Priv was the best phone I ever had. Don't last long when I moved to the country though. Adored it. Linked work and personal accounts through BB suite and it worked so well. Calendars and emails all in one place.
Posts by jaminbob
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Whoa-o BlackBerry, bam-ba-lam: QWERTY phone had a child. 5G thing's newly styled
BlackBerry Motion lurches into UK stores
China's phone quartet is shouldering its way into Western markets
Finally, that tech fad's over: Smartwatch sales tank more than 50%
Re: Called it
It's a great example of when shiny corporate marketing world of 20 somethings in 'generic Western advert city' meets the real world of normal folk in rainy swindon or Sheffield.
I mean I like the idea of having a 70s scifi film prop on my wrist but until it does something useful and has a battery that lasts at least as long as a kindle, I'm not taking the risk of getting robbed or breaking it.
We tolerate smartphones batteries and risks because they are just So. Damn. Useful.
So. Farewell then, BlackBerry Classic. You were a classic ... of sorts
Re: Know your market
It was odd how for a time BlackBerry were in the unique place of being trendy in two entirely different markets; suits and urban teenagers. They went to smart phone too late to keep the teenagers (and the fact they handed over the BBM data from the London riots so willingly can't of helped). Then BB10 was just too late and too different to keep the suits.
But I think it comes down to price. Q5 was too expensive for PAYG teenagers and q10 / priv too much for IT depts.
The classic was a clear signal they'd made a mistake with the q10 and STILL cost too much.
I hope so. Managed to get a priv for a reasonable price after months and months of waiting. It's already my all time favourite phone.
The problem with the classic was price. Same with the priv. Just completely unjustifiable prices!
I wanted a classic but could never justify the price. Especially given the battery was by all accounts so poor.
Islamic script kiddies aim killer blow - at Bristol bus timetable website
Re: Security
I think to be fair its a low risk target. There is no sensitive info on a site like that and you can roll back in hours. There is not much point in spending huge amounts on top end sec.
Plus they're in good company. Not many organisations seem to be immune no matter how hard they try.
Silk Road admins: Sorry for the hack, we're sorting out refunds
BlackBerry CEO: I LOVE keyboards, so if you want them, you'll get them
Android, Chromebooks storm channel as Windows PC sales go flat
Re: So if we award all desktops to Microsoft then I make it...
That's not true. I live in a reasonably sized town in Somerset... Hardly the 'sticks'. Copper wire broadband is very flaky. And I commute on a train without broadband. Chrome books are cool some, but I'll take a tablet with keyboard any day.
Sony PS4 SHATTERS UK console sales SPEED RECORD
Re: Fairly meaningless
Agreed. The hard core are driving sales at present. And they were *seriously* annoyed at MS proposals over ownership etc.
When the mainstream takes over it will be even more interesting. My anecdotal view was grown ups were buying PS and kids XB. So maybe the price difference will be even more important.
BlackBerry flings John Chen $89 MILLION to save troubled firm
Bad for Bezos: Amazon's German workers threaten pre-Christmas strike
Xbox One users will have to pay extra for Skype and gamer-gratifying DVR
Hey, you know Android apps can 'access ALL' of your Google account?
So if Android is so damn insecure...
How comes there's been no major breach / scandal / mainstream news story?
What is it 50% of new smartphones are Android? I've never heard of anyone actually having a problem with it... out of all the people I know with Android.
Genuine question, every week something new yet its all hypothetical?
Sad shop-shelf-clinging BlackBerry Z10 AXED ... in price, contracts
Re: Q10
My work curve has made me fond of BB. But the price of the Q10 is ridiculous. BB had two markets, business and teenagers. The Q5 should of been for teenagers and business lower ranks (£120ish PAYG), the q10 for the execs and enthusiasts (£240 ish).
When the Q10 comes down, i'll think about jumping ship from Android. I am *that* desperate for a qwerty.
'Do the right thing and tell on a pirate' - software bods
MySpace zaps millions of teens' tearful rants, causes wave of angst
So, Windows 8.1 to give PC sales a shot in arm? BZZZZT, wrong answer
+1 avoiding an upgrade
Dropped my lovely 17' XPS and broke the screen yesterday.
1st thought: arrrghh!
2nd thought: Hmm... excuse to buy a new one
3rd thought: oh no it'll be windows 8!
4th thought: use phone to buy new screen.
Anecdotal, but that's the how the economy works, millions of individuals all making their own decisions on their own terms. Made me chuckle to my self.
Ofcom to UK: Really - you're using the same password for everything?
Re: No mention if 2-step verification?
The only problem with that, and granted, it may not be a problem for many, is what you do if you lose your mobile / get mugged / are abroad / don't have coverage / ran out of battery.
Don't get me wrong, great feature, but in some ways, my email account is more reliable and important than my mobile to me... maybe i'm weird.
SimCity 2000
Inspired a generation of town planners
This is the definitive version for me personally (although 4 is close).
During my degree in Town Planning, it was not a surprise given most of the people on it had been 16 - 18 when this came out, that many, perhaps most of the group had been influenced in their choice of career after playing this game.
Of course the real thing is no where near as much fun, and I'm more or less and IT bod in a related field now :(
Google asks YouTube commenters to stand up and be counted
Spotify coining it at home in Sweden: But are artists getting any?
Re: Please...
Have to agree. What else can anyone do? People don't seem to want physical media lying around as much. People will not pay 'per play', and buying DRM infested MP3s is subject to storage failure and portability issues (granted i-tunes is good for this).
So i want to be legal, Spotify is clear, you get to play it as long as you subscribe, after that you lose the lot. The problem is the record companies and Spotify creaming off too much, not the users. Its a shame because the internet could potentially remove the middle men altogether.
Google makes Opera bloggers an offer they can't refuse: Use Chrome
Google+ takes on a location element as it pushes deeper into iPhone
"Google + Local"?
Really? Reminds me of when Microsoft renamed everything that previous had a logical name with something like "Microsoft MSN Windows Live {product name}" and then had go and invent 'bing' which sounds absolutely moronic and makes me think of a short American with bleached teeth in a cheap suit selling time-share.