Comments on: Report: Simplicity sells cells http://www.blackberrycool.com/2007/08/20/report-simplicity-sells-cells/ The voice of the BlackBerry community. Sat, 25 May 2013 03:37:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: jp http://www.blackberrycool.com/2007/08/20/report-simplicity-sells-cells/comment-page-1/#comment-183141 jp Sun, 26 Aug 2007 19:06:02 +0000 http://blackberrycool.com/2007/08/20/005412/#comment-183141 Functionality is the issue. You can cram a bunch of features in, and end up like a Homer Simpson designed car: every feature, but unusable and too expensive.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0701191/

If enough thought is put into the human user interface, the functions will be used. Most gadgets are designed by engineers who seem to forget that people don’t thrive on complexity.

Make it easy and intuitive to use, and it will be used.

]]> By: jp http://www.blackberrycool.com/2007/08/20/report-simplicity-sells-cells/comment-page-1/#comment-486974 jp Sun, 26 Aug 2007 19:06:00 +0000 http://blackberrycool.com/2007/08/20/005412/#comment-486974 Functionality is the issue. You can cram a bunch of features in, and end up like a Homer Simpson designed car: every feature, but unusable and too expensive.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0701191/

If enough thought is put into the human user interface, the functions will be used. Most gadgets are designed by engineers who seem to forget that people don’t thrive on complexity.

Make it easy and intuitive to use, and it will be used.

]]> By: RIM making a mini-BES | BlackBerry Cool http://www.blackberrycool.com/2007/08/20/report-simplicity-sells-cells/comment-page-1/#comment-182682 RIM making a mini-BES | BlackBerry Cool Fri, 24 Aug 2007 12:28:40 +0000 http://blackberrycool.com/2007/08/20/005412/#comment-182682 [...] home customers, and shows a lot of promise for penetrating the multimedia-crazy consumer market. A few days ago we were talking about advanced features on BlackBerrys, such as music-playing, and how many owners [...]

]]> By: javatyger http://www.blackberrycool.com/2007/08/20/report-simplicity-sells-cells/comment-page-1/#comment-181876 javatyger Tue, 21 Aug 2007 04:07:28 +0000 http://blackberrycool.com/2007/08/20/005412/#comment-181876 I personally love all the advanced features of a cellphone and definitely would buy the “Swiss Army” phone to the basic phone only models. I shelled out the big bucks for my BlackBerry because of all the features. :-)

]]> By: javatyger http://www.blackberrycool.com/2007/08/20/report-simplicity-sells-cells/comment-page-1/#comment-486972 javatyger Tue, 21 Aug 2007 04:07:00 +0000 http://blackberrycool.com/2007/08/20/005412/#comment-486972 I personally love all the advanced features of a cellphone and definitely would buy the “Swiss Army” phone to the basic phone only models. I shelled out the big bucks for my BlackBerry because of all the features. :-)

]]> By: javatyger http://www.blackberrycool.com/2007/08/20/report-simplicity-sells-cells/comment-page-1/#comment-486973 javatyger Tue, 21 Aug 2007 04:07:00 +0000 http://blackberrycool.com/2007/08/20/005412/#comment-486973 I personally love all the advanced features of a cellphone and definitely would buy the “Swiss Army” phone to the basic phone only models. I shelled out the big bucks for my BlackBerry because of all the features. :-)

]]> By: Phreqd http://www.blackberrycool.com/2007/08/20/report-simplicity-sells-cells/comment-page-1/#comment-181857 Phreqd Tue, 21 Aug 2007 01:44:04 +0000 http://blackberrycool.com/2007/08/20/005412/#comment-181857 I have yet to use the mp3 player in the 8800 as I have a good mp3 player I use all the time. I do use the video player to watch movies when I’m relaxing in the hot tub. I enjoy having the gps, but I don’t use it for driving as I have a dedicated unit for that.

]]> By: Phreqd http://www.blackberrycool.com/2007/08/20/report-simplicity-sells-cells/comment-page-1/#comment-486971 Phreqd Tue, 21 Aug 2007 01:44:00 +0000 http://blackberrycool.com/2007/08/20/005412/#comment-486971 I have yet to use the mp3 player in the 8800 as I have a good mp3 player I use all the time. I do use the video player to watch movies when I’m relaxing in the hot tub. I enjoy having the gps, but I don’t use it for driving as I have a dedicated unit for that.

]]> By: Bradley http://www.blackberrycool.com/2007/08/20/report-simplicity-sells-cells/comment-page-1/#comment-181854 Bradley Tue, 21 Aug 2007 01:35:28 +0000 http://blackberrycool.com/2007/08/20/005412/#comment-181854 I use my BlackBerry 8300 for everything now.. It even plugs into my bmw mp3 jack so I can listen to the mp3′s on it. I still buy off of iTunes and just use NoteBurner to convert them to mp3′s for my BlackBerry. Great thing about it all is that when I get a phone call the music mutes and my bluetooth phone integration (or headset) kicks in!

