First off, I'm a BB user and abuser. My BOLD is in my hand for at least 16 hours a day and I sleep with it by my side. Accordingly, the following is coming from a Blackberry LOVER :).
Nevertheless, as the title suggests, Blackberry is rapidly losing ground and will be extinct by 2040 (or sometime thereabouts). And this picture encapsulates the exact reasons why this will happen.
The FUTURE of American Professionals are becoming LOYAL Apple/iPhone consumers. It seems that GENERALLY (of course this is not true for EVERY person) the older crowd of Blackberry devotees are content with calling the iPhone a "toy", and shunning the 17 year old iPhone users for wanting "shiny", "fun" phones.
Check out this thread to see the POLAR views of younger cell phone users vs. the older crowd.
http://forums.crackberry.com/f83/why...32/index3.html
Here's one small exerpt:
Lets look at the logic:
1.) Apple's "toy" appeals to college kids
2.) Many of these same individuals are turned OFF from Blackberry because of their lack of apps etc.
3.) If Apple continues to roll out "business" solutions with their iPhone THEN...
It stands to reason that WHEN these individuals become bosses and are in leadership roles, they will use the iPhone for their businesses, NOT BLACKBERRY! :eek:
So, in the future, when the iPhone/Apple lovers become bosses and run their companies, you can say bye bye to Blackberry as the business default phone.
Blackberry BETTER FOCUS ON THE YOUNG/COLLEGE GENERATION
NOW or it will be too late.
Maybe people don't realize this, but the "toy" called the iPhone has a lot of stuff that is very appealing. Blackberry needs to jump in FAST to and appeal to that crowd.
Oh and just for clarity purposes...the Storm was a step in the right direction but needs some serious refining.
*The foregoing was my biased opinion, if you don't agree, I'm right and your wrong :p *