Originally Posted by
RazrRob Even though the post is entitled 'The Facts' most everything here is opinion, which is fine- as long as it remains civil and somewhat grounded in reality.
I'm quite impressed at the monumental strides in OS10 since it was released, but at the risk of sounding like a "nattering nabob of negativism" my opinions on the impact (actually lack thereof) of the 'dual platform' are twofold-
1) Until the Carriers each release their Official version of 10.2.1.xxxx, some percentage of folks will not care about dual platform - while some of us like to tinker, others do not. Imagine how well a sale will go down when the salesperson tells the potential BlackBerry customer, first you perform a back up, download a leaked/unofficial OS, restore (or not), then load the Amazon App Store. Next find your 'must have' android apps, download them and see if they work. If they do, great, if not, maybe when the Official OS is released
2) For the sake of argument say all Carriers simultaneously roll out 10.2.1.xxxx on 02 Jan- I foresee one more issue. Salespeople would need to be trained on the dual platform feature then actually promote it. Anyone care to speculate on the likelihood of that happening given the Marketing acumen of BlackBerry of late?