Blackberry, the writing is on the wall...

If there's one thing that is driving the smartphone market these days, it's ...Content.
I have to say that I've spent years with the pride of my region's RIM driven device in my pocket. But as the models improve and the company goes through it's business woes & faux pas (Playbook), there's one thing that the devices always fall short on and that's the rendering or delivery of online content. Not to mention the hardware issues that have resulted in the consumer's adopted reboot of choice: "The battery pull". As a matter of fact, there is a "1 click" app available in the app store for just such occasions. :o

My most recent, personal experience with a complete OS "upgrade?" resulted in little to no improvement in responsiveness or user experience when it came to content. The only one improvement worth a mention is the inclusion of the ability to use the device as a mobile hotspot for other devices.

The photo below depicts the long wait of trying to fetch/view a simple picture on someone's wall in the Facebook app to the subsequent message that no photo's were available when in fact those photos are available to view on any other device on the market.

I'm not taking sides or picking a winner here. In fact I'm very proud of my Waterloo region's entry and hopefully, strong held foothold in the world stage of technology. But if something does not improve in this regard they will loose yet another customer to a competitor and it won't be the loss of the Blackberry Messenger app that will prevent it.

Go Canada!!











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