Blackberry Bold is coming back: 90 Seconds on The Verge
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- Опубликовано: 27 мар 2014
- Blackberry is reentering the Bold into production amid continuing losses for the company.
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Blackberry needs to be [powered by ANDROID]
What's happened to the old 90 seconds?
I'd like more than one story a day
I think it's okay to use '90 Seconds on The Verge' for one story only, but only when it's of a greater matter (like the Facebook + Oculus aquiresition). This seems a little long-drawn for a resume to be, and I'd like it better if there was 3 stories in most shows.
10s of blackberry users are excited by this news.
There's literally dozens of them!
Really not feeling this new format :-/
I love blackberry. Yay underdogs!
MORE STORIES!
Whoa. Companies can operate while only losing money?
Why wouldn't they?
Blackberry stockpiled money while it was extremely profitable and now it just lives on that. Nintendo is said to have enough money in the bank to last them till 2050 without turning a profit.
The first Blackberry Bold was announced in 2008 and released in 2009 in the U.S. I remember getting the Bold 9000 late 2009. Remember using the scrolling ball and later on removing it to get ones in other colors.
The ending is the best. Lol
Blackberry curve was the best before iPhone was around. Loved my blackberry curve 9300, loving my iPhone 5s now⭐️
I've never had a Blackberry but always wanted one. I'll jump at this opportunity for sure if they bring one to Verizon. I haven't tried the current Blackberry's we currently have because there's no track pad. Gimme a track pad and I'll give you my money.
the end lol
Why won't they just let Blackberry die in peace? Unless they're willing to throw Android on it (which seems to be what everybody wants them to do) then it won't sell as well as they want it to..
If a company is struggling the answer always seems to be put android on it. That is not the right answer when the android market is already saturated and even companies like Motorola and HTC are struggling.
Roy Hanks or they could bet on Ubuntu phone - the desktop counterpart is already rated as the most secure OS by the UK government.
Matthew Mers It may be the answer when everybody loves blackberry's design but absolutely hates their phone's operating system. I for one would think it'd be a perfect match, because Motorola and HTC have not built the same foundation that blackberry has already built in the business world. Or Like Monkey D. Uchiha said, go with Ubuntu's phone OS and switch it up. They obviously need to do something differently because what they've been doing isn't working anymore.
The beauty of BlackBerry, is the security of the OS. Android is open source and is prone to hacker intrusion. So actually that's not exactly true. I would love to upgrade from Android to BlackBerry. I'm currently working away from Android and am currently on a Lumia 928.
Matthew Mers put android on it and make it cheaper, the only cheap device manufacturer that i would buy from is google(lg) and motorola. maybe blackberry could be the 3rd.
all 90 seconds for one story
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The Blackberry's forte is its underlying layer of world-class security features. That's what separates it from all the others. They need to run with that.
Amidst this whole NSA-GCHQ spying mess, I could clearly see Blackberry marketing themselves as the *only* choice for guaranteed enterprise security.
Despite its caveats I really liked my Bold 9700. When considering upgrading, though, despite all the rave reviews over the keyboard, the Bold 9900 didn't improve where the 9700 fell short for me, namely the wasted space on physical call, hangup, menu, navigation buttons that could have served as a larger screen area for the newly introduced touch screen. I think the iPhones have a small screen considering all the news reading I do, I couldn't imagine doing it on a smaller screen. Thank God they improved the web experience by switching to WebKit, adding RAM and taking care of all the damn force closes any Bold 9700 user experienced while web browsing but it wasn't enough to keep me aboard.
One thing BlackBerry, from my memory, _still_ does better than Android is how it handles messaging and contacts. Continue a conversation with one person that was a fellow recipient of a group text via MMS or BBM and the rest of the conversation, although now one on one, appears in context from where you left off. In Android the last one on one message shown sent doesn't include group messaging. BlackBerry was more superfluous with this. Other than that, for the price, I was able to get 2 HTC Sensations for the price of one 9900 (this was before going all Nexus) and have been enjoying customizing my Android experience since.
I keep getting the feeling that BlackBerry is in a constant spiral of making new devices and then returning again to the previous styles/main staple devices that were successful for them. The Bold.
They are trying to use the Bold as a secure money maker to fund the other research into new phones.
