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Hopefully OS7 comes out this year... I'd love a new touchscreen phone with a brand new BBOS03-06-11 02:36 PMLike 0 - Honestly as much as I like the idea of the Bold Touch and want one kind of bad. I think I'm gonna have to skip it. You just know RIM is gonna bone owners of it on the QNX front, they even said themselves it won't be implemented in non-dual core phones. And unless something changes (like RIM becoming a better company lol) the bold touch and whatnot won't have it, and they'll release phones a bunch of months later that will have it and will support QNX.
How crappy would it be to get the phone then a few months later the QNX update comes out and you can't run it.
If the Bold Touch will be launched in the next several weeks, I can still tolerate it becoming obsolete when QNX device is launched (which I expect for at least another year). Besides, I feel QNX (for handheld device) is much ballyhooed and do not believe anyone really knows how well it is implemented in a small mobile device. In the end, it is just a handheld mobile device and it cannot be exceptionally superior to iOS or Android.
So, RIM, give us the Bold Touch now or other suggested new device now (or reasonably soon), or we see no reason to buy into those, knowing that they are just a stopgap measure concocted by RIM :-).03-06-11 09:00 PMLike 0 - That's exactly what came to my mind immediately. I am still interested in Bold Touch but it's shelf life seems to be rather short. I do not believe for a minute that QNX or OS7 will become available within this year, based on the recent performance by RIM on just about anything.
If the Bold Touch will be launched in the next several weeks, I can still tolerate it becoming obsolete when QNX device is launched (which I expect for at least another year). Besides, I feel QNX (for handheld device) is much ballyhooed and do not believe anyone really knows how well it is implemented in a small mobile device. In the end, it is just a handheld mobile device and it cannot be exceptionally superior to iOS or Android.
So, RIM, give us the Bold Touch now or other suggested new device now (or reasonably soon), or we see no reason to buy into those, knowing that they are just a stopgap measure concocted by RIM :-).
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How can you expect the members not to get whipped up into a frenzy over mere rumour and then get out the pitchforks when the rumours are not 100% accurate.Rickroller likes this.03-06-11 10:47 PMLike 1 -
- If I am right and hope I am its actually starting in October and not November.
If you look at the Viigo EOL one its under the month of August , right . So that means the start of Qnx coming to the handsets starts in October and ends in early December.
Whatever way it is WE will have Qnx this year ...WOOT WOOT03-06-11 11:18 PMLike 0 - I'm pretty excited. Although, I will say this much: I don't forsee them forsaking the new devices, and then releasing all new devices at the end of this year. That would not make much sense.
Posted from my CrackBerry at wapforums.crackberry.com03-07-11 08:46 AMLike 0 -
- When will people realize that VZW reps know NOTHING about RIM's QNX plans? The guy was telling you that it won't be ready for a year and a half. Be probably followed that up by "Hey, if you sign a new 2 year contract today, you will be eligible for a new every two upgrade in about 18 months. Oh look, thats right when QNX is expected!"03-07-11 10:34 AMLike 0
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- Honestly as much as I like the idea of the Bold Touch and want one kind of bad. I think I'm gonna have to skip it. You just know RIM is gonna bone owners of it on the QNX front, they even said themselves it won't be implemented in non-dual core phones. And unless something changes (like RIM becoming a better company lol) the bold touch and whatnot won't have it, and they'll release phones a bunch of months later that will have it and will support QNX.
How crappy would it be to get the phone then a few months later the QNX update comes out and you can't run it.03-07-11 01:34 PMLike 0 - sleepngbearRetired ModeratorThis is exactly what I'm worried about. I'm due for an upgrade in August, and would love to get either the Bold Touch or Torch 2. However, if they're moving to QNX a few months after that I would hate to have upgraded right before. I will be keeping a close eye on this timeline before I make my decision in August.
My thought, unless I know for certain that something better is right around the corner, at upgrade time I'll go with what's out at the time. Only Apple is on any kind of a predictable update timeline, and even that is up in the air this year as far as the iPhone goes (will it be iPhone 5 right on the heels of the Verizon drop? Will it be a mini-iPhone? Will it be anything at all?). I don't see the point of waiting indefinitely for the next big thing when you can have the current better thing now, especially when you don't know exactly what the next big thing is or when it's coming.
Posted from my CrackBerry at wapforums.crackberry.combranflakes likes this.03-07-11 03:06 PMLike 1 - will probably have a sneak peek of QNX (os 7) sometime near the end of this year. I highly doubt the phones on the upcoming road map will have OS 7 unless all those leaks just had OS 6 as a placeholder for all that QNX-bred goodness.
I wouldn't dismiss that these phones won't receive that upgrade so I probably won't have any problems getting a new phone later in the year If I do and upgrading the OS in due time.03-07-11 06:02 PMLike 0 - will probably have a sneak peek of QNX (os 7) sometime near the end of this year. I highly doubt the phones on the upcoming road map will have OS 7 unless all those leaks just had OS 6 as a placeholder for all that QNX-bred goodness.
I wouldn't dismiss that these phones won't receive that upgrade so I probably won't have any problems getting a new phone later in the year If I do and upgrading the OS in due time.03-08-11 06:35 PMLike 0 -
- will probably have a sneak peek of QNX (os 7) sometime near the end of this year. I highly doubt the phones on the upcoming road map will have OS 7 unless all those leaks just had OS 6 as a placeholder for all that QNX-bred goodness.
I wouldn't dismiss that these phones won't receive that upgrade so I probably won't have any problems getting a new phone later in the year If I do and upgrading the OS in due time.03-08-11 07:24 PMLike 0 - It can run on QNX....however ovehauling the entire UI may unlikely come to be...I have the impression they will eventually do that through incremental upgrades as opposed to whipping out the whole salami.....all at once....I could be wrong and could be on to something......running neutral on this one.......
Posted from my CrackBerry at wapforums.crackberry.com03-08-11 09:07 PMLike 0 - You guys haven't done a good job of putting 2 and 2 together.
RIM specifically said qnx couldn't operate without a dual core processor. They said they weren't going to try to implement a dual core processor until battery technology was up to snuff. The roadmap they outlined didn't include that anytime this year because you cannot dictate innovation.
Qnx will not be on a RIM smartphone anytime this year.
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03-08-11 09:22 PMLike 0 - You guys haven't done a good job of putting 2 and 2 together.
RIM specifically said qnx couldn't operate without a dual core processor. They said they weren't going to try to implement a dual core processor until battery technology was up to snuff. The roadmap they outlined didn't include that anytime this year because you cannot dictate innovation.
Qnx will not be on a RIM smartphone anytime this year.
Posted from my CrackBerry at wapforums.crackberry.com03-09-11 12:07 AMLike 0 - It can run on QNX....however ovehauling the entire UI may unlikely come to be...I have the impression they will eventually do that through incremental upgrades as opposed to whipping out the whole salami.....all at once....I could be wrong and could be on to something......running neutral on this one.......
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Posted from my CrackBerry at wapforums.crackberry.com03-09-11 04:22 AMLike 0 - They didn't say it couldn't operate without dual core, they said it runs optimally with the dual core. That doesn't mean they weren't testing it with single core and maybe found something ground breaking to get it to work well. You're right that you can't dictate innovation, but they may be far enough along to give an estimate to when it should be done. QNX not being on a smartphone this year is a bold statement without inside info. Maybe it won't just for the single reason that they are releasing 6.1 phones around mid year-third quarter. I don't get why you have to be so negative all the time.
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