The CEO of my company was influenced by his son to get one. He wants complete integration with everything, which isn't really possible. He found out in the first week that his iPhone 4S couldn't do everything that his BB Bold Touch did. But now we've gone done that road and likely won't go back.
It's still fair game if the goal is to make everyone aware of the situation. Nike was criticized back in the 90's and they weren't the company doing it either - they were just the most visible and most successful. The same thing with McDonalds using Styrofoam containers for their sandwiches. All it takes is for one company (usually the top dog) to make the change and the rest will follow.
The iPhone at launch was entirely like any other phone on the market..
Your misspelling is accurate. the iPhone didn't do anything new that existing smartphones did. In fact, almost all of the iPhones "new" features were already available on other devices.
Actually WE do, it is just poorer nations that tend to skimp on it.
So, are we poor in the US too? There was a famous dam failure in West Virginia. Of course it nothing to do with power generation, but let's stop pretending that it's possible to mitigate all deaths in the event of a massive failure.
BlackBerry Server Express - care to change that statement about no free implementation of BB protocols?
RIM also has BlackBerry Protect, which for BIS/BES plans is a great way to remotely lock or completely wipe the device. Strike two.
I didn't have any problems using telnet/ssh clients regardless of BES/BIS. I didn't use jabber so I can't speak to that. With BES the administrator can decide if all connectivity must go through BES. By default, the user can decide. For example - users can download Opera Mini which uses straight TCP/IP connectivity.
Email support works just fine. You can even run a BIS plan on BESX. BIS has been able to sync contacts and calendar just fine for some time now.
Just because it's different from activesync doesn't mean that it doesn't work.
So, you complain about BES (which has a free version) being tied to Microsoft and then pimp ActiveSync, which is also tied to Microsoft? Of course, ActiveSync doesn't even do everything that BES does so it's not an apples to apples comparison.
How is BIS (the consumer version) crippled? It does everything that BES does EXCEPT tie into BES. Why would a consumer need enterprise functionality? What consumer uses IT policies?
Even though BB "locks" me into some additional costs, it is by far the easiest platform to manage and to conform to company policies.
As someone who works with mobility products in Fortune-50 business, I can tell you that Apple cares quite deeply for the enterprise. They just have a starting point of a consumer device, but with every software release it adds more and more of what enterprise wants. They are asking, enterprise is answering, and Apple is changing their stuff to suit.
RIM is not, and that's why RIM is dying.
Is that why Apple stopped selling server hardware? Is that why they don't have anything that can possibly compete with Active Directory?
Please, Apple's goal is to push their consumer products into the enterprise by using their customers to demand use in business and not providing any tools to manage them. It's been 5 years since the release of the original iPhone. Where's the management tools? Apple simply doesn't care because they don't need to care. They are focused on selling consumer devices that just happen to be used in business. It's actually quite genius - sell the shit out of the consumer product while not really providing support for the enterprise.
Don't get me wrong - the iPhone is a great device. But I'm tired of everyone acting like it did something new that wasn't available before.
That is probably a good solution. I do know that RIM is working on a multi-platform server to manage BB, iOS, Android and Windows devices. I'm not sure how long until they release it though.
It would be bad for both companies. Apple has repeatedly said that they don't care about the enterprise. The only thing that Apple would want is the patents.
I didn't RTFA, but with our projected water shortages coming in the future do we really want to be pumping millions of gallons for energy? Surely there's a better way to get usable energy.
Hyper V? Ugh. No thanks. Plus that means that I have to run and manage another OS install. Isn't the point of no GUI having fewer processes running?
I agree with you that we shouldn't need or use a GUI. However, we're past that point. GUI's have been used and (crappy) applications have been purchased and used on GUI-based servers.
And yet... no appeal? No call for a recount? Either the Republican primary rules don't allow for it (and I'm not familiar enough with them to know), or else Santorum has noted the lessons of Florida 2000 and decided that risking a "sore loser" reputation wouldn't do him any good in what's still an ongoing contest.
