Comments on: ThoughtPiece: Will the iPhone be good for RIM? http://www.blackberrycool.com/2007/02/21/thoughtpiece-will-the-iphone-be-good-for-rim/ The voice of the BlackBerry community. Sat, 18 May 2013 20:02:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: archer6 http://www.blackberrycool.com/2007/02/21/thoughtpiece-will-the-iphone-be-good-for-rim/comment-page-1/#comment-99006 archer6 Fri, 16 Mar 2007 01:21:42 +0000 http://www.blackberrycool.com/2007/02/21/003669/#comment-99006 The BlackBerry has a proven track record of reliability & usefulness. The iPhone is vaporware until it is in use, at which point it will take awhile to prove itself. The BB is a corp business device. The iPhone a consumer entertainment device. There is more than enough room in the market for both. Apple fanatics will buy anything. Even Vaporware.

]]> By: archer6 http://www.blackberrycool.com/2007/02/21/thoughtpiece-will-the-iphone-be-good-for-rim/comment-page-1/#comment-485220 archer6 Fri, 16 Mar 2007 01:21:00 +0000 http://www.blackberrycool.com/2007/02/21/003669/#comment-485220 The BlackBerry has a proven track record of reliability & usefulness. The iPhone is vaporware until it is in use, at which point it will take awhile to prove itself. The BB is a corp business device. The iPhone a consumer entertainment device. There is more than enough room in the market for both. Apple fanatics will buy anything. Even Vaporware.

]]> By: allblackberry.com » March Poll: Which is more important to you, a big screen or a big keyboard? - BlackBerry news and reviews http://www.blackberrycool.com/2007/02/21/thoughtpiece-will-the-iphone-be-good-for-rim/comment-page-1/#comment-96882 allblackberry.com » March Poll: Which is more important to you, a big screen or a big keyboard? - BlackBerry news and reviews Mon, 05 Mar 2007 14:27:30 +0000 http://www.blackberrycool.com/2007/02/21/003669/#comment-96882 [...] The iPhone generates a lot of debate for a device that hasn’t even been released yet. Since Apple’s announcement of its release, a lot of people have been taking a look at the iPhone, and there is a lot of anticipation. Including the 66% of our poll respondents who said that there is an iPhone in their future. A surprising 55% of those say that they’ll even (gasp!) give up their BlackBerry. Should RIM be worried? [...]

]]> By: nsimpson http://www.blackberrycool.com/2007/02/21/thoughtpiece-will-the-iphone-be-good-for-rim/comment-page-1/#comment-93554 nsimpson Thu, 22 Feb 2007 19:24:23 +0000 http://www.blackberrycool.com/2007/02/21/003669/#comment-93554 RS

My post wasnt saying the pocketmac program was good, I was just saying that Apple squashed it as soon as they annouced the iPHONE. They dont want to give any support to blackberries. ie
http://www.blackberrycool.com/2007/02/02/003478
Apple never said a word about pocket mac until then

I know how good or bad pocketmac is. I have been using apples since the apple 2gs and blackberries since the mobitext pagers/950 series.

]]> By: nsimpson http://www.blackberrycool.com/2007/02/21/thoughtpiece-will-the-iphone-be-good-for-rim/comment-page-1/#comment-485219 nsimpson Thu, 22 Feb 2007 19:24:00 +0000 http://www.blackberrycool.com/2007/02/21/003669/#comment-485219 RS

My post wasnt saying the pocketmac program was good, I was just saying that Apple squashed it as soon as they annouced the iPHONE. They dont want to give any support to blackberries. ie
http://www.blackberrycool.com/2007/02/02/003478
Apple never said a word about pocket mac until then

I know how good or bad pocketmac is. I have been using apples since the apple 2gs and blackberries since the mobitext pagers/950 series.

]]> By: Harvitpal http://www.blackberrycool.com/2007/02/21/thoughtpiece-will-the-iphone-be-good-for-rim/comment-page-1/#comment-93118 Harvitpal Thu, 22 Feb 2007 02:03:58 +0000 http://www.blackberrycool.com/2007/02/21/003669/#comment-93118 iPhone is going to kill most of the blackberry sales in the ordinary retail consumer market. Email is available on all devices now, from a Palm, iPaq, HTC, Samsung, Nokia and now Apple. The solution underneath that makes it work. Who cares as long as it works. Blackberry (RIM) no longer have the email advantage, Thats dead in the water. Keyboard!? Palm, iPaq, HTC, Nokia all provide keyboards.
None of us have used the iPhone yet so lets reserve judgment for how useful the keyboard will be until it comes out. I personally don’t like the track ball and am inclined to get an iphone for the web access usability and email.
Most of my friends want a mobile phone that can play music, email they dont care, keyboard – no way – they hate the idea! RIM will be negatively impacted in the consumer retail market. The business users (corporate world) will initially stick to the Blackberry.

