The BlackBerry circus continues.
After failing to find a buyer for the entire company, BlackBerry has announced it has scrapped its tentative $4.7 billion plan to go private and will instead remain public with a new $1 billion investment from multiple shareholders.
CEO Thorsten Heins will be replaced, and is stepping down immediately with John Chen taking over on an interim basis. ... [ read the full article ]
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Quote:I think it's inhumane to prolong torturing this beast. Hasn't it gone on long enough? Do the compassionate thing and end its suffering already.
Although it stands to reason it has no chance to compete against the likes of Droid or Apple mobile devices; you forget that they also still have millions of consumers that rely on their phones. It's not like they are losing $ either, they still have billions in cash reserves to keep the company strong for a couple of years.
I found the main issue with their latest release was their pricing. For the lack of specs given it's supposed to be a smart phone to compete with droid, $500 for a dual-core in this generation of smart phones is a joke. That's what killed them. It should have been half that, if that. If they were smarter still, they should have handed the phone out for free and charge only for the OS and apps.
Either or, my point is, just because they are no longer the leading brand, doesn't mean they can't still co-exist. Should you not like them, here's a thought: ignore their existence, including articles like these.
Quote:I think it's inhumane to prolong torturing this beast. Hasn't it gone on long enough? Do the compassionate thing and end its suffering already.
Although it stands to reason it has no chance to compete against the likes of Droid or Apple mobile devices; you forget that they also still have millions of consumers that rely on their phones. It's not like they are losing $ either, they still have billions in cash reserves to keep the company strong for a couple of years.
I found the main issue with their latest release was their pricing. For the lack of specs given it's supposed to be a smart phone to compete with droid, $500 for a dual-core in this generation of smart phones is a joke. That's what killed them. It should have been half that, if that. If they were smarter still, they should have handed the phone out for free and charge only for the OS and apps.
Either or, my point is, just because they are no longer the leading brand, doesn't mean they can't still co-exist. Should you not like them, here's a thought: ignore their existence, including articles like these.
Those millions of consumers who still rely on Blackberry are called "morons".
Quote:I think it's inhumane to prolong torturing this beast. Hasn't it gone on long enough? Do the compassionate thing and end its suffering already.
Although it stands to reason it has no chance to compete against the likes of Droid or Apple mobile devices; you forget that they also still have millions of consumers that rely on their phones. It's not like they are losing $ either, they still have billions in cash reserves to keep the company strong for a couple of years.
I found the main issue with their latest release was their pricing. For the lack of specs given it's supposed to be a smart phone to compete with droid, $500 for a dual-core in this generation of smart phones is a joke. That's what killed them. It should have been half that, if that. If they were smarter still, they should have handed the phone out for free and charge only for the OS and apps.
Either or, my point is, just because they are no longer the leading brand, doesn't mean they can't still co-exist. Should you not like them, here's a thought: ignore their existence, including articles like these.
Those millions of consumers who still rely on Blackberry are called "morons".
No, they're called Businesses, including the employees of entire Cities, including mine. BB's are still widely used by large & small corporations alike and IT departments still prefers them over other smartphones for various reasons. The only "morons" are those that think all BB users are consumer level morons.
