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Review: BlackBerry 10 is better, much better, late than never

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Re: Review: BlackBerry 10 is better, much better, late than never

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Post by manishsharan »

I am not falling for BB again !

In my last iteration of smartphone purchase, I bought a latest-at-the-time Iphone 3GS for my wife and the latest-at-the-time Blackberry Bold. Since then I have watched in envy as my wife could get so much done on her phone than I could on my BB. My BB never did much beyond email and BBM ( I love BBM )

In this iteration, I recently placed an order for Nexus 4 and a Iphone 5. maybe if they are still around in 3~4 years from now, sure I could consider going back to BB.

Re: Review: BlackBerry 10 is better, much better, late than never

#12

Post by kunai »

Lovely. This is really the first true smartphone OS since webOS that I'm actually excited for. The gestures are a little worrisome, however, with a 4-inch display. I have small hands, and it seems the gestures would require use of two hands...

Another thing I noticed -- it seems like the UI's colors and typefaces were ripped straight from Android's Holo interface. No big deal, just something I noticed.

Re: Review: BlackBerry 10 is better, much better, late than never

#13

Post by purephase »

compilercreator wrote: post #5
bambax wrote: post #3

I'm not sure about gestures (can they be done with one hand?) but the unified inbox ("hub") sounds like a fantastic idea. I don't understand why I can't see all messages from all my email accounts in one window, together with voice messages and texts (Tweets may be a little overwhelming, but they can be filtered out). This really sounds great -- although it's probably not hard to replicate on another platform.

I got my Z10 yesterday and I can confirm that the phone (and all the gestures) are completely usable with just one hand. The phone size was selected pretty intelligently. I don't think the UI design would have worked with a bigger phone.

If you don't mind me asking, what platform were you on before? I'm considering ditching my iPhone for the Z10 as I'm so tired of Apple. I really miss the unified inbox in BlackBerry world and the hub sounds promising. App selection is not that important to me.

Re: Review: BlackBerry 10 is better, much better, late than never

#14

Post by kunai »

manishsharan wrote: post #11

I am not falling for BB again ! In my last iteration of smartphone purchase, I bought a latest-at-the-time Iphone 3GS for my wife and the latest-at-the-time Blackberry Bold. Since then I have watched in envy as my wife could get so much done on her phone than I could on my BB. My BB never did much beyond email and BBM ( I love BBM ) In this iteration, I recently placed an order for Nexus 4 and a Iphone 5. maybe if th…

Did you even read the review? This isn't related AT ALL to the old OS7 Bold or any other Blackberry line, which were awful. BB10 can do much more than an iPhone and be just as productive while providing a rich media experience.

Re: Review: BlackBerry 10 is better, much better, late than never

#16

Post by untog »

kunai wrote: post #14
manishsharan wrote: post #11

I am not falling for BB again ! In my last iteration of smartphone purchase, I bought a latest-at-the-time Iphone 3GS for my wife and the latest-at-the-time Blackberry Bold. Since then I have watched in envy as my wife could get so much done on her phone than I could on my BB. My BB never did much beyond email and BBM ( I love BBM ) In this iteration, I recently placed an order for Nexus 4 and a Iphone 5. maybe if th…

Did you even read the review? This isn't related AT ALL to the old OS7 Bold or any other Blackberry line, which were awful. BB10 can do much more than an iPhone and be just as productive while providing a rich media experience.

It's still relevant. Increasingly, mobile OSes are less about where they are now than where they will be. Apple have been outstanding in that regard- providing OS updates to really quite old phones. Vanilla Android has been just as great, but individual Android manufacturers less so. MS has been terrible. BB has a history of being terrible.

So, Blackberry's past is relevant. No, they might not repeat it, but absent of any other evidence, we can only judge them by past conduct.

just as productive while providing a rich media experience.

I don't even know what that means

Re: Review: BlackBerry 10 is better, much better, late than never

#18

Post by scrabble »

purephase wrote: post #10
scrabble wrote: post #8

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The original idea was to use the rest of the world as a testing ground to work out any potential bugs in the software prior to releasing in the US. It could be even worse to release in the US with a critical bug than to release later.

That's just silly and so US-centric it's laughable (as is the parent). It's not BlackBerry that is causing the delay, the US carrier device testing/acceptance is the stumbling block. If it was up to BlackBerry they would be available now.

As someone who used to work for BlackBerry, this was always the stated direction for BB10. Whether or not that's changed in the last few months, I can't say, but while I was there the intention was always to release in the US last to work the kinks out.

Re: Review: BlackBerry 10 is better, much better, late than never

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Post by dublinben »

kunai wrote: post #14
manishsharan wrote: post #11

I am not falling for BB again ! In my last iteration of smartphone purchase, I bought a latest-at-the-time Iphone 3GS for my wife and the latest-at-the-time Blackberry Bold. Since then I have watched in envy as my wife could get so much done on her phone than I could on my BB. My BB never did much beyond email and BBM ( I love BBM ) In this iteration, I recently placed an order for Nexus 4 and a Iphone 5. maybe if th…

Did you even read the review? This isn't related AT ALL to the old OS7 Bold or any other Blackberry line, which were awful. BB10 can do much more than an iPhone and be just as productive while providing a rich media experience.

The Palm Pre was an incredible phone, but that doesn't matter if the company dissolves.

It's entirely realistic to not expect Blackberry (the company) to not be around two years from now.

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