Apple Pushes Past RIM To Become Fourth Largest Phone Maker
Maybe if RIM's Canadian CEO's spent more time fixing their OS...
The problem is that RIM simply sat on their collective behinds and produced round after round of crap software. Then, of course, justified it as "the new normal." Guys, the Storm should've never been built. The Torch- a beautiful piece of hardware- should not be outclassed by a Palm Pre once you turn it on. And it shouldn't have taken you 3 years to get with the WebKit program.
Developers for RIM are equally PO'd. Wa...
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bluecoyote said:...
RIM is taking a waxing because their smartphone OS simply isn't powerful enough for 2010. It was a very nice and efficient OS in the days of the Pearl, but it's outclassed in every metric today. I hate writing this, because on Phonescoop's own forums I said back in 2006 that it was Blackberry that was the future.
The problem is that RIM simply sat on their collective behinds and produced round after round of crap software. Then, of course, justified it as "the new normal." Guys, the Storm should've never been built. The Torch- a beautiful piece of hardware- should not be outclassed by a Palm Pre once you turn it on. And it shouldn't have taken you 3 years to get with the WebKit program.
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HTML 5 is the only game in town when it comes to mobile. Flash hasn't even shown up yet aside from a few Android handsets, and given I don't even run Flash on my desktop browser anymore as most sites have converted to HTML 5, it's death will be before it ever sees the light of day on BB and WebOS.
Blackberries lag when you throw any advanced functionality at them. The system completely breaks down when you start talking about desktop-grade computing- something that's been a reality in smartphones since the original iPhone.
Want to know why I see high-ranking execs and small business owners using iPhones? Because if someone sends them a web site they can view it. If someone sends them a 50 page presentation they can view it. If they need to VNC in to their server mainframe, they can do it.
The only people using Blackberries are people imprisoned by their CTO's and people with a credit score of 300 on Boost Mobile.
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