Angry Birds on Blackberry (hilarious)

[aohus]

Angry Birds Beta for Blackberry

 

[itsmemuffins]

Is this real?

 

[3lionsbecks]

The only thing this OP does is highlight how great BBM is.

 

[gibbz]

The only thing this OP does is highlight how great BBM is.

Great? Congratulations, a phone can send messages. It also highlights that the BB sucks as a gaming device. That is inarguable.

 

[Warbrain]

I was tricked by that. I would love to have Angry Birds on my work BlackBerry.

 

[Vivid5500]

The only thing this OP does is highlight how great BBM is.

Now this is the post of the thread.

 

[ozzyman500]

Angry Birds needs a serious retina display update. They had like 3 updates since the launch of the iPhone 4 and no graphics update. Lazy developers.

 

[chembox]

Great? Congratulations, a phone can send messages. It also highlights that the BB sucks as a gaming device. That is inarguable.

Have you even tried using BBM? It's a million times better than texting.

And, not everyone gets a phone because of it's gaming potential, you know.

 

[sunnydelight]

Angry Birds needs a serious retina display update. They had like 3 updates since the launch of the iPhone 4 and no graphics update. Lazy developers.

Nah, i ain't complaining, this game rocks.

 

[3lionsbecks]

Great? Congratulations, a phone can send messages. It also highlights that the BB sucks as a gaming device. That is inarguable.

. I don't think the BB cares too much about being a "gaming system". They'll leave that argument for the iPhone and PSP to have.

This is a big boy phone.

 

[logitechFan]

. I don't think the BB cares too much about being a "gaming system". They'll leave that argument for the iPhone and PSP to have.

This is a big boy phone.

Do not underestimate the power of BB.
BB is powerful enough to run solitares.

 

[sinsin07]

Anybody concerned with Angry Birds has other issues.

 

[Jare]

Saying something is (hilarious) makes it not very (hilarious) at all.

 

[scaredpoet]

Have you even tried using BBM? It's a million times better than texting.

I wouldn't say a million times better than texting. Cheaper perhaps, since it doesn't require a texting plan. Other than that it's about equal. Oh, until your realize that you can't message any of your friends who don't have Blackberries. Because you know, most of us don't choose our friends based entirely on what phone they have.


At that point BBM starts to kinda suck, really...

. I don't think the BB cares too much about being a "gaming system". They'll leave that argument for the iPhone and PSP to have.

This is a big boy phone.

The problem is, market indicators - something that big boys tend to pay attention to - indicate that even big boys want iPhone-like devices. Because big boys, after a while, grow tired of brickbreaker. RIM can't keep being stodgy forever.

 

[cipher29]

I wouldn't say a million times better than texting. Cheaper perhaps, since it doesn't require a texting plan. Other than that it's about equal. Oh, until your realize that you can't message any of your friends who don't have Blackberries. Because you know, most of us don't choose our friends based entirely on what phone they have.
.

Actually you are wrong..

Things BBM can do that SMS can't:

1) Read and Delivery stamps
2) Encrypted Communication
3) Group Communication (Shared Calendars, Shared Pictures, Shared To-Do Lists)
4) Status Updates
5) Free Global Messaging
6) Free Global Picture, Video and Voice Messaging
7) Emoticons Support
8) Way faster than SMS
9) Unlimited Character Input
10) Multiperson Chat (Different than Groups)

Those are 10 off the top of my head that are leaps and bounds ahead of SMS. There is no way you can even come close to comparing SMS to BBM.

 

[scaredpoet]

Actually you are wrong..

I'm wrong that BBM doesn't permit messaging to non Blackberry users?

Things BBM can do that SMS can't:

1) Read and Delivery stamps

That's nice, but within the past couple of years, I haven't had a text message fail on me. And for most critical communications, I call people.

2) Encrypted Communication
3) Group Communication (Shared Calendars, Shared Pictures, Shared To-Do Lists)
4) Status Updates

A nice feature, but not exclusive to Blackberry. These are all handled by MS Exchange and similar platforms, which permit a broader range of devices to take part and without the need for SMS OR having to route all the way to waterloo and back.

5) Free Global Messaging
6) Free Global Picture, Video and Voice Messaging

Again, ONLY to other blackberry users, which was my original sticking point.

7) Emoticons Support
8) Way faster than SMS
9) Unlimited Character Input
10) Multiperson Chat (Different than Groups)

None of these are features that are exclusive to Blackberries, and other platforms are more open and permit multiple device types to take part. In 2001 maybe they were big deals. But not today.