This wasn't a primary. It was a caucus. There are fundamental differences. Besides, it really doesn't matter who the statewide winner was. It's all about electing delegates to represent the districts at the party convention later in the year.
I've owned a BlackBerry phone since 2004 and I've also been a BES admin since 2004. I had the 7750, 8303e, 8830, 9530 and now the 9930. The 7750 was a terrible phone, but great for everything else. My next two phones were absolutely amazing. The Storm (9530) left some to be desired for their first touchscreen phone. But the 9930 is fast, fast, fast.
I also ordered a PB when they came out. I'm trying to justify its use for business, but so far I'm struggling. It's difficult to find apps that relate to my profession in IT. The fact that it was also released without native integration to BES is also a huge negative. Rumor has it (by developers) that RIM still isn't any closer to having native email/calendar/contacts on QNX and apparently this is true of both the tablet and phone version. I suspect that we will not see native apps until late 2012 at the earliest. I really hope that I'm wrong. I really think that BB has the best overall platform. However, RIM's management is completely messed up and needs to be replaced ASAP.
Fact: The climate has perpetually changed from the beginning of the Earth until present. Fact: The climate will continue to change until the end of time.
What exactly are politicians supposed to do about something out of our control?
You won't get an answer. The "smartphone" existed for almost a decade before Apple came to market. There were also several tablets available too. The only thing that Apple really did was create a walled garden where they controlled how the devices are to be used. This arguably makes for a better "user experience" until the user wants to use the device in a way that Apple doesn't approve.
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I just checked the permissions of the Facebook app on my BlackBerry (9930 running 7.1) and it does not give the FB app access to any of my messages.
Not too shabby for a supposedly dead platform.
The main push for the Interstate Highway System was to provide the military access to roads they deemed critical for national defense.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_auxiliary_Interstate_Highways
No, desktops came about because the mainframes of the era couldn't support a GUI interface on the client.
Apple makes good hardware.
Correction: Apple doesn't make any hardware. Apple makes software to run on hardware made by other vendors.
This.
The CEO of my company was influenced by his son to get one. He wants complete integration with everything, which isn't really possible. He found out in the first week that his iPhone 4S couldn't do everything that his BB Bold Touch did. But now we've gone done that road and likely won't go back.
It's still fair game if the goal is to make everyone aware of the situation. Nike was criticized back in the 90's and they weren't the company doing it either - they were just the most visible and most successful. The same thing with McDonalds using Styrofoam containers for their sandwiches. All it takes is for one company (usually the top dog) to make the change and the rest will follow.
That must have cost a pretty penny compared to UltraVNC that will do the same thing for free.
The iPhone at launch was entirely like any other phone on the market..
Your misspelling is accurate. the iPhone didn't do anything new that existing smartphones did. In fact, almost all of the iPhones "new" features were already available on other devices.
But it is pretty.
Actually WE do, it is just poorer nations that tend to skimp on it.
So, are we poor in the US too? There was a famous dam failure in West Virginia. Of course it nothing to do with power generation, but let's stop pretending that it's possible to mitigate all deaths in the event of a massive failure.
BlackBerry Server Express - care to change that statement about no free implementation of BB protocols?
RIM also has BlackBerry Protect, which for BIS/BES plans is a great way to remotely lock or completely wipe the device. Strike two.
I didn't have any problems using telnet/ssh clients regardless of BES/BIS. I didn't use jabber so I can't speak to that. With BES the administrator can decide if all connectivity must go through BES. By default, the user can decide. For example - users can download Opera Mini which uses straight TCP/IP connectivity.
Email support works just fine. You can even run a BIS plan on BESX. BIS has been able to sync contacts and calendar just fine for some time now.
Just because it's different from activesync doesn't mean that it doesn't work.
So, you complain about BES (which has a free version) being tied to Microsoft and then pimp ActiveSync, which is also tied to Microsoft? Of course, ActiveSync doesn't even do everything that BES does so it's not an apples to apples comparison.
How is BIS (the consumer version) crippled? It does everything that BES does EXCEPT tie into BES. Why would a consumer need enterprise functionality? What consumer uses IT policies?
