Dual-core, QNX-powered BlackBerry phones in the works – but don’t hold your breath

My contract is up in June. They have until then to put their “Super Phone” out. If not, Hello Droid Bionic.

I hate the fact that it seems to take RIM forever to release things and that they can’t seem to work on more then one major project at a time. CES has proved that dual core is pretty much status quo from here on out. Yet RIM is saying that they will release new BB’s with QNX but need dual core porocessors to do it. Guess what?? they are here already morons. There has been absolutely no leaked info about a dualcore QNX powered BB other then the fact they said they will come eventually. That tells me it is 6-12 months out. Which is way to late. I have always been a big supporter of RIM, but they are really digging their own grave here.

RIM is so technologically incompetent that it’s amazing they were even able to crank out the devices they have now. Keep waiting for the future RIM and you just not might be in it. Change or die.

So they make a 4.3″ screen phone with a gigantic battery, a la the Atrix. Problem solved.

What a joke, speed-hungry blackberry users ? when did this happen?

Am I the only one for this?

The dual-core stuff coming out seems rushed, and I for one do not want a phone that has to be charged every 3 hours.

Where are the dual-core iPhones? Why is dual-core even necessary right now on phones?

That’s why Apple bought a chip company that’s pretty good on power management.
He’s right, dual core chips are a beast when it get’s to power consuption but that will change, it’s just too soon.

What’s so hard about battery management all of a sudden?? No one else is coming up with these sorts of problems, yet we’re suppose to believe the PlayBook has no issues with this as purported from other sources?? Quit talking out of your ass Lazaridis…!!

It’s clear to me that BGR and most of it’s readers have little to no concept of what business needs in a smartphone. It’s also clear to me that RIM still does, and hasn’t traded me in for the masses of fart app hungry morons.

I’m constantly on the run through airports, rental cars, hotels, meetings etc… I need a device that gives me security, excellent battery life and just plain works. RIM understands that, and understands their customers needs. I cannot afford to stop and recharge my phone every few hours or carry a pocket full of extra batteries (can’t even swap batteries on the iphoney).

RIM, please don’t listen to the Angry Bird app aficionados.

Blackberry is an outdated joke kept alive by know-nothing tech morons who can’t live without that stupid BBM even though any number of apps replicate it perfectly.

This is nothing new, they have been using the same excuses for having crappy specs in their current handset line up. I was a BB die hard, tried the torch and wanted to throw it thru a wall, it made realize what Laz is saying now months ago. I ditched BB until they get it together, if they ever do….

It’s no wonder all these fancy new dual-core phones are the ones that have 4-inch screens. They have a HUGE need for more battery power and the bigger overall size of the phone is a way to disguise the huge battery packs they have inside. Put a dual-core processor into a normal sized current phone and it wouldn’t last till noon.

Hey BGR, I’ve been coming to this site for a year or so now but after the biased reviews, one after the other not to mention the fact that you have NO exclusive stories, (everything is via engadget, gizmodo, wsj, crackberry, macrumors and alike), I don’t see a point to your site other than a venue for people to complain about one platform or another.

For those that may actually like Droids or BB’s you sure don’t give them anything valuable in terms of news or updates…you merely give a tidbit of news from another site then toss in your “I hate BlackBerry”, “I won’t mention Droid” but love Apple” nonsense.
I have yet to see a bb story without a “but it sucks” connotation attached to it.

At the end of the day, I bet a meager 5-10% if that of the techy population actually come here because you’re worse than the National Enquirer.

Anyways, I may come back but only if I see your site running on a Quad-Core, 4GB, 5G device running HoneySyrup 4.0, that’s what it’ll need to handle all the fart apps running here.

Happy Saturday! Cheers,

I think you have two things going on which most here seem to be in the younger demographic “I want the coolest tech crowd”. I hope none of you every run a global business worth billions of dollars if you don’t understand RIM’s business model.

Do I think they need new hardware (smartphone) – no doubt. Considering they have only released one device with a decent touch screen and OS 6 (Torch) which is actually selling quite well. I would love to see rim put out a Storm device with that screen (touch aspect) but at a higer resolution, 1ghs snapdragon and a good amount of RAM amd storage space. That would be a great solution until they get QNX devices rolling.

RIM has been very tight with any smartphone model plans. I’m guessing they will showcase some of this at WES (whatever its called now) in May. So yeah if all you care about is the smartphone hardware it’s time you move on. Hardware has never been RIM’s thing.