]]> By: Harvitpal http://www.blackberrycool.com/2007/02/21/thoughtpiece-will-the-iphone-be-good-for-rim/comment-page-1/#comment-485218 Harvitpal Thu, 22 Feb 2007 02:03:00 +0000 http://www.blackberrycool.com/2007/02/21/003669/#comment-485218 iPhone is going to kill most of the blackberry sales in the ordinary retail consumer market. Email is available on all devices now, from a Palm, iPaq, HTC, Samsung, Nokia and now Apple. The solution underneath that makes it work. Who cares as long as it works. Blackberry (RIM) no longer have the email advantage, Thats dead in the water. Keyboard!? Palm, iPaq, HTC, Nokia all provide keyboards.
None of us have used the iPhone yet so lets reserve judgment for how useful the keyboard will be until it comes out. I personally don’t like the track ball and am inclined to get an iphone for the web access usability and email.
Most of my friends want a mobile phone that can play music, email they dont care, keyboard – no way – they hate the idea! RIM will be negatively impacted in the consumer retail market. The business users (corporate world) will initially stick to the Blackberry.

]]> By: ThoughtPiece: Will the iPhone be good for RIM? | iBIT http://www.blackberrycool.com/2007/02/21/thoughtpiece-will-the-iphone-be-good-for-rim/comment-page-1/#comment-93106 ThoughtPiece: Will the iPhone be good for RIM? | iBIT Thu, 22 Feb 2007 01:02:31 +0000 http://www.blackberrycool.com/2007/02/21/003669/#comment-93106 [...] Source: Thought Filed under Blog by [...]

]]> By: Tedious http://www.blackberrycool.com/2007/02/21/thoughtpiece-will-the-iphone-be-good-for-rim/comment-page-1/#comment-93046 Tedious Wed, 21 Feb 2007 20:51:17 +0000 http://www.blackberrycool.com/2007/02/21/003669/#comment-93046 The iPhone is dead-in-the-water for e-mail junkies. This is neither good nor bad.

It wasn’t designed with text communications as it’s primary function. For those who need text communication to be priority, it is a non-starter.

It will sell like hotcakes to everyone else.

I think the iPhone will rise the tide on “smart phones” and all boats will benefit.

I also see Microsoft pushing hard to control this market.

]]> By: Tedious http://www.blackberrycool.com/2007/02/21/thoughtpiece-will-the-iphone-be-good-for-rim/comment-page-1/#comment-485217 Tedious Wed, 21 Feb 2007 20:51:00 +0000 http://www.blackberrycool.com/2007/02/21/003669/#comment-485217 The iPhone is dead-in-the-water for e-mail junkies. This is neither good nor bad.

It wasn’t designed with text communications as it’s primary function. For those who need text communication to be priority, it is a non-starter.

It will sell like hotcakes to everyone else.

I think the iPhone will rise the tide on “smart phones” and all boats will benefit.

I also see Microsoft pushing hard to control this market.

]]> By: RS http://www.blackberrycool.com/2007/02/21/thoughtpiece-will-the-iphone-be-good-for-rim/comment-page-1/#comment-93034 RS Wed, 21 Feb 2007 19:32:29 +0000 http://www.blackberrycool.com/2007/02/21/003669/#comment-93034 nsimpson…”
Pocketmac has been around for a while, it was only after the annouced the iPhone did they have an issue with the software.”

Not true…Pocketmac has been an ISSUE for quite some time now. It is riddled with problems and does an inconsistent job of synching. All you have to do is go to the “Mac” area on pinstack.com and you will see hundreds, if not thousands of posts on this issue. RIM bought the use of the software from Appliance Associates and never got involved in any aspect of the program. As well, there is no desktop manager for Mac users…c’mon, get it together. You can successfully sync Nokia, Motorola, etc with iSync.

]]> By: RS http://www.blackberrycool.com/2007/02/21/thoughtpiece-will-the-iphone-be-good-for-rim/comment-page-1/#comment-485216 RS Wed, 21 Feb 2007 19:32:00 +0000 http://www.blackberrycool.com/2007/02/21/003669/#comment-485216 nsimpson…”
Pocketmac has been around for a while, it was only after the annouced the iPhone did they have an issue with the software.”

Not true…Pocketmac has been an ISSUE for quite some time now. It is riddled with problems and does an inconsistent job of synching. All you have to do is go to the “Mac” area on pinstack.com and you will see hundreds, if not thousands of posts on this issue. RIM bought the use of the software from Appliance Associates and never got involved in any aspect of the program. As well, there is no desktop manager for Mac users…c’mon, get it together. You can successfully sync Nokia, Motorola, etc with iSync.

