Comments on: Special Bacon on BlackBerry: The Curse of the Black Pearl http://www.blackberrycool.com/2006/09/07/special-bacon-on-blackberry-the-curse-of-the-black-pearl/ The voice of the BlackBerry community. Tue, 21 May 2013 07:20:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: Bacon on BlackBerry: Multimedia | BlackBerry Cool http://www.blackberrycool.com/2006/09/07/special-bacon-on-blackberry-the-curse-of-the-black-pearl/comment-page-1/#comment-201563 Bacon on BlackBerry: Multimedia | BlackBerry Cool Fri, 02 Nov 2007 12:11:21 +0000 http://www.blackberrycool.com/2006/09/07/002252/#comment-201563 [...] BlackBerry 8120 for a few weeks now and I’m impressed. I threw a 2GB microSD card in the side (finally), loaded up some MP3s (Foo Fighters, Billy Talent, Linkin Park, Fall Out Boy, etc.), threw another [...]

]]> By: JL http://www.blackberrycool.com/2006/09/07/special-bacon-on-blackberry-the-curse-of-the-black-pearl/comment-page-1/#comment-98685 JL Wed, 14 Mar 2007 19:35:37 +0000 http://www.blackberrycool.com/2006/09/07/002252/#comment-98685 To #11, there is no limit on the card that can be used with the Pearl. 1GB, 2GB whatever works just fine. See bottom of this link:

Peace.

]]> By: JL http://www.blackberrycool.com/2006/09/07/special-bacon-on-blackberry-the-curse-of-the-black-pearl/comment-page-1/#comment-483462 JL Wed, 14 Mar 2007 19:35:00 +0000 http://www.blackberrycool.com/2006/09/07/002252/#comment-483462 To #11, there is no limit on the card that can be used with the Pearl. 1GB, 2GB whatever works just fine. See bottom of this link:

Peace.

]]> By: Bacon on BlackBerry http://www.blackberrycool.com/2006/09/07/special-bacon-on-blackberry-the-curse-of-the-black-pearl/comment-page-1/#comment-46981 Bacon on BlackBerry Tue, 19 Sep 2006 20:56:24 +0000 http://www.blackberrycool.com/2006/09/07/002252/#comment-46981 The Pearl only supports microSD cards up to 1GB in size anyway so there’s a limit that will exasperate the swapping of cards.

]]> By: Bacon on BlackBerry http://www.blackberrycool.com/2006/09/07/special-bacon-on-blackberry-the-curse-of-the-black-pearl/comment-page-1/#comment-483461 Bacon on BlackBerry Tue, 19 Sep 2006 20:56:00 +0000 http://www.blackberrycool.com/2006/09/07/002252/#comment-483461 The Pearl only supports microSD cards up to 1GB in size anyway so there’s a limit that will exasperate the swapping of cards.

]]> By: Bacon on BlackBerry http://www.blackberrycool.com/2006/09/07/special-bacon-on-blackberry-the-curse-of-the-black-pearl/comment-page-1/#comment-46979 Bacon on BlackBerry Tue, 19 Sep 2006 20:47:40 +0000 http://www.blackberrycool.com/2006/09/07/002252/#comment-46979 … also, the largest microSD card I see right now is 1GB for $70 US. I think there’s 2GB available but only from SanDisk so they’ll be expensive.

]]> By: Bacon on BlackBerry http://www.blackberrycool.com/2006/09/07/special-bacon-on-blackberry-the-curse-of-the-black-pearl/comment-page-1/#comment-483459 Bacon on BlackBerry Tue, 19 Sep 2006 20:47:00 +0000 http://www.blackberrycool.com/2006/09/07/002252/#comment-483459 … also, the largest microSD card I see right now is 1GB for $70 US. I think there’s 2GB available but only from SanDisk so they’ll be expensive.

]]> By: Bacon on BlackBerry http://www.blackberrycool.com/2006/09/07/special-bacon-on-blackberry-the-curse-of-the-black-pearl/comment-page-1/#comment-483460 Bacon on BlackBerry Tue, 19 Sep 2006 20:47:00 +0000 http://www.blackberrycool.com/2006/09/07/002252/#comment-483460 … also, the largest microSD card I see right now is 1GB for $70 US. I think there’s 2GB available but only from SanDisk so they’ll be expensive.

