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| HPT-8 | Sep 22 2013, 05:14 PM Post #1 |
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http://www.techhive.com/article/2048918/5-launcher-apps-to-give-your-android-phone-a-fresh-new-look.html
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| Deleted User | Sep 22 2013, 05:26 PM Post #2 |
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What about my BlackBerry |
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| HPT-8 | Sep 22 2013, 05:29 PM Post #3 |
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idk but, RIM er blackburry, 40% layoffs right? Microsoft hinting at full office suite to ios & droid. Thought it was already on droid,.. Steve Balmer called google a monopoly though... Edited by HPT-8, Sep 22 2013, 05:30 PM.
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| Deleted User | Sep 22 2013, 05:42 PM Post #4 |
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well yeah their sales sucked, 1 billion quarter loss I believe. BB now earns about .5% of the mobile market revenue, used to be worth 80 billion and is now worth I think around 2. I have the BB Z10, a smart phone that came too late in the game. Despite being an awesome phone and being better than the iPhone 5 (despite their similarities), the company's reputation isn't as prestige as Apples anymore. I don't know about launcher's, but just about any android app I can get on my phone. There's one thing I can still say even with the 5s release and BB decision to stick to government contracts (bb phones are unhackable) and smaller assignments, still got the fastest browser :) lol i sometimes catch myself using my mobile browser when my laptop is right in front of me. I'll use this phone for about a year if a better phone doesn't get released. |
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| HPT-8 | Sep 22 2013, 05:50 PM Post #5 |
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well what is your carrier? i forget why but bb gave up some of the proprietary network security it was known for in the last year or so. and yeah million and billion dollar firms can fail same as any lemonade stand. somone will buy bb for its patents (if any) i suppose. atm, the apple hardware and software out-performs "android". apple stuff is good, droid is just more fun i guess. droid certainly more diverse as far as widgets and hardware. |
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| Deleted User | Sep 22 2013, 06:05 PM Post #6 |
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at&t yeah BB 10 rivaled wickets with their hub feature and I didn't look at the specs for the 5s but for the i5, the bb 10 processor was faster and had 2 gig of ram instead of 1 which is probably the reason why it has the fastest browser. It has a higher pixel count among other bullshit specs that I didn't retain. My girlfriend is getting the i5s so I will see if its any different then their last two releases, probably not lol. I don't think BB is going to sell their patents and company it would be stupid. Their BB 10 OS is amazing, their sales just suck because people don't buy blackberries anymore. |
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| HPT-8 | Sep 22 2013, 06:24 PM Post #7 |
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right the other thing is that bb owns QNX, the most popular automotive o/s. browsermark2 is where i read the A7 chips as fastest at this time, but it is because of ios, not just their hardware. apple has $100 billion in the bank, but google makes 4 billion every quarter, just like microsoft - or some such numbers. these tech giants could be like ford and chevy(bailed out by us.gov in 2010?) but i mean all long term competitors. "one thing we know for sure, the pace of change is increasing" i have a year old droid atrix hd, works great for anything. next phone might be a motoX or its next iteration. Edited by HPT-8, Sep 22 2013, 06:26 PM.
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| BaMbOo | Sep 22 2013, 06:25 PM Post #8 |
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Why would blackberry selling patents be stupid? they would be lucky to find a bidder. Fact is, nobody buys blackberry phones because the brand name just isn't there. I honestly have never seen a blackberry phone other than those shitty ones with keyboards that are used for work... but even those are becoming rare. none of the bigger companies like msoft, google or apple would buyout blackberry b/c they already have their own operating systems that work and are more appreciated by the consumer (judging by sales). msoft already bought out nokia so i'm not sure who would buyout blackberry. unless you can name a suitable buyer, i'd short their stock. |
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| Skyson | Sep 22 2013, 06:38 PM Post #9 |
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Isn't BBM about to launch on iOS and Android? |
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| Deleted User | Sep 22 2013, 07:08 PM Post #10 |
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It's not the quality of the phones because their new phones are in my opinion better, it's a brand problem. For instance their z10 doesn't have the qwerty keypad and yet that's still what they're known for. It's a touch screen era that they entered a little bit too late, but the issue previously was oh apple has more apps. Well rim solved that with side loading now BlackBerry 10 phones you have blackberry apps+android app availability. And it was their design well now the Os design has the fluid transition pages like apple. Well I mean, it sucks but people don't know how the BlackBerry 10 phones killed it, their market shares tanked because of BlackBerrys reputation as a qwerty phone in a touch screen era. Well my phone is faster has the apps, features (hardware and software, look up their micro hdmi feature), bigger touch screen display, more pixel counts, oh and it has the fastest browser and yet the sales for this phone sucked dick. It's truly funny, are phones more of a social status or do people really look for the best. I'm saying it would be stupid to sell their patents because they already rival if not outcompete their competitors with their last release they need to focus on rebranding not fucking selling the company to some market giant. |