]]> By: Bradley http://www.blackberrycool.com/2007/08/20/report-simplicity-sells-cells/comment-page-1/#comment-486970 Bradley Tue, 21 Aug 2007 01:35:00 +0000 http://blackberrycool.com/2007/08/20/005412/#comment-486970 I use my BlackBerry 8300 for everything now.. It even plugs into my bmw mp3 jack so I can listen to the mp3′s on it. I still buy off of iTunes and just use NoteBurner to convert them to mp3′s for my BlackBerry. Great thing about it all is that when I get a phone call the music mutes and my bluetooth phone integration (or headset) kicks in!

]]> By: Comment on Report: Simplicity sells cells by Report: Simplicity … http://www.blackberrycool.com/2007/08/20/report-simplicity-sells-cells/comment-page-1/#comment-181836 Comment on Report: Simplicity sells cells by Report: Simplicity … Mon, 20 Aug 2007 23:41:54 +0000 http://blackberrycool.com/2007/08/20/005412/#comment-181836 [...] post by Report: Simplicity sells cells – BlackBerryForums.com : Your Number One BlackBerry Community and software by Elliott [...]

]]> By: morty http://www.blackberrycool.com/2007/08/20/report-simplicity-sells-cells/comment-page-1/#comment-181823 morty Mon, 20 Aug 2007 21:20:39 +0000 http://blackberrycool.com/2007/08/20/005412/#comment-181823 i would say bb people are more inclined to use the “bells and whistles”

getting email on your phone is now considered common…thats funny

as teens that text grow up they will be bb users for sure and gps + mp3+ cameras will also be used more

i and wife have curve and even my wife likes the cam and google maps

]]> By: morty http://www.blackberrycool.com/2007/08/20/report-simplicity-sells-cells/comment-page-1/#comment-486969 morty Mon, 20 Aug 2007 21:20:00 +0000 http://blackberrycool.com/2007/08/20/005412/#comment-486969 i would say bb people are more inclined to use the “bells and whistles”

getting email on your phone is now considered common…thats funny

as teens that text grow up they will be bb users for sure and gps + mp3+ cameras will also be used more

i and wife have curve and even my wife likes the cam and google maps

]]> By: Report: Simplicity sells cells - BlackBerryForums.com : Your Number One BlackBerry Community http://www.blackberrycool.com/2007/08/20/report-simplicity-sells-cells/comment-page-1/#comment-181809 Report: Simplicity sells cells - BlackBerryForums.com : Your Number One BlackBerry Community Mon, 20 Aug 2007 20:13:57 +0000 http://blackberrycool.com/2007/08/20/005412/#comment-181809 [...] features has been on the decline over the last couple of years. Less is more in the mobile world. Report: Simplicity sells cells | BlackBerry Cool BlackBerry Cool – the voice of the BlackBerry [...]

]]> By: Favorite Browser http://www.blackberrycool.com/2007/08/20/report-simplicity-sells-cells/comment-page-1/#comment-181790 Favorite Browser Mon, 20 Aug 2007 19:01:48 +0000 http://blackberrycool.com/2007/08/20/005412/#comment-181790 Off-Topic comment, can anyone tell me why does all the BB’s, for example even new Pearl 2 got a display with like 65k colors only?

]]> By: Favorite Browser http://www.blackberrycool.com/2007/08/20/report-simplicity-sells-cells/comment-page-1/#comment-486968 Favorite Browser Mon, 20 Aug 2007 19:01:00 +0000 http://blackberrycool.com/2007/08/20/005412/#comment-486968 Off-Topic comment, can anyone tell me why does all the BB’s, for example even new Pearl 2 got a display with like 65k colors only?

]]> By: Fruits n' berries http://www.blackberrycool.com/2007/08/20/report-simplicity-sells-cells/comment-page-1/#comment-181770 Fruits n' berries Mon, 20 Aug 2007 17:58:53 +0000 http://blackberrycool.com/2007/08/20/005412/#comment-181770 I have become dependent on GPS when travelling, but mainly use voice and email. I think BlackBerry users are probably more inclined to learn more about their devices and use more features, but I wonder if that’s really the case? I do relate, however, to people who are avoiding complexity – “keep it simple” is a mantra that stands the test of time.

]]> By: Fruits n' berries http://www.blackberrycool.com/2007/08/20/report-simplicity-sells-cells/comment-page-1/#comment-486967 Fruits n' berries Mon, 20 Aug 2007 17:58:00 +0000 http://blackberrycool.com/2007/08/20/005412/#comment-486967 I have become dependent on GPS when travelling, but mainly use voice and email. I think BlackBerry users are probably more inclined to learn more about their devices and use more features, but I wonder if that’s really the case? I do relate, however, to people who are avoiding complexity – “keep it simple” is a mantra that stands the test of time.

]]> By: shlammed http://www.blackberrycool.com/2007/08/20/report-simplicity-sells-cells/comment-page-1/#comment-181765 shlammed Mon, 20 Aug 2007 17:44:21 +0000 http://blackberrycool.com/2007/08/20/005412/#comment-181765 maybe thats because they have old blackberry’s that dont have multimedia support? :)

]]> By: shlammed http://www.blackberrycool.com/2007/08/20/report-simplicity-sells-cells/comment-page-1/#comment-486966 shlammed Mon, 20 Aug 2007 17:44:00 +0000 http://blackberrycool.com/2007/08/20/005412/#comment-486966 maybe thats because they have old blackberry’s that dont have multimedia support? :)

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