Comments on: BlackBerry to Lose More Ground to iPhone, Android: Survey

By: Revolutionary: iPads are for Places, not People

Revolutionary: iPads are for Places, not People — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 21:24:36 +0000

[...] move away from personal e-mail to other more open forms of social communication may be one reason 40 percent of Blackberry customers are looking to switch to an iPhone. Given the fact that we now communicate to everybody all at once, why do we even need a personal [...]

By: Christopher

Christopher — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 23:47:43 +0000

I have built dozens of BlackBerry Ent servers and implemented them in diverse networks. Their strenghths lay behind the scenes. Yet outages have increased making my users ‘twitchy’. Loyalty is vapid when you realize the backbone isn’t solid. This is what will give Apple and Android steam.

By: Nate

Nate — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 19:29:11 +0000

The thing is, even though the BlackBerry was the first phone to start offering those kind of e-mail options, they’re no longer unique. Microsoft Exchange is supported by all major OSs.

BB OS looks outdated, it ain’t intuitive to use, it has few apps etc. The only thing that BlackBerry was selling on, at least here in the UK, was the strength of the BB Messenger. Even then, that’s starting to pick up a bit of a reputation down here as just a hype.

By: Matthew

Matthew — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 18:31:52 +0000

I honestly think this is a case of a PR firm and advertising agency heightening expectations for consumers too high. When RIM focused more on consumer products with the Bold, the Pearl Flip, etc., a lot of people bought them thinking they were trendy. I’m of the opinion that a Blackberry’s strength is in it’s email client, and most people simply don’t need that type of connectivity, unless they’re running a business or they use a specialized work phone.

The sad fact is, iPhone and Android offer a much more attractive user interface, more apps, and a richer web experience. RIM ultimately needs a Windows Phone 7 series style reboot (at least for consumer products) if they want to compete.

I wouldn’t necessarily agree with the increase in “Android awareness” per say. Most consumers still don’t really know what Android is exactly and don’t base their purchasing decisions around the OS – it’s just the fact that more carriers are advertising and discounting phones that run on the platform. At the end of the day, most people don’t have the OS on their checklist, they just look at which phones are discounted the most.