JSquaredZ
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I wanted to let you guys know about a blog post I wrote about Blackberry converting over to the Android platform and how it would be the right thing for Blackberry.
Stalked the forum for a long time, but first time posting something.
First Android was the original Motorola Droid, fyi.
Here is my link. Enjoy and please leave comments if you can. I have no advertising, so this is not a money thing. Just want my ideas to get out there and hear your feedback.
Kind Regards,
JSquaredZ
Here is what I wrote:
One question in many people’s mind is where does Blackberry go from here. They have already stated that they are pivoting to become a software and services company. This leads me to ponder several possibilities for where they go with the Blackberry OS story in the future.
One possibility is that the rumors are all false and Blackberry will stay with their current QNX underpinnings. This would probably be the final nail in their coffin, if this was the decision. Time has proven that Blackberry missed the boat on getting an OS developed that would get traction with application developers. In fact, today a majority of apps on the Blackberry are ported applications running on the built-in Android runtime environment (albeit poorly and slowly, with many compatibility issues).
Also, since Blackberry is a smallish company whose workforce has already been shrinking, future development of the QNX part of the Blackberry OS will take valuable resources from future development of the top portion of the stack, which is the only portion of the Blackberry experience that adds value to the user. In other words the QNX portion of the Blackberry stack is muda.
Another possibility is that Blackberry will adopt the Android platform as its core OS environment. This would offload their organization from having to provide the valuable resources for fully developing the plumbing of the OS, while at the same time... Read more
Stalked the forum for a long time, but first time posting something.
First Android was the original Motorola Droid, fyi.
Here is my link. Enjoy and please leave comments if you can. I have no advertising, so this is not a money thing. Just want my ideas to get out there and hear your feedback.
Kind Regards,
JSquaredZ
Here is what I wrote:
One question in many people’s mind is where does Blackberry go from here. They have already stated that they are pivoting to become a software and services company. This leads me to ponder several possibilities for where they go with the Blackberry OS story in the future.
One possibility is that the rumors are all false and Blackberry will stay with their current QNX underpinnings. This would probably be the final nail in their coffin, if this was the decision. Time has proven that Blackberry missed the boat on getting an OS developed that would get traction with application developers. In fact, today a majority of apps on the Blackberry are ported applications running on the built-in Android runtime environment (albeit poorly and slowly, with many compatibility issues).
Also, since Blackberry is a smallish company whose workforce has already been shrinking, future development of the QNX part of the Blackberry OS will take valuable resources from future development of the top portion of the stack, which is the only portion of the Blackberry experience that adds value to the user. In other words the QNX portion of the Blackberry stack is muda.
Another possibility is that Blackberry will adopt the Android platform as its core OS environment. This would offload their organization from having to provide the valuable resources for fully developing the plumbing of the OS, while at the same time... Read more
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