I remember the first time I went to WES, now BlackBerry live ( also called BlackBerry world, and BlackBerry user conference). I met so many people that I had met through different online avenues. It was a magical place, and at the time BlackBerry were the kings of the hill. The late night parties, the technical sessions, meeting RIM developers and so much more. It was very worth every penny that my company spent on it. This year, I had a dilemma, with BlackBerry’s recent dealing’s, and no real announcements to speak of, I had to decide on if it would be worth it. I’m in the middle of working on a pretty large deployment for a new customer over in London. So I passed on BlackBerry live. So I sit here, on the side lines, waiting like everyone else to see what comes next. For the past 7 years, I’ve been involved with RIM, both as a user and a BlackBerry engineer. I’ve done hundreds of BES upgrades, spoken to RIM about several technical challenges and just met some amazing people along the way. If I had to sum up all the feelings I’ve had for RIM over the last few years I would just say this. The good times didn’t have to stop, but you chose to let them. You did not innovate.
I was in attendance last year at BlackBerry world, and I listened to the speeches, the promises and the very weak demo of BB10. (BTW that was a video, if it wasn’t a video then why wouldn’t he show us any of the features that we were promised)I found myself getting very mad listening to Hein’s speak. I’m sick of demo’s, I’m sick of promising my customers to wait. I want something now. Then about 6 months later, I finally got my hands on one. I’ve been using a Z10 for about a month and a half now, as my only device. Besides the lack of applications, I will say that I am very impressed. I love the typing, I love BlackBerry hub, and the internet experience is light years above the competition. My only question is, why did this take 3 years to come out. I still feel like BlackBerry missed the boat…
Worldwide Mobile Phone Sales to End Users by Vendor in 2012 (Thousands of Units)
|
Company |
2012 Units |
2012 Market Share (%) |
2011 Units |
2011 Market Share (%) |
| Samsung |
384,631.2 |
22.0 |
315,052.2 |
17.7 |
| Nokia |
333,938.0 |
19.1 |
422,478.3 |
23.8 |
| Apple |
130,133.2 |
7.5 |
89,263.2 |
5.0 |
| ZTE |
67,344.4 |
3.9 |
56,881.8 |
3.2 |
| LG Electronics |
58,015.9 |
3.3 |
86,370.9 |
4.9 |
| Huawei Technologies |
47,288.3 |
2.7 |
40,663.4 |
2.3 |
| TCL Communication |
37,176.6 |
2.1 |
34,037.5 |
1.9 |
| Research In Motion |
34,210.3 |
2.0 |
51,541.9 |
2.9 |
| Motorola |
33,916.3 |
1.9 |
40,269.1 |
2.3 |
| HTC |
32,121.8 |
1.8 |
43,266.9 |
2.4 |
| Others |
587399.6 |
33.6 |
595886.9 |
33.6 |
| Total |
1,746,175.6 |
100.0 |
1,775,712.0 |
100.0 |
I guess the real reason I’m writing this, is I really hope I won’t have to say one day “I missed the last BlackBerry conference”
Peters ramblings 