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09-08-2011, 09:01 PM | #2 |
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RIM is a dying company.
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09-08-2011, 09:20 PM | #3 |
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09-09-2011, 12:35 AM | #4 |
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09-09-2011, 01:05 AM | #5 |
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You won't get to run iphone apps on the blackberry period....android maybe but even then well desperation move. Blackberry isn't just dying at this point it is dead. If they gave me the phone I might consider using it but no way would I pay for it.
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09-09-2011, 01:19 AM | #6 |
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One other thing to think about...even if they make android apps work on the phone. How good will they look when they are squished on a screen 1/2 of what they expect to have?
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09-10-2011, 01:48 AM | #7 |
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I don't think they can die. They are so attached to the corporate world with enterprise servers etc. They may be really behind the ball as far as "fun" phones go but far from dead in the water.
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09-10-2011, 03:22 AM | #8 | |
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The problem with balckberry's install base is that it's only good for all of 2 years. Then you have a HW refresh cycle. The challenge for them now is that everyone is buying smart phones. Now that everyone already has smart phones, they don't need the company to buy them one and most people don't want to carry two devices so they probably wouldn't take one if offered. Given that, their entrenchment in the enterprise is likely to be short lived.
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09-10-2011, 09:15 AM | #9 | |
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To maintain a Blackberry in a corp environment now requires you to buy a Blackberry Enterprise Server just to get corporate e-mail, calendaring, etc. on their Blackberry phones. Which is just stupid expensive. Look at these prices: http://us.blackberry.com/apps-softwa...ab_tab_pricing With the current capabilities of Exchange, Corps have no reason to need Blackberry any longer. Which is why Blackberry is dead. Completely dead.
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09-10-2011, 09:23 AM | #10 |
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not to mention that BES is awful and doesn't work worth a s**t.
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09-10-2011, 09:56 AM | #11 | |
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Working on hosting the email offsite or switching to exchange... *Sigh* If it's not a BES i'm working on, it's a Domino server...
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