Does this new version even look like a Blackberry keyboard? Didn't they change it up enough to get past any and all Blackberry patents for this one? The only people I could see ever wanting that Keyboard are Blackberry users wanting to switch to the iPhone and want this to help switch over. Maybe that's what Blackberry is really worried about, the few people that are left. That are Die hard Blackberry users who like a keyboard, really haven't tried or gotten used to typing on a screen, or these days, Swiping which is really fast!
I don't have a problem with Blackberry suing if it's a COPY and it's patented, go after them. If they were dumb enough to do it a second time, that's on them!!! I don't have a problem with someone suing Apple if they copy also!!! There's innovation and then there's just outright copying what the other person/company did!!! I'm not a Blackberry keyboard expert so I don't know if it's still a outright copy or did they Innovate enough. That's for the courts to decide. I know Blackberry doesn't control the market for tiny keyboards. I had a tiny keyboard for my Xbox 360 controller. Comes in really handy at times. That's a controller and this is a phone, so I'm sure that plays into it.
I think a keyboard like this on a phone these days is just silly. I also think it's dumb as it comes up the HOME button, which means no touchid, a huge feature I'm always using. It's bulking up the phone a bunch for that thing and just looks silly. Move forward and leave that crap in the past. It's one reason why BlackBerry failed. They were all stuck on that keyboard. Even today, they're still stuck on it which is why they'll never turn things around and the phone business will end up being killed off.
Ryan Seacret is doing his darndest to make tiny keyboards relevant again and BB is fighting him instead of embracing him...? Go figure...??
Because it's on a competitor's device.
True, but it adds to the number of users doing thumb twiddling, which supports the BB platform concept. I think of it like how fast food joints like to be crowded together because they all make more money. Actually I don't care about the issue, I dictate to Siri what to type - "I done wan no steekin' keyboards."
True, but it adds to the number of users doing thumb twiddling, which supports the BB platform concept. I think of it like how fast food joints like to be crowded together because they all make more money. Actually I don't care about the issue, I dictate to Siri what to type - "I done wan no steekin' keyboards."
I'd bet that the buyers of Typo were ex-BB users, and switched to the iPhone but still miss having a physical keyboard. BB's stance is if they want a BB keyboard let them buy a BB, not a BB keyboard for their iPhone.
Dumb. All of it. The product is dumb and last-century. The lawsuit is dumb because Blackberry is pretty much non-existent at this point. Guys, I realize you want to capitalize on all you have left, namely patents. But it's over. Close up shop, sell your IP, and buy houses in Florida.
Huh? Why are you responding to something you don't want to hear about?
If memory serves, the original LG Prada was monochrome anyway, so I don't know what phone that blue screen is on.
Not sure that there's even a valid point there. Apple didn't claim to reinvent the keypad, and I don't think there's a whole lot of innovation to be had there.
Apple should fight against Blackberry, actually Apple should see this matters seriously and take action against Blackberry, so that it can set as an example for other companies as well.
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I'd say the similarities are on the scale of the iPhone to the LG Prada. A bit, but not much.
Does this new version even look like a Blackberry keyboard? Didn't they change it up enough to get past any and all Blackberry patents for this one? The only people I could see ever wanting that Keyboard are Blackberry users wanting to switch to the iPhone and want this to help switch over. Maybe that's what Blackberry is really worried about, the few people that are left. That are Die hard Blackberry users who like a keyboard, really haven't tried or gotten used to typing on a screen, or these days, Swiping which is really fast!
I don't have a problem with Blackberry suing if it's a COPY and it's patented, go after them. If they were dumb enough to do it a second time, that's on them!!! I don't have a problem with someone suing Apple if they copy also!!! There's innovation and then there's just outright copying what the other person/company did!!! I'm not a Blackberry keyboard expert so I don't know if it's still a outright copy or did they Innovate enough. That's for the courts to decide. I know Blackberry doesn't control the market for tiny keyboards. I had a tiny keyboard for my Xbox 360 controller. Comes in really handy at times. That's a controller and this is a phone, so I'm sure that plays into it.
I think a keyboard like this on a phone these days is just silly. I also think it's dumb as it comes up the HOME button, which means no touchid, a huge feature I'm always using. It's bulking up the phone a bunch for that thing and just looks silly. Move forward and leave that crap in the past. It's one reason why BlackBerry failed. They were all stuck on that keyboard. Even today, they're still stuck on it which is why they'll never turn things around and the phone business will end up being killed off.
Because it's on a competitor's device.
Ryan Seacret is doing his darndest to make tiny keyboards relevant again and BB is fighting him instead of embracing him...? Go figure...??
Because it's on a competitor's device.
True, but it adds to the number of users doing thumb twiddling, which supports the BB platform concept. I think of it like how fast food joints like to be crowded together because they all make more money. Actually I don't care about the issue, I dictate to Siri what to type - "I done wan no steekin' keyboards."
I'd bet that the buyers of Typo were ex-BB users, and switched to the iPhone but still miss having a physical keyboard. BB's stance is if they want a BB keyboard let them buy a BB, not a BB keyboard for their iPhone.
Dumb. All of it. The product is dumb and last-century. The lawsuit is dumb because Blackberry is pretty much non-existent at this point. Guys, I realize you want to capitalize on all you have left, namely patents. But it's over. Close up shop, sell your IP, and buy houses in Florida.
If memory serves, the original LG Prada was monochrome anyway, so I don't know what phone that blue screen is on.
Not sure that there's even a valid point there. Apple didn't claim to reinvent the keypad, and I don't think there's a whole lot of innovation to be had there.
Apple should fight against Blackberry, actually Apple should see this matters seriously and take action against Blackberry, so that it can set as an example for other companies as well.