Anyone looking at Blackberry 10?

[TgeekB]

I was a long time BB user and recently converted to Android (less than a year). I have been keeping up with the BB10 news and hope BB can rebound as I feel diversity helps breed competition and advancement in our hobby.

Some of the information and pics being leaked show promise. QNX is a solid OS and the new phones look to have some nice features (swiping gestures, true multitasking, security, ability to keep corporate and personal data separate, etc.) Is anyone else looking forward to the release Q1 2013?

FYI: loving my Android but always have more than one phone and usually manufacturer.

 

[Liamo_210]

I thought BB stopped selling to the public and were only making phones for businesses

 

[TgeekB]

I thought BB stopped selling to the public and were only making phones for businesses

Not sure if you're being funny or serious but, no, not even close to being true.

 

[Liamo_210]

NO im serious it was on the news in my country about 6 months ago but i just looked it up and they were thinking of pulling out of the consumer market but never did. What the BlackBerry announcement means to consumers | Money | guardian.co.uk

 

[TgeekB]

I do remember hearing something about that. The media loves to blow comments out of proportion. Even now some people believe they are going out of business. That is why I brought up the thread, to see how many people knew about BB10.

I do believe BB10 will determine what the future brings for RIM. If it is successful, they will crawl back into the smartphone market. If not, you could see them sold.

As a side note, I finally upgraded my Skyrocket to ICS and all went well. I do have an upgrade coming in March so it will be interesting to see what is available and what I decide to go with. I love choice.

 

[Liamo_210]

This is true i believe its make or break for them

 

[kool kat2]

I'm personally looking forwardto BB10. I went Windows for a whileand really liked it so a new and polished BB experience would be great

 

[OverByter]

Hopefully they don't put the cart before the horse. The only way that they will be able to stimulate consumers interest in the BB platform at this late date is to ensure that they have a large and diversified developer ecosystem. People left in droves not because of a late OS rollout but because of stagnant, dormant app development.

 

[Wilkas]

I've seen a couple of video's of BB10 and I have to say it looks pretty impressive, they know there app store has been poor up to now and that is where they seem to making the big changes.. apparently porting apps over to BB is now very easy.

One of the new phones is a decent sized touch screen and one a horrible keyboard one, honestly think they should let other companies make the phones for them.

I think Windows phone will have the most to lose, I would never get another BB I just couldn't get away with it but more competition means more innovation.

 

[Stuntman]

I have looked at some videos of BB10 and it has impressed me. I am looking forward to the official release in January. I would be interested in upgrading my work phone to a BB10 phone some time next year.

 

[211275]

Watched a video of BB 10 and ugh. They just stole part of HTC Sense's "people" widget, iOS icons and a bunch of Android including the onscreen buttons

 

[robertkoa]

Hopefully they don't put the cart before the horse. The only way that they will be able to stimulate consumers interest in the BB platform at this late date is to ensure that they have a large and diversified developer ecosystem. People left in droves not because of a late OS rollout but because of stagnant, dormant app development.

If I was in their Marketing Dept. I would advise them to merge with Android Technology.

Blackberry +Android best of both worlds-kind of theme .