Comments on: Engadget Disses The BlackBerry On “10 Gadgets That Defined The Decade” List

By: Mark Clarke

Mark Clarke — Sun, 03 Jan 2010 06:35:45 +0000

that wasn’t my point. What i was nicely trying to do is remove your head out of your ass through logic and reason, specifically about the iphone juxtapose to the blackberry. I think i covered Palm when i said “phone like blackberry that made functions now popular on the iphone possible”.

but thanks for the feedback

By: Gadget Sleuth

Gadget Sleuth — Sat, 02 Jan 2010 18:35:25 +0000

Engadg made a big deal over the Pre when it was released, and it wasn’t a big hit. Perhaps Yavwill is right: they’re slanted towards Palm a bit.

By: gquaglia

gquaglia — Sat, 02 Jan 2010 18:26:52 +0000

I know all about BBs, I’ve had 3 of them, my last one being the 9000. And I believe Palm was the first big player in the smartphone arena, not RIM.

By: n0manarmy

n0manarmy — Sat, 02 Jan 2010 17:43:57 +0000

See I can’t agree with this statement.

Consider the Blackberry and what made it so popular. The Blackberry used to be the staple phone of executives and company presidents. If you were of any stature you had a Blackberry. This made them seriously sought after. RIM entered the market as the defacto business phone. Once RIM stepped in to the consumer market they brought a whole new atmosphere to the environment. They didn’t, how ever, do it with any big bang or wow. They offered consumers something better than most of the junk out there: A phone with decent battery, keyboard, and an OS that allows for web browsing and general email setup. There was nothing amazing about this entry, it was just an effective move by RIM. For me the curve is nothing special. Don’t get me wrong, it’s a great phone, just nothing special. The Storm would have been something special if they hadn’t bollixed it up. The Bold could have been something special if it wasn’t secluded to AT&T’s network and expensive as hell.

I love Blackberry and I’m a fan of RIM. If anything they should have put the idea and the concept of Blackberry as one of the top 10 devices of the past decade. The very concept and fabric of how the Blackberry works and operates is what makes it so strong (and in some cases it’s major weakness.)

By: Robb Dunewood

Robb Dunewood — Sat, 02 Jan 2010 17:32:38 +0000

“Now, I write the post with tongue in check because the very nature of this type of list generates tons of debate and discussion”

By: Yavwill

Yavwill — Sat, 02 Jan 2010 17:21:58 +0000

I would say the engadget guys are a little slanted towards palm. And I think sales do matter to a point to deciding what defines a product, because if sales to a product are high, then it’s obviously defining at least popularity.

By: Brian

Brian — Sat, 02 Jan 2010 15:47:48 +0000

Lol this is a world market…. Blackberry is #2 is the world behind Symbian… Apple is #3 and last I checked both were on a upward trajectory with no signs that Apple will actually eclipse RIM… You guys make me laugh… Apple has a good phone… RIM just has a better one!

By: Sebas

Sebas — Sat, 02 Jan 2010 12:39:40 +0000

How stupid are you!

Just read, it’s not that difficult. I’m quoting “We could try to explain the importance, impact and popularity of the BlackBerry this decade, but instead we’ve given it its very own decade feature to tell its tale. ”

So they didn’t put a blackberry in the list because they made a seprate list with all the blackberry’s from the last decade, which can be found here: http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/28/ten-years-of-blackberry/

By: Stonerclan

Stonerclan — Sat, 02 Jan 2010 12:28:08 +0000

“Most “consumer” BB users choose the BB because the iphone isn’t available to them.”

Think again emo fanboi