BangersInMyKnickers posted:

I mean the initial "walk in to a room and see who also has a zune and sync your songs. welcome to the social." flop when it first came out

DaTroof posted:

but man, are they good at cognitive dissonance

golgo13sf posted:

its mission is to catch up to, and then exceed, the current smartphone leaders

golgo13sf posted:

new perspectives can pain the service

NOTinuyasha posted:

there's a front page?

(USER WAS PUT ON PROBATION FOR THIS POST)

graph posted:

did the zune (whats a zune?) have a service like this 2005 and it was garbage

maniacdevnull posted:

is blackberry major selling point for qnx still "it runs androind apps" because i wonder if they know that there are other products that run android apps. like android phones.

HYMEN.SYS posted:

yep and apparently the QNX based systems dont support BES anymore

mrbucket posted:

in case you forgot
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=15dsyw7X_ZM

mrbucket posted:

in case you forgot
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=15dsyw7X_ZM

HYMEN.SYS posted:

is he crying?

maniacdevnull posted:

should have swapped out for the hot spare ceo

mrbucket posted:

in case you forgot
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=15dsyw7X_ZM

8ender posted:

Day 1 of RIM music industry negotiations:

RIM: We want to make a music store
Music Industry Execs: How about $5 / month for 50 songs?
RIM: Sounds good, but what if we only let people change 25 songs? 50 sounds like too much.
Music Industry Execs: Well, if you insist...

http://www.splatf.com/2011/08/mike-kirkup/ posted:

Mike Kirkup, RIM’s departing senior director of developer relations, gives CrackBerry the old spending more time with my family reasoning behind his departure.

But I’m hearing (and reading) that Kirkup is a smart guy. He has to know that RIM’s story to developers is only weakening. And that there are much more interesting opportunities out there — either representing platforms that are winning or doing a mobile startup himself. Let’s see where he lands next.

Abeya Minora posted:

long time lurker of the RIM hilarity, first time poster:


i didn't even know that RIM had developer relations

did RIM know they were supposed to have developer relations?

Abeya Minora posted:

i didn't even know that RIM had developer relations

did RIM know they were supposed to have developer relations?

quote:

You Win, RIM! (An Open Letter To RIM's Developer Relations)

[...]

So it was at this point that I decided to surrender. Knowing what a pleasure it is to use Apple and Google’s tools, there was no way I could justify continuing with Playbook development. I thought this story would end there. Unfortunately, there was one more little jab you were still able to get in, RIM. This afternoon, Google Notifier informs me that I’ve received an email from you. Naturally, I assumed that it was just a confirmation that my App World account had been approved, considering I had filled out your forms truthfully and completely, just as you had asked. However, I was surprised to find that it was, in fact, a request for more personal information. You wanted me to print off a notarized statement of identification form, fill it out, take it to notary with government issue ID to have it notarized, and then return it to you so that you could be absolutely sure with 100% accuracy that I was who I said I was. I think it goes without saying at this point, but neither Apple nor Google require you to do anything even close to that.

Chajusong posted:

You must've missed this gem.

quote:

"This is really bad," Lazaridis told the group. "Someone should be in Sudbury driving this." Thirty minutes into that meeting Lazaridis looked at Richard McDonald, one of the six co-captains of operations, and abruptly asked, without a trace of emotion, "What should we do?"

McDonald, who remains one of Lazaridis' top lieutenants to this day, immediately stood up, drove to Tim Hortons, and, without a list of orders, ordered six double doubles for the meeting and a 12 pack of doughnuts, according to people familiar with the episode. The story is vintage Lazaridis: listless and hungry.

Kirk posted:

i had a dream last night that mike lazaridis gave an interview on tv wearing vibrams

i wish i didnt have such gay dreams

Enterprise Edge posted:

Message from RIM's CIO, Robin Bienfait: BlackBerry Enterprise Server -What Version Are You On?

Like all CIO and IT business leaders, I regularly participate in reviewing and planning internal software upgrades. There are often very compelling reasons to upgrade, but the inherent work effort needed to switch or enhance your software or system has to be assessed alongside the benefit of the upgrade. This is essential to gain an understanding of what software or systems suit your company.

OK I GIVE UP, I'M AN IDIOT OUR SOFTWARE SUCKS! I'VE BEEN EITHER COKED UP AND DRUNK, AT TIM HORTON'S TRYING TO KILL MY HANGOVER, OR loving SUDBURY CRACK WHORES FOR THE PAST 5 YEARS. you should probably start to plan your migration, because I can no longer inject coke into my gangrenous member.

HYMEN.SYS posted:

yep and apparently the QNX based systems dont support BES anymore

newreply.php posted:

luckily, RIM has added support for iOS and android devices

*pulls guns out of holsters*
*shoots self in both feet*
*is a VP at RIM*

newreply.php posted:

luckily, RIM has added support for iOS and android devices

*pulls guns out of holsters*
*shoots self in both feet*
*is a VP at RIM*

Carrier posted:

RIM are

Kirk posted:

Kirk posted:

Carrier posted:

wtf, spotify is better than that terrible idea and thats gone to the shitter recently as well...

theflyingexecutive posted:

what's up w/ this?

Kirk posted:

NotShadowStar posted:

hipster talk. before spotify used to be all indie european and exclusive and now pretty much anyone can use it, so it's poo poo now

Carrier posted:

idgi

quote:

QuickPull 5 is the latest iteration of one of the most popular BlackBerry® applications, ever. Want to keep your BlackBerry running like new? Tired of manually taking out the battery? Then QuickPull 5 is for you. With over 3 million users in 35 countries, QuickPull has become the "must have" utility of every BlackBerry user. QuickPull 5 is no exception.

* Completely rewritten from scratch
* New sleek, fluid interface
* Social network integration