Comments on: Why investors are already disappointed with BlackBerry 10

By: althegeo

althegeo — Thu, 31 Jan 2013 21:23:08 +0000

QNX is a power hog. It requires a top of the line mobile CPU.

QNX is also designed for very complicated tasks. It has to be dumbed down to work in a cellphone or tablet.

Thinking that RIM/Blackberry is capable of all the needed fixes to QNX, when most of their engineers were running in the other direction, like rats escaping a sinking ship, looking for a job that would last more than 2 months, is shear lunacy.

RIM/Blackberry, as we know it, will disappear in less than 12 months.

By: althegeo

althegeo — Thu, 31 Jan 2013 21:10:57 +0000

You don’t read much, do you.

By: Predrag

Predrag — Thu, 31 Jan 2013 19:36:01 +0000

BOGO offerings are almost NEVER made by the handset makers. They are usually offered by the CARRIERS, who are struggling to move inventory.

Let us not forget, what ordinary consumer sees as a BOGO offer is actually a discount of only around 17% on two phones: full price of two Blackberries is $1,200; discounting this by $200 (which is what consumer is getting with the purported “BOGO”) makes consumer price for two devices $1,000 (over two years), which is $500 each — nowhere near ‘free’ for either of the two phones. But it certainly looks better to the consumer (and more desperate for the company to the rest of the market).

By: silverhawk1

silverhawk1 — Thu, 31 Jan 2013 19:21:59 +0000

Lumina phones are now on BOGO. That’s a good sign of a products health, or lack of.

By: Cromwell

Cromwell — Thu, 31 Jan 2013 18:32:04 +0000

Yup! +1

By: m159

m159 — Thu, 31 Jan 2013 18:21:09 +0000

Pogue loves it and says it’s the first phone as good or better than the iPhone, so he says anyway. With others so quickly copying the iPhone, and the courts not much help, Apple needs to be rolling out some of that future Cook keeps saying they are inventing at One Infinity Loop.

By: eldernorm

eldernorm — Thu, 31 Jan 2013 18:07:58 +0000

MDN scared??? Confused maybe, but not scared, I think.

The BB10 may be an excellent hardware device and the software may be pretty good…. The issue I am hearing is that there are no apps for it. Also, an update is due to allow it to run Android (Ugh!!) apps in the near future.

So, its an also ran device. Not a leader, which is what RIM needs.

Just a thought,
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By: eldernorm

eldernorm — Thu, 31 Jan 2013 18:04:49 +0000

Abrey,

Investing / Investor Some one who buys stock in a company that they think will grow and develop in the long run.

Speculating / Speculator Someone who wants to make quick profits from the buying and selling of a companies stock. No concern for the company, just “how to I make a quick buck”..

Just a thought and some definitions.
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By: Brett

Brett — Thu, 31 Jan 2013 17:37:04 +0000

Reblogged this on BAR Post and commented: Well, that certainly didn't take long! I was expecting to be disappointed.

By: tbone

tbone — Thu, 31 Jan 2013 17:21:19 +0000

Barrow minded fanboys strike again.

Although certainly a risky proposition, Blackberry is moving in the right direction. Modernizing a platform takes time. BB10 and the devices that accompany it look like solid products. It’s up to Blackberry to evolve this quickly.

It reminds me of the original iMac. It sold enough to keep Apple’s cash-flow stable. It re-establishewd the brand as something that customers could get interested in.

Competition is a wonderful thing. I hope they have some success with this approach.

By: N3rd

N3rd — Thu, 31 Jan 2013 17:11:42 +0000

MDN sounds scared of this device. All the reviews I’ve read herald it as excellent.

By: AC in WA

AC in WA — Thu, 31 Jan 2013 17:07:33 +0000

due

By: AC in WA

AC in WA — Thu, 31 Jan 2013 17:05:37 +0000

Last quarter IPhones were 84% of AT&T smart phone sales. With an 89% retention rate of customers do to Apples continuous improvement and product upgrades, the pickens the fight for the scraps will be meager. Samsung and Mole will rue the day!

By: JoeKnows

JoeKnows — Thu, 31 Jan 2013 17:03:34 +0000

“Investors” will never be happy until someone comes out with a cheap phone that will gain a lot of market share and be very profitable.

But cheap means little or no profit.

Therefore investors will never be happy.

By: peterblood71

peterblood71 — Thu, 31 Jan 2013 16:50:52 +0000

Blackberry will soon be offering up double and triple BOGOF deals in desperation. Like the last flails in the water as someone is drowning making a lot of splashing noise and then… silence.

By: Raymond

Raymond — Thu, 31 Jan 2013 16:46:17 +0000

Yes . Too much manipulation . Too much accumulator ( I will kill u later ).

By: Raymond

Raymond — Thu, 31 Jan 2013 16:45:09 +0000

I want to buy one in Hong Kong . But when ? I don’t think I can officially buy one till people in USA have no interest .

By: Abrey

Abrey — Thu, 31 Jan 2013 16:42:55 +0000

Should I care what investors think anymore? They are also disappointed with Apple, the world’s most successful technology company. All Investors want to do now is play the stock market like a casino. It’s not about Investing as I understand it, i.e., supporting a company by buying its stock.

By: Raymond

Raymond — Thu, 31 Jan 2013 16:42:23 +0000

The big investors never think it will be ok . Why they feel hopeful before was coz they want to push it up . Now is time for it to go back to reality .