]]> By: Jamison Banks http://www.blackberrycool.com/2006/09/07/special-bacon-on-blackberry-the-curse-of-the-black-pearl/comment-page-1/#comment-46137 Jamison Banks Mon, 11 Sep 2006 19:17:36 +0000 http://www.blackberrycool.com/2006/09/07/002252/#comment-46137 As a cellphone carrier employee who troubleshoots blackberries for a living, I can say road bump, but a major one. Most of our customers love card slots, and if this is truly buried in the device to the point you have to take the battery out . . . that’s asinine.

The Treo, most pocket pc’s, etc can directly plug the card in without pulling thye battery, let alone powering off the unit.

What was RIM thinking here?

]]> By: Jamison Banks http://www.blackberrycool.com/2006/09/07/special-bacon-on-blackberry-the-curse-of-the-black-pearl/comment-page-1/#comment-483458 Jamison Banks Mon, 11 Sep 2006 19:17:00 +0000 http://www.blackberrycool.com/2006/09/07/002252/#comment-483458 As a cellphone carrier employee who troubleshoots blackberries for a living, I can say road bump, but a major one. Most of our customers love card slots, and if this is truly buried in the device to the point you have to take the battery out . . . that’s asinine.

The Treo, most pocket pc’s, etc can directly plug the card in without pulling thye battery, let alone powering off the unit.

What was RIM thinking here?

]]> By: olly http://www.blackberrycool.com/2006/09/07/special-bacon-on-blackberry-the-curse-of-the-black-pearl/comment-page-1/#comment-45611 olly Sat, 09 Sep 2006 20:04:04 +0000 http://www.blackberrycool.com/2006/09/07/002252/#comment-45611 I’ve owned a ton of phones with memory card slots (most of mine in the laast 3 years actually), and I can’t honestly say that I have swapped cards out more than a few times here and there. Hell, even on the N-Gage all those of us that loved it did was buy a big ass card, put 20 cracked games on it, and never swap it.

For 99% of people, it’s not that great of inconvenience.

Can’t wait until Tuesday, ready to get my Pearl!

-olly

]]> By: olly http://www.blackberrycool.com/2006/09/07/special-bacon-on-blackberry-the-curse-of-the-black-pearl/comment-page-1/#comment-483457 olly Sat, 09 Sep 2006 20:04:00 +0000 http://www.blackberrycool.com/2006/09/07/002252/#comment-483457 I’ve owned a ton of phones with memory card slots (most of mine in the laast 3 years actually), and I can’t honestly say that I have swapped cards out more than a few times here and there. Hell, even on the N-Gage all those of us that loved it did was buy a big ass card, put 20 cracked games on it, and never swap it.

For 99% of people, it’s not that great of inconvenience.

Can’t wait until Tuesday, ready to get my Pearl!

-olly

]]> By: Luke http://www.blackberrycool.com/2006/09/07/special-bacon-on-blackberry-the-curse-of-the-black-pearl/comment-page-1/#comment-45603 Luke Sat, 09 Sep 2006 19:12:08 +0000 http://www.blackberrycool.com/2006/09/07/002252/#comment-45603 The SD card location is going to be a problem for me. And I feel your pain on the Sim cards. I’m a very frequent business traveller and all my information is on the blackberry. I swap sim cards 1-2 times a week depending on the country I’m in and waiting the 10 plus minutes it takes for my blackberry to boot can painful when you want to call someone who is picking you up from the airport. It’s rather annoying. The 7130c is much better in this regard than the old 7100. I have over 2000 contacts in my phone so that probably makes a huge difference.

]]> By: Luke http://www.blackberrycool.com/2006/09/07/special-bacon-on-blackberry-the-curse-of-the-black-pearl/comment-page-1/#comment-483455 Luke Sat, 09 Sep 2006 19:12:00 +0000 http://www.blackberrycool.com/2006/09/07/002252/#comment-483455 The SD card location is going to be a problem for me. And I feel your pain on the Sim cards. I’m a very frequent business traveller and all my information is on the blackberry. I swap sim cards 1-2 times a week depending on the country I’m in and waiting the 10 plus minutes it takes for my blackberry to boot can painful when you want to call someone who is picking you up from the airport. It’s rather annoying. The 7130c is much better in this regard than the old 7100. I have over 2000 contacts in my phone so that probably makes a huge difference.

