Originally Posted by
cxg331 For me, it is not that my BB doesn't do certain things. It is that it doesn't do them as well as the other platforms. Technology, in case anyone hasn't noticed, has been moving and innovating an lightening speeds for decades now. My BB (9700) is the equivalent of a circa-2002 laptop.
In terms of what it can't do in relation to other devices, a few examples would be:
1) A true point & shoot camera replacement
2) A true camcorder/Flip video replacement
3) A true GPS replacement
4) A true mini-computer, complete with a suite of apps that can make my life more organized.
The iPhone and Android devices are all but wiping out the markets for point and shoot cameras, Flip video and regular old camcorders, stand alone GPS units, and stand alone cell phones, etc. Pretty soon, they'll wipe out the handheld gaming systems as well. These are all being converged into one small, electronic device. Combine those features with a mini-computer that can do, in scale, much of what we do/used to do on a laptop or desktop, and it is easy to see why our smartphones have become central to our lives. Apple and Android are closest to being there and doing all of the above in a straight forward way. Heck, even Windows Phone is doing a heck of a lot of that, even if it doesn't seem like the prettiest interface. RIM, on the other hand, does little of the above particularly well, and the user experience is not nearly as intuitive as the other makers.