I use a Q10 an it is a great phone.
I use it mainly because o the physical keyboard, which I find much more productive than a virtual one.
Another great feature is the Blackberry Hub which I find much better than any other notification center (either Android or I OS).
This said, it it clear that this OS does not have a future. Blackberry should have opted to build a customized Android (without Google Services) and that would have been a great success. I am not sure they will still be abl to make it, but I hope so.
In Portugal this has also been launched in the government portal, a few weeks ago. Check it out at: http://www.portugal.gov.pt/pt/o-meu-movimento.aspx (in Portuguese language).
The most voted initiative will have a meeting with the prime minister.
By the way, the new government portal launched a few weeks ago was otherwise really a bad idea (it just threw out all previous content: a lot of broken links around...).
I also prefer a physical keyboard, I do not understand why people insist on trying to deny the obvious advantages of a physical keyboard over a virtual one...
I tend to choose the best tool for the job and for heavy e-mail use, there is no better tool than a physical keyboard.
I have been using Tarpipe.com, a really nice service to publish to multiple social media services, with conditional rules, etc.
Just needs some additional work on the interface to make it user-friendly for the less tech savvy.
Exactly, the main question is not the move from or to Microsoft software but the move to cloud computing.
The debate should be whether there are cloud computing alternatives, based on open source software.
Would Google Apps be a better option? That is the question.
When a software goes cloud it becomes a service, frankly I do not think people should care whether it is based on open source software or not... Lock-in in cloud computing is related to difficulties in migration to a different service. That would be an important issue to look at, not if the software is open source...
I am glad Ubuntu keeps shipping new versions at a regular pace but I would advise to wait a few weeks before upgrading.
It is cautious to let others try it first and detect any problems.
In any case, I must say that the last versions of Ubuntu I tried worked pretty well out of the box.
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I use a Q10 an it is a great phone. I use it mainly because o the physical keyboard, which I find much more productive than a virtual one. Another great feature is the Blackberry Hub which I find much better than any other notification center (either Android or I OS). This said, it it clear that this OS does not have a future. Blackberry should have opted to build a customized Android (without Google Services) and that would have been a great success. I am not sure they will still be abl to make it, but I hope so.
In Portugal this has also been launched in the government portal, a few weeks ago. Check it out at: http://www.portugal.gov.pt/pt/o-meu-movimento.aspx (in Portuguese language). The most voted initiative will have a meeting with the prime minister. By the way, the new government portal launched a few weeks ago was otherwise really a bad idea (it just threw out all previous content: a lot of broken links around...).
I also prefer a physical keyboard, I do not understand why people insist on trying to deny the obvious advantages of a physical keyboard over a virtual one... I tend to choose the best tool for the job and for heavy e-mail use, there is no better tool than a physical keyboard.
I have been using Tarpipe.com, a really nice service to publish to multiple social media services, with conditional rules, etc. Just needs some additional work on the interface to make it user-friendly for the less tech savvy.
Exactly, the main question is not the move from or to Microsoft software but the move to cloud computing. The debate should be whether there are cloud computing alternatives, based on open source software. Would Google Apps be a better option? That is the question. When a software goes cloud it becomes a service, frankly I do not think people should care whether it is based on open source software or not... Lock-in in cloud computing is related to difficulties in migration to a different service. That would be an important issue to look at, not if the software is open source...
I am glad Ubuntu keeps shipping new versions at a regular pace but I would advise to wait a few weeks before upgrading. It is cautious to let others try it first and detect any problems. In any case, I must say that the last versions of Ubuntu I tried worked pretty well out of the box.