Comments on: Apple Allows RIM To Continue Selling BlackBerrys

By: bluehorseshoe

bluehorseshoe — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 20:12:04 +0000

Here’s another reason why Apple will continue to let the BB sell…

http://www.news.com/8301-13579_3-9892315-37.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-20

By: GBVZ

GBVZ — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 18:33:58 +0000

@ Genereux

I read your blog and I agree. Everyone does like to line up with a winner and you’re exactly right about what makes a winner. I also think that RIM has a great opportunity here to learn from Apple… Google… I would like to see them have a better “failover” system in place. Especially since our U.S. Government tends to buy a lot of BBs. What happens when you take out the BB headquarters in Canada? How vulnerable is the U.S. Gov at that point?!

By: GBVZ

GBVZ — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 01:42:56 +0000

@ Genereux

By: Thought

Thought — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 01:35:14 +0000

Robb: Here's a link to a good article on the Appleinsider site (and yes, it's objective...not slanted towards Apple) on the relative strengths of the BB vs the iPhone on email.

By: William Genereux

William Genereux — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 01:12:05 +0000

I think BB’s single point of failure issue has the potential to bring down what otherwise could be the winning device. The iPhone is sexy but not as fast for composing messages. It’s prone to a lot of keying errors due to its touch screen interface. Tactile keys are faster and easier to use. However, Apple has a knack for harnessing the forces of public opinion, and Steve Jobs correctly is focussing on a perception that BB’s are prone to system failures due to the network being centrally served out of one Network Operation Centre in – gasp – Canada… I wrote a blog article on it, here: http://www.genereuxlaw.com/

By: GBVZ

GBVZ — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 20:31:11 +0000

Although RIMarkable is dedicated to BBs it doesn’t hurt to talk about iPhones or Treos or whatever. Yes, this particular thread has focused a lot on the iPhone. If you don’t want to hear about the iPhone don’t read a thread that has “Apple” in the title…

I think you have to look at this from a business perspective. The reason the iPhone gets brought up so frequently is because it probably the most popular alternative to a BB right now. As a business RIM has to look at what Apple is doing with the iPhone and it needs to speculate about what they will do in the future. This is how business works… you simply cannot run a successful business without analyzing your competition. A little Business 101 for ya.

By: jonabyte

jonabyte — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 13:49:16 +0000

can we stay on topic for this blog. I come here to get info on Blackberries, I don’t care about iphones (or any apple product).
If you want start a new one dedicated to iphones.

By: jhp2

jhp2 — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 01:02:18 +0000

@ Thought,

It certainly has the screen for gaming, that is for sure.

By: Thought

Thought — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 00:40:21 +0000

Cheers to Robb…this is his blog, he doesn’t do this for the money, and so he can write about whatever he wants. Judging from the expanding number of comments to his posts, I would say he’s doing quite well.

As to the gaming industry, I think the iPhone will prove to be a huge hit. The accelerometer feature alone, whereby the angle you hold it influences play, will allow for some pretty neat stuff. I’m willing to predict that the iPhone goes on to become a very popular portable gaming platform.

As to the issues that bluehorseshoe raises with regards to battery life, porting product over if you switch units, etc…they are valid issues. However, I would say that all of these issues are the same as with any multimedia functionality. If you switch units, then your media, your songs, your videos, your games…go with you through iTunes, just like on the current iPhone and iPods. As to battery life, again, that’s the same issue as with videos, etc. I think the iPhone battery life is robust enough to handle some game play on the device, just as it allows for watching videos.

All in all, I think gaming on the iPhone will be a huge hit.

By: jhp2

jhp2 — Sun, 09 Mar 2008 23:43:25 +0000

Thought I would throw in my $.02. It is very true that the SDK just came out and it is too early to know what it will and will not do. However, this post is a good counterpoint to those that have postulated that the release of the SDK and Exchange compatibility mean the beginning of the end for RIM. We shoud not also assume that the release in June will be fully baked and free of serious bugs.

RIM has a place in the enterprise due to a lot of factors, including full wireless sync, security, great data entry capability and relatively low cost. It will interesting to see what Apple and iPhone can do to counter those and the other features of the BB experience. It is still possible that the iPhone will be like the Mac, very popular with consumers with limited corporate adoption.

What I look forward to over the next few years is the competition this will spark. Having Apple playing hard will force others RIM, Symbian, Windows Mobile and others to innovate like never before and we will all benefit.