Now they do have a killer mobile infrastructure that no one has so when you buy a BB you are buying into their solution. Push email, Best in class security, BBM, lower data usage etc. This has little value for the blog “I want the best device” crowd. But let me know how your data bill looks after an international trip (I’m wagering most of those complaining still live with Mom & Dad).

RIM is still making a profit, they are still selling devices (likely most outside of the states where they were #1 for years before this exploded) so why would they just give all that up and chase hardware specs? You will never win that. Android has what 8 – 10 hardware manufactors now? Windows Phone 7 will likely be as much. That would be just bleed their capital dry.

Once my 9650 gets OS6 it will be a nice marriage with Playbook. I get the best in class email / PIM management, Playbook provides the web, media, fun everyone has railed RIM about. I also don’t need to pay for another data plan. So as a Blackberry user what is wrong with that? They understand their market space and are executing on things users have asked for.

Hurry up RIM you should be leap frogging not catching up!

Blackberry is enterprise focused, it is their “bread and butter” so to speak. They briefly dipped their toes in the success of the consumer market, but it is not agile enough to stay with the technology curve in that aspect. They are losing market share in a very fast growing smartphone market, and the iOS and Android OS devices are increasingly being requested by the enterprise market. They appear more focused on stabilizing vs. being a technology leader.

Why is everyone making 4.3″ screens. Am I the only one that thinks these are too freeking big!

Also RIM thinking that data compression is a reason for not needing to move to 4G is a very scary strategy. Browsing on a 3G BB is similar in speed to 2G speeds on most websites due to the delay of the BIS request/compression/decompression. This mind set is the definition of tunnel vision.

As a former BlackBerry user I understand where you’re coming from and you’ve made some good points. I guess one of my biggest gripes about RIM is… Make up your mind. If your business model is for business and Enterprise, say that it is and continue with that. I’m sure they would be successful in doing that but if you’re going after the consumer market then don’t half ass and give us consumer good looks and flash with Enterprise etiquette and conservatism. They’ve shown that they cannot DO BOTH. About a year or so ago Lazaridis said in an interview that “…touchscreens are a fad.” He is clearly not in touch with reality and is probably what is ailing RIM. He’s giving “local” excuses for “real-world” problems and those problems are that people by 1,000’s are leaving RIM to go to other platforms. They whiffed on Palm but made up for it with the QNX and TAT acquisitions. There should be absolutely no excuses coming from Waterloo on why they can’t make a decent high end smartphone. I never understood why an email powerhouse was incapable of sending attachments larger than 2.9MB. It just made no sense to me. Flip phones with 2.7″ screens in 2011 says, you’re not in touch.

i love blackberry but it seems like their technology is 2 years behind everyone else like htc, droid and iphone. everyone is bringing out new phones with big screens, new features and new technology and all blackberry does is release the same old phones with a few small changes to them. i might be switching soon if blackberry doesnt step it up.

Having suffered for 2+ years (both man and wife sob sob) I finally made the jump to the DINC and am delirously happy with it; couldn’t wait any longer, wife is still holding on to her S2. IMO, BB doesn’t need to build SuperPhones it just needs to build a much Much MUCH better consumer experience than what was sold to us as the Storm series. does QNX really need dual cores to run? hmmmm, too bad, I was hoping see something in the second half of this year. That’s probably why they pulled the S3 back, couldn’t see releasing it with just O6 on it and face the onslaught of powerhouses from Android like we just saw last week.

RIM might have thought they could compete with the iPhone and Android with their Storm and Torch.

I love it when RIM does the right move and pisses all you BGR fans off! If you are all so smart what are you doing making posts on BGR about how smart you are on the technology? Until you get to run a multi billion dollar company then they get to make the decisions. Suck it up!

There seems to be a fundamental or structural problem with in RIM that they have not been able catch up or even keep up with the mobile industry for the last 5 some years. I remember hearing BB will never have Wifi, tethering or Bluetooth because of security reason and BB will never have backlight and 3G because of battery life. Then look what happen. Security and Battery seems to be RIMs favorite excuses why they aren’t keeping up with the Joneses. To me that is exactly what they are, excuses. At this rate BB will have a phone that can compete with the iPhone & Droids but ny then Apple and Moto will be releasing something even better. G’bye BB. It was nice while it lasted.

I’d rather have a phone that lasts me more than a day that something that opens a file real quick. Good for RIM for taking their time. A lot of phones a more performant out there, but a lot of people don’t even care about watching a 1080p video on a 4inch screen.