I was a poor student in 1989, but I had a friend whose father sold computer parts. So I bought off him an IBM XT motherboard (4.77MHz!), a 10MB ST412 hard drive (I still have it!), a 384K RAM expansion card, a floppy drive, and a home-made sheet-metal case. I assembled it all (my friend had to show me which way around the RAM chips went), and managed on that for a while. I upgraded a bit, of course, and built my own computer case from chipboard, appropriately varnished.
Actually, they do still have a pile of cash - it's been increasing in size every year. Over the last couple of quarters, they've done better too, and they've been buying several companies - including competitors in the Enterprise space - every year.
All of my BlackBerry 10 phones have been incredibly solid; I very rarely needed to restart any of them.
Interestingly, I still have an old (4 years) BlackBerry Playbook. Despite using it for 2-3 hours every single day, it probably been restarted only 20-25 times in that 4 years, and that includes for updates and flat battery.
I have a BlackBerry Passport, which has a large battery. Typically, I charge on the way to work, and when I leave work 8-9 hours later, I still have 60-70% battery left. When the phone hits 10% (it's only happened once or twice), I can still get another 3 hours.
The BB10 app Snap is a Google Play Store app for Blackberry, and it works just fine. Of course, there are other app stores too - Amazon (which will ship with OS 10.3), 1Mobile, Goodereader, et al.
I think.5 is the US market share, not global. In many countries, they have significant market share. In South Africa, for example, they're just behind Samsung, with 5-10 times Apple's market share. It's similar in places like Indonesia.
Also, market share is not the whole story. They have devices and software in some very influential areas - most of the G20 governments, and most leading companies in certain markets.
Total Commander: originally a Norton Commander clone for Windows, I registered it back in the early 90s, and it's still being actively developed.
Opera or Chrome, latest version.
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I was a poor student in 1989, but I had a friend whose father sold computer parts. So I bought off him an IBM XT motherboard (4.77MHz!), a 10MB ST412 hard drive (I still have it!), a 384K RAM expansion card, a floppy drive, and a home-made sheet-metal case. I assembled it all (my friend had to show me which way around the RAM chips went), and managed on that for a while. I upgraded a bit, of course, and built my own computer case from chipboard, appropriately varnished.
I have a Priv myself, and while I like it a lot, it does show just how mature and well-integrated BB10 is. Android has a way to go.
Actually, they do still have a pile of cash - it's been increasing in size every year. Over the last couple of quarters, they've done better too, and they've been buying several companies - including competitors in the Enterprise space - every year.
All of my BlackBerry 10 phones have been incredibly solid; I very rarely needed to restart any of them. Interestingly, I still have an old (4 years) BlackBerry Playbook. Despite using it for 2-3 hours every single day, it probably been restarted only 20-25 times in that 4 years, and that includes for updates and flat battery.
I've not seen that on my Passport nor on my Z30, and I don't remember it on the Z10 either. The Z10 wasn't as fast as the Z30/Passport though.
I have a BlackBerry Passport, which has a large battery. Typically, I charge on the way to work, and when I leave work 8-9 hours later, I still have 60-70% battery left. When the phone hits 10% (it's only happened once or twice), I can still get another 3 hours.
The BB10 app Snap is a Google Play Store app for Blackberry, and it works just fine. Of course, there are other app stores too - Amazon (which will ship with OS 10.3), 1Mobile, Goodereader, et al.
I think .5 is the US market share, not global. In many countries, they have significant market share. In South Africa, for example, they're just behind Samsung, with 5-10 times Apple's market share. It's similar in places like Indonesia.
Also, market share is not the whole story. They have devices and software in some very influential areas - most of the G20 governments, and most leading companies in certain markets.
Total Commander: originally a Norton Commander clone for Windows, I registered it back in the early 90s, and it's still being actively developed.
Opera or Chrome, latest version.
Picasa.
Seconded. The Q10 has the best keyboard of any keyboard smartphone. (And I reckon the Z10 and Z30 have the best virtual keyboards).