Again, RIM to needs to innovate more to stay relevant.

 

[deeesea]

BBM > SMS hands down.

and who the hell honestly thinks the iphone is a "gaming" device? I prefer all of my gaming devices to have hardware buttons so my fingers don't block my view of the screen. The iphone's games are good for when you're waiting for the bus or a doctors appointment, other than that, it's DSi/PSP all the way for portable gaming.

 

[tpg]

Free global messaging? Unlimited character input? Almost sounds as good as email!

 

[deeesea]

I'm wrong that BBM doesn't permit messaging to non Blackberry users?



That's nice, but within the past couple of years, I haven't had a text message fail on me. And for most critical communications, I call people.



A nice feature, but not exclusive to Blackberry. These are all handled by MS Exchange and similar platforms, which permit a broader range of devices to take part and without the need for SMS OR having to route all the way to waterloo and back.



Again, ONLY to other blackberry users, which was my original sticking point.



None of these are features that are exclusive to Blackberries, and other platforms are more open and permit multiple device types to take part. In 2001 maybe they were big deals. But not today.

Again, RIM to needs to innovate more to stay relevant.

Apple also needs to innovate because google's android is blowing IOS out of the water at the moment.

 

[ciaran00]

Have you even tried using BBM? It's a million times better than texting.

And, not everyone gets a phone because of it's gaming potential, you know.

1 million times better than texting? How is it even 1.1 times better? I have unlim texting with Tmo on my 3GS. Please explain.

 

[Irish Rose]

Wirelessly posted (Mozilla/5.0 (iPhone; U; CPU iPhone OS 4_1 like Mac OS X; en-us) AppleWebKit/532.9 (KHTML, like Gecko) Version/4.0.5 Mobile/8B117 Safari/6531.22.7)

Great? Congratulations, a phone can send messages. It also highlights that the BB sucks as a gaming device. That is inarguable.

Have you even tried using BBM? It's a million times better than texting.

And, not everyone gets a phone because of it's gaming potential, you know.

I have, and still use my BB Bold once in a while, however, I do not agree with you that the BBM feature is a "million" times better than texting, ymmv.....

 

[scaredpoet]

Apple also needs to innovate because google's android is blowing IOS out of the water at the moment.

The continued long delivery times and high demand disagree with you.

 

[ciaran00]

Actually you are wrong..

Things BBM can do that SMS can't:

1) Read and Delivery stamps
2) Encrypted Communication
3) Group Communication (Shared Calendars, Shared Pictures, Shared To-Do Lists)
4) Status Updates
5) Free Global Messaging
6) Free Global Picture, Video and Voice Messaging
7) Emoticons Support
8) Way faster than SMS
9) Unlimited Character Input
10) Multiperson Chat (Different than Groups)

Those are 10 off the top of my head that are leaps and bounds ahead of SMS. There is no way you can even come close to comparing SMS to BBM.

Uh, that's great.. and besides routing shared calenders through Gmail/CalDAV, what exactly are you getting that MSN doesn't get you?

I'm not restricted to BBs or even cell phones to do MSN with people i know.

 

[Irish Rose]

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Actually you are wrong..

I'm wrong that BBM doesn't permit messaging to non Blackberry users?

Things BBM can do that SMS can't:

1) Read and Delivery stamps

That's nice, but within the past couple of years, I haven't had a text message fail on me. And for most critical communications, I call people.

2) Encrypted Communication
3) Group Communication (Shared Calendars, Shared Pictures, Shared To-Do Lists)
4) Status Updates

A nice feature, but not exclusive to Blackberry. These are all handled by MS Exchange and similar platforms, which permit a broader range of devices to take part and without the need for SMS OR having to route all the way to waterloo and back.

5) Free Global Messaging
6) Free Global Picture, Video and Voice Messaging

Again, ONLY to other blackberry users, which was my original sticking point.

7) Emoticons Support
8) Way faster than SMS
9) Unlimited Character Input
10) Multiperson Chat (Different than Groups)

None of these are features that are exclusive to Blackberries, and other platforms are more open and permit multiple device types to take part. In 2001 maybe they were big deals. But not today.

Again, RIM to needs to innovate more to stay relevant.

Now this is something that I do agree with 100%. RIM's latest 6.0 update, is not enough to keep them in the game, IMHO.

 

[Daveoc64]

Uh, that's great.. and besides routing shared calenders through Gmail/CalDAV, what exactly are you getting that MSN doesn't get you?

About half of that list isn't possible with Windows Live Messenger.