I am calm, but you answered a question that wasn't directed at you. My questions to you were rhetorical.
If by quoting someone on here makes that conversation exclusive then these comment sections would be fairly small. It was an open question that was directed at someone else, not even you. Everything everyone says in an open forum is fair game, so I say again, calm down.
"As of 2013, Ford had about 181,000 total employees, so the more than 9,000 iPhones the company plans to distribute won't put a huge dent in its workforce"
I don't think that's a relevant comparison -- why would ford provide a smartphone to assembly line workers? The relevant number would be the total number of white collar employees.
I think the relevant number would be the total number of phones that Ford supplies to its employees - not the number of employees or a white collar/blue collar segregation.
Interesting...Ford dropped Microsoft's SYNC only to adopt Blackberry's QNX operating system for the console. Seems like Ford ditches the worst technology at the moment.
My last 3 vehicles have been Ford Escape's - and I really do like the vehicle. I'm due for a new one in the next 15 months and unless Ford supports CarPlay by then, I'll be choosing a different vehicle this time 'round.
I don't care to hear someone bad mouthing any platform.
Totally agree with you, and think this dancing on a pre-prepared grave of a competitor is really weird. Well done Apple and all, but I don't want Blackberry to vanish, they're a decent competitor to Apple, they haven't ripped anyone off or done anything untoward, unless you count completely predictable and understandable comments from the CEOs praising their own platform (and if you do, you don't get how it works).
I'm in the camp hoping Blackberry will bounce back; I quite like the look of the Passport phone, they have a good, though immature, OS, and by all accounts I've seen their security is still market leading.
There's plenty of room for Apple and Blackberry to coexist, I'd much rather see Apple taking customers away from Samsung and Android, a more natural rival, and one where there is a better cause for grievance. Even then, bad-mouthing and gloating is unnecessary and unseemly.
Totally agree with you, and think this dancing on a pre-prepared grave of a competitor is really weird. Well done Apple and all, but I don't want Blackberry to vanish, they're a decent competitor to Apple, they haven't ripped anyone off or done anything untoward, unless you count completely predictable and understandable comments from the CEOs praising their own platform (and if you do, you don't get how it works).
I'm in the camp hoping Blackberry will bounce back; I quite like the look of the Passport phone, they have a good, though immature, OS, and by all accounts I've seen their security is still market leading.
There's plenty of room for Apple and Blackberry to coexist, I'd much rather see Apple taking customers away from Samsung and Android, a more natural rival, and one where there is a better cause for grievance. Even then, bad-mouthing and gloating is unnecessary and unseemly.
Blackberry hasn't been a credible competitor for years. They have really fallen.
Where did I say that it was Apple's fault? The fault is theirs alone. It is all about choice, but in a few years those choices are going to be severely limited.
Survival of the fittest. How many car companies were around 80-90 years ago. How many are left.
Survival of the fittest. How many car companies were around 80-90 years ago. How many are left.
There were way too many. Most lasted no more than a few years. Would you say that there are way too many manufacturers for the market to support? They were surviving just fine a few years ago, and there were less people buying cell phones.
This is why - On Monday, Germany’s Federal Ministry of the Interior said it wants more of its officials using encrypted BlackBerrys. Only BlackBerry smartphones comply with the ministry’s security standards for use with Secusmart’s technology, he said Monday. A bit more - German publication Bild recently reported that the country’s interior ministry was looking to buy 20,000 ultra-secure smartphones
Perhaps they should talk to IBM, I am pretty sure the new Apple / IBM team will be able to supply them with a solution that will make them happy in the very near future. Security and a phone from this century.
Interesting...Ford dropped Microsoft's SYNC only to adopt Blackberry's QNX operating system for the console. Seems like Ford ditches the worst technology at the moment.
Maybe they can update the picture in my Ford's console:-
Yes they were, Phillips, Sagem, Siemens, to name a few, during Nokia's surge to dominance. Their half hearted attempts at making a cell phone died rightly so. Where's Palm? What remains of its carcass can be seen over at HP. Nokia, gone. BB, Motorola, HTC, LG will be gone shortly if they don't figure out how to turn things around.