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| BaMbOo | Sep 22 2013, 08:42 PM Post #11 |
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i agree with what you said ... i personally have never tried a blackberry phone but I don't doubt that it is on par with an iphone/android/windows phone in terms of functionality. But like you said, in terms of brand name and market share, they don't stand a chance... which is why they should sell their patents while they still have value. the only way they regain market share is if they did something truly innovating, and they don't have the cash or people to do that. |
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| vo0 | Sep 22 2013, 08:42 PM Post #12 |
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blackberry was the shit if you recall. now its pretty outdated and the innovation (imo) is really with android atm. |
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| BaMbOo | Sep 22 2013, 08:45 PM Post #13 |
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over the past few years... there hasn't been any real innovation when it comes to mobile phones. just a bunch of small gimmicks here and there, combined with a lot of marketing/advertising to get dummies thinking they have to get the latest & greatest. |
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| Louie | Sep 22 2013, 08:50 PM Post #14 |
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the z10 and q10 phones are actually really nice phones but it's too late for them to regain market control. i think they're still popular overseas though like india relevant reddit post: http://www.reddit.com/r/technology/comments/1msnzk/blackberry_announces_nearly_1_billion_loss_due/ |
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| Skyson | Sep 22 2013, 08:53 PM Post #15 |
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but dude...FINGER PRINT SECURITY!!! |
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| Louie | Sep 22 2013, 08:57 PM Post #16 |
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i disagree, mobile phones have changed a lot over the past few years. the first cell phone i got was a razr v3 in 2005. compare that to an iphone 5s today |
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| Nate Dogg | Sep 22 2013, 09:00 PM Post #17 |
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| BaMbOo | Sep 22 2013, 09:00 PM Post #18 |
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i meant with smart phones in general... nothing really new besides more pixels, bigger screens, better cameras, etc. |
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| vo0 | Sep 22 2013, 09:28 PM Post #19 |
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thats like saying 17 inch lcd => 24 inch lcd makes no difference (even tho to mainstream the latter, it probably took a while). what else is there to change? Edited by vo0, Sep 22 2013, 09:28 PM.
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| HPT-876 | Sep 22 2013, 10:23 PM Post #20 |
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ppl still buying blackberry phones here more than others |
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| Deleted User | Sep 22 2013, 10:34 PM Post #21 |
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read a few comments there seems to be an agreement that the reason for BB's plight is their lack of applications and the strenuous process that they setup for coders to even develop applications. Even, though its not convenient, no one posted about side-loading and how android apps are accessible in BB 10 phones. But whatever it doesn't really matter, I get all of the popular apps that I need. I just hope they come out with another phone in the next 1-2 yrs otherwise I'm going to have to pretend that finger-print authorization is innovation. Apple will rule because of reputation, it's now mirroring the computer market where their sales and prices aren't reflective of the product. I'm actually pretty pissed that my gf is buying the i5s without the contract discount only because of this retarded feature. It's the same exact product as her current i5 for fucking sakes complete waste of cash, i hope they do trade-ins. But oh look, I haz what everyone else haz. and when I call her out on the bullshit she gives me a blank stare as if shes an addict that's thinking about how she'll get her next fix |
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| Opeth | Sep 22 2013, 11:13 PM Post #22 |
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@ Louie and Nate Dogg.. feel free to share some of the innovation that has been around in the last few years. A facepalm and irrelevant date don't really do the trick (2005 was not a few years ago). I don't have a smart phone and I don't really keep up with the latest news, but the stuff that I do end up learning about the phones, are all as Bamboo suggested.. and @ Voodoo.. what? How is that like saying 17in => 24in = no diff? Edited by Opeth, Sep 22 2013, 11:16 PM.
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| low | Sep 23 2013, 02:56 AM Post #23 |
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the next thing they come out with will probably be something you wouldntve even thought of |
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| vo0 | Sep 23 2013, 02:59 AM Post #24 |
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yeah but until then, u just continue to improve upon what you have... increasing screen size... faster connection speed (4G/etc)... more HDD space, etc etc |
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| Louie | Sep 23 2013, 09:25 AM Post #25 |
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siri? |
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