Right, but if they did that, then what reason is there to own a BB anymore?
Same thing with BBM. It would be awesome if there was a BBM app for iphone. If there was I would get an iphone and dump my BB.
Then they lose. Same thing with email I think.
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Right, but if they did that, then what reason is there to own a BB anymore?
Same thing with BBM. It would be awesome if there was a BBM app for iphone. If there was I would get an iphone and dump my BB.
Then they lose. Same thing with email I think.
I guess it depends on how much money they make on the device itself vs the server licenses. I would bet they don't make much from the phones and a lot from licensing, but I don't know.
I used an iPhone for 6 months and dumped it for a BB Torch as soon as I could. The iPhone was great for apps (games) and web surfing but just didn't cut it for business stuff (email and phone) I found the keyboard particularly infuriating.
I can SO understand how stuff like this happens - http://www.facebook.com/note.php?note_id=10150424053535161&id=656417427
With that said, as a consumer grade product I still like iOS.
Cheers,
Ian
I can SO understand how stuff like this happens - http://www.facebook.com/note.php?note_id=10150424053535161&id=656417427
With that said, as a consumer grade product I still like iOS.
Cheers,
Ian
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Saw the title to this thread and expected to see porn bloopers. What a let down.
That was the RIM Jobs FAIL thread..:biggrin:
Funny story, rim actually had a url for recruiting for a short time called rimjobs.com
I have a lot of thoughts on why RIM is going to fail, but I suspect it will get into a huge religious debate, so I'll hold off.
Looks like they might actually bring it to iOS + Android. Not sure what the point is as there are already other better IM apps out there that are cross platform, but anyhow:
http://blogs.barrons.com/techtrader...ing-bbm-software-to-iphone-android-boygenius/
Looks like they might actually bring it to iOS + Android. Not sure what the point is as there are already other better IM apps out there that are cross platform, but anyhow:
http://blogs.barrons.com/techtrader...ing-bbm-software-to-iphone-android-boygenius/
Can't agree with you there. There is no IM program IMO that is better than BBM. It is always on, every phone has it and you know exactly when you messages are read.
If they do bring it to iOS I have a feeling an iPhone 5 will be in my future. Hopefully it has the same chip as iPad2.
Actually, RIM is working on a iOS app.
And they are showing it around.
And they are showing it around.
Really? Please provide a link to this.
Today they are releasing rumors that they might make BBM on android iOS. But where exactly are they "showing it all around"?
This rumor has been around for months btw.
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That might be a good thing. Their marketing isnt great.
Here's a really insightful article on RIM and the problems they face with the decisions they have made....
http://www.mondaynote.com/2011/03/27/rim-the-inmates-have-taken-over-the-asylum/
http://www.mondaynote.com/2011/03/27/rim-the-inmates-have-taken-over-the-asylum/
He has some good points. RIM needs to get its act together and release great products are they will be toast.
Personally, I think the PB is the best tablet around. I can't wait to pick one up. My storm2 on the other hand SUX and I cannto wait to get rid of it.... BUT if I do that I love the extra functinoality of the playbook.
this is funny.
http://www.geekculture.com/joyoftech/joyarchives/1520.html
http://www.geekculture.com/joyoftech/joyarchives/1520.html
Looks like the PB isn't living up to its spec sheet...
http://www.loopinsight.com/2011/04/13/playbook-reviews-hit-its-not-good-news/
http://www.wired.com/reviews/2011/04/blackberry-playbook/2/
and if after two years of working closely with Adobe on integrating Flash...if this is the best they can do (repeated crashing), you can understand why Apple/Jobs gave up on supporting Flash.
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http://www.loopinsight.com/2011/04/13/playbook-reviews-hit-its-not-good-news/
http://www.wired.com/reviews/2011/04/blackberry-playbook/2/
and if after two years of working closely with Adobe on integrating Flash...if this is the best they can do (repeated crashing), you can understand why Apple/Jobs gave up on supporting Flash.
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Funny, the reviews I am reading are pretty good. The worst is the apple site you posted. Do you write for them too?
Amazing. Doesn't ship with a native email, calendar or contact app.
