Nov 25, 2012 12:02 PM GMT
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=frG9g3He6OI
sorry its in french, but you get the idea
sorry its in french, but you get the idea

smartmoney said5 years too late. Oh well.
Medjai saidIt's probably too little too late. They've lost their market.
RuggedRanger15 saidMedjai saidIt's probably too little too late. They've lost their market.
their market is still growing though.. so how can that be true? its at 80 million users now. And how is it too little too late? its a next generation operating system, now ios and android are oldschool build for the mid 2000's. BB10 is built for 2013.
Medjai saidRuggedRanger15 saidMedjai saidIt's probably too little too late. They've lost their market.
their market is still growing though.. so how can that be true? its at 80 million users now. And how is it too little too late? its a next generation operating system, now ios and android are oldschool build for the mid 2000's. BB10 is built for 2013.
At of May 2012, RIM, Blackberry's parent company, has declared they are no longer turning profit. The Blackberry 10 is their last ditch attempt to recover. If this doesn't pan out, they're going into receivership. That's not conjecture either, it's their official statement.
Blackberry is a sinking ship. They had their time, but people are moving on. Their decision to avoid touch technology for so long likely killed them.
RuggedRanger15 saidMedjai saidRuggedRanger15 saidMedjai saidIt's probably too little too late. They've lost their market.
their market is still growing though.. so how can that be true? its at 80 million users now. And how is it too little too late? its a next generation operating system, now ios and android are oldschool build for the mid 2000's. BB10 is built for 2013.
At of May 2012, RIM, Blackberry's parent company, has declared they are no longer turning profit. The Blackberry 10 is their last ditch attempt to recover. If this doesn't pan out, they're going into receivership. That's not conjecture either, it's their official statement.
Blackberry is a sinking ship. They had their time, but people are moving on. Their decision to avoid touch technology for so long likely killed them.
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RuggedRanger15 saidwhat makes you think the market is static and doesnt change? Are you saying no one will leave samsung or apple ever again? Thats it, game over, no one should try. What a weird view you have. If something better comes to market people tend to move towards that. Thats why they left blackberry in the first place. Now with ios being old and dated and honesty extremely boring, people will try new things.
Medjai saidRuggedRanger15 saidwhat makes you think the market is static and doesnt change? Are you saying no one will leave samsung or apple ever again? Thats it, game over, no one should try. What a weird view you have. If something better comes to market people tend to move towards that. Thats why they left blackberry in the first place. Now with ios being old and dated and honesty extremely boring, people will try new things.
True, Blackberry 10 could save them. I'm just not hopeful. It's a big risk, to be honest. For the mobile market, most profit is made off corporate sales, as opposed to private. It doesn't seem likely that a lot of big contracts would go to a company that's admitted such financial hardships. If the company goes under, so does support for all their phones.
Without corporate support, which doesn't seem likely to arrive, Blackberry will die by the end of the next fiscal year.
jayatl56 saidI don't think it's JUST the touch screen technology that's been hurting them. I believe that people have been wooed by the glitz of Apple from day one. Let's face it, Blackberry was the first real email phone on the market and had the lion's share when it came to corporate customers namely because of how secure the BB servers were for mail transmission. And BB Messenger was a great addition to the device for even more secure communication (remember there were countries that wanted to block BB Messenger because they couldn't tap into it.) Even our State Department preferred Blackberry's for that reason. SMS messaging could be easily monitored by the service providers. It stayed that way for some time even while Apple and Google and the like produced more entertainment oriented devices (IMHO). Then they started having black outs and service interruptions which caused many corporations to question just how reliable BB was.
For me, I still like the keypad but the Torch's keyboard is small and I get thumb cramps. The Bold has a larger keypad and now has a touch screen and is 4g. If the 10 doesn't thrill me, I'm going Bold.
RuggedRanger15 saidMedjai saidRuggedRanger15 saidwhat makes you think the market is static and doesnt change? Are you saying no one will leave samsung or apple ever again? Thats it, game over, no one should try. What a weird view you have. If something better comes to market people tend to move towards that. Thats why they left blackberry in the first place. Now with ios being old and dated and honesty extremely boring, people will try new things.
True, Blackberry 10 could save them. I'm just not hopeful. It's a big risk, to be honest. For the mobile market, most profit is made off corporate sales, as opposed to private. It doesn't seem likely that a lot of big contracts would go to a company that's admitted such financial hardships. If the company goes under, so does support for all their phones.
Without corporate support, which doesn't seem likely to arrive, Blackberry will die by the end of the next fiscal year.
Blackberry has 80 percent of the corporate market.. they aren't in terrible financial shape, there are companies in the mobile market in FAR worse shape like Sony and Nokia.. RIM has a few billion in the bank and a AAA credit rating. People really have a negatively skewed vision of this company for some reason. But all these analysts who were predicting doom and gloom for them are now changing their tune after trying out the product and talking to carriers that are testing it.. its all over bloomberg and forbes.
http://www.forbes.com/sites/timworstall/2012/11/25/is-the-rim-renaissance-here-with-blackberry-10/?partner=yahootix
http://www.techvibes.com/blog/blackberry-best-mobile-browser-2012-11-09
http://blogs.barrons.com/techtraderdaily/2012/11/23/rimm-target-18m-bb10-units-for-profit-in-14-says-raymond-james/?mod=yahoobarrons
Jonno11 saidJust ditched my BB Curve for an Iphone, as several others have in the past week. The phone is a POS, the warranty is non existant. My phone would freeze, lockup, crash or reboot itself every single day, usually several times a day. And all I got was Pay $200 and we'll look at it. No guarantees. It wasn't even a year old yet. There are a few things I will miss from BB, but so far my Iphone blows it out of the water. Sorry RIM, Canadian or not, your product is shit.
Jonno11 saidJust ditched my BB Curve for an Iphone, as several others have in the past week. The phone is a POS, the warranty is non existant. My phone would freeze, lockup, crash or reboot itself every single day, usually several times a day. And all I got was Pay $200 and we'll look at it. No guarantees. It wasn't even a year old yet. There are a few things I will miss from BB, but so far my Iphone blows it out of the water. Sorry RIM, Canadian or not, your product is shit.