Comments on: RIM COO wants to take Apple out for a drink http://www.blackberrycool.com/2008/07/30/rim-coo-wants-to-take-apple-out-for-a-drink/ The voice of the BlackBerry community. Wed, 22 May 2013 22:04:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: portorikan http://www.blackberrycool.com/2008/07/30/rim-coo-wants-to-take-apple-out-for-a-drink/comment-page-1/#comment-308859 portorikan Fri, 01 Aug 2008 20:54:45 +0000 http://www.blackberrycool.com/?p=7931#comment-308859 Let’s just say I use my Blackberry for calling people and getting my email. IM as well.

It’s laughable to thing I would use it for listening to music, or watch movies on it because it’s so horrible.

Now, a good different to find out would be, do people find using an iphone for web browsing and email laughable as I do my Blackberry for media?

]]> By: portorikan http://www.blackberrycool.com/2008/07/30/rim-coo-wants-to-take-apple-out-for-a-drink/comment-page-1/#comment-490392 portorikan Fri, 01 Aug 2008 20:54:00 +0000 http://www.blackberrycool.com/?p=7931#comment-490392 Let’s just say I use my Blackberry for calling people and getting my email. IM as well.

It’s laughable to thing I would use it for listening to music, or watch movies on it because it’s so horrible.

Now, a good different to find out would be, do people find using an iphone for web browsing and email laughable as I do my Blackberry for media?

]]> By: BR14 http://www.blackberrycool.com/2008/07/30/rim-coo-wants-to-take-apple-out-for-a-drink/comment-page-1/#comment-308623 BR14 Thu, 31 Jul 2008 02:58:46 +0000 http://www.blackberrycool.com/?p=7931#comment-308623 A 2008 operating system? Are you kidding? At least you can cut and paste with a BlackBerry. Even my old Mobitex device could cut and paste.

While the iPhone is cool for media and browsing, thats about as far as it goes. Touch screens cannot replace a real keyboard for ease of entering data (I had a touch screen on my 2001 iPaq incidentally – it also had wi-fi etc.)

It’s a pretty safe bet that BlackBerrys will continue to rule the corporate space once the hype dies down. I imagine thats RIM execs view also.

Now add a slidable keyboard to the large screen and you could have a winner.

Is the iPhone push email the same quality as RIMs? Is it integrated with MS Exchange or Lotus Notes for example? Better be if they want to be in the corporate space.

]]> By: BR14 http://www.blackberrycool.com/2008/07/30/rim-coo-wants-to-take-apple-out-for-a-drink/comment-page-1/#comment-490391 BR14 Thu, 31 Jul 2008 02:58:00 +0000 http://www.blackberrycool.com/?p=7931#comment-490391 A 2008 operating system? Are you kidding? At least you can cut and paste with a BlackBerry. Even my old Mobitex device could cut and paste.

While the iPhone is cool for media and browsing, thats about as far as it goes. Touch screens cannot replace a real keyboard for ease of entering data (I had a touch screen on my 2001 iPaq incidentally – it also had wi-fi etc.)

It’s a pretty safe bet that BlackBerrys will continue to rule the corporate space once the hype dies down. I imagine thats RIM execs view also.

Now add a slidable keyboard to the large screen and you could have a winner.

Is the iPhone push email the same quality as RIMs? Is it integrated with MS Exchange or Lotus Notes for example? Better be if they want to be in the corporate space.

]]> By: Carlos http://www.blackberrycool.com/2008/07/30/rim-coo-wants-to-take-apple-out-for-a-drink/comment-page-1/#comment-308618 Carlos Thu, 31 Jul 2008 01:17:49 +0000 http://www.blackberrycool.com/?p=7931#comment-308618 I live in Waterloo so I know quite a few RIM employees, especially in marketing – trust me when I say that they’re giving more thought to the iPhone then they did a month ago. With the phone selling like hotcakes, they’re breaking down the phone and really studying it to see why people are willing to wait in line for such a device (toy or not). For what it’s worth, they were also surprised iTunes became such a success because of the spread of illegal music… In regards to the statement, they have 3 products coming out before Christmas (bold, thunder, kickstart) – of course they’ll downplay the capabilities of the iPhone.