An Email to RIM - Jim Dalrymple
I sat last night reading reviews of the RIM PlayBook and wondered what the hell the company was thinking releasing this product. I’d email the company, but they wouldn’t get it, since the PlayBook doesn’t have an email client.
Yes, you read that right. The mobile company that built its name on being the email company doesn’t have an email client on its tablet. That is one of the most asinine decisions I’ve seen of any tech company in a long time.
The only thing that could be worse is if they left their users with no way to do calendaring and contacts too. Yes, you guessed it — you can’t do calendaring and contacts either.
RIM is an enterprise company that has been trying to appeal to the consumer market. For a while, they did, but it seems they can’t compete with products like the iPhone.
Mike Lazaridis, President and Co-CEO at Research In Motion, said the “BlackBerry PlayBook is an amazing tablet. The power that we have embedded creates one of the most compelling app experiences available in a mobile computing device today.”
Keep in mind that there is no email, contacts or calendaring, so what about the other apps? Jonathan Geller at BGR.com said this:
“In daily use, RIM’s own apps like the browser and video apps have crashed on me multiple times. When I log into Facebook I’ve even gotten out of memory errors while only one or two other apps were running.”
Not so compelling.
I’ve said it before and people argued the point with me, but come one, it has to be clear now — RIM has no tablet strategy.
Jim Balsillie, RIM’s co-CEO, “vigorously rejected suggestions,” that RIM wasn’t prepared for the tablet to take over the market in a recent interview.
Unless RIM’s strategy was to provide users with a crashy, buggy pile of crap, even they should admit their failure now.
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Tags: BlackBerry, PlayBook, RIM
An Email to RIM - Jim Dalrymple
I sat last night reading reviews of the RIM PlayBook and wondered what the hell the company was thinking releasing this product. I’d email the company, but they wouldn’t get it, since the PlayBook doesn’t have an email client.
Yes, you read that right. The mobile company that built its name on being the email company doesn’t have an email client on its tablet. That is one of the most asinine decisions I’ve seen of any tech company in a long time.
The only thing that could be worse is if they left their users with no way to do calendaring and contacts too. Yes, you guessed it — you can’t do calendaring and contacts either.
RIM is an enterprise company that has been trying to appeal to the consumer market. For a while, they did, but it seems they can’t compete with products like the iPhone.
Mike Lazaridis, President and Co-CEO at Research In Motion, said the “BlackBerry PlayBook is an amazing tablet. The power that we have embedded creates one of the most compelling app experiences available in a mobile computing device today.”
Keep in mind that there is no email, contacts or calendaring, so what about the other apps? Jonathan Geller at BGR.com said this:
“In daily use, RIM’s own apps like the browser and video apps have crashed on me multiple times. When I log into Facebook I’ve even gotten out of memory errors while only one or two other apps were running.”
Not so compelling.
I’ve said it before and people argued the point with me, but come one, it has to be clear now — RIM has no tablet strategy.
Jim Balsillie, RIM’s co-CEO, “vigorously rejected suggestions,” that RIM wasn’t prepared for the tablet to take over the market in a recent interview.
Unless RIM’s strategy was to provide users with a crashy, buggy pile of crap, even they should admit their failure now.
Categories: iPad
Tags: BlackBerry, PlayBook, RIM
i read the wsj/mossberg and nytimes/pogue(?) and this one from cnet and none are very enthusiastic about this release of the product. they each point out the positives as they see them but pretty well vomit on the shortcomings.
seems likely rim will rev it over time to be a good solution for bb users, but they'll undoubtedly lose market share / opportunity in the meantime.
(disclaimer: i have never been a bb user and our primary home computers are winxp; we have iphones and an ipad.)
Is that really a surprise? That has been a known FACT for months now.
And they are coming out with native apps.
PLus, if you have a blackberry, you have access to all of that.
Plus, you can acess your gmail, hotmail, webmal etc etc through the browser.
Personally, I think it was a really STUPID idea not to include those apps from day one, but there are other options for people that dont own a BB.
Honestly, I am dissapointed in the reviews. I was ready to buy one, but now I am not sure. The iPad2 might be the better way to go.
PS. Who is Jim Dalrymple? And why do I care what he writes? Is it another guy that writes for an apple blog?
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