RIM's first QNX phone revealed: BlackBerry Colt to launch in Q1 2012

The problem with the Playbook is not the difficulty in getting BES to work with QNX the problem was the server does not support having the same account on multiple devices as the Playbook is not a standalone device. This should not be an issue for a QNX phone.
Also you only “need” multiple cores if the OS is a resource hog.

DOA

Rewriting BES?  OMG – Who cares!  What does a consumer care if a company has to re-write bunch of old stale code to make something work – apparently you did not hire enough smart guys with “can do” attitude.  Tablet with no email – that is a joke – like a car with no wheels – it will sit there gathering dust!  QNX – again, who cares – old and tired – built in the 80′s – please someone get me a coffee as I’m falling asleep!

RIM – take some of the cash you have (say oh maybe $25-50M) and segregate a top team – the best you can find – none of the flunkies that came up with the current crap – and give them a task to dig you out of the hole.  New HW, new SW – COMPLETELY NEW!  No freaking re-warming old crap on the grill!  Shower them with stock and get them to work 24/7 starting NOW – not next week or next month – today!  Your future is in the toilet at this point and if you think a BB 9900 with QNX inside will get people excited – someone there must be retarded.  Everyone else – sustaining work!

For the current BB phones – find a purpose for them in a completely new area.  There are killer ideas for your phones – great battery life (no doubt), very durable (I dropped my old BB’s many times on concrete all over the world – kept going) and the small screen is OK for some demographics.  Invest in 3rd party apps for this demographic and you will not only make a killing on the old technology but also you will get new loyal customers – when the top team (see above) comes out with the new stuff.

Oh – and clean up the freaking internals – nobody wants to see these letters from inside flunkies taking stabs at execs and managers.  Why would I buy anything from a company that does not seem to have their crap together?  Hire top search firms and get yourself some big boys with big sticks – who in turn will clean up the next few levels.  That will get some respect, loyalty and keep their mouth shut.  They should be happy they have a job in the first place – if they don’t like it – door is open.  Holly smokes!

Alex out!

Dear Rim,

I am getting older and my eyesight isnt as good as it used to be (partly your fault).  I have always loved your phones however hate the fact that you insist on keeping the viable screen that small.  While touchscreens arent exactly your strong suite and the hardware keyboard is what keeps a lot of fans arround here is my suggestion:  Increase that bloody screen size!  It is a mystery to me why you need that silly blackberry logo just beneath the ear speaker and your insufferable need to keep the call/trackpad/end call button arround.  Do away with both and increase your sceen size in to fill the voids left behind. Embed the Blackberry logo as an image on the screen, and make the 3 physical buttons touch screen…build and and people will come!

I paid $22.85 for an iPhone 4-32GB and my girlfriend loves her Panasonic Lumix GF 1 Camera that we got for $38.76 there arriving tomorrow by UPS. I will never pay such expensive retail prices in stores again. Especially when I also sold a 40 inch LED TV to my boss for $674 which only cost me $62.81 to buy. Here is the website we use to get it all from, CentHub.com

There’s a bridge for sale in Brooklyn … if you actually think that RIM can release Colt in Q1. They’ve still to actually release new torch/bold/touch… and to plan a new device for Q1 is fool hardy. It’s also extremely stupid to overhang the market with a promise of a better device during the launch of your current devices (why would someone buy OS7.0 if QNX is due in less than 3 months later?) So it’s either a bullshit BGR report, or RIM is even more stupid than I thought.

Too little, too late, for me.  I was a huge, raving BB fan from their first devices years ago.  Every time new BB models rolled out I was right there, buying the latest, greatest model.  Even when BB stated they would not include camera capabilities because their units were built for business, and they did not want corporate users to be able to easily steal trade secrets via camera technology I hung in there until BB units eventually got cameras anyway.  But when my BB Bold 9700 began to have problems I did the unthinkable.  I got an iPhone the other week, despite the poor battery life, and despite the brow beating I am still suffering by the iPhone equipped friends that taunted me for having held onto my trusty BB for so long.  There are things I miss, but I am not looking back.  I was a faithful BB user, but RIM became unfaithful to its core market and handed me over to the wolves who gladly provided what other items I needed.  Goodbye RIM, it was a fun ride, but it is over for me.  Such a shame.  RIM owned the smart phone market, then let it slip away, expecting its faithful users to stand by as RIM wallowed in older, outdated technology while Apple roared by them.

So…

1) RIM stock plummets amidst rising concerns of new BlackBerries sucking compared to the competition because RIM isn’t releasing QNX phones fast enough.

2) RIM decides to fast-track a QNX phone for launch in early 2012, but will make it a half-assed release instead of the dream BlackBerry everyone is hyping up.

3) Because early 2012 is just half a year away, people will decide NOT to buy the new (sucky) BlackBerries that are being released now, which in turn drives down sales targets and stock price even further.

Dump. Your. RIM. Stock.

RIM is a genius if they can get there QNX OS running on a single core. It means the new OS7 devices will be up-gradable to QNX therefore not leaving new consumers who buy these devices left out. Chances are any new devices coming out from RIM will be dual core processors to run QNX to the best of its capabilities.

Blackberry: Give me 4G LTE, android apps, and video calling that people will actually use, and i will come back to you. Otherwise, I’m soooo happy with my iPhone.

RIM has lost all its shine. Once Apple release iphone5, RIM will be completely off the market.

If QNX will have an email client that supports Exchange ActiveSync, I certainly would reconsider BlackBerry again.  I miss the keyboard, but Exchange ActiveSync was a deal breaker.  BIS does not allow for users to access their old emails unless you’re viewing them through the browser.  That’s not enough.  With RIM forking its BIS to allow for incremental upgrades to its support for email accounts’ contacts and calendars (Gmail, hotmail, yahoo, etc.), the productivity on a personal level leaves a lot to be desired without having to buy your own application for that use.  When the OEM develops the client, it usually works better than third party solutions, and I don’t feel like paying NotifySync $50 per year for a widely used protocol when I’m paying on a contract that pays back the subsidized acquisition discount on the device.  Hopefully the EAS thing on QNX is true, and hopefully, if on Verizon, there’s LTE and LTE-A-ready architecture on-board.

Just bought a playbook and it’s great. It’s so easy to use that i could give it to my grandparents. Recommend it for sure. 

phonecalls, sms and emails. that is what mobilephones are made for. Instead I read about a lot of people who purchase a mobile to WASTE their time playing around with apps and other bullshit. The point is: do you REALLY NEED all that shit? the answer is NO (of course),

What we need is a phone that has a good battery life, an internet connection and last but not least the possibilty to make phonecalls…which is something people tend to forget.

I can not wait!