Josh Hill
Figured as much. As much as I understand that business behind it, it just kind of resembles an 'Ok, that didn't work, so back to square one' scenario.
YAY FOR BLACKBERRY!
Why only one story now?
I'm a huge fan on iOS and Android, I have to admit I fell in love with BBM, it's fast reliable and secure. I cannot wait for them to come back big.
The Blackberry Bold was introduced in 2008, not 2011.
Something's missing this 90 Seconds. I'm not sure what, but I can feel it's missing...
So glad other companies aren't doing this. As much as I liked my original Motorola Droid, I'd spam them with hate mail of they ever announced they were bringing it back (complete with Android 2.2).
I guess you can say It was a bold move on their part.
pray the best for blackberry :)
What Blackberry should do: make an outstanding mobile device with pro specs and nice buildquality, put STOCk android on it and sell it for 300 dollars. They will sell so many units that the brand gets profitable again!
wow man
since when did 90 seconds become only enough for one story?
I still have a blackberry curve 8520 , the reason is that I don't find a reason of upgrading, it's qwerty keyboard is all I want. as for intertainment I use a nexus 7, Blackberry can never reach the level of android in terms of intertainment.
Next up: Motorola will be bring back the STARTAC, Sony will reunite with Ericsson to bring back the T28s, and Nokia will be relaunching the 3310 due to "customer demand" LOL
Can't see reviving a dead dead device helping a dead company. The Bold 9000 was released in 2008.
Hey Jamie Do you have a twitter?
Interesting new format, not sure.
This is the stupidest thing I ever seen a company do since HP bought WebOS and didn't give it a fair chance.
Yeah they had all the customers agree with the bold decision-1/1
Blackberry has been doing terrible...and *this* is their solution? They're essentially done, if they don't get with the changing demand. I for one liked the design of the Z10, if it had the functionality of an S4/S5 and the features of a Note 3 as well as wireless charging and Android, I'd give it a try. The biggest killer of these phones is their mostly business appeal.
I like that Blackberry caters to the upper echelon rather than going the lower end cartoonish route seen on other Operating Systems. I look forward to upgrading to BlackBerry from my Android devices. My Lumia 928 is doing good at showing me how unnecessary Android's customization really is. Plus I can no longer support Google after what they did last year.
Simply put the blackberry is not nearly as versatile as other devices, they lost out when they failed to innovate when other companies did, they rehashed phones with very little changes. BB10 came out too little too late after the competition already dominated the market. If it came out when android and ios were just emerging, then they would probably be a viable competitor today
I used to have a blackberry and i loved it, but i'd rather stick with stock android anyday due to way better functionality
I do think it's a shame because for some reason the tides have turned AGAINST physical keyboards on phones Despite the infuriating limitations of virtual on-screen alternatives, people are picking on-screen in favor of the physical stuff because it gives them bigger fuller screens.
I hate on-screen keyboards, but I'll also admit I spend more time reading books and watching RUclips on my device than I would work on my next great novel while sitting on the bus. I really hope that QWERTYs don't disappear, but... fewer and fewer people are going to buy them. The only thing that could save them is if they could somehow create a thin design that manages to hold a full screen AND a full-sized slide-out keyboard.
April's 1st? yeah right.
Bold move eating a chunky blackberry
The answer is price. Lower the phones that have BB OS on them to $100 unlocked and watch these phones fly.
RIM should just use a custom blackberry skinned version of android. will be much easier for them
And effectively inherit all the security holes Android has? We both know that will never happen.
Blackberry Bold? Really?
Also, can you go back to the three stories approach? It was much better.
I liked it when you used to cover 3 topics in one video more :/
BB needs a miracle and what that miracle is? It's simple ANDROID
Dat gap.
Bring back the old phone? are you kidding me? like samsung sells S3 again? not gonna work
Wow, if BB bothered to innovate and buy WhatsApp then they may have survived. BUt instead they wowed us all with the Z10 :/
Put Android on Bold...profit.
Again one story?
@deanblackdown In your dreams 😊
Can you guys go back to the "old" 90 seconds on the verge?
I think the 3 stories show is better...
lol
first gg
this needs to be a joke
Samsung is the best...
I liked it when you used to cover 3 topics in one video more :/
Samsung is the best...