Comments on: The BlackBerry Challenge http://www.blackberrycool.com/2007/01/17/the-blackberry-challenge/ The voice of the BlackBerry community. Sat, 18 May 2013 20:02:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: Neil http://www.blackberrycool.com/2007/01/17/the-blackberry-challenge/comment-page-1/#comment-73955 Neil Thu, 18 Jan 2007 09:12:30 +0000 http://www.blackberrycool.com/2007/01/17/003269/#comment-73955 Data rates here in France are quite expensive too: 30 euros for 60 Mb (40 euros if you don’t sign up for a telephone subscription too).

That’s with Orange/France Telecom. SFR (Vodafone) offers 5Mb for 15 euros, but if you go above that rate the price increases very quickly.

I agree that a lower price and/or unlimited or near unlimited mail and web surfing would have a high take up rate, not perhaps with the traditional BBs but certainly with more consumer styled models like the Pearl.

]]> By: Neil http://www.blackberrycool.com/2007/01/17/the-blackberry-challenge/comment-page-1/#comment-484724 Neil Thu, 18 Jan 2007 09:12:00 +0000 http://www.blackberrycool.com/2007/01/17/003269/#comment-484724 Data rates here in France are quite expensive too: 30 euros for 60 Mb (40 euros if you don’t sign up for a telephone subscription too).

That’s with Orange/France Telecom. SFR (Vodafone) offers 5Mb for 15 euros, but if you go above that rate the price increases very quickly.

I agree that a lower price and/or unlimited or near unlimited mail and web surfing would have a high take up rate, not perhaps with the traditional BBs but certainly with more consumer styled models like the Pearl.

]]> By: squished18 http://www.blackberrycool.com/2007/01/17/the-blackberry-challenge/comment-page-1/#comment-73830 squished18 Wed, 17 Jan 2007 19:16:07 +0000 http://www.blackberrycool.com/2007/01/17/003269/#comment-73830 In my opinion…

There’s always so much chatter about how consumers want more features. I totally disagree. Consumers want cheaper data rates!!! What if 100MB/month of data usage cost $10/month? Millions of consumers would be signing up. $40/month for data is just too steep.

Drop the data rates and consumers will buy BlackBerrys in droves. Imagine unlimited wireless emails, IMs, web surfing, and gaming for $10/month?!?! Millions would buy.

We’re getting there…slowly. But I think that’s the critical factor holding back BB adoption worldwide.

]]> By: squished18 http://www.blackberrycool.com/2007/01/17/the-blackberry-challenge/comment-page-1/#comment-484723 squished18 Wed, 17 Jan 2007 19:16:00 +0000 http://www.blackberrycool.com/2007/01/17/003269/#comment-484723 In my opinion…

There’s always so much chatter about how consumers want more features. I totally disagree. Consumers want cheaper data rates!!! What if 100MB/month of data usage cost $10/month? Millions of consumers would be signing up. $40/month for data is just too steep.

Drop the data rates and consumers will buy BlackBerrys in droves. Imagine unlimited wireless emails, IMs, web surfing, and gaming for $10/month?!?! Millions would buy.

We’re getting there…slowly. But I think that’s the critical factor holding back BB adoption worldwide.

]]> By: aviationwiz http://www.blackberrycool.com/2007/01/17/the-blackberry-challenge/comment-page-1/#comment-73800 aviationwiz Wed, 17 Jan 2007 15:11:25 +0000 http://www.blackberrycool.com/2007/01/17/003269/#comment-73800 I agree for the most part. The BlackBerry really shines when it comes to reliability and the push email. Sure, everything else is great, but those are the parts that for the most part, no one else has really been able to replicate.

Most BlackBerry users aren’t looking for flashy new features, but if RIM wants to expand more into the consumer market, their going to need to offer it, while not destroying their core prosumer and business markets.

]]> By: aviationwiz http://www.blackberrycool.com/2007/01/17/the-blackberry-challenge/comment-page-1/#comment-484722 aviationwiz Wed, 17 Jan 2007 15:11:00 +0000 http://www.blackberrycool.com/2007/01/17/003269/#comment-484722 I agree for the most part. The BlackBerry really shines when it comes to reliability and the push email. Sure, everything else is great, but those are the parts that for the most part, no one else has really been able to replicate.

Most BlackBerry users aren’t looking for flashy new features, but if RIM wants to expand more into the consumer market, their going to need to offer it, while not destroying their core prosumer and business markets.

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