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BB, Still the One09-28-16 01:46 PMLike 0 -
- If BackBerry employed hundreds of thousands of workers, never mind all the industries that supported them, and it's bankruptcy would have global shockwaves then yeah, the government should probably bail them out. But that wasn't BlackBerry's case.app_Developer likes this.09-28-16 01:48 PMLike 1
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It makes as much sense as the people of Rochester cheering the Turkish company who licensed the Kodak name to make TVs.
What is there for them to get behind?09-28-16 01:55 PMLike 0 - The whole question / premise is alien to me.
I am a Canadian. I'm very proud of this nation, I love the land, I think by and large Canadians are great people. That is more or less what patriotism means to me, I think.
What mobile phone I or anyone else buy or use is just... alien and irrelevant to that concept of patriotism. As others have already said in this thread, BlackBerry has a foreign CEO pushing foreign-built (and since the DTEK50, foreign-designed) handsets, which run a foreign OS.
BBOS and BB10 were at least more or less domestic products I believe? QNX was based in Ottawa I think?
But BlackBerry turned their backs on those products and abandoned not just their loyal Canadian customers but all loyal BBOS / BB10 customers.
Sorry but just because a multinational corporation has a headquarters in Canada and was founded in Canada, that's not enough reason for me to spend more money on (to be blunt) overpriced products that don't meet my current requirements, being offered by a mismanaged/misguided company that has a growing track-record of abandoning its own products and customers.
That Chen should think that Canadians should have been more loyal to his current employer just on the basis of 'yay Canada' tells me either he's either very out of touch with Canadians (he doesn't actually live here does he?)... or it's simply another attempt at shifting focus and redirecting some ire.09-28-16 01:56 PMLike 9 - My point is that the next blackberry phone open to the people of candida is a licensed blackberry phone made by a third party which has nothing to do with Blackberry beyond them providing a license to use their name.
It makes as much sense as the people of Rochester cheering the Turkish company who licensed the Kodak name to make TVs.
What is there for them to get behind?
PS : on a side note I'm sorry for previous remark. It was misdirected to you.
Posted via CB1009-28-16 02:00 PMLike 0 - I really wonder what other country has bought more recent BlackBerry phones?
I know Indonesia is a key market for BlackBerry... but was that with BB10 and Android phones, or still with older BBOS phones? Never really saw any indication that Indonesia had embraced BB10. What other country has the support of such a large percentage of the Carriers in that country?
Chen was just talking to a Canadian business audience and was trying to build support for the company I think. Pulling his comments out of context, it makes it seem like he is blaming Candians.. don't think that is what he meant.app_Developer likes this.09-28-16 02:05 PMLike 1 -
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In contrast, BBRY will design nothing and simply license the name to whoever wants it - it's just not the same in any sense.
PS : on a side note I'm sorry for previous remark. It was misdirected to you.
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Posted via CB10acovey likes this.09-28-16 02:11 PMLike 1 - Really I have devices from BlackBerry start BBOS and BlackBerry 10 ,that still power on and work perfectly right now. Can't say that of the competitions devices . Except for the lack of apps on BlackBerry 10 ,the BlackBerry is NOT inferior in anyway.
Posted via CB1009-28-16 02:19 PMLike 0 - The whole question / premise is alien to me.
I am a Canadian. I'm very proud of this nation, I love the land, I think by and large Canadians are great people. That is more or less what patriotism means to me, I think.
What mobile phone I or anyone else buy or use is just... alien and irrelevant to that concept of patriotism. As others have already said in this thread, BlackBerry has a foreign CEO pushing foreign-built (and since the DTEK50, foreign-designed) handsets, which run a foreign OS.
BBOS and BB10 were at least more or less domestic products I believe? QNX was based in Ottawa I think?
But BlackBerry turned their backs on those products and abandoned not just their loyal Canadian customers but all loyal BBOS / BB10 customers.
Sorry but just because a multinational corporation has a headquarters in Canada and was founded in Canada, that's not enough reason for me to spend more money on (to be blunt) overpriced products that don't meet my current requirements, being offered by a mismanaged/misguided company that has a growing track-record of abandoning its own products and customers.
That Chen should think that Canadians should have been more loyal to his current employer just on the basis of 'yay Canada' tells me either he's either very out of touch with Canadians (he doesn't actually live here does he?)... or it's simply another attempt at shifting focus and redirecting some ire.09-28-16 02:25 PMLike 0 - One can understand when ICE (U.S. Immigration) elected to move wholesale to Apple, in part to channel taxpayer funding to support their domestic player and (I'm sure) comply with the very vocal local Congressmen to do the patriotic thing and buy American. Nothing wrong in that.09-28-16 02:30 PMLike 0
- Really I have devices from BlackBerry start BBOS and BlackBerry 10 ,that still power on and work perfectly right now. Can't say that of the competitions devices . Except for the lack of apps on BlackBerry 10 ,the BlackBerry is NOT inferior in anyway.
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BBOS phones were designed great. Solid stuff
BB10 phones just felt cheap compared to competition and previous phones. Passport excluded.
BB10 itself feels ancient whenever I use it now. Like a step backwards
So granted yeah it's subjective on what's superior and inferior. But most people apparently agreed that BB10 and Blackberrys were inferior.09-28-16 04:08 PMLike 0 -
Take the Z30
They released a BB10 device with competitive specs, which people wanted, and didnt push it at all.
It was like they were scared to commit to whatever steps they tookacovey likes this.09-28-16 04:10 PMLike 1 - In other news, Canadian Justin Bieber told MSNBC news that Americans could show their patriotism and support their economy by buying more of his CD's.09-28-16 04:37 PMLike 0
- In John Chen's recent Empire Club fireside chat, he mentioned his surprise at the historic lack of support from both Canadian carriers and consumers during Blackberry's recent well known challenges.
He also mentioned Nortel as another domestically abandoned iconic Canadian market leader, which is now typically mentioned by the media in conjunction with Blackberry's fall from prominence. Are Canadians maintaining our famous polite indifference or displaying our well known national low self esteem ? Here we are today greeting the announcement of Blackberry's exit from designing and manufacturing hardware with silent resignation as we watch another Canadian point of pride is driven out of a marketplace they helped create.
One can understand when ICE (U.S. Immigration) elected to move wholesale to Apple, in part to channel taxpayer funding to support their domestic player and (I'm sure) comply with the very vocal local Congressmen to do the patriotic thing and buy American. Nothing wrong in that. However, I've not heard one Canadian voice or institution stand up and a show any concern or support for this home grown innovative company whose brand is known around the world. Where are our politicians giving tangible support to keep this company able to compete internationally by supporting it at home?
I can only surmise that John's "surprise" comes from knowing this type of national indifference would never happen in the U.S. or for that matter in China.09-28-16 04:45 PMLike 0 - Where are the Canadians?
Bell Centre. They play the Senators tomorrow.
Posted via Nexus 6pRonindan and StephanieMaks like this.09-28-16 04:52 PMLike 2 -
The BlackBerry 10 device hardware especially the high end felt premium to me, especially when the competition at that time were all using cheap plastic with the exception of Apple.
Posted via CB10berrydroid likes this.09-28-16 04:55 PMLike 1
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