Official BlackBerry Thread

[jhtuner]

Hmmm somewhat...PM me if you like the 9650...faster than the 9700... Supposed to get some more next week

hmm k....what you think about the 8520 and the 9300?good buy or bad buy because i seeing more of them on the site...sighz

[napster16]

8520 *vomits* DONT
9300 if you wanna experience '4G' it's fair enough
BUT NOT 8520!!!

[jhtuner]

haha lol k

[jeevdude199]

Hmmm somewhat...PM me if you like the 9650...faster than the 9700... Supposed to get some more next week

hmm k....what you think about the 8520 and the 9300?good buy or bad buy because i seeing more of them on the site...sighz

buy the 9360..in white...phone is sexiii

[napster16]

http://ae.blackberry.com/devices/p9981/features.jsp



The Blackberry Porsche- $2000 USD
LIMITED EDITION

SPECS:
http://www.gsmarena.com/blackberry_porsche_design_p%279981-4288.php



SEEMS TO ME THEY REALLY ELABORATED ON THIS ANCIENT HANDSET...


What do you guys think?
Would you spend $13,020 to own a handset like this?

$13,020 of ......... UNIQUENESS?

[Chimera]

someone in misc. section is selling that phone for 8,000 TT locally i think ^^^

[S_2NR]

napster16, welcome to last year

[Rooki3]

know a dude with 1, said he paid 18000 new a while bk

[Chimera]

yeah that was the price they were selling for in december when it was released

$18,000 is actually a good price eh if you just count 20% duty and 15% vat it's 18 grand cost price.

[Gem_in_i]

So much for tht BB

[avenall]

This is my first time going to buy a blackberry. Anyone could give me advice on which is the best one i could buy second-hand? If you have ever experienced defects or disadvantages with the one you have can you please say so i would be able to know what are the disadvantages. I am looking to spend roughly about 1600 maximum.

[S_2NR]

This is my first time going to buy a blackberry. Anyone could give me advice on which is the best one i could buy second-hand? If you have ever experienced defects or disadvantages with the one you have can you please say so i would be able to know what are the disadvantages. I am looking to spend roughly about 1600 maximum.

Bold 9700

[Strauss]

[Partial article posted]

RIM's new woes seen speeding loss of BlackBerry users

Research In Motion's appointment of bankers to advise on drastic options, including an outright sale of the BlackBerry maker, may only hasten moves by major customers to offer their employees smartphones produced by rivals. An increasing number of top companies and government departments that were once devoted to the Blackberry are instead now giving some staff the option of using Apple Inc's iPhone or smartphones running off of Google Inc's Android-operating system.



There is now a real danger for RIM that such switching will gather pace and turn into a much bigger exodus of customers, mobile phone industry consultants and experts warned. The uncertainty surrounding RIM's future, and the possibility of a sale, is "scary to an end user," said John Hering, chief executive of Lookout, one of the world's biggest providers of mobile security products.

On Tuesday, RIM said it had hired deal-making bankers from JPMorgan Chase and Royal Bank of Canada to help it do a far-reaching review of its business. The Canadian company also shocked investors by reporting it expected a fiscal first-quarter loss, and said it was looking at a significant number of job cuts. Sources have indicated it may cut as many as 6,500 of its 16,500 jobs.

The company's share price has collapsed in the past year, and it is now only valued at about $5.4 billion, down from $84 billion at its peak in 2008. Excluding its cash and the estimated value of its patents, RIM's device business and its 78 million subscribers around the world are in aggregate worth less than $1 billion to investors. Retaining its customers' loyalty is a huge challenge.

READ FULL STORY
http://tech2.in.com/news/smartphones/ri ... ers/312322

[Stephon.]

Rip rim, gone 2soon, you will be missed, you never do nobody nothing etc.

[foss]

good thing I told myself the 9790 is the last BB I was buying.

[Strauss]

There is still a chance.

If Apple could turn around from 90 days to bankruptcy in the mid-90s to now the #1 valuable company in the world (~ $550 Billion cap; ahead of Exxon Mobil and PetroChina), why can't a once powerhouse like RIM do it? They have valuable core assets. They just need leadership.

[foss]

RIM needs a Steve Jobs hologram.

[casper]

Rip rim, gone 2soon, you will be missed, you never do nobody nothing etc.

so i guess its too late for QNX???

waiting to see what all the trini ppl that live for BBM will do when RIM has to shut down and in extension shut down d server for BBM....a berry without BBM is just a phone with a keypad....

i does recommend ppl to have a berry on d side even if they have an iphone or android cuz of the convenience of having it in trinidad where there are so much users of BBM....but i dont suggest u buy any high end berry that costing $3000 + right now cuz in a timing it will be worth nothing...if i were to get back a BB right now i'd buy a 8520 or 8320

[S_2NR]

brb, selling my BB while i still could.

[tr1ad]

shame that the figures only apply to the us market, while RIM devices sell more units in other parts of the world besides the us, europe and even the caribbean included in the high sellers

but if apple could make a comeback anyone can

[Strauss]

shame that the figures only apply to the us market, while RIM devices sell more units in other parts of the world besides the us, europe and even the caribbean included in the high sellers

but if apple could make a comeback anyone can

The danger to RIM in these countries are the cheap Android phones that could chew away at RIM's bottom line. Blackberry is a huge seller in 3rd world countries now. The have fast growing market in the African continent.

But still this is far from their core asset : enterprise. If the major contracts are lost in enterprise to iOS (that is making big in-roads) and later Android, it will stagnate technological growth of Blackberry devices if their modal market is the lowest end Blackberry's — then they will be wasting resources to develop and support the high end core.

RIM has to stop eff-ing around; deliver only one or two devices that has the best potential growth and stop wasting time fighting Apple, Google (and soon Microsoft) in losing battles.

[ice_winged_angel]

Anyone have a digi bb 8520 curve which, for some reason, does not let its BBM work even with full EDGE?
Data services down, even after hard reboot and registering....

[hustla_ambition101]

Anyone have a digi bb 8520 curve which, for some reason, does not let its BBM work even with full EDGE?
Data services down, even after hard reboot and registering....

You need to have Data or WIFI to get bbm to work

[jeevdude199]

anyone who updated to os 7.1 have a link for the update?

[S_2NR]

anyone who updated to os 7.1 have a link for the update?

brb, checking if google down..

[jeevdude199]

anyone who updated to os 7.1 have a link for the update?

brb, checking if google down..

i'm seeing a lot of versions just want to know what other people used it is the Blackberry thread i am entitled to ask questions.

[S_2NR]

check crackberry..i check there for blackberry stuff before here.

[tr1ad]

one would think the highest number would be the latest os

[jeevdude199]

yeah i know but was seeing the updates with certain carriers got cornfused but i updated it got everything on crackberry

[Strauss]

anyone who updated to os 7.1 have a link for the update?

brb, checking if google down..