceptional.
7) The notification and "Join Conference Call" button/feature is great.
8) The advance prompter for meetings on the home screen is perfect and provides you with what you need at a glance.
9) Text messaging is great, although I don't use it much, BBM channels seems like an interesting feature.
10) Flipboard is good for various news features when you are sitting in an airport or something like that.
11) Internet access seems reasonably quick.
12) I have LinkedIn, Facebook, Songza and the ever important the Score and Toronto Maple Leafs App.
13) I have SoundHog so when I can identify music when I hear a song I like.
14) One of the best calculator apps I have seen being a mock up of an HP12C. I have used this to calculate PV, FV, interest - exceptional.
15) An integrated contact list with LinkedIn.
16) The phone reads Excel, Word and PDF documents quite well.
17) I have a GPS map, but I have those devices in my cars, boat etc.
18) FourSquare is cool.
I have skipped a few excellent features, but seriously, what else could I possibly do on this thing during the day? I have an iPod for the car and an internal hard drive, an iPad, an iMac, and a computer at work. I have downloaded some music on my Z30 for fun and it was relatively easy, but that's not what I use it for. I took a picture with it the other day... but I have a camera for that. I find the Z30 so robust and it performs everything I need in a business environment so much better than anything before it. My wife has an iPhone. All she uses it for is - a phone and email, although it has lots of Apps available to it. Maybe there are users out there that need a variety of "Angry Birds" type Apps. But this was never Blackberry's focus. Does it really need to be? I don't think so. Any other views?