BlackBerry surprises with quarterly profit, ships 1M Z10 phones

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  • Reply 21 of 58
    ankleskaterankleskater Posts: 1,287member
    gusy32 wrote: »
    I doubt blackberry would be able to keep up with the innovation demands of the smartphone industry.

    That's an interesting question. Put aside the issue of app support, has the smartphone industry moved that much forward in innovation since 2008?
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  • Reply 22 of 58
    samabsamab Posts: 1,953member

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    Originally Posted by FreeRange View Post



    It was 1,000,000 shipments, not sales. With a new device, its called filling the channels.




    Sell through is about 700,000.

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  • Reply 23 of 58
    solipsismxsolipsismx Posts: 19,566member
    Good for RiM. They managed to do what Amazon couldn't. Keep up the [S]good[/S] work.
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  • Reply 24 of 58
    jungmarkjungmark Posts: 6,928member
    gusy32 wrote: »
    I doubt blackberry would be able to keep up with the innovation demands of the smartphone industry.

    Only Apple is expected to innovate.
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  • Reply 25 of 58

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    Only Apple is expected to innovate.


    Perhaps your sarcasm is falling flat on me, but can you name even TWO major  innovations (i.e., not trivial nonsense like better notifications or better predictive typing, but far-reaching ones, e.g., iOS, iWork, or App Store) each from Samsung and Blackberry since the the iPhone was introduced?

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  • Reply 26 of 58
    jungmarkjungmark Posts: 6,928member
    Perhaps your sarcasm is falling flat on me, but can you name even TWO major  innovations (i.e., not trivial nonsense like better notifications or better predictive typing, but far-reaching ones, e.g., iOS, iWork, or App Store) each from Samsung and Blackberry since the the iPhone was introduced?

    Perhaps it has fallen flat. Trolls and analysts complain that Apple hasn't innovated since the iPad. They tell us that's why the stock price has declined.
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  • Reply 27 of 58
    gusy32gusy32 Posts: 18member
    To say that there hasn't been any innovation since 2008 is to say that Apple's iPhone is still the iPhone 3G running iOS 4.0
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  • Reply 28 of 58
    gusy32 wrote: »
    To say that there hasn't been any innovation since 2008 is to say that Apple's iPhone is still the iPhone 3G running iOS 4.0

    Who said that?
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  • Reply 29 of 58
    gusy32gusy32 Posts: 18member
    If facetime, retina display, siri... The list goes on mean nothing to you then enjoy your physical keyboard
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  • Reply 30 of 58

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    If facetime, retina display, siri... The list goes on mean nothing to you then enjoy your physical keyboard




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  • Reply 31 of 58
    tallest skiltallest skil Posts: 43,388member


    Originally Posted by island hermit View Post

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    "If the many benefits, hardware and software, of Apple's ecosystem are meaningless to you, then enjoy your Blackberry device, which quite probably has a physical keyboard, hearkening back to the industry six years ago."

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  • Reply 32 of 58

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    "If the many benefits, hardware and software, of Apple's ecosystem are meaningless to you, then enjoy your Blackberry device, which quite probably has a physical keyboard, hearkening back to the industry six years ago."



     


    I wonder if a few years from now we will look back and criticize iPhone users for having a home button.  On that note the stupid button just broke on my iPod...keyless is the way to go!  

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  • Reply 33 of 58
    tallest skiltallest skil Posts: 43,388member


    Originally Posted by d3c1ph3r View Post

    I wonder if a few years from now we will look back and criticize iPhone users for having a home button.  On that note the stupid button just broke on my iPod...keyless is the way to go!  


     


    I've always personally doubted that. The Home Button on my first-gen iPhone works like the day out of the box, and we'll always need a hardware 'out' for software.

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  • Reply 34 of 58

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    "If the many benefits, hardware and software, of Apple's ecosystem are meaningless to you, then enjoy your Blackberry device, which quite probably has a physical keyboard, hearkening back to the industry six years ago."





    Oddly enough... I have a 5 or 6 year old Blackberry that is used as a company phone. The only things I can do with it are texting and calls. As much as I appreciate iPhones, I bought my Wife a 4S, I actually have no use for one and the Blackberry's physical keyboard is just the ticket for my needs... add to that the fact that it's tough as nails and it was dirt cheap.


     


    One man's poison... another man's treasure... etc.   image


     


    [if it wasn't for the fact that the 4S contract will come due in October 2014, I'd probably get another Blackberry with a physical keyboard. As it is, I'll get my wife a new iPhone Whatever and I'll take the 4S]

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  • Reply 35 of 58

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    I've always personally doubted that. The Home Button on my first-gen iPhone works like the day out of the box, and we'll always need a hardware 'out' for software.



    The hardware (out) is the touchscreen itself.  


     


    I don't really baby my stuff though.  Gone through 2 ipod touches now.  I have a Nexus 4 phone that I managed to damage the digitizer and only half the screen works so there are always with issues with the button or screen.  I do like the idea of no home button right now though.  

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  • Reply 36 of 58
    tallest skiltallest skil Posts: 43,388member


    Originally Posted by d3c1ph3r View Post

    The hardware (out) is the touchscreen itself.


     


    No, that locks up, getting you stuck in an app.

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  • Reply 37 of 58
    jfanningjfanning Posts: 3,398member
    Ummm..... do you have a point you're trying to make here? You just defined "actual sales" for Apple, since the carrier has to "eat the cost". Not shipments. (Btw, do you see a lot of "buy one get one free deals" on the iPhone where you live? On which carrier? When?).

    I've never seen a "buy one get one free deal" for anyphone where I live, you maybe exaggerating their existance.
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  • Reply 38 of 58
    solipsismxsolipsismx Posts: 19,566member
    jfanning wrote: »
    I've never seen a "buy one get one free deal" for anyphone where I live, you maybe exaggerating their existance.

    Let Me Google That For You… I see US Cellular, Verizon, T-Mobile, Sprint, and Radio Shack for LG, HTC and Samsung Android-based devices on the first alone. How exactly is he exaggerating that these do in fact exist?
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  • Reply 39 of 58
    ankleskaterankleskater Posts: 1,287member

    Quote:

    Originally Posted by Tallest Skil View Post


     


    "If the many benefits, hardware and software, of Apple's ecosystem are meaningless to you, then enjoy your Blackberry device, which quite probably has a physical keyboard, hearkening back to the industry six years ago."





    If you are not just into cartography, but also cryptography :)

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  • Reply 40 of 58
    dasanman69dasanman69 Posts: 13,002member
    Who the hell bought the other 5million 2YO smartphones?

    Anyway, Good luck blackberry. F*ck the analysts and media always trying to push the ones that try new and good things down.

    There are still many companies that will use nothing but BBs.
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