Why would it matter if they purchased 80,000 BB? What matters is that revenu stream from the 100,000 devices + the publicity that this brings to BlackBerry.
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Why would it matter if they purchased 80,000 BB? What matters is that revenu stream from the 100,000 devices + the publicity that this brings to BlackBerry.
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Is that why they didn't go with Iphone cause it costs too much?
Since you work for the Feds.. you must be privileged to have the DOD inventory count on the number and types of BlackBerry phones they have. Did you talk to the same guy the Verge allegedly talk to? Huh?
Maybe you should convince the DOD to stick with flip phones as a cost save...
I'm sure the cost of the BB10 phones is a drop in the bucket to what other defense projects are budgeted at.
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I never understood the news to be about a purchase of new BlackBerry devices. It was just an announcement for support.
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BlackBerry phones are not a "defense project." So sorry you are so offended that the DoD is showing fiscal responsibility in this matter. Once again, BlackBerry fans cannot believe anything is more important than BlackBerry and it's "superior OS". And as far as what I know- it's none of your business what I know. Neither I nor DoD answers to you.
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What are you talking about? And why are you twisting my words and playing the fan card.
It's about security and the DOD has chosen the best security system at this time.
I agree that no one knows what the DOD is planning for their phones except that the majority will be BlackBerries and the system will be Blackberry. So what make you the foremost authority that the blackberries will be solely BBOS.. have you done their budget and placed the orders?
http://www.nextgov.com/mobile/2014/0...-system/77105/
http://www.disa.mil/News/PressResour...ity-Capability
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You need to ask yourself: Why would the DoD want BB10? There is no real answer. There is no real benefit for the BB10 platform there, it's simply more expensive. They will continue to use legacy OS, just as most are.
did the dod not say they would not be buying new phones just a couple of months ago?? maybe i am wrong...
but will will find out, cause barack (i am going to run this country into the ground)obama says they won't let him have an iphone... we shall she is the dod allows them or not cause he should switch right away if thats true..
Funny enough the nextgov article quote DOD officials too.. now which one to believe ... hmmm
BlackBerrys Will Make Up 98% of Mobile Devices on New Defensewide System - Nextgov.com
And please don't claim that the media never makes up stories to get hits... Cause if you're challenging me to 100% believe their story I would never take that bet...
http://www.technobuffalo.com/2013/03...ng-blackberry/
No one is saying that BB wont make up 98pct of DOD phones or that DOD is dropping BB. They are saying that the DOD has not PURCHASED 80k new BBs, which is what the rumors have been about.
Even if the DOD was buying 80k BBs, that means nothing in the scheme of things. It's not even 5% of the meager amount BB is already selling each quarter.
Not every non-crackberry article is some of sort of pro-short attack article on BB.
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where does it say they will be bb10 devices? oh right, nowhere.
Seriously? It's theVerge!
And the two articles don't even contradict each other. The NextGov article makes no mention of an 80000 device purchase. It is clearly referencing to devices already in the existing inventory that will be connected to the new MDM.
But some individuals want to twist the Pentagon statement (in the NextGov article) into something dubious and unclear. Even then, asserting that one is 100% confident the article is referencing to "purchases" is just twisting words. No "purchase", no "BB10", etc. etc.
Where does it say they aren't? Oh right, nowhere lol.
Either way it's still good news for BlackBerry it's been widely talked about already thus giving BlackBerry free good publicity
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Believe whatever you want but the original article stated in detail the extent of the implementation from the DOD..
"The new year will bring new mobile capabilities to as many as 100,000 DoD users," Pentagon officials said in a statement. "DoD will begin deploying version 1.0 of the unclassified mobility capability�Jan. 31�and will build out capacity to support up to 100,000 users by the end of the fiscal year."
At the end of the month, users of the mobile device management system will have access to an app store, support for Defense encryption keys, and several departmentwide services, including enterprise email and Defense Connect Online.�
Around May, the Pentagon will add a business software package so that users can edit Word documents and other Microsoft Office files.
There currently are 16 apps available, and 90 programs under evaluation.�
Sure sounds like a pretty big implementation that would work well with BB10.. work/personal profile, secure private app store, docs to go..
Having a hard time thinking their going to be able to support this kind and level of implementation with existing BBOS devices. To me the Verge article doesn't say much and enough for me to believe it wholeheartedly.
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I'm at a loss as to the point you're trying to make. BES10 and SCEP have no bearing on the topic at hand. The thread (and the article it referenced) addresses a misnomer that BBRY may or may not have sold 80k devices.
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Um he did say he doesn't believe the verge lol in this quote
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Yup the updated piece says that, and I saw other articles on CNN I believe that said they aren't buying any new ones. But the first article was unclear.
I'm not worried about it, sure it would be good if they were all new BlackBerry 10 devices. But whatever happens it still got BlackBerry in the news all over the place which is great
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Guess I need to spell this one out for you.
One, the second story addressed the DOD publicly stating that articles claiming that they have stated that they were dropping blackberry were false...
"Earlier this morning we covered a report that suggested the Department of Defense was ordering 650,000 iOS devices – a clear hit to BlackBerry. That isn’t true, the Department of Defense said in a recent statement.
“The department is aware of recent reporting that asserts it is ‘dropping’ BlackBerry,” Lt. Col. Damien Pickart, a DoD spokesperson, told PCMag in a statement on Thursday, reverting the report first published by Electronista. ”This reporting is in error. The department recently released its mobility strategy and supporting implementation plan, which clarifies we are moving towards a mobile management capability that supports a variety of devices, to include BlackBerry.”
Or did you happen to believe these false articles at the time as well..
Second, I have the right to be skeptical because of biased articles I've read like this in the past regarding BB .. even on the Verge.. if you wholeheartedly agree with the Verge then I'm happy for you.. all I advise is that you don't bet your life on it cause if you find out they were wrong in the near future I wouldn't want you taking your life :) .. get it???
DoD fiscal responsibility. I believe that is an oxymoron.
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Apparently you haven't been in any of the fed offices to see brand new 5 year old computers stacked to the ceiling that were purchased for "budget" reasons. Probably the same with the phones.
If they are legacy devices, doesn't that correspondingly bring the high margin service revenue on an ongoing basis?
so you are criticsing BB for not coming out and saying something...what would they actually say? and now you are quick to jump on BB as allowing a 'false' story to run,,,,didnt remember you being so 'concerned' when all those lies was being spread about the company...your petticoat and others are showing....Please note that I am not questioning the article just your 'righteous indignation'....
This argument is getting extremely tedious so I'm done with it. If you choose to put your faith in media and the Verge so be it. I really couldn't care less. I do not... is that clear enough for you... I don't believe them.. now is that clear enough for you. If it was a direct quote from the DOD, where's the exact statement with quotation marks and the DOD representative's name like the techno buffalo article had? Insider perhaps? Huh? I don't trust the media and the manipulators out there.. kind of like you trying to manipulate me and others. I've proved my points with cited examples like others have in this thread. If you choose to ignore them and ignore reading the articles cited then that your problem.
Pleasant dreams. I'm bowing out if this discussion because as I have stated before discussing with you has become dreadfully tedious and redundant.
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I am not sure if I am misreading or every one else is so stuck on devices. These 100 k devices is for UNCLASSIFIED info only that inlcludes 80k BBs and rest is rest...So MDM along with devices for classified info is still open or they will continue using over 500K BBs.
That is what I read.
The company in your avatar disagrees.
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Well I don't know Bob, but I manage the phone fleet contract. And we are not on BES10. And we replace 9930s with 9930s. Not a single Q10 or Z10 in the lot. And I've got no expectation that we will go BB10. At all.