An Open Letter To Customers

#1

Post by senthil_rajasek » Mon, Dec 02, 2013, 4:36 PM UTC

An Open Letter To Customers
app.biz.blackberry.com

Re: An Open Letter To Customers

#2

Post by gum_ina_package » Mon, Dec 02, 2013, 5:07 PM UTC

Sounds like they're going to become a niche company even more so than they already were.

Re: An Open Letter To Customers

#3

Post by astrodust » Mon, Dec 02, 2013, 5:10 PM UTC

It won't be long until you say Blackberry phone and people will say "What?"

This company will be a case study in how deep in the sand you can stick your head. You'd think they'd have studied the spectacular downfall of Palm, and prior to that, Iomega, when trying to chart their own course.

Re: An Open Letter To Customers

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Post by robg » Mon, Dec 02, 2013, 5:12 PM UTC

gum_ina_package wrote: post #2

Sounds like they're going to become a niche company even more so than they already were.

It's a multi-billion dollar niche.

Re: An Open Letter To Customers

#5

Post by throwaway0094 » Mon, Dec 02, 2013, 5:12 PM UTC

What security? Their crypto was shitty. Has it gotten better?

Re: An Open Letter To Customers

#6

Post by qwerta » Mon, Dec 02, 2013, 5:13 PM UTC

I always wished BlackBerry would adopt Android operating system. It desperately needs some enterprise hardened secure version with good VPN. Also I really miss decent Android phone with Qwerty keyboard.

Re: An Open Letter To Customers

#7

Post by psobot » Mon, Dec 02, 2013, 5:13 PM UTC

Two sentences in, there are three cryptic acronyms - MDM, BES and BYOD. Apparently the "customers" that the letter was written for are not Blackberry's end users.

Re: An Open Letter To Customers

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Post by jfb » Mon, Dec 02, 2013, 5:15 PM UTC

psobot wrote: post #7

Two sentences in, there are three cryptic acronyms - MDM, BES and BYOD. Apparently the "customers" that the letter was written for are not Blackberry's end users.

Well, yeah. Selling to humans was a side effect of the sad state of the smartphone market pre-iOS/Android.

Re: An Open Letter To Customers

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Post by badman_ting » Mon, Dec 02, 2013, 5:16 PM UTC

"In short, reports of our death are greatly exaggerated."

A tech company saying this is not a great sign.

Re: An Open Letter To Customers

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Post by gaius » Mon, Dec 02, 2013, 5:16 PM UTC

qwerta wrote: post #6

I always wished BlackBerry would adopt Android operating system. It desperately needs some enterprise hardened secure version with good VPN. Also I really miss decent Android phone with Qwerty keyboard.

You can run Android apps on BB10. But there would be no point in running Android, it would be a big step backwards security wise.

Not to mention that Google don't do Android out of the goodness of their hearts. They want to make phone handsets commoditized with all the cool stuff in the software and in their "cloud". That's not a market you want to be in as a manufacturer - just ask IBM who were driven out of PCs, a market they created...