[Dave Bourque]

Only one problem in your logic, with the BYOD trend, the Enterprise market is shrinking too.

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That's why BES12 is underway... they have solutions for BYOD.

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[Yatezy]

No, not syncing. If you had a legacy BBOS device and PlayBook, you could park your phone into a wall socket and pick up your PlayBook. Through Bluetooth it would bridge to your phone and your SMS, BBM, Email, Calendar etc would appear on the tablet and you could pick up where you left off.

In effect, the PlayBook became a dumb terminal with a larger screen.

From a security point of view, if you somehow managed to lose your PlayBook at a pub, etc... there would be no worry as it didn't store any of the information. No syncing, that's the point!

EDIT: And by Syncing, I guess I'm thinking of the modern interpretation of Sync. IE The Cloud - Evernote, Google Chrome, etc. where your preferences are stored on a public server.

I don't have one of these smart watches and unsure if I ever will get one (although that moto 360 looks nice) but I think they currently work like that. They use Bluetooth LE to connect to your phone and whatever comes to your phone is passed to the watch.

I'm almost 100% certain that's how it works with the Samsung Gear so I imagine other smart watches will follow the same route. One of the counter arguments for them is you've got to carry your phone around with you all the time for it to work so why the need for the watch.

[Dave Bourque]

I don't have one of these smart watches and unsure if I ever will get one (although that moto 360 looks nice) but I think they currently work like that. They use Bluetooth LE to connect to your phone and whatever comes to your phone is passed to the watch.

I'm almost 100% certain that's how it works with the Samsung Gear so I imagine other smart watches will follow the same route. One of the counter arguments for them is you've got to carry your phone around with you all the time for it to work so why the need for the watch.

The perfect smart watch is one that is a hybrid analog (meaning you never need to charge it if you need to check the time) with a transparent to opaque screen to switch to smart watch mode.

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[pankaler]

I'm not a blind fan either but I'm not blind on details either. These layoffs were part of the plan since last year...

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Did i said you're blind details?

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[Barathykannan]

Due to irritating ads

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[Gnomesane]

Only one problem in your logic, with the BYOD trend, the Enterprise market is shrinking too.

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You're talking about mobile phones I presume? If they release BES 12 which manages WP, Android, iOS and all BlackBerry and it fails, then BlackBerry is pretty much done in a year or two following. If it's successful then their Enterprise market will grow I believe. And BlackBerry is also going to release BES in the cloud for small and medium sized businesses. The pricing models look good as well. And, are there any other Enterprise grade MDM software solutions that currently offer the ability to manage all four platforms?

So assuming the software itself is good, I'm pretty happy with my logic. That doesn't guarantee success obviously, but it gives them a decent chance, imho. Nokia is currently making a comeback from a low point with mobile, there's no reason BlackBerry can't do the same a few years down the road methinks. But obviously I'm not a psychic so I'm speculating.

[Gnomesane]

I don't have one of these smart watches and unsure if I ever will get one (although that moto 360 looks nice) but I think they currently work like that. They use Bluetooth LE to connect to your phone and whatever comes to your phone is passed to the watch.

I'm almost 100% certain that's how it works with the Samsung Gear so I imagine other smart watches will follow the same route. One of the counter arguments for them is you've got to carry your phone around with you all the time for it to work so why the need for the watch.

I don't have one either but I'm sure it must be Bluetooth. BlackBerry was ahead of the pack with the Bridge idea at the time, it was disappointing that they dropped the ball with the launch of BlackBerry 10 and crippled Bridge functionality. They seem to still be working on it so I'm hopeful it comes back full bore.

I've said before I'd love to be able to Bridge cross platform between my BlackBerry phone and any other device on the other platforms. Cross platform Bridge is something I'd love to see happen.

[medic22003]

If people don't know that, then they probably don't really care about that.

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But they should care.

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[MartyMcfly]

Will people still want to change ? Personally... i think people get tired of the same. So it's a opportunity for BlackBerry to take advantage of that feeling.

