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See, now this is what grabs my attention. The only thing that irks me through all of this is not the delays, the rumours, etc. Its the lack of BASIC info, for the sake of the consumer to allow them to plan what they should do with their hard earned cash and when. I wouldn't mind a BB10 querty phone, I'd rather have the full touch BB10 above that, but I am in love with my torch and I feel like its the best of both worlds and a great option, and a BB10 slider would be my device of choice, hands down.I spent 2 hours on the phone with RIM last evening.
I got lots of words.
No delays and watch out for the Blade!
What I'm saying is I don't need full specs, I don't need leaks, I don't need pics or anything like that. I just want to know if there is a plan to even MAKE a slider option, and I will hold out for that or plan for the purchase of a second device at full cost after picking up one of the first ones at launch. "There will be a touch version, and a querty version a few weeks after, and another high end model mid-year" was the info given. Another high-end device mid-year? What, a transporter beam that can allow me to beam back to the mothership? A nuclear powered PlayBook? A BlackBerry Volvo? The Blade (or rather the realistic iteration of it) would be perfect. I'd even give RIM my money for two dfifferent devices, as long as I knew it was coming. Just a few basic helpful details would be nice, that's all I'm saying.Last edited by crackedup77; 08-31-12 at 08:59 AM.
08-31-12 08:57 AM - PK, you just made my morning! These threads are very entertaining and humorous to a point. Point being people have a lot on there hands to crank stuff out. BB10 is going to rock and if everyone relaxes and lets them get it out it will be worth the wait. Everyone needs to start posting the good stuff about being able to thumb your nose at all the nay sayers that will be jumping back to grab one when released.
RIM has the talent, resources and experience to do it. Who invented the smartphone?
STAY tuned for the end of the story.
08-31-12 09:22 AM - if you're talkign about this concept phoneI spent 2 hours on the phone with RIM last evening.
I got lots of words.
No delays and watch out for the Blade!
TAKE MY MONEY RIM!
However, I was led to believe that this isn't the designs. Neither phone sounds like it.
From what i've heard, the fillscreen phone will be similar to the playbook/alpha devices. (though could be my friend throwing me a curveball for s and giggles).
Also, we know that the qwerty phone isn't gonig to be a full screen phone. 720x720 resolution means it's likely to be more in line with the BOLD design queues and smaller screen than a slider.
The fullscreen non hardware keyboard phone is known to have well, no hardware keyboard, so no slider.
However
if this blade phone ever comes out.
I am buying it. it's the best lookign concept phone I have ever seen
This is my biggest beef with RIM in this whole fiasco. They're trying to play the uber super secret game, keeping their mouths shut and leaking nothing. RIM isn't doing great right now. it's a given. So why is RIM being so super quiet, allowing speculation occur, especially negative speculation, without really showing things off.
If I were RIM. I'd be teasing the real hardware specs of BB10. i'd have "leaked" roadmaps of the entirety of next years phones. I would be doing whatever I bloody well could to generate possitive Buzz. make people look and go WOW I WANT THAT!. the general consumer (us) have seen absolutely nothing but the 5 or 6 product shots of BB10's homescreens. A quick "demo" sandboxed video of the gestures, and some buzzwords during keynotes. For anyone who hasn't seen a device in person, BB10 is still effectively vapourware.
This constant lack of information and possitive buzz generation leaves open a huge possibility of this kidn of thread. Bad speculation, that could potentially send rumour around the internet. RIM needs to put a stop to it.
Heck, APPLE doesn't even play the Apple secrecy game anymore. We all already know months ahead of time what the iphone5 is going to basically bring.
And yet, after 2 years... RIM still believes it's better to let speculation fly than to share. if the blade phone IS in the plans, RIM needs to tease it. They NEED to start teasing the actual BB10 devices NOW. and Get buzz going. Nobody is going to line up to buy the phones in January if they don't even know what the phones are going to be untill then!Last edited by Sprawl; 08-31-12 at 10:01 AM.
08-31-12 09:54 AM - I don't even know where to start with this one....Well OP I believe you because I have no faith in this company meeting a deadline at all. I opined that if BBM was not on the 4g Playbook (which I still have no idea why released without BBM or 2.1) and due to the Dev alpha being released as late as May having a modified version of OS2 not BB10 that there was no way a final version could be released before the holiday season not to mention Q1 2013. What also scares me is that every other manufacturer at some point gives a definite release date of their products and not a vague 3-6 month timetable to confuse current or potential customers unless you have no idea when or if the product will be released. Also what people fail to realize is that it will take an enormous amount of money to market BB10 which is probably why it will be first released in a region where RIM can compete and with only 2.2 billion vs the Scrooge McDuck money Google, Apple and Microsoft have Rim is going to need a bigger boat!
I just hope it's as bug free as possible because every new OS is a work in progress even after it's introduced.
How about I start with the Dev Alpha. I'm pretty certain that the Dev Alpha was released with a modified PB OS because RIM doesn't want to give away all their secrets and surprises 8-10 months before BB10 is released. They offered an Device/OS that is capable of running apps that are made for BB10. Not to be rude, but the fact that you can't see this makes me really just want to ignore the rest of your post, but I can't....
Please, tell me one company in the entire technology world (not just mobile) that will give a specific release date nearly a year in advance. Now, look at the mobile space and tell me a company that will give a specific release date anymore than 2-3 months out. Aside from Microsoft giving a release date for Windows 8 (which has Windows Phone 8 implications), I can't think of any company that gives more than a vague window even 4-5 weeks out. In the mobile space, a company isn't fully capable of guarenteeing a release date until about a month before release. There are too many hardware and software issues that can come up, many times coming from outside sources.08-31-12 02:46 PM
