Blackberry does not have a vertical leverage like Apple has with iPod where the content and the device is controlled by a same company.
What are you talking about? That is EXACTLY what BlackBerry has going for it! Device, device software, BES software, etc... ALL OWNED AND CREATED BY RIM!
It's so frustrating to see this sort of misinformation being spread about!
Such a biased opinion requires an objective response.
Everyone I know who has tried a BlackBerry has dumped their previous solution. Even a recent interviewee made note of how he successfully migrated a Treo house to BlackBerry 8700 and 7290s. The difficult part was getting the execs to try something new. As soon as they'd had a day with a BB, they were hooked.
Here's the thing...a lot of these devices try too hard to do everything. The guys at RIM have done just the opposite and stuck with it. They've focused on delivering secure wireless email (and application services) to the end-user. That's where their R&D money goes. Not on building a mini M$ office app that let's you squint at cells. If you're going to do any serious office suite work, you won't be doing it from a mobile...especially one with such a crappy KB and battery life as the Treo 700w.
For those who want to play games, get polled, unencrypted email, sure...the Treo does ok. Businesses require something more. SAP and enterprise services are the biggest growing sector of IT. It only makes sense to use an end-to-end secure wireless solution. No other vendor provides that than RIM at them moment. They write their own desktop, server and device code. They manufacture their own devices. When you control a product at that level, you can offer an unparalleled solution.
Ok...not as objective as I wanted to be (read: subjective), but consumers (and prosumers) have a lot to take into account when buying wireless. Different strokes for different folks.
Yes, messages are encrypted end-to-end. RIM can't (easily*) decrypt mail in their system, because the encryption is based on a security key unique to each device and stored on the customers' BES.
* I say easily, because given the time and CPU cycles, any encryption algorithm is theorhetically crackable
It is interesting to have an inside view of things rather than to simply criticize anonymously on the web. It's unfounded subjective views like these that make reading slashdot feel like a waste of time.
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Blackberry does not have a vertical leverage like Apple has with iPod where the content and the device is controlled by a same company.
What are you talking about? That is EXACTLY what BlackBerry has going for it! Device, device software, BES software, etc... ALL OWNED AND CREATED BY RIM!
It's so frustrating to see this sort of misinformation being spread about!
Like we agreed...it's a matter of need.
Hey...I rhyme today!
Just for the record, you can do all of that (SSH, IM, GPRS modem) with a BlackBerry as well. ...and email isn't at all painful. :)
Such a biased opinion requires an objective response.
Everyone I know who has tried a BlackBerry has dumped their previous solution. Even a recent interviewee made note of how he successfully migrated a Treo house to BlackBerry 8700 and 7290s. The difficult part was getting the execs to try something new. As soon as they'd had a day with a BB, they were hooked.
Here's the thing...a lot of these devices try too hard to do everything. The guys at RIM have done just the opposite and stuck with it. They've focused on delivering secure wireless email (and application services) to the end-user. That's where their R&D money goes. Not on building a mini M$ office app that let's you squint at cells. If you're going to do any serious office suite work, you won't be doing it from a mobile...especially one with such a crappy KB and battery life as the Treo 700w.
For those who want to play games, get polled, unencrypted email, sure...the Treo does ok. Businesses require something more. SAP and enterprise services are the biggest growing sector of IT. It only makes sense to use an end-to-end secure wireless solution. No other vendor provides that than RIM at them moment. They write their own desktop, server and device code. They manufacture their own devices. When you control a product at that level, you can offer an unparalleled solution.
Ok...not as objective as I wanted to be (read: subjective), but consumers (and prosumers) have a lot to take into account when buying wireless. Different strokes for different folks.
Yes, messages are encrypted end-to-end. RIM can't (easily*) decrypt mail in their system, because the encryption is based on a security key unique to each device and stored on the customers' BES.
* I say easily, because given the time and CPU cycles, any encryption algorithm is theorhetically crackable
It is interesting to have an inside view of things rather than to simply criticize anonymously on the web.
It's unfounded subjective views like these that make reading slashdot feel like a waste of time.
...because your IMAP server never has bugs? 802.11b = EDGE? Know your s#!7 before you open your mouth.