They did not "sell the hardware", they gave a license to make hardware.They only own the software, they sold the hardware to china, the smart will pass.
I like my Passport. If BlackBerry want to sell me another phone, they better make another real BB10.
Anyway, the next phone I buy should be a Fairphone with Sailfish (I already have a Jolla 1).I don't think they ever will, unfortunately. I think they gave up on BB 10. But who knows.
CoolAnyway, the next phone I buy should be a Fairphone with Sailfish (I already have a Jolla 1).
I also bought a new Fire Phone for 100 euro, but that is technically the opposite of an underdog.CoolYou seem to have a thing for underdog operating systems
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Pretty sure they did... at least on crackberry that's the common understanding of the status quo...I don't think they ever will, unfortunately. I think they gave up on BB 10. But who knows.
Sailfish was another great OS that failed due to ignorance. While they offered licensing of their OS its ability to run Android apps was (is?) limited to the jolla. Should have opened the plattform from the beginning... The hype was there...Anyway, the next phone I buy should be a Fairphone with Sailfish (I already have a Jolla 1).
Well... it was (is) a full scale virtual machine. Problem: It never made it beyond Android 4.3. The Android VM was good but not even BETA. It works, but API translations are buggy and permission (e.g. contacts) can't be set properly. Imho this wasn't final software. Anyway, it's gone now...I had a Z10 that I was able to use Android apps with due to an inbuilt emulator, it worked pretty damn well.
Better than the ****show that is Android, anyway.
The Passport is unique, the build is very premium, it is not Android, iOS, or Windows, it can also run many Android apps, and you can get it now for $200.Do people buy Blackberrys just for nostalgic purposes or is there some essential software they have that nobody else has?
Sailfish did not fail. It takes a lot of money and work to make a competitive smartphone OS. The latest Sony now has it. The journey goes on.
It is not a VM. It is a port of the Android runtime that uses a clever and fast mechanism to implement system calls. It is not beta, but an evolving project that got abandoned together with BB10.Well... it was (is) a full scale virtual machine. Problem: It never made it beyond Android 4.3. The Android VM was good but not even BETA. It works, but API translations are buggy and permission (e.g. contacts) can't be set properly. Imho this wasn't final software. Anyway, it's gone now...
Their new Androids are not niche phones... actually good devices. If Android would be an option I'd rather buy a BB Android than a Samsung...Nice looking device, but kind of like Windows Phone... it will remain a minor nit of a niche until they put it to death gracefully. RIM's big fail was they protected their hardware too long.
Good to hear its still alive... last time I checked they were basically bankrupt... Let's hope the journey stays on... A future with only Android and iOS would be very sad considering Android is not really an option for me.Sailfish did not fail. It takes a lot of money and work to make a competitive smartphone OS. The latest Sony now has it. The journey goes on.
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It is not a VM. It is a port of the Android runtime that uses a clever and fast mechanism to implement system calls. It is not beta, but an evolving project that got abandoned together with BB10.
It also has a huge battery and a headphone jack.
Google does not provide their APIs and apps for Android forks, so it will never be 100% compatible (market distortion again), but many apps do run well. What Amazon could do better is flag the apps that will just not start (NOT withdraw the apps that at some point might crash).Yes, it's a runtime. But it behaves much like a VM. Install AppOps or similar software and you can see the "internals" of it. I like the term "evolving project". True -but it wasn't running smooth enough for frustration free use of the average user. At least when BlackBerry was stupid enough to launch the underspecced (but otherwise nice) Classic where Android didn't run smoothly. That underpowered device with wrong UI scaling was another nail in the coffin of BB...
BB10 had Adobe AIR, but it was removed after other platforms killed the Flash player.I think the real question is: does it have flash player?
I cannot believe people post this kind of tripe. Guess what, we had another engineer join my company, was far better an engineer than I was, I think I might resign tomorrow cos that's what you do when you fail right?OMG blackberry stahp. Pls go gentle into that goodnight.
They won't. They will simply continue to print money.
They need to keep doing what they're doing. They don't give a crap about phones. They're just licensing the name and getting paid. Blackberry is a software company now. Plain and simple. They did $249M Q2. $196M of that was software and services.
The company reported record gross margins of 76 percent, up from 67 percent last quarter and 62 percent a year ago, despite the fact its hardware market share remains essentially zero.
I cannot believe people post this kind of tripe. Guess what, we had another engineer join my company, was far better an engineer than I was, I think I might resign tomorrow cos that's what you do when you fail right?
They're not stating that. In fact, they state the exact opposite:This article is falsely stating Blckbery is making the product. Their NOT!
Like all of the company's branded handsets these days, the Motion is actually made by Chinese company TCL Communication.
Not sure what the argument is here. No one made a claim to contrary.BlackBerry ONLY makes the Android OS for hardware and server software and services. That’s it. They licensed the hardware brand and division sold off to 2 companies one in India and another in China soon to start making hardware.
Also Z30, Z10 (BB10 OS by B.B. no longer supported since June 217, and made by them now discontinued), the D30, D60 and now this is the brands 6th touch screen phone.
But who cares this brand is long over due its death.