-Aiming for the best glass typing experience......"As we've heard before, the keyboard has heat-mapping which will learn over time where you most commonly hit keys in error and adjust accordingly to increase accuracy."
That phone is already out...Note2 among others.
-"And BB10 has the best notifications center we've seen on a mobile device, letting you quickly "peek" at incoming emails, calendar notifications, tweets, etc. with a natural swiping gesture."
That phone is already out...all be it on Jellybean you swipe down from the top...on the Note2 phablet that's not as intuitive as a smaller phone's side swipe, I'll concede that.
-BB10 also has a cool time-shifting camera that lets you change the faces of individuals in case they blink during a shot.
Meeeeeeeh, ok I'll let you have the novelty on that one, but Samsung already hit that back in the summer...
http://www.phonearena.com/news/Sams...t-ShotBest-Photo-camera-features-demo_id29801
-BB10s web browser is insanely fast. The only browser that can beat it is Chrome running on a desktop.
I'll wait to see that...that.01 sec advantage. Seeing as how I went from the donkey in the mud curve to the Note2's lightening browser, the imprint has already been made on me....and that impression is what is killing RIM. They allowed that impression to grow and fester. Android and Apple will better RIM in under 3 months with an update and RIM won't have a response for 2 years.
Is that an issue? Really? The PB didn't have a home button...just 5 swipes....whoopy. Maybe BB10 has a bang your head against the wall detector and takes you right back to the home page. BB10 needs a sudden acceleration detector and a boomerang app so it returns back to a fanboi's hands when flung in frustration. That's the kind of "return feature" they need. Or some kind of "return to BB fleeing masses feature".
That's a win....it will allow them to stem the hemorrhaging of government contracts.
And yes, they're not asleep with the Phablet craze either like the other fruit company..... coming in mid 2013, Blackberry "Aristo"....
Quad core Krait processor, 4.65" OLED HD display,
http://www.cnet.com/8301-17918_1-57525998-85/details-for-rims-blackberry-10-superphone-surface/
I have this phone....Note2...in fact that display you mentioned....ACTUALLY IS SAMSUNG. Catching up is not good enough! They need to innovate.
And you were amazed by a device thats waterproof?
Yes....give me all of what you just said, with a stylus to annotate and sign documents, sketch, markup drawings, CAD, etc....make it waterproof and make it sync with my car....they have less than 3 weeks. If that takes any longer than a year than they are yet again behind the curve. All I see is a engineering department copying other makes 4 to 6 months after their releases and sourcing parts from their competitors, while their OS faces competition from their former allies. RIM can play that game in NA, but they will lose to Huawei in the developing world. Huawei copies better and faster...well maybe not better, but they will be better sooner rather than later.
Tune in for JanuBerry 30. This is just the beginning.
All that being said.....I really do hope they pull something out of their hat, but I fear / expect the worst. Expect people to be shorting them like crazy and to a degree supporting a late rally, only to see a deep cut come March. I also expect a fair degree of Apple shorting, in moderation over the next year or two. As much money as could have been made on the upswing has been made, there is more money to be made on the decent now. Besides, Apple, though always blatantly copied (usually 3rd to market in many "innovations"), is losing some cache. Not too much shine has come off, but they don't seem to be as barn storming with their cc "innovations", like the iPod or iPad, with their new minis and Photes / Phablets. They have their base, it will take a lot to dislodge them. RIM is a different story.
On a positive note, I finally ran into one client / vendor in the last month that is waiting for BB10. He is also stuck with them under IT contract.
On a side note....I went on an outing with my RIM buddies and about 8 other colleagues of theirs Back in early May, before the RIM conference and just before the delay announcement. In all the time I have known my buddies, for over 25 years, they never once got me a deal on a BB phone! So I am there talking with them and other RIM and non RIM buddies. All us non-RIM guys had been bullied into getting RIM phones, either through our companies or via our friends at RIM who just brow beat us over the years. All my non RIM buddies were either cursing at their soon to be last last (current Bold) BB, or already switched to Android or Apple. After some inquiring as to what is in the pipes and why I should wait before leaving RIM, and after receiving NOOOOOOOOOOOO encouragement, just typical strong arm bully / shame tactics, they RIM jobs went on to become more and more intoxicated. I carried on my debates with the non RIM side and only began to get a subdued frank reaction when (only 1 RIM) employee (not a friend mind you) began to listen into our conversation, call his colleagues over and show a vulnerable side. He encouraged his colleagues to listen and some of them began plying us for more experiences / feedback to inform their attitudes / upcoming products, I don't know.
It ended well, with 3 drunk dudes hopeful RIM may eventually turn around and listen to emigrating masses. Problem is.........they were 12 beers in and stumbling around, and this was just prior to the delay announcement and the fizzled BB conference. Maybe the axe scared some of them straight. Maybe the same axe scared some of them into putting eggs in other baskets. Maybe the axe scared some of them into a reactionary depressed lull. All I know is my RIM buddies have been silent, crossing fingers, and no longer respond or damn right get angry when asked BB related questions; same guys flaunting prototype Porsche phones around restaurant tables a year prior.
I have no indication that anything has changed since May. There is no confidence AT ALL coming from my inside sources. Perhaps Heinz has them all gagged for some epiphany!
