BlackBerry announces new company name, new Z10 & Q10 devices running BB10 - Page 3

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Originally Posted by grblade 

I like how they named it the 1 letter that Canadians and Americans say differently. The "Zed 10".

Hey, thanks for clearing that up.  It was confusing to see people calling it the "Zed" without speaking in a Brit or Aussie accent. Cool.

But, PS, you forgot (well, to be fair it's a word not a letter), "about."

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Originally Posted by Gazoobee 

Almost all keyboards (Dvorak ones being the major exception) are QWERTY keyboards.  

 

The article attempts to differentiate between the iPhone keyboard and the Blackberry keyboard, or the Blackberry Z10 keyboard and the Blackberry Q10 keyboard, by referring to the one with the physical keys as "QWERTY" when in fact they are all QWERTY.  It just perpetuates the Stupidity that physical keyboards are QWERTY and others are not.

You are a bit harsh and willing to throw a ton of vituperative insults about, about a fairly minor matter, but, wow, you actually did have a point after all.....  ...so all due props for that (with a mandatory minus 5 deduction on style points). 

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Originally Posted by island hermit 

I think Michael Dell should buy it.

...and shut it down and give the money back to the shareholders.

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Originally Posted by island hermit 

I think Michael Dell should buy it.

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Originally Posted by Suddenly Newton 

 

...and shut it down and give the money back to the shareholders.

OK, I'll bite.

Michael who?

I like the GUI style better than Microsoft's. The hardware looks decent too.

One thing I think Apple could do is leverage the Retina display better. That is, instead of having essentially the same GUI as non-Retina, but sharper, actually do things that are only possible on Retina, such as very small text. There's a bit of this in iTunes 11 on a Retina Mac but it seems like there's more potential there.

if the early reviews are accurate, the BB Z10 has one serious flaw - its mediocre camera - and one fatal flaw - poor battery life. no new product can break into in the crowded smartphone marketplace anymore with crucial basic drawbacks like these that matter to almost everyone. even if it has other attractive features, a "fresh" new UI, and a once-proud brand name (while businesses have already found other solutions to their email setups and moved on).

ask Palm how that turned out.

only question is what company will gobble up what is left of BB after the death watch starts in coming months. Facebook could make a bold move into hardware linked tightly with its social web. or a "merger" with Nokia (and firing of Elop) could give Nokia one last chance to survive as an independent OEM instead of becoming MS' Motorola. 

A good effort by BlackBerrry. If this new platform is successful I think it'll be at the cost of Apple more than Android somehow. iOS 7 had better be really good!

Originally Posted by 1983 
iOS 7 had better be really good!

It will be. But why? It's already better than this.

RIM's trading on their name alone, which they've just changed. Their fortress is already overrun; all they can do now is try to knock out the intruders before all the defenders have been killed.

Of course, by the time these phones hit the market, everyone will have forgotten about them.

I think RIM Blackberry will do well with this.  I know more than a few people that miss their Blackberries after converting to iOS or Android, and would jump at a QWERTY/touchscreen phone with a modern OS and cool apps.  Blackberry's stock is tanking, but I think they have a future.  Certainly a better one than Nokia.  

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Originally Posted by Dickprinter 

Hmmm, battle of the fruits?

Apple better watch out, I heard Facebook is producing a new smartphone named Kumquat. /s

So Facebook can spy on you  more effectively.

I once was  a FB user, but now can't get rid of FB spying on my life.

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Originally Posted by Mikeb85 

I think RIM Blackberry will do well with this.  I know more than a few people that miss their Blackberries after converting to iOS or Android, and would jump at a QWERTY/touchscreen phone with a modern OS and cool apps.  Blackberry's stock is tanking, but I think they have a future.  Certainly a better one than Nokia.  

Their OS 10 Apps had better be a LOT BETTER than the crappy Apps on their PlayBook !

Have had my PB for a year, still waiting for an App improvement, both with BB's and user Apps.

There also seems to be a confusing variety of PB App user interface standards(?)  in use.

One thing about BB10 - programming on it is far more delightful than on Android, particularly handling UI events. This could be why they managed to draw a reasonable developer crowd for launch.
 

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Originally Posted by Tallest Skil 

 

It will be. But why? It's already better than this.

 

RIM's trading on their name alone, which they've just changed. Their fortress is already overrun; all they can do now is try to knock out the intruders before all the defenders have been killed.

No one can say any mobile OS is better any other one. Some are superior in some ways, while others are superior in other ways.

One area where iOS is noticeably deficient compared to Android and particularly vis-a-vis BB10 is interprocess communications. Arguably, Apple is hindering this on purpose to protect privacy. But BB10 is also inheriting this strength from QNX.

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Originally Posted by Alfiejr 

if the early reviews are accurate, the BB Z10 has one serious flaw - its mediocre camera - and one fatal flaw - poor battery life. no new product can break into in the crowded smartphone marketplace anymore with crucial basic drawbacks like these that matter to almost everyone. even if it has other attractive features, a "fresh" new UI, and a once-proud brand name (while businesses have already found other solutions to their email setups and moved on).

 

ask Palm how that turned out.

 

only question is what company will gobble up what is left of BB after the death watch starts in coming months. Facebook could make a bold move into hardware linked tightly with its social web. or a "merger" with Nokia (and firing of Elop) could give Nokia one last chance to survive as an independent OEM instead of becoming MS' Motorola. 

Palm's main challenge was convincing carriers to carry the Pre. Blackberry is having no such trouble, at least not in the US.

Why are buying the dumb rumors about Facebook building a phone? Zuckerberg has repeatedly stated the obvious - Facebook needs to thrive on all mobile platforms to succeed. Building their own hardware will only limit their reach. Give that one a rest. It's a dumb idea.

Originally Posted by stelligent 
No one can say any mobile OS is better any other one. Some are superior in some ways, while others are superior in other ways.

Really? Because I'm pretty sure I can say that iOS is better than Newton OS.

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Originally Posted by Tallest Skil 

Really? Because I'm pretty sure I can say that iOS is better than Newton OS.

It seems safe to presume that he was talking about current major mobile OSes.  

Originally Posted by KDarling 
It seems safe to presume that he was talking about current major mobile OSes.  

The point I'm making is that he's wrong, is all.

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Originally Posted by Alfiejr 

if the early reviews are accurate, the BB Z10 has one serious flaw - its mediocre camera - and one fatal flaw - poor battery life.

 

ask Palm how that turned out.

 

only question is what company will gobble up what is left of BB after the death watch starts in coming months. Facebook could make a bold move into hardware linked tightly with its social web. or a "merger" with Nokia (and firing of Elop) could give Nokia one last chance to survive as an independent OEM instead of becoming MS' Motorola. 

The reviews on the battery life are very, very inconsistent. Some say it's solid, some say it's solid after a few days and some say it's 'poor' (though better than most Android phones".

As for the PALM discussion, that's superficial. Palm was up to eyeballs in debt, had one carrier to launch on and like $100 million to launch with and run the company on. Not exactly the same.

Encouraged by RIM, Steve Ballmer announced today that Microsoft will be changing their company name to "Majorly Hard" and demonstrated again how the Surface RT is a mediocre skateboard as well as a mediocre laptop and mediocre tablet.