Comments on: The BlackBerry Is The BlackBerry

By: dat dude

dat dude — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 11:55:44 +0000

i about to get a new black berry.

By: Thought

Thought — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 04:05:59 +0000

Of course the BB strength is its email system and keyboard. That’s not a bad niche to own.

Going forward, RIM will have to cope with the slowing economy. Businesses will put off on upgrading devices and consumers will be more reluctant to purchase.

By: bluehorseshoe

bluehorseshoe — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 02:44:16 +0000

Not to mention all the releases in Q4. Why buy in Q3 when the Bold, Kickstart, Javelin and Storm were all coming out in months. It only makes sense that the numbers were down regarding actual shipments. For corporations, the added memory and added Wifi make more sense for internal and customized applications.

By: Robb Dunewood

Robb Dunewood — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 01:53:27 +0000

I would be willing to bet that RIM’s slight fall in summer shipments had more to do with the delay of the BlackBerry Bold than with the release of the iPhone 3G.

By: SDF

SDF — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 01:04:34 +0000

CBlackberryNY, you are such a creeper and I hate almost every single thing you post. Why are you here?

By: CBlackberryNY

CBlackberryNY — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 00:27:49 +0000

The conference call held by RIM followed a mixed but ultimately disappointing summer quarter report from the company, which saw earnings spike but phone shipments fall slightly short of targets set out by investment research groups. The quarter was the first in which RIM had to compete against the iPhone 3G but only saw limited competition as the Apple handset shipped midway through the three-month period.

http://www.electronista.com/articles/08/09/26/needham.on.rim.vs.apple/

By: Blackberry Addicted

Blackberry Addicted — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 21:58:02 +0000

I totally agree. I love my iphone, and I type pretty fast on it (maybe a little bit slower than on the blackberry). However, iphone just drives me crazy sometimes during emergency times, i.e, if I had to send a text message or email really fast. I still own an iphone and a blackberry, but I hardly use the iphone now because blackberry just works better for me. After all, it is a blackberry. lol

By: bluehorseshoe

bluehorseshoe — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 21:46:26 +0000

I’d crap my pants if that was from hellno, but I know it wasn’t because this person has a child and is grammatically better.

I actually got another phone for personal use…a regular phone. Thought about the iPhone, but just can’t do the GSM technology here after all the crap I’ve gone through with AT&T’s dropped calls and TMO’s lack of coverage. Gave Sprint a shot since they do cover some areas VZW doesn’t (Sprint actually tied VZW in a survey for the Southwest for first place) and actually isn’t too bad. The customer service has actually picked up a bit. They tossed me a free battery since my phone is a battery hog. Reception is solid, even clearer than my VZW…but I’ll chalk that up to the phone more so than the actual network.

The BB is the ultimate tool for messaging and communication. Almost too good to the point of bad. My VZW BB rests on the weekends now. And so do I.

By: iPhone Defector

iPhone Defector — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 19:24:33 +0000

I didn’t write this post but I could have. I am in almost the exact same situation.

I loved my iPhone as a phone and iPod but it just wasn’t practical to send a ton of email on.

If only Apple enabled landscape typing mode in applications other than safari…