Well, this seems to be a common question. However, I don't have an answer of any form. I certainly hope they do. To fall into the pool of Android or iOS users would be, to me, like lemmings running off the cliff. Windows phones may be the fierce rival to Blackberry, but I don't consider them to be in the same league. The new OS, BB10, looks to be well thought out and a very capable OS. BB definitely had Apple as their high water mark with the specs of Z10 being very close to the iPhone. How do I know? I don't. I've read as much information that is available to the public as there is. I am no phone expert and have never owned a Blackberry (BB) before. Oddly enough, I've never even owned a smartphone. I think that gives me a unique perspective on which OS may work best for my needs. My experience is untainted by Android, iOS, BB7 or even Windows. Though, I would like input by those with more experience with BB to determine if BB10 will save BB? Is this offering by BB enough to save BB or is this the last gasp before BB falls out of existence?
From little time I spent with BB10, it seems that it's on par with iOS/Android devices that came out about a year before it. BB has always been much bigger draw for corporate than consumer market, and from what I've seen the majority of the US corporate market has moved on — don't know about world-wide. I don't see BB completely disappearing from the landscape as long as the market share they have now is enough to sustain the company. If not… Just my $.02
So what is missing if you compare it to today's iOS/Android. Just curious Sent From My Mobile Device Using Tapatalk
To be honest, I haven't looked closely at iPhone specs, but it seems to be holding its own against the latest crop on Android, which has gone quad-core last year. Z10 is still running dual-core and it actually takes at least twice as long booting up as my GNex, which I though was a champion of slow boot-ups While the browser scored off the charts on HTML5 test, I wasn't happy with its performance with our own web app which is quite demanding (an euphemism for slow).
Well, with MWC 2013 over, and looking at what is coming out, what changes to the Z10 hardware would be the most apt to bring new customers and keep old customers without adding to the overall dimensions? The bigger the phone the more expensive it most likely will be. Does BB go with quad-core? Do they use Gorilla Glass? Do they use a hydrophobic compound during construction to assist with water-protection? Do they add a 13mp camera? One of the bigger issues that BB is facing is that they are behind the curve on tech breakthroughs. Does this make the phone obsolete before it even launched? Perhaps. However, they have been quick with the update to improve the phones ability to function. The fact that the phone has responded well to to tests by the FCC bodes well. I also think with mobile malware becoming a huge issue, that the level of security that BB builds into the phone is going to be a huge draw. So, the question still stands. Can BB survive? If they do, what will that look like?
Saw my first Z10 "out in the wild" today. Unfortunately it was one of these: Limited Edition Red BlackBerry Z10 Shipping to Developers | TechnoBuffalo, so it's hard to tell what it does for Blackberry in terms of helping it survive.
Well, I guess I should update this... Sorry. I was playing with my Z10. :browani: To start, I'm not all that tech savvy. I can read all the info, pick up some lingo, regurgitate it. In the end, some might say, He sounds knowledgeable. Others will say, Not so much. With my 3-4 week experience with the Z10, I would say that BB will survive. Aside from the phones, OS and other ventures, their financial reports are pretty strong. Will they ever get back to being as prominent as they were? Probably not. That would be a monumental task and the mobile phone arena has changed too much for that to occur. However, I would not overlook BB in the future with some of their ideas. (I've become a Crackberry addict and am looking on the website for the latest kernel of info.) One intriguing idea that came out from BB, was the idea of having one mobile device for all of your mobile needs. I read an article where the writer thought that BB had the idea of reinventing the idea of tablet-style of a system. I don't think Heinz meant that at all. I think he meant to have a system as powerful as a desktop the size of today's phones. Not the 5+" phones. A phone not much bigger than the Z10. If BB can make that happen with the highest level of security built into the OS, then BB will survive. My wife is a teacher for pre-school children with special needs. I wanted to get her a phone that would lessen the amount of paperwork she would need to have with her as she did her job that didn't pertain to teaching; i.e., billing, progress reports, IEP's, meetings, trainings, etc. This phone has let her do that some of this. The learning curve for us is fairly large. It's our first smartphones, as I've mentioned, and learning what the phone can and can't do is time consuming. But, so far, we enjoy the OS and the phone itself.
