Comments on: Will the Blackberry Z10 prove to be a formidable challenger to the iPhone 5? http://isource.com/2013/01/30/will-the-blackberry-z10-prove-to-be-a-formidable-challenger-to-the-iphone-5/ #1 Source for iPad, iPhone, iPod, Mac and AppleTV Fri, 03 Oct 2014 01:46:03 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.4.6 By: James Rogers http://isource.com/2013/01/30/will-the-blackberry-z10-prove-to-be-a-formidable-challenger-to-the-iphone-5/#comment-52139 Thu, 31 Jan 2013 15:22:00 +0000 http://isource.com/?p=59363#comment-52139 The industrial platform that I program for in my “day job” actually runs on the QNX OS, so I know first hand how good it is. However, that isn’t the issue. Apple walked into an open field with little innovation and almost no low level consumer adoption in 2007.

BlackBerry, on the other hand, is already far behind the curve in the explosive growth that has taken place in the smartphone market. Unfortunately, that is their OWN fault for trying to prop up their legacy product for so long. If this product had been released two years ago, it could have been a game changer. However, it is a lot more difficult to get people to switch platforms, than to have then adopt one for the first time. I’m not saying that it can’t happen, but it is a HELL of a lot more difficult.

If you read my article from yesterday, I actually agree with you that Apple needs to heed the warnings of what the former RIM, now BlackBerry, experienced due to their inaction, and move forward with iOS RIGHT NOW. They are resting too much on what they have built up, and allowing the OS to stagnate. If they don’t get back to innovation, they do run the risk of the same fate.

]]> By: Jamie Young http://isource.com/2013/01/30/will-the-blackberry-z10-prove-to-be-a-formidable-challenger-to-the-iphone-5/#comment-52134 Thu, 31 Jan 2013 03:40:00 +0000 http://isource.com/?p=59363#comment-52134 QNX(the base OS for bb 10) is a real time operating system that is deployed in hundreds of mission critical applications such as nuclear power stations, medical equipment, cars, military equipment and even the space station. I os nor google’s android has anything like that because they are not capable enough. BB 10 in these phones is just the beginning. The possibilities from this OS are huge and in a few years everyone will see who is playing catch up. Apple fans are so convinced that their apple phones are so superior that they are making the same mistake RIM made in 2007 and that’s not recognize a game changer when it shows up at their front door.

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