BlackBerry cuts ties with T-Mobile, signals new carrier-independent business strategy

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  • Reply 21 of 31
    georgeip5georgeip5 Posts: 225member
    Wow! And they wonder why there going down. Well they better sell know. Facebook might buy BBM bit maybe not the am servers are over loaded. They have to sell before there shareholders completely duck out and there patents are even attracting Apple, my guess is the BIS patent for unlimited surfing. Hopefully iOS users can get that except for it to be fast, hopefully on a 4G bandwidth.
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  • Reply 22 of 31
    dasanman69dasanman69 Posts: 13,002member
    eriamjh wrote: »
    Without a carrier, who is going to pretend to try to sell them?

    The carriers with the most customers, VZW & AT&T. T-Mobile is barely a major player. There's a reason Apple chose them last.
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  • Reply 23 of 31
    tallest skiltallest skil Posts: 43,388member
    Originally Posted by Evilution View Post

    Is Blackberry really in a position where they can burn bridges?

     

    RIM sits on a small island surrounded by an already burning forest. They’re burning bridges to keep the fire from spreading to them.

     

    They forgot the island has trees, too.

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  • Reply 24 of 31
    "Regretfully, at this time, our strategies are not complementary and we must act in the best interest of our BlackBerry customers," said BlackBerry CEO John Chen.

    What's in the best interest of their customers is letting them buy an iPhone, if they want to.
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  • Reply 25 of 31
    dasanman69dasanman69 Posts: 13,002member
    What's in the best interest of their customers is letting them buy an iPhone, if they want to.

    That would make them not their customers. Retaining customers is something very important, and Steve Jobs knew that.

    http://www.cnet.com/news/steve-jobs-wanted-to-further-lock-customers-into-apples-ecosystem/
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  • Reply 26 of 31
    dasanman69 wrote: »
    That would make them not their customers. Retaining customers is something very important, and Steve Jobs knew that.

    http://www.cnet.com/news/steve-jobs-wanted-to-further-lock-customers-into-apples-ecosystem/

    Notice that I said: ...if they want to (buy an iPhone). Choice is in the consumers' best interest. Keeping them on Blackberry is in Blackberry's best interest.
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  • Reply 27 of 31
    dasanman69dasanman69 Posts: 13,002member
    Notice that I said: ...if they want to (buy an iPhone). Choice is in the consumers' best interest. Keeping them on Blackberry is in Blackberry's best interest.

    Agreed, but it seemed like you added the "if they want to" as a afterthought since the first part of your sentence was "the best interest of their customers is letting them buy an iPhone". You speak of choice but only offered a single one.
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  • Reply 28 of 31
    jungmarkjungmark Posts: 6,928member
    dasanman69 wrote: »
    Agreed, but it seemed like you added the "if they want to" as a afterthought since the first part of your sentence was "the best interest of their customers is letting them buy an iPhone". You speak of choice but only offered a single one.

    There are other choices? :)
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  • Reply 29 of 31
    dasanman69dasanman69 Posts: 13,002member
    jungmark wrote: »
    There are other choices? :)

    There's always the choice of not buying a phone. :lol:
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  • Reply 30 of 31
    dasanman69 wrote: »
    Agreed, but it seemed like you added the "if they want to" as a afterthought since the first part of your sentence was "the best interest of their customers is letting them buy an iPhone". You speak of choice but only offered a single one.

    I did not alter my post, and nothing was 'added' as an 'afterthought.'
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  • Reply 31 of 31
    dasanman69dasanman69 Posts: 13,002member
    I did not alter my post, and nothing was 'added' as an 'afterthought.'

    The operative word was 'seemed'. I knew what you meant from reading many of your posts. I just thought it could've been worded differently.
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