Really? Last I checked those companies are doing just fine
There were way too many. Most lasted no more than a few years. Would you say that there are way too many manufacturers for the market to support? They were surviving just fine a few years ago, and there were less people buying cell phones.
Who says there aren't too many cell phone companies now? It's their job to make us want to buy their wares.
Yea. Technology advanced, they didn't see it coming. They got lazy. Instead of welcoming Apple, they criticized it for being different.
I prefer complacency. I've seen so many long standing businesses lose out to a similar business but just a little different. The place to get auto parts in NYC used to be R&S Strauss, they went out of business only to be replaced by Auto Zone, and Advanced Auto Parts. Before Subway we had Blimpie's, and almost all of those are gone. It's mind boggling how many CEOs are asleep at the helm.
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And what distinguishes their standards from those of the countries using iDevices?
If by quoting someone on here makes that conversation exclusive then these comment sections would be fairly small. It was an open question that was directed at someone else, not even you. Everything everyone says in an open forum is fair game, so I say again, calm down.
I think the relevant number would be the total number of phones that Ford supplies to its employees - not the number of employees or a white collar/blue collar segregation.
My last 3 vehicles have been Ford Escape's - and I really do like the vehicle. I'm due for a new one in the next 15 months and unless Ford supports CarPlay by then, I'll be choosing a different vehicle this time 'round.
I don't care to hear someone bad mouthing any platform.
Totally agree with you, and think this dancing on a pre-prepared grave of a competitor is really weird. Well done Apple and all, but I don't want Blackberry to vanish, they're a decent competitor to Apple, they haven't ripped anyone off or done anything untoward, unless you count completely predictable and understandable comments from the CEOs praising their own platform (and if you do, you don't get how it works).
I'm in the camp hoping Blackberry will bounce back; I quite like the look of the Passport phone, they have a good, though immature, OS, and by all accounts I've seen their security is still market leading.
There's plenty of room for Apple and Blackberry to coexist, I'd much rather see Apple taking customers away from Samsung and Android, a more natural rival, and one where there is a better cause for grievance. Even then, bad-mouthing and gloating is unnecessary and unseemly.
Blackberry hasn't been a credible competitor for years. They have really fallen.
They're certainly not as popular as they were, but what about them lacks credibility?
They probably would still be a major player if they had released something similar to the Z10 instead of that god awful Storm.
Survival of the fittest. How many car companies were around 80-90 years ago. How many are left.
There were way too many. Most lasted no more than a few years. Would you say that there are way too many manufacturers for the market to support? They were surviving just fine a few years ago, and there were less people buying cell phones.
Perhaps they should talk to IBM, I am pretty sure the new Apple / IBM team will be able to supply them with a solution that will make them happy in the very near future. Security and a phone from this century.
Interesting...Ford dropped Microsoft's SYNC only to adopt Blackberry's QNX operating system for the console. Seems like Ford ditches the worst technology at the moment.
Maybe they can update the picture in my Ford's console:-
Very Blackberry like.
Manufacturers weren't dropping like flies back them. They were all making money.
Yes they were, Phillips, Sagem, Siemens, to name a few, during Nokia's surge to dominance.
They pulled out because they weren't making money.
Really? Last I checked those companies are doing just fine
Who says there aren't too many cell phone companies now? It's their job to make us want to buy their wares.
A much smaller market supported all of them just a few years ago. A bigger market would do just the same if not better.
Yea. Technology advanced, they didn't see it coming. They got lazy. Instead of welcoming Apple, they criticized it for being different.
I prefer complacency. I've seen so many long standing businesses lose out to a similar business but just a little different. The place to get auto parts in NYC used to be R&S Strauss, they went out of business only to be replaced by Auto Zone, and Advanced Auto Parts. Before Subway we had Blimpie's, and almost all of those are gone. It's mind boggling how many CEOs are asleep at the helm.