Comments on: DataSmart Technology is Great for Carriers But is it Good for Consumers?

By: Shawn

Shawn — Thu, 20 Jan 2011 03:11:00 +0000

Of course it matters to the consumers. Less bandwidth required for the device mean more devices and data supported by the carrier. iPhones are bandwidth hogs, the more devices can do to minimize that impact on the network the better.

By: Shawn

Shawn — Thu, 20 Jan 2011 03:11:00 +0000

By: DavidB

DavidB — Thu, 20 Jan 2011 02:43:00 +0000

It has been clear for years that RIM does not consider the users of BlackBerry smartphones as their customer, the wireless carrier is their customer. And all decisions made are predicated FIRST AND FOREMOST on what the impact will be on their customers, NOT the smartphone end user.

By: Blackberryfan

Blackberryfan — Thu, 20 Jan 2011 00:26:00 +0000

I don’t agree that RIM is going againt customers. The reason being is that they are incorporating a full blown HTML5 Browser with Flash 10.1 technology and that with QNX they are giving the developer tools the ability to create great Applications… I believe given the tools that they have with the current blackberry OS they can’t create great API’s like youtube, facebook, etc… But I believe the day’s will be coming with the new OS, they will be able to!