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That's the beauty of Android. My nexus looks nothing like my iPhone or my sister's note 3. Android is the only Os that allows me to customize my device to my liking.


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[medic22003]

Then you have this coming from Google.


http://www.infowars.com/ex-darpa-hea...id-microchips/

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[Dave Bourque]

Then you have this coming from Google.


http://www.infowars.com/ex-darpa-hea...id-microchips/

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"Infowars"... oh yes these guys are sane.

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[Dave Bourque]

That's the beauty of Android. My nexus looks nothing like my iPhone or my sister's note 3. Android is the only Os that allows me to customize my device to my liking.


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But how many android users actually do this ?

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[TgeekB]

That's the beauty of Android. My nexus looks nothing like my iPhone or my sister's note 3. Android is the only Os that allows me to customize my device to my liking.


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That is a huge advantage I enjoy also. Its as if you have multiple devices in one.

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[TgeekB]

But how many android users actually do this ?

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I certainly don't have a number to tell you. I do know the customization market is huge (themes, icons, widgets, etc.). People make good money developing these. I guess the main thing is its available and that is a selling point.

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[MartyMcfly]

But how many android users actually do this ?

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I would say a lot. My co worker (she's far from a tech head) introduced me to mycolorscreen.com.


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[TgeekB]

I would say a lot. My co worker (she's far from a tech head) introduced me to mycolorscreen.com.


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Exactly. With Themer is is easier than easy to customize your device.

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[Dave Bourque]

I certainly don't have a number to tell you. I do know the customization market is huge (themes, icons, widgets, etc.). People make good money developing these. I guess the main thing is its available and that is a selling point.

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Something that BlackBerry should reintroduce. They used to have themes.

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[MartyMcfly]

Something that BlackBerry should reintroduce. They used to have themes.

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Yep, I miss those a lot.


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[TgeekB]

Something that BlackBerry should reintroduce. They used to have themes.

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I think that would be a good idea. I know some people say its gimmicky, but it sells.

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[qbnkelt]

I have to admit, it took me 3 attempts at Android before I felt comfortable with it. Then I finally understood what it was about and I have been hooked ever since. Still hoping Blackberry can gain some traction but its a slow process.

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I HATED my first attempt until I stopped trying to make it a BlackBerry.

Then I embraced the differences.

Angels sang. Puppies wagged their tails. Unicorns materialised.



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[neoberry99]

I don't know if it's really hate. Android is a robust platform with tons of options to customize to your liking. I like what Android can do but I enjoy the BlackBerry experience. My BlackBerry is very productive with minimal apps. It's the perfect device for me

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[TgeekB]

I HATED my first attempt until I stopped trying to make it a BlackBerry.

Then I embraced the differences.

Angels sang. Puppies wagged their tails. Unicorns materialised.



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Well, I saw no angels or unicorns but my dogs tail wags like a propeller!

I think I was the same way trying to compare it to Blackberry instead of embracing its uniqueness. I think that's why it gets so much hate on Crackberry.

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[Yatezy]

I don't have one either but I'm sure it must be Bluetooth. BlackBerry was ahead of the pack with the Bridge idea at the time, it was disappointing that they dropped the ball with the launch of BlackBerry 10 and crippled Bridge functionality. They seem to still be working on it so I'm hopeful it comes back full bore.

I've said before I'd love to be able to Bridge cross platform between my BlackBerry phone and any other device on the other platforms. Cross platform Bridge is something I'd love to see happen.

That would be fantastic but seems like everyone, Samsung esp, are taking Apples approach to cross platform syncing/bridging. Unfortunately.

[A895]

But how many android users actually do this ?

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More than you think. I have seen common android users have different icon packs and launchers from the play store. My post is ancedotal but I think that with hundreds of thousands of downloads for launchers on the play store, I doubt it`s a small number.

[sleepngbear]

Well, I saw no angels or unicorns but my dogs tail wags like a propeller!

I think I was the same way trying to compare it to Blackberry instead of embracing its uniqueness. I think that's why it gets so much hate on Crackberry.

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Well yeah, except that lately Android gets more love on CrackBerry than BlackBerry does.