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during which ancient egyptian month will blackberry die?
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RIM'S GONNA KEEP GOING BABY!!!
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Bonzo
Mar 11, 2004

Just like Mama used to make it!

yippee cahier posted:

shaw bought them, so i wouldn't be so sure about how long that reasonable pricing lasts

I believe they were the first to offer true unlimited service and not rob you if you decided to use data in the US.

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Bonzo
Mar 11, 2004

Just like Mama used to make it!

BangersInMyKnickers posted:

aaaaaahahahaahahahaha

I'm the javascript that detects IE7

Bonzo
Mar 11, 2004

Just like Mama used to make it!
new phones!

http://www.theverge.com/circuitbreaker/2016/7/1/12080608/blackberry-android-phones-release-mercury-argon-neon

quote:

The three phones are reportedly codenamed Neon, Argon, and Mercury. The Neon will be the first to market in either July or August and is said to come with these specs:

5.2-inch 1080p touchscreen (no physical keyboard)
Snapdragon 617 processor
3GB of RAM and 16GB of storage
2610mAh battery
13-megapixel rear-facing camera, 8-megapixel front-facing camera

The Argo is rumored to be coming out in October with these incredibly better specs:

5.5-inch QHD touchscreen display
Snapdragon 820 processor
4GB of RAM and 32GB of storage
3000mAh battery with QuickCharge 3.0
Fingerprint scanner
21-megapixel rear-facing camera, 8-megapixel front-facing camera


And finally, we have the Mercury, which is supposedly coming out during the first quarter of 2017. This one will have the classic Blackberry physical keyboard

4.5-inch HD screen
Snapdragon 625 processor
3GB of RAM and 32GB of storage
3400mAh battery
18-megapixel rear-facing camera, 8-megapixel front-facing camera

Bonzo
Mar 11, 2004

Just like Mama used to make it!

double ohm seven posted:


why in the hell are those people still working at rim?!

In their heyday, RIM made a shitload of money and paid REALLLLLY well. L3 support guys were making 6 figures, poo poo like that. So some people working there can't leave because they will be paid a fraction of that if they go anywhere else.
Some just drank the kool aid and believe in the company or are so horrible they can't find a job anywhere else.

Bonzo
Mar 11, 2004

Just like Mama used to make it!
DTEK50 - "World Most Secure Phone"

http://venturebeat.com/2016/07/26/blackberry-unveils-dtek50-for-299-claims-its-the-worlds-most-secure-android-smartphone/


quote:

DTEK50 runs Android Marshmallow plus BlackBerry’s additional security, privacy, and productivity tools like on the Priv. On the hardware side, this is a 5.2-inch full HD (1920x1080px) touchscreen phone (the thinnest BlackBerry the company has ever produced, at 7.4mm), no hardware keyboard included. The 135g phone is powered by an octa-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 617 processor and has 3GB RAM, 16GB of storage (expandable up to 2TB via microSD), a 13MP rear-facing camera, and an 8MP front-facing flash camera.

Bonzo
Mar 11, 2004

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PleasureKevin posted:

it's over



they rebranded an Alcatel

Hey guys, since we have that logo that looks like an rear end in a top hat, can we also have an icon that makes the model # look like "DICK" ?

Bonzo
Mar 11, 2004

Just like Mama used to make it!
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/kitchener-waterloo/blackberry-dtek50-1.3695848?cmp=rss

quote:

"When it comes to security, BlackBerry is leading all other Android smartphones," the company said on YouTube. "BlackBerry lives and breathes security and has taken extra steps to help protect you from malware and hacks."

The company says the DTEK50 target audience is "everyone" due to the increasing threat that mobile security risks now pose to the public at large.

Unless the cops ask you to.


quote:

"It's not meant to wow you," Bader noted. "It's meant to wow IT managers who are looking for a cheap, secure Android phone."

QUOTE OF THE YEAR!

Bonzo
Mar 11, 2004

Just like Mama used to make it!
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.blackberry.hub&hl=en

BB Hub is now free for everyone to use.

Bonzo
Mar 11, 2004

Just like Mama used to make it!
Let's predict what current phone BBRY will rebrand two years from now and pass off as their own.

Bonzo
Mar 11, 2004

Just like Mama used to make it!

Thanks Ants posted:

theres a warehouse full of those amazon phones somewhere

Ahh yes. The new F1R3 from Blackberry

Bonzo
Mar 11, 2004

Just like Mama used to make it!
So do they keep the hardware patents to keep suing competitors or sell them off?

Bonzo
Mar 11, 2004

Just like Mama used to make it!

Binary Badger posted:

Lazaridis and Balsillie are probably on some tropical island surrounded by hookers and blow, checking their email on their Samstungs

haha nope.

http://quantumvalleyinvestments.com/

quote:

Through Quantum Valley Investments Mike Lazaridis and Doug Fregin, founders of the “Smart Phone” industry, have been focusing on the commercialization of breakthrough technologies in Quantum Information Science. By doing so they are continuing to further their shared vision toward the development of the “Quantum Valley” in the Waterloo Region of Canada.

They just completed construction on this.

https://www.wlu.ca/lazaridis-school-of-business-and-economics/

This is what Jim is up to
https://www.cigionline.org/person/jim-balsillie

And

https://www.balsillieschool.ca/



And then people wonder why top talent won't stick around Waterloo.

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Bonzo
Mar 11, 2004

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Fuzzy Mammal posted:

getting a tour of the plant on philip street was cool but even back in '07 you knew they couldn't compete with chinese mass manufacturing.

This is what it is now.

http://factorysquare.ca/

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