Comments on: Thoughts on the BlackBerry Slider: Carrier vs Developer Needs

By: BlackBerry Torch 9800 Review: BlackBerry 6, Touchscreen, Keyboard and More | blackberry phone reviews

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 19:30:19 +0000

[...] fact that the Torch would have multiple input methods, the first thing that came to mind was “that’s too bad, you’re giving developers additional porting work which could affect the …” From a user standpoint, having several input methods actually makes for a better overall [...]

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By: Research in Motion 4th Quarter Fiscal 2010 Conference Call Summary | NationLink Wireless

Thu, 01 Apr 2010 22:35:02 +0000

[...] competitors. In North America, strong carrier relationships are going to continue to drive sales, sometimes to the detriment of the end user, but to the advantage of the [...]

By: Kyle McInnes

Kyle McInnes — Thu, 01 Apr 2010 05:07:38 +0000

Aggressive. I like it.

By: Kyle McInnes

Kyle McInnes — Thu, 01 Apr 2010 00:07:38 +0000

Aggressive. I like it.

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Wed, 31 Mar 2010 23:48:50 +0000

[...] competitors. In North America, strong carrier relationships are going to continue to drive sales, sometimes to the detriment of the end user, but to the advantage of the [...]

By: Senator Larson

Senator Larson — Tue, 30 Mar 2010 17:49:45 +0000

There is a third group to consider here: The consumers. This consumer WANTS a touch-screen device with a keyboard.

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BlackBerry Cool Roundup for the Week of March 15th | BlackBerry Cool — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 21:54:52 +0000

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By: Plethora

Plethora — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 03:59:51 +0000

Disagree. This is (ie should be) the new direction for RIM. Developers will inevitably follow suit, ie follow the money.

By: Eric at Ebscer

Eric at Ebscer — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 21:56:30 +0000

The more I think about it, the more this phone is going to be a pain to develop for.

Assume you want to use a trackpad based interface. At first you would think that you can use whatever was developed for the 9700, but then you realize that the screen resolution has been reversed, and you have to re-do the entire interface…

By: Jon

Jon — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 19:37:16 +0000

I don't agree.

As a developer, it shouldn't be that hard to develop for both the touch screen and trackpad.

Hell, we already do it for the Storm and the Bold.

As long as RIM doesn't do more stupid "compatiblity mode" tricks we should be okay.

I'm more concerned about bugs in the API.

By: dkonigs

dkonigs — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 13:56:50 +0000

This reminds me of why I, as a developer, hate the BlackBerry Storm. The reason is that its one device with a unique UI, and a carrier-exclusive one, out of a whole multi-carrier product line of devices with a different UI. In other words, it makes the Storm a low-priority "special case" for those of us who can only dedicate so much time and effort. Something like the slider, especially if also carrier-exclusive, could be a similar headache.

The other problem is that a lot of end-users pick up devices like the Storm because they think they look cool, discover that most software sucks on them (because not all developers have the time to rewrite their UIs, especially for older apps), and then blame the whole BlackBerry platform for it.

By: DavidB

DavidB — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 13:48:08 +0000

I'm with you On RIM needing to make development EASIER, not HARDER. It's already hard enough that developers end up releasing iPhone and Android versions of mobile apps, heck sometimes even WinMo versions, LONG before BlackBerry versions. Even though BlackBerry has about double the user base in the USA it is SO HARD that developers opt for getting their apps built and out there over having a larger potential user base. SAD, and nobody to blame but RIM.

RIM has historically made no bones about the fact that the carrier is their customer, NOT the end user. Apple and Google are going to show RIM the door if they don't make some adjustment to this philosophy, both are selling their smartphones direct (even though they are each exclusive to a particular carrier). RIM seriously needs to develop a direct relationship with it's end user customers if they want to hold off the forces of iPhone and Android.

By: Caspan

Caspan — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 13:00:00 +0000

I agree this will turn developing on its head and drive you nuts. Its almost like the old HTML develop for Netscape or IE it drove me bonkers!!