The posts over at the BlackBerry site got me pretty depressed today. It's like the last days in Hitler's bunker over there and they know it but refuse to admit it. Maybe Nokia should do a trade in program for Blackberry users. Rant over.
I was disappointed in the Z10. Now T-Mobile has dropped them. Going down hard. I'm sad to see it but they were a little too late I think...
They were on the right track, just years too late.
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They shouldn't have went solo. Should have at least joined Android or WP :/
My problem with the BlackBerry 10 was that I couldn't figure out the gestures when I tried one last year (at a T-Mobile store actually). I'm not new to smartphones and have no trouble just picking up various devices and using them. For example, today I just picked up a Samsung Galaxy S5, found the browser, did a search, and installed an app using Google Play this afternoon at the AT&T store. It took me less than a minute to do that.I was disappointed in the Z10. Now T-Mobile has dropped them. Going down hard. I'm sad to see it but they were a little too late I think...
They were on the right track, just years too late.
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I'm wondering why people are thinking It's Blackberry's last days, they dropped their relationship with the forth smallest (correct me if I am wrong) carrier in the United States, they are still selling devices (not many, but the sales are noteworthy) I personally really like Blackberry and I'm seriously considering a Z10 from them.
I dont think its d-day for blackberry yet. Market share and usage reports are skewed. They're obviously selling phones, even if its only 10million units a year. still see a lot of people carrying their blackberry devices around (myself included). I mean I still see a lot of people with flip phones and and old school nokias too. Though I've never seen a bb10 out in the wild and that's really the biggest issue. BB10 is a huge step backwards from BB7. BB7 had more native apps from bigger developers, was more cost effective (BIS) and had better looking hardware. I dont know why they threw all that away.
That being said, so what if T-Mobile drops them. So what if the USA drops them? The US hasn't been kind to Nokia and they've found success elsewhere. I feel like Blackberry still has the potential to do the same in places like South America and Southern Asia/Africa where their devices are relatively popular still.
The BlackBerry keyboard is good, but the OS is too complicated. It's just that whenever you say something negative about BlackBerry on CrackBerry, you get gunned down by "fanboys".
The other carriers are limiting BlackBerry to online sales only in some cases. I was at an AT&T Corporate store this afternoon. They don't have any BlackBerry devices in the store. Where BlackBerry used to be located are now the prepaid GoPhones.4th largest my man. That's big. If you lose one of the biggest carriers in one of the largest country's that's harsh. The sales are not noteworthy because they are selling more older devices than BB10 devices which isn't good. That's not enough to keep the company operating the way it is now. Its losing money quarter by quarter.
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I feel bad for them too. It`s so hard to have a reasonable conversation over there because they have the worst "hive mind" of any of the various mobile nation sites. They acted like Legere was the worst person since Hitler (Godwin`s Law!!) because he is CEO of T-Mobile and they dropped BlackBerry. I feel bad most of all for anybody who signed new two year contracts with them. They are burning through their cash, losing a major U.S. carrier, making more BBOS7 devices, making a "classic" BlackBerry with BB10, and the last phone they made was a carrier exclusive with the only other way to get it was outright ($400+) somewhere else. Yeah things are not the best for them. I would more than anything say that I hope they make high end device that can compete with other flagships.
The other carriers are limiting BlackBerry to online sales only in some cases. I was at an AT&T Corporate store this afternoon. They don't have any BlackBerry devices in the store. Where BlackBerry used to be located are now the prepaid GoPhones.
This is a person who I agree with. They can't take criticism. So if I say "BB10 is hard to use" They all rally together and call the person stupid for not knowing how to use the phone. Crackberry people are weird sometimes
In a way, I feel that the BB10 UI is much like the UI of the Palm Pre. I read an old review on webOSNation a couple days ago and sent the link to a friend of mine via email. Here is my exact quote of my comment to my friend about webOS's UI. "Notice the gestures: swipe up, back gesture, swipe across, half-swipe up, launch-wave. Those sound like a hot mess. If I had to deal with all that, I’d be launching the Pre out the window and happily waving goodbye to it."This is a person who I agree with. They can't take criticism. So if I say "BB10 is hard to use" They all rally together and call the person stupid for not knowing how to use the phone. Crackberry people are weird sometimes