It's a device anyone else would be giving away for free with a two-year contract by the end of the year. And for BlackBerry, that obviously is not enough. Still, even if the Z10 had the latest and greatest hardware, it would only be part of the equation. Since BlackBerry maintains its own operating system, the company should be able to differentiate itself through software-centric design and features.
BlackBerry certainly improved its platform this time around, but even with the addition of its best new features , the update feels conservative. It's as if the company is wary of alienating its existing user base of corporate and government devotees. So it doesn't matter that the new BlackBerry Hub feature is a wonderful way to keep track of every social network, messaging service, and communication platform in one fell swoop. Nor does it matter that the new BlackBerry 10 operating system has one of the best multitasking solutions since Palm's ill-fated webOS -- which BlackBerry borrows generously from.
No matter where you are in the OS, you can swipe up and you are taken to the home screen, where all your open apps are represented by tiles. Sure there's Facebook and Twitter. But those are standard at this point. Increasingly irrelevant. Angry Birds? Please tell me you aren't still playing that. Related: BlackBerry stock back from dead for now with Z Rdio is said to be developing a BB 10 app, but it's still nowhere to be found.
You won't find any other major streaming entertainment services like Spotify, Soundcloud, Netflix or Hulu either. Great article. BB10 was a fantastic OS once you got used it. One of the things that has been frustrating as a longtime BB user is they keep promising OS updates but never release them.
The KEY2 series, for example, is still on Android 8. However, they have been one of the better OEMs as far as security updates.
I think we will see another BB phone, but it won't be for a while and it's going to be really special. I used a Q10 for the longest time. It was so good.. My BlackBerry Z10 still works. I go back to it now and again. Still love that phone.
BB10 os was and still is incredibly efficient. I had a Playbook that i was very fond of. The OS was smooth and fluid as IOS plus gestures it was really advanced for its time and a joy to use. What went wrong? The other thing that killed them was Whatsapp and telegram to a lesser extent, once they did not have the exclusivity of chatting through your mobile phone the lost their key advantage on the mobile arena they had many patent lawsuits for the matter involving Whatsapp, kik, etc Anyway it is a pity the OS went the way of the dodo.
Once they quit QNX and started on Android I knew i was not going to get back any blackberry product again. In short, they were arrogant. Remember when the first iPhone was announced? Everybody laughed at it because it lacks physical keyboard, despite Steve Jobs presenting how physical keyboard is the problem for phones.
Even Steve Ballmer was laughing at the iPhone for its lack of physical keyboard. You know people will come to them only if certain apps are there and if those apps come, then the people probably will come," Fritzsche said. Cadie Thompson CadieThompson. Brent Lewin Bloomberg Getty Images. While RIM did launch its app store with over 70, apps, it is missing some crucial applications that consumers have shown they want, she said "There are some significant apps, like Pandora , Spotify, Instagram that are missing, so it becomes sort of a chicken and egg type thing.
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