I remember the first day I got my Blackberry thinking it was amazing. It was my first smartphone, and by virtue of that alone is was amazing. However, as time went on, it was too old to upgrade to the new operating system (which wasn't very good anyways), I found myself constantly making excuse after excuse for non-existent apps, and my phone began to fall apart, I said enough was enough.
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| My old Phone vs. My New Phone |
It isn't that Blackberry was always a horrible device, but there were just so many little things along the way. I remember last year during TSN's coverage of the NHL trade deadline (called tradecentre) they mentioned that they were sponsored by Blackberry. While the anchors may have all been using the devices, I found it incredibly odd that the only tablet app available, was for the Apple iPad.
Even worse, the CBC tablet app, the Canadian publicly funded organization, their tablet app? You guessed it, iPad. I know it's not the CBC's responsibility to support a failing Canadian business, but I guess I'm saying, if they won't who else will? Blackberry was once the darling success story of Canadian technological achievement. I mean, in their hey day, Jim Ballsillie, their former CEO, almost brought a hockey franchise to Hamilton. If that doesn't spell success in Canada, I don't know what else will. However, just as Mr. Ballsillie's arrogance lost him that opportunity, his ignorance to the demands of the consumers lost him his own business.
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| The Tradecentre App, Available only for iPad |
Now, I thought about staying with Blackberry until the new phones and long overdue operating system came out, but they have even managed to shoot themselves in the foot on that. Not just the constant set backs, but what about the fact that their current ad campaigns are about not being able to send a thousand emails a day on a touchscreen, but their new phone is a touch screen?! It seems like they just don't get it.
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