jdevenberg
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Lets see, Blackberry is hemorrhaging market share, something MS has finally been able to stop doing. They have an unproven, unreleased OS that the public knows next to nothing about (it will be QNX based, be an evolution of PBOS2, and have a pretty good keyboard), MS already has one OS that it needs to draw customers to, it doesn't need another. People are already leaving BES for Exchange, so no point in buying BES when you can get their customers free. MS already has hardware partners. Nokia has made some great keyboard phones (E71), as have both HTC (Dash/Excalibur line) and Samsung (Blackjack line), no need to buy a failing brand to get a keyboard. On top of that, MS killed the one resolution that would have actually made sense for a Blackberry style phone, showing they are not interested in that form factor. Any future WP keyboards will be sliders, and Blackberry has 0 experience in that department, while Nokia and Samsung both have a lot.
So where is the value for MS in buying the whole company? The only thing BB has that MS would want is their patent portfolio.
EDIT: in fact, my two favorite sliders I have ever owned were a Nokia and a Samsung. The Nokia Xpress Music 5300 and the Samsung Blast SGH-T729. I even preferred the Samsung's SureType style keyboard to that of the BlackBerry Pearl I had. I was quicker on the Samsung than I was with my Curve.
So where is the value for MS in buying the whole company? The only thing BB has that MS would want is their patent portfolio.
EDIT: in fact, my two favorite sliders I have ever owned were a Nokia and a Samsung. The Nokia Xpress Music 5300 and the Samsung Blast SGH-T729. I even preferred the Samsung's SureType style keyboard to that of the BlackBerry Pearl I had. I was quicker on the Samsung than I was with my Curve.
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