]]> By: Luke http://www.blackberrycool.com/2006/09/07/special-bacon-on-blackberry-the-curse-of-the-black-pearl/comment-page-1/#comment-483456 Luke Sat, 09 Sep 2006 19:12:00 +0000 http://www.blackberrycool.com/2006/09/07/002252/#comment-483456 The SD card location is going to be a problem for me. And I feel your pain on the Sim cards. I’m a very frequent business traveller and all my information is on the blackberry. I swap sim cards 1-2 times a week depending on the country I’m in and waiting the 10 plus minutes it takes for my blackberry to boot can painful when you want to call someone who is picking you up from the airport. It’s rather annoying. The 7130c is much better in this regard than the old 7100. I have over 2000 contacts in my phone so that probably makes a huge difference.

]]> By: BlackBerry Cool » Special Bacon on BlackBerry: Black Tahitian Pearls http://www.blackberrycool.com/2006/09/07/special-bacon-on-blackberry-the-curse-of-the-black-pearl/comment-page-1/#comment-45358 BlackBerry Cool » Special Bacon on BlackBerry: Black Tahitian Pearls Fri, 08 Sep 2006 19:28:53 +0000 http://www.blackberrycool.com/2006/09/07/002252/#comment-45358 [...] Cameras on phones is a pet peeve of mine. Without turning this into a rant on camera phones, I will just note that I now, technically, cannot take my BlackBerry to the gym as cameras of any kind are prohibited in the locker room. So for me, the camera is one of the two big downsides of this device. The other downside (as you may have guessed from “The Curse of the Black Pearl”) is the microSD slot location. [...]

]]> By: Bacon on Blackberry http://www.blackberrycool.com/2006/09/07/special-bacon-on-blackberry-the-curse-of-the-black-pearl/comment-page-1/#comment-45341 Bacon on Blackberry Fri, 08 Sep 2006 14:49:06 +0000 http://www.blackberrycool.com/2006/09/07/002252/#comment-45341 Thought:

regarding the simulators, they only go so far. I have dozens of simulators for various devices and OS versions. They don’t simulate the performance characteristics of the devices or network latency (for multiplayer games) so we still have to do a lot of work on the actual devices.

]]> By: Bacon on Blackberry http://www.blackberrycool.com/2006/09/07/special-bacon-on-blackberry-the-curse-of-the-black-pearl/comment-page-1/#comment-483454 Bacon on Blackberry Fri, 08 Sep 2006 14:49:00 +0000 http://www.blackberrycool.com/2006/09/07/002252/#comment-483454 Thought:

regarding the simulators, they only go so far. I have dozens of simulators for various devices and OS versions. They don’t simulate the performance characteristics of the devices or network latency (for multiplayer games) so we still have to do a lot of work on the actual devices.

]]> By: Bacon on Blackberry http://www.blackberrycool.com/2006/09/07/special-bacon-on-blackberry-the-curse-of-the-black-pearl/comment-page-1/#comment-45339 Bacon on Blackberry Fri, 08 Sep 2006 14:30:36 +0000 http://www.blackberrycool.com/2006/09/07/002252/#comment-45339 Thought:

regarding the SD card sizes, if manufacturers (not just RIM) want to put MP3 playing and video playing capabilities on thier devices, then what do they expect people to use them for? If it’s only the occasional MP3 file or ringtone, then no memory expansion card is needed. If it’s for playing MP3s as an MP3 player, then they need to accomodate the most frequent use case for an MP3 player of that size. Everyone I know that has an MP3 player that’s bigger then a memory stick in size (physical dimensions) has one with 4-20GB of space on it. A smartphone is bigger then many hard drive based MP3 players, if I’m willing to cart around a big device it needs to accomodate the big device use cases. In this case, lots of MP3s/video. Otherwise, remove those features and make the device smaller/cheaper.

]]> By: Bacon on Blackberry http://www.blackberrycool.com/2006/09/07/special-bacon-on-blackberry-the-curse-of-the-black-pearl/comment-page-1/#comment-483453 Bacon on Blackberry Fri, 08 Sep 2006 14:30:00 +0000 http://www.blackberrycool.com/2006/09/07/002252/#comment-483453 Thought:

regarding the SD card sizes, if manufacturers (not just RIM) want to put MP3 playing and video playing capabilities on thier devices, then what do they expect people to use them for? If it’s only the occasional MP3 file or ringtone, then no memory expansion card is needed. If it’s for playing MP3s as an MP3 player, then they need to accomodate the most frequent use case for an MP3 player of that size. Everyone I know that has an MP3 player that’s bigger then a memory stick in size (physical dimensions) has one with 4-20GB of space on it. A smartphone is bigger then many hard drive based MP3 players, if I’m willing to cart around a big device it needs to accomodate the big device use cases. In this case, lots of MP3s/video. Otherwise, remove those features and make the device smaller/cheaper.

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