Even though BB "locks" me into some additional costs, it is by far the easiest platform to manage and to conform to company policies.
As someone who works with mobility products in Fortune-50 business, I can tell you that Apple cares quite deeply for the enterprise. They just have a starting point of a consumer device, but with every software release it adds more and more of what enterprise wants. They are asking, enterprise is answering, and Apple is changing their stuff to suit.
RIM is not, and that's why RIM is dying.
Is that why Apple stopped selling server hardware? Is that why they don't have anything that can possibly compete with Active Directory?
Please, Apple's goal is to push their consumer products into the enterprise by using their customers to demand use in business and not providing any tools to manage them. It's been 5 years since the release of the original iPhone. Where's the management tools? Apple simply doesn't care because they don't need to care. They are focused on selling consumer devices that just happen to be used in business. It's actually quite genius - sell the shit out of the consumer product while not really providing support for the enterprise.
Don't get me wrong - the iPhone is a great device. But I'm tired of everyone acting like it did something new that wasn't available before.
That is probably a good solution. I do know that RIM is working on a multi-platform server to manage BB, iOS, Android and Windows devices. I'm not sure how long until they release it though.
It would be bad for both companies. Apple has repeatedly said that they don't care about the enterprise. The only thing that Apple would want is the patents.
I didn't RTFA, but with our projected water shortages coming in the future do we really want to be pumping millions of gallons for energy? Surely there's a better way to get usable energy.
Hyper V? Ugh. No thanks. Plus that means that I have to run and manage another OS install. Isn't the point of no GUI having fewer processes running?
I agree with you that we shouldn't need or use a GUI. However, we're past that point. GUI's have been used and (crappy) applications have been purchased and used on GUI-based servers.
GUI is usually limited to a single system.
Unless your using Windows and the application being managed uses the MMC console. Then it can be managed from any Windows computer.
I like the move, but it will be difficult or impossible to run older (poorly written) applications that need a GUI to run.
And what kind of "Enterprise Support" are you expecting by using Mozilla's free Firefox browser in the first place?
FrontMotion Firefox Community Edition has a MSI version that can be pushed out via GPO and also has adm/admx templates available.
And yet... no appeal? No call for a recount? Either the Republican primary rules don't allow for it (and I'm not familiar enough with them to know), or else Santorum has noted the lessons of Florida 2000 and decided that risking a "sore loser" reputation wouldn't do him any good in what's still an ongoing contest.
This wasn't a primary. It was a caucus. There are fundamental differences. Besides, it really doesn't matter who the statewide winner was. It's all about electing delegates to represent the districts at the party convention later in the year.
I've owned a BlackBerry phone since 2004 and I've also been a BES admin since 2004. I had the 7750, 8303e, 8830, 9530 and now the 9930. The 7750 was a terrible phone, but great for everything else. My next two phones were absolutely amazing. The Storm (9530) left some to be desired for their first touchscreen phone. But the 9930 is fast, fast, fast.
I also ordered a PB when they came out. I'm trying to justify its use for business, but so far I'm struggling. It's difficult to find apps that relate to my profession in IT. The fact that it was also released without native integration to BES is also a huge negative. Rumor has it (by developers) that RIM still isn't any closer to having native email/calendar/contacts on QNX and apparently this is true of both the tablet and phone version. I suspect that we will not see native apps until late 2012 at the earliest. I really hope that I'm wrong. I really think that BB has the best overall platform. However, RIM's management is completely messed up and needs to be replaced ASAP.
Auto-pay is dangerous. It gives the customer no leverage in disputes. Also, I will not allow Verizon to store my credit card information.
This is total bullshit.
Fact: The climate has perpetually changed from the beginning of the Earth until present. Fact: The climate will continue to change until the end of time.
What exactly are politicians supposed to do about something out of our control?
You won't get an answer. The "smartphone" existed for almost a decade before Apple came to market. There were also several tablets available too. The only thing that Apple really did was create a walled garden where they controlled how the devices are to be used. This arguably makes for a better "user experience" until the user wants to use the device in a way that Apple doesn't approve.