Comments on: Wells Fargo analyst: All the reasons beleaguered BlackBerry’s BB10 will fail

By: Liminal Ghost

Liminal Ghost — Sun, 03 Feb 2013 12:58:02 +0000

First off if snyone cares why are they only shipping one of two models now and the other in April? As there was such a delay as if some people still haveta wait. Touchscreen vs Querty (sp.?) keyboard is significant choice at least in BB land ( RIM or whatever its called )…

By: Sucker

Sucker — Fri, 01 Feb 2013 16:14:24 +0000

If you don’t wash, cut, or comb your hair you grow dreadlocks.

By: Paul

Paul — Fri, 01 Feb 2013 12:53:35 +0000

Blackberry has the most innovative look and feel to their OS. Their HUB and FLOW approach is great. People will flock to the smartphone that makes their life easier. Integrating personal and corporate use, their HUB and FLOW will definitely leave Apple’s and Android’s approach in the dust. I can guarantee that within 6 months, both Apple and Android will have a very similar feel to their OS. Blackberry has just got to keep innovating or they will be left in the dust.

By: newton*

newton* — Fri, 01 Feb 2013 06:47:56 +0000

Personally, I hope the BB10 has some success and gives Android some competition, further fragmenting their stolen success. I would be hopeful that the BB10 takes some share from Android rather than from iPhone.

By: Derek Currie

Derek Currie — Fri, 01 Feb 2013 03:05:01 +0000

Now that all (but the intelligent) AnalCysts have fscked-over AAPL, what a scary place to be, wanting to cheer lead them bashing RIM-Berry. What do I do? Agree with these TechTards just because they’re saying what I like to hear?

My brain is going to explode!*!*!*!

And then there’s reality. I like it there.

By: KRONOS

KRONOS — Thu, 31 Jan 2013 23:36:09 +0000

Guess that reflects how RIM’s investors have taken a haircut the past couple of years while they waited for RIM to get an assembalence of a competitive offering to market…

By: m159

m159 — Thu, 31 Jan 2013 23:32:51 +0000

But from a market point of view, people aren’t screaming for another phone, and most of the potential buyers already have committed to the iPhone or (yuk) Android. No matter if BB10 is a really good phone, prying satisfied customers away from what they’ve already chosen is tough. The only way to do that quickly is to sell it at a big loss, but that is the road to ruin.

By: KRONOS

KRONOS — Thu, 31 Jan 2013 23:28:32 +0000

Even though I agree with her, WHY DO WE CONTINUE to LISTEN to these IDIOTS after how they FSCKED OVER Apple last week?!?

By: 8^þ

8^þ — Thu, 31 Jan 2013 23:02:58 +0000

Au contraire, they are world-class experts at spinning pappekak…

By: aspirationalwhitegirl

aspirationalwhitegirl — Thu, 31 Jan 2013 22:51:51 +0000

Not sure Blackberry and the Mac are particularly comparable. Notice that Apple would not be happy with the Mac model and numbers for its phones and iPads to be honest and such a presence would unlikely to be that profitable or sustainable.

By: AlfieJr

AlfieJr — Thu, 31 Jan 2013 22:41:05 +0000

the death watch has begun.

By: troy

troy — Thu, 31 Jan 2013 22:27:23 +0000

CAN THEY WAIT TO SEE IF IT ACTUALLY FAILS????
and that would be like in one week or two

By: G4Dualie

G4Dualie — Thu, 31 Jan 2013 22:20:02 +0000

I meant to say Apple ISN’T courting business…

By: G4Dualie

G4Dualie — Thu, 31 Jan 2013 22:19:22 +0000

Apple is courting “business needs” the way Microsoft or Oracle or Blackberry do. They don’t have to break a sweat and they’re enriching people’s lives.

Business can take a hike or go vegan, I don’t much care. In fact, if business were on fire I wouldn’t piss on him to put him out.

By: G4Dualie

G4Dualie — Thu, 31 Jan 2013 22:15:20 +0000

What I found hilarious was, the guy who refused to cut his hair until BB-10 shipped.

There is video of him getting a three-inch pony tail cut off. BFD! Now if you had threatened to stop washing your hair that! would have been a story worth reading.

But come on! This is exactly why they’re going to fail; they set the bar so low.

By: I love Apple

I love Apple — Thu, 31 Jan 2013 22:10:25 +0000

They will do better than expected. A lot of companies will love the strict wall between personal and business use. As always Apple had no clue what business needs. So sad.

By: tbone

tbone — Thu, 31 Jan 2013 22:03:41 +0000

Nonsense. This was the move that Blackberry had to make.
They’ve come up with a very decent modern system that has some innovations that will allow them to compete.

Analysts are in the business of providing forward promotion for their respective financial institutions. They aren’t necessarily expert at anything.

By: blaargh

blaargh — Thu, 31 Jan 2013 22:03:06 +0000

Streamline the company, make the numbers work and sell a really nice niche product that works. Nothing wrong with that. Oh, and disregard every word out of every analyst’s mouth.
Apple survived just fine for years making high quality/low volume products.