Nokia and Microsoft form partnership

[AVGWarhawk]

Originally Posted by McBeck

Can somebody explain why Blackberry is so popular in the US? I guy I know got one for work and hated it - it just didnt work. Bad reception among other things

Blackberry was really introduced as a 'business phone' and was marketed as such. No one else had attempted to do this. To follow up on the idea of a business phone Blackberry loaded it with business type applications. It was at the time of inception a tool to conduct business as well as a 'status' type thing because you owned a Blackberry phone(these handsets were expensive if I remember correctly). Over time it really did become a business phone and I still see it as a business phone. The market has grown for Blackberry in the non-business types who want a phone for facebook and texting. Anyway, those that started with Blackberry have tended to stay with Blackberry over the years because they understand how it works, etc. I have a coworker who was a Blackberry user. He was switched to a Windows based phone and utterly hated it. Complained at any given moment about it. We switched him back to Blackberry. He was happy again.

This is what Blackberry basically replaced:



God Lord I think Gordon Gekko is picking up noise from the nebula Orion!!!

[MaddogK]

Damn I miss my 'brick'. Best phone I ever owned.

[McBeck]

Originally Posted by AVGWarhawk

Blackberry was really introduced as a 'business phone' and was marketed as such. No one else had attempted to do this. To follow up on the idea of a business phone Blackberry loaded it with business type applications. It was at the time of inception a tool to conduct business as well as a 'status' type thing because you owned a Blackberry phone(these handsets were expensive if I remember correctly). Over time it really did become a business phone and I still see it as a business phone. The market has grown for Blackberry in the non-business types who want a phone for facebook and texting. Anyway, those that started with Blackberry have tended to stay with Blackberry over the years because they understand how it works, etc. I have a coworker who was a Blackberry user. He was switched to a Windows based phone and utterly hated it. Complained at any given moment about it. We switched him back to Blackberry. He was happy again.

This is what Blackberry basically replaced:



God Lord I think Gordon Gekko is picking up noise from the nebula Orion!!!

HAhahahaha....

But what does it do better than other phones? Is it better at mailing, browsing, phoning, texting?

[AVGWarhawk]

Originally Posted by McBeck

HAhahahaha....

But what does it do better than other phones? Is it better at mailing, browsing, phoning, texting?

No but it makes a great piece of toast! Just kidding. It is not really better than any other phone that I'm aware of but it does run it's own OS and people just get accustomed to the way things work and in doing so they stick with what they know. For my coworker navigating a new OS to just send an email was enough for him to know Blackberry was it for him. He could not stand the Windows Mobile. I like Android myself and WM7 was something I had to learn so I could show my wife how to operate it. After a day I know it inside and out. The basic concept is there with every OS truth be told.

[MaddogK]

Originally Posted by McBeck

HAhahahaha....

But what does it do better than other phones? Is it better at mailing, browsing, phoning, texting?

Range !
That old phone was notorious for working where others could only dream of operating. Now that the system is digital you're tied to about 20 miles from the nearest tower.