The person I was replying to was bemoaning the fact that other companies lack the dev tool quality and app distribution platform of Apple. I was claiming that MS (with Visual Studio) and Google (with their extensive server side experience) could get together and solve this. I wasn't claiming they had the hardware design skills of Apple, or even discussing hardware at all.
You're right, I'm sorry that I quoted you out of context. Still, you cannot take the hardware out of the equation. The App store would not have existed without the brilliant hardware to run the apps on. Sadly, neither Google nor MS have provided a match to the hardware of the iPhone to speak of.
First up does RIM have a solution to have their so-called tablet play nice with a pc? I don't think so. ipad is the child of OSX.
Next up, will RIM have a built from the ground, 100% fingerable productivity suite like iworks for ipad? Hell no!!!!!
Will RIM have their version of ibooks,itunes and app store that all integrate like water accepting water?
Hell no!!!!
End of sermon. Can I get an amen!!!!!
HHHHHHHAAAAAUUUUMMMMMMMMMMMM!!!
Are iBooks and iTunes really a selling point for corporate users?
RiM already has desktop software for managing Blackberries. You can also already view and edit Microsoft Office files on a Blackberry. The Blackberry is a proven business tool. The iPad might be better, but I don't think you should so quickly dismiss a tablet from RiM.
Hmmm, Blackpad, Hmmm, ---- Well, I guess the fonts will be white then?! Or will it be a completely black pad. In this case they wouldn't really need an APP store.
Here is a sure fire advice for RIM in order to counter Apple and the iGadgets. Don't think about it, don't even change your company's direction because of that. You want to compete, compete against the stagnation of your company, have somebody with a vision to direct your company and it's products to innovate to the future, for the future. Compete for your customers and your vendors. Ignore what others want you to do. Make them think and guess and ignore them. Apple is succeeding not because of hype. It is because they have a leader and people around him who have a clear vision on where to take Apple and it's customers. Compete against the old RIM and get their customers to embrace the new RIM. Do that and you have competed against Apple.
Here's why RIM may well succeed with a tablet in the enterprise market. They have Blackberry Enterprise Server, which integrates into Groupwise, Exchange, or any other corporate environment you care to name.
BES is the killer app of RIM devices. There's a reason the UAE, Saudi Arabia, and India are working on banning Blackberries; because BES is that good.
You should read an article before coming to a conclusion.
If you have an article in mind, please reference it. I'll refer you to The Economist.
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Originally Posted by The Economist
THE United Arab Emirates announced on August 1st that it had failed to reach an agreement on data traffic with Research in Motion, maker of the BlackBerry, and would suspend messenger, e-mail and web-browsing services on BlackBerrys from October 11th. There are lots of smart-phones in the world that handle e-mail and web browsing; why pick on BlackBerry?
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The only loophole left was BlackBerry service which, like a VPN, encrypts its data to make them readable only on the device and at the server.
Apple doesn't offer that kind of business infrastructure, since they focus on the consumer market. BB's encryption on the other hand is sufficiently strong, 256 bit AES to be precise, that the secret services of these countries cannot crack messages, even if they do manage to intercept them.
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The person I was replying to was bemoaning the fact that other companies lack the dev tool quality and app distribution platform of Apple. I was claiming that MS (with Visual Studio) and Google (with their extensive server side experience) could get together and solve this. I wasn't claiming they had the hardware design skills of Apple, or even discussing hardware at all.
You're right, I'm sorry that I quoted you out of context. Still, you cannot take the hardware out of the equation. The App store would not have existed without the brilliant hardware to run the apps on. Sadly, neither Google nor MS have provided a match to the hardware of the iPhone to speak of.
First up does RIM have a solution to have their so-called tablet play nice with a pc? I don't think so. ipad is the child of OSX.
Next up, will RIM have a built from the ground, 100% fingerable productivity suite like iworks for ipad? Hell no!!!!!
Will RIM have their version of ibooks,itunes and app store that all integrate like water accepting water?
Hell no!!!!
End of sermon. Can I get an amen!!!!!
HHHHHHHAAAAAUUUUMMMMMMMMMMMM!!!
Are iBooks and iTunes really a selling point for corporate users?
RiM already has desktop software for managing Blackberries. You can also already view and edit Microsoft Office files on a Blackberry. The Blackberry is a proven business tool. The iPad might be better, but I don't think you should so quickly dismiss a tablet from RiM.
Most of the ones in my organization love their BBs due to easy email scrolling response
Is that with the sad looking little thumbweheel on the side lol?
Sadly, neither Google nor MS have provided a match to the hardware of the iPhone to speak of.
Absolutely. When Apple's new design comes out, suddenly everything else in the field looks dated. Even the ones with better specs! It's a real talent.
Prediction: The RIM BlackPad Will Crash And Burn Just Like The Storm
http://www.crunchgear.com/2010/07/30...ike-the-storm/
AMEN!!!! No one can touch the iPad OR the iPhone for that matter!
Interested to see if they actually managed to convince carriers of free coupling with a BB phone. You can bet Apple would do it if AT&T let them.
I would bet the opposite. That would harm sales of 3G iPads. It would also kill the iPhone batteries if operated as hotspots for the iPad.
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BES is the killer app of RIM devices. There's a reason the UAE, Saudi Arabia, and India are working on banning Blackberries; because BES is that good.
BES is the killer app of RIM devices. There's a reason the UAE, Saudi Arabia, and India are working on banning Blackberries; because BES is that good.
You should read an article before coming to a conclusion.
You should read an article before coming to a conclusion.
If you have an article in mind, please reference it. I'll refer you to The Economist.
THE United Arab Emirates announced on August 1st that it had failed to reach an agreement on data traffic with Research in Motion, maker of the BlackBerry, and would suspend messenger, e-mail and web-browsing services on BlackBerrys from October 11th. There are lots of smart-phones in the world that handle e-mail and web browsing; why pick on BlackBerry?
[...]
The only loophole left was BlackBerry service which, like a VPN, encrypts its data to make them readable only on the device and at the server.
Apple doesn't offer that kind of business infrastructure, since they focus on the consumer market. BB's encryption on the other hand is sufficiently strong, 256 bit AES to be precise, that the secret services of these countries cannot crack messages, even if they do manage to intercept them.