My how times have changed.
While Apple's iPhone is the most popular smartphone and Android the most popular mobile operating system, RIM has been left in the dust. The headline of this Ars Technica article says it all: "RIM Deathwatch: Blackberry subscriptions in 'downward spiral.'"
I know people who still use Blackberry's and love them, but there's no doubt that Android phones and especially the iPhone have blown past them. They once were the industry leader, bu their inability to keep up looks like it will prove their undoing (which ht always does).
Anyone still use one? I do still see them around.
I use to have a Blackberry pearl about five years ago. I did love that phone. I think I would still have it if I had not left it in the rain...twice.
ReplyDeleteI have friends that still have Blackberry phones. They are very addicted to their phones and claim allegiance to Blackberry. They will talk about BBMing (Blackberry messenger) each other and I would become jealous I am no longer apart of the BBM group. I now have an old hand me down Blackjack since I just cannot bring myself to spend hundreds of dollars on a new phone.
I do not see myself ever owning an iPhone. I have played around with one but I cannot stand that it is an all touch screen. Call me old fashion but I need a key pad I can actually push buttons with.
I never had a Blackberry but I did have the Blackjack Rachel refers to and I did love it. That said, I super love my iPhone. My understanding is that the Blackberry is a standard phone for most office's but I have a feeling it's going by the wayside. I think it was an innovative phone but it didn't evolve into what the younger generation (major market demographic in technology) seeks.
ReplyDeleteI remember how popular the Blackberry was, and how most of my friends were telling me to get one. I had a flip phone at that time. But this blog, brings back a lot of memories of how popular Blackberry was. Now a days, everyone is like you gotta get the iphone or android phone. Some of my friends are torn between both.
ReplyDeleteI think that the Blackberry got the competition thinking of better ways to out perform it. I wonder what happened to Blackberry's R&D department?
There is one major thing I do like about the smartphone revolution is that companies such as, Apple, Samsung and others are investing in research and development, and bring new products out. I wonder why Blackberry missed it?
I still have a Blackberry I mess around with from time to time. They are very well thought out phones in their structure and function. Yes, they are addicting! Crackberry's, as all users well know, gives you every option/setting you would ever need plus more. My favorite setting/app was the light at the top of the phone, which I could set to a disco light to rain all sort of colors out of it when it rang.
ReplyDeleteI also have a Samsung Galaxy S, which is my newest phone, but at times programs like Swype are annoying when trying to message someone, as well as the tactile feedback, which unfortunately isn't anything like pressing real keys. Another downside to new smartphones like the Samsung Galaxy S, is that almost all of them require the user to have a paid data plan or connection in order to send picture texts efficiently. Also, without a data connection, many of the functions and capabilities cannot be used to their full exploitation potential levels. It seems companies such as T-mobile and AT&T want a little extra money for the new capabilities phones now have to offer where internet is an essential. (Duh, right..)
Blackberry's are really neat phones though. I am kind of sad that newer phones keep getting developed at such a rapid rate, because it gives owners less of a chance to fully learn their phones before a new one comes out on the market. I think a lot more people would get rid of their old cells if the could find the time to transfer all the pictures off of them. lol
It's funny... but I'm sad for the company. I would hate to be the one to announce, ``we are expecting zero subscriber growth.'' That's just gotta be a bad feeling:(
ReplyDeleteI never had a blackberry but I do remember when I wanted a pick one. The cost was way to expensive for me. I do have a I phone 4 and may upgrade to the 5 but that is another story. Blackberry dont even compare to the iPhones. Why would anyone still want one, that is like having a pager.
ReplyDeleteThe big problem with the "crackberry" was the tiny keyboard buttons. People looked like the were jonsen when they were using it
ReplyDeleteI never had a Blackberry, but I do remember when they were high in demand and I was always curious to know what the big fuss was about. However, now that the iPhones have come out I do not hear too much about Blackberrys anymore.
ReplyDeleteI used to own a Blackberry that I really liked. Once the iPhone 3G came out, I purchased one and I actually like the Blackberry better. Now, I do not own a smartphone, but if I did, I would prefer the Blackberry over the iPhone. When I owned my Blackberry, it was much more user friendly than the iPhone.
ReplyDeleteI never had a blackberry phone and did not have many friends that ever had one. It seemed that every where I went that some one in the crowd would have one and would be constantly be on it. I think people found it so attractive because people were able to do so much work on the phone that use to could only be done at work. People were able to check email and communicate with coworkers at the same time. Also they could keep personal information on these phones and communicate to personal friends and family
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