]]> By: Carlos http://www.blackberrycool.com/2008/07/30/rim-coo-wants-to-take-apple-out-for-a-drink/comment-page-1/#comment-490390 Carlos Thu, 31 Jul 2008 01:17:00 +0000 http://www.blackberrycool.com/?p=7931#comment-490390 I live in Waterloo so I know quite a few RIM employees, especially in marketing – trust me when I say that they’re giving more thought to the iPhone then they did a month ago. With the phone selling like hotcakes, they’re breaking down the phone and really studying it to see why people are willing to wait in line for such a device (toy or not). For what it’s worth, they were also surprised iTunes became such a success because of the spread of illegal music… In regards to the statement, they have 3 products coming out before Christmas (bold, thunder, kickstart) – of course they’ll downplay the capabilities of the iPhone.

]]> By: BlogReader http://www.blackberrycool.com/2008/07/30/rim-coo-wants-to-take-apple-out-for-a-drink/comment-page-1/#comment-308591 BlogReader Wed, 30 Jul 2008 17:19:45 +0000 http://www.blackberrycool.com/?p=7931#comment-308591 and you don’t have to give up all the multimedia stuff

Translation: hey we finally made a phone that can stream!!1!

Dennis : what exactly makes a blackberry a blackberry? A keypad? Push email? Having to take the battery out to powercycle to fix a networking issue? A craptacular development environment? Except the last 2 the iPhone has it.

]]> By: BlogReader http://www.blackberrycool.com/2008/07/30/rim-coo-wants-to-take-apple-out-for-a-drink/comment-page-1/#comment-490389 BlogReader Wed, 30 Jul 2008 17:19:00 +0000 http://www.blackberrycool.com/?p=7931#comment-490389 and you don’t have to give up all the multimedia stuff

Translation: hey we finally made a phone that can stream!!1!

Dennis : what exactly makes a blackberry a blackberry? A keypad? Push email? Having to take the battery out to powercycle to fix a networking issue? A craptacular development environment? Except the last 2 the iPhone has it.

]]> By: Albert http://www.blackberrycool.com/2008/07/30/rim-coo-wants-to-take-apple-out-for-a-drink/comment-page-1/#comment-308580 Albert Wed, 30 Jul 2008 16:15:25 +0000 http://www.blackberrycool.com/?p=7931#comment-308580 Maybe I’m just too much of an IT geek, but honestly what does the iPhone OS have or do that I cannot do on the BlackBerry OS?

]]> By: Albert http://www.blackberrycool.com/2008/07/30/rim-coo-wants-to-take-apple-out-for-a-drink/comment-page-1/#comment-490388 Albert Wed, 30 Jul 2008 16:15:00 +0000 http://www.blackberrycool.com/?p=7931#comment-490388 Maybe I’m just too much of an IT geek, but honestly what does the iPhone OS have or do that I cannot do on the BlackBerry OS?

]]> By: joseph steig http://www.blackberrycool.com/2008/07/30/rim-coo-wants-to-take-apple-out-for-a-drink/comment-page-1/#comment-308569 joseph steig Wed, 30 Jul 2008 15:20:12 +0000 http://www.blackberrycool.com/?p=7931#comment-308569 frighteningly this sounds just like the sort of bluster that Ballmer uses. hopefully RIM is taking Apple seriously. just like MS, RIM has to compete against a 2008 operating system in the iPhone with their own much dated system.

]]> By: joseph steig http://www.blackberrycool.com/2008/07/30/rim-coo-wants-to-take-apple-out-for-a-drink/comment-page-1/#comment-490387 joseph steig Wed, 30 Jul 2008 15:20:00 +0000 http://www.blackberrycool.com/?p=7931#comment-490387 frighteningly this sounds just like the sort of bluster that Ballmer uses. hopefully RIM is taking Apple seriously. just like MS, RIM has to compete against a 2008 operating system in the iPhone with their own much dated system.

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