]]> By: nsimpson http://www.blackberrycool.com/2007/02/21/thoughtpiece-will-the-iphone-be-good-for-rim/comment-page-1/#comment-93012 nsimpson Wed, 21 Feb 2007 17:59:53 +0000 http://www.blackberrycool.com/2007/02/21/003669/#comment-93012 In response to the first poster who said that hopefully it will improve on compatitiblity between your BB and apple, i think it will get worse before it improves.

They veiw eachother as competitors right now, apple wants apple users to pick the iphone and will try to as hard as possible for people who chose a blackberry.

Pocketmac has been around for a while, it was only after the annouced the iPhone did they have an issue with the software.

]]> By: nsimpson http://www.blackberrycool.com/2007/02/21/thoughtpiece-will-the-iphone-be-good-for-rim/comment-page-1/#comment-485215 nsimpson Wed, 21 Feb 2007 17:59:00 +0000 http://www.blackberrycool.com/2007/02/21/003669/#comment-485215 In response to the first poster who said that hopefully it will improve on compatitiblity between your BB and apple, i think it will get worse before it improves.

They veiw eachother as competitors right now, apple wants apple users to pick the iphone and will try to as hard as possible for people who chose a blackberry.

Pocketmac has been around for a while, it was only after the annouced the iPhone did they have an issue with the software.

]]> By: iPhone » iPhone February 21, 2007 10:32 am http://www.blackberrycool.com/2007/02/21/thoughtpiece-will-the-iphone-be-good-for-rim/comment-page-1/#comment-92978 iPhone » iPhone February 21, 2007 10:32 am Wed, 21 Feb 2007 15:38:30 +0000 http://www.blackberrycool.com/2007/02/21/003669/#comment-92978 [...] Comment on ThoughtPiece: Will the iPhone be good for RIM? by RS So many Blackberry loyalists are so completely brainwashed about how the Blackberry will win the battle with iPhone even before it has been released. I love my 8700g, but I?m hoping that the market as a whole will continually improve … [...]

]]> By: Fact http://www.blackberrycool.com/2007/02/21/thoughtpiece-will-the-iphone-be-good-for-rim/comment-page-1/#comment-92974 Fact Wed, 21 Feb 2007 15:22:04 +0000 http://www.blackberrycool.com/2007/02/21/003669/#comment-92974 The problem with the iPhone is that there is no Administrative side to it – no server software.

iPhone + BBConnect = Solution to both RIM and Apple’s issues.

]]> By: Fact http://www.blackberrycool.com/2007/02/21/thoughtpiece-will-the-iphone-be-good-for-rim/comment-page-1/#comment-485214 Fact Wed, 21 Feb 2007 15:22:00 +0000 http://www.blackberrycool.com/2007/02/21/003669/#comment-485214 The problem with the iPhone is that there is no Administrative side to it – no server software.

iPhone + BBConnect = Solution to both RIM and Apple’s issues.

]]> By: RS http://www.blackberrycool.com/2007/02/21/thoughtpiece-will-the-iphone-be-good-for-rim/comment-page-1/#comment-92963 RS Wed, 21 Feb 2007 13:50:45 +0000 http://www.blackberrycool.com/2007/02/21/003669/#comment-92963 Great post, and I agree completely. So many Blackberry loyalists are so completely brainwashed about how the Blackberry will win the battle with iPhone even before it has been released. I love my 8700g, but I’m hoping that the market as a whole will continually improve upon what is out there. This comes from exactly what you talk about in terms of competition. I am a Mac user and I’m hoping that the announcement of the iPhone will get RIM to pay attention to its Mac user base. (No consistent synching, no desktop manager, no OS upgrading, etc.) Fingers crossed!

]]> By: RS http://www.blackberrycool.com/2007/02/21/thoughtpiece-will-the-iphone-be-good-for-rim/comment-page-1/#comment-485213 RS Wed, 21 Feb 2007 13:50:00 +0000 http://www.blackberrycool.com/2007/02/21/003669/#comment-485213 Great post, and I agree completely. So many Blackberry loyalists are so completely brainwashed about how the Blackberry will win the battle with iPhone even before it has been released. I love my 8700g, but I’m hoping that the market as a whole will continually improve upon what is out there. This comes from exactly what you talk about in terms of competition. I am a Mac user and I’m hoping that the announcement of the iPhone will get RIM to pay attention to its Mac user base. (No consistent synching, no desktop manager, no OS upgrading, etc.) Fingers crossed!

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