BlackBerry to Explore Strategic Alternatives
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That is a LOT of time to wait for a new OS and human nature has proven one thing, we humans are a impatient bunch when it comes to waiting ar...
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I think it is all to late now....
Same thing with WP8 its a phenomenal easy to use OS the problem is the lack of Apps.
I have been looking for an excuse to use a different other than Android (since 2007). Kinda bored to be honest.
WP8 right now is the most promising more apps needed though.
Truly honest people call it murder.
Jaden10 said:...
As much as I hate to admit it, Blackberry lost its foot hold on the market by staying stagnant, when iPhone and Android landed they stayed complacent by staying with their Java based OS on very under powered hardware. And in the time it took for them to bring out modern looking smart phones, you have had the rise of Android as the dominant OS (not looking for a Android vs iPhone vs Windows Phone vs whatever else contest), iPhone was already on the rise, WebOS died out, Symbian was sent to pasture, Windows Phone 7-8 came out and sank faster then the HSM Titanic and Firefox OS has started showing up.
That is a LOT of time to wait for a new OS and human nature has proven one thing, we humans are a impatient
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Jaden10 said:
No, you are correct about Blackberry pulling out of this hole they put themselves in. However for them to survive they will need to shine better then Samsung, HTC, Motorola, LG, Sony and even ZTE and Huawei. Can they do it, I believe they can. But they will need to devote every ounce of energy and creativeness to do such that.
Samsung, HTC, Motorola, LG, Sony, ZTE and Huawei are all hardware manufacturers using someone elses OS. If you compare Blackberries hardware to this list it would outshine more than a few of them. They are well put together with above average quality.
Blackberries survival depends more on being profitable than market share. Sure there are minimum sales figures they w...
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Profitability with BB has been based on its uniqueness and its ability to do what other platforms can not. The ONLY thing that Blackberry can do natively that other can is use BES and BBM. Since then Android, iPhone, Windows Phone have gained dominance over businesses when it comes to corporate email and messaging and with Blackberry announced the release of BBM for iOS and Android, I don't see any edge BB will have over anyone else. The will need something quite unique and will be the must have. And right now BES isn't it especially being Microsoft is leading that pack.
As of right this moment the only Mobile OS's that seem to have everyone's attention is Android and iOS, however you have Windows Phone, QNX bases Blackberry OS 10, Firefox OS, Tinzen (which is making serious waves in South Korea) and Ubuntu OS which is making slow progress.
There are choices you just need to dig. But I agree with having more choices then just two. When I had my Blackberry 8350i I loved it. It was a great phone, good service and I like how customizable the OS was.
However I love Android, I love the openness, robustness, customizability from the boot animation to how it runs under the hood. I tried iOS and I think it is too restricted, but I li...
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