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Leaked Photo Shows Touch-Screen BlackBerry 10 Phone
alancronin tips this quote from CNet:
"A new leaked photo of the BlackBerry 10 smartphone, or the 'London,' promises a completely different looking BlackBerry than the world is used to. According to the BlackBerry news site N4BB, a photo of the device (which is designed by Porsche) shows a slender touch-screen phone that is the color 'gun metal.' Several apps are shown in the photo, including Facebook, BBM, and DocsToGo. ... The London is the first BlackBerry 10 and is slated to have a TI OMAP dual-core CPU running at 1.5GHz, as well as 1GB of RAM, 16GB storage, and an 8-megapixel camera."
That line is getting REALLY tired...
Normally I'd agree, but Apple's recent behaviour has made legal action over similar-looking devices very much a legitimate concern.
Sure, the hardware is a thing. But it's only a thing that supports better software and performance. The main thing is the things people can do with it.
The "wow" about iPhone, and later Android, was "look at all the things I can do with it! And the number of things I can do with it is growing like crazy!"
The thing about Android is "look at all the things I can do with it! with fewer restrictions! and cheaper!"
What does Blackberry bring? Developers? Apps? Freedom?
They bring business maturity. That's about it. Is it enough?
Currently the meme is that RIM is dying and I suspect this has its origins in the large and well staffed Apple and Microsoft PR departments
Um. Okay. Nothing to do with Blackberrys being shit to use, and requiring a third party server add on to work effectively, then?
which is totally what she said
What makes one a legitimate business person?
Is that a euphemism for prostitutes and drug dealers?
If you have to write 50 emails a day from a mobile device, you have made a serious vocational error.
RIM has no debt. Has over $2B in the bank. They will be fine.
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