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infektu commented on an article. 8:19 PM

5 Companies With Terrible Brand Loyalty

>> "Apple introducing a new iPhone once a year ..."

Wow. BBRY took 2+ years to rewrite their OS from scratch, while Apple added a new icon per model and half an inch of screen for the last one?

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infektu commented on an article. 10:30 AM

Windows Phone Claims No. 3 Spot, but BB10 Makes Gains

fun with numbers indeed...

2011: symbian + meego + windoze : 22%

2013: windoze (including all nokia smartphones) : 3.3%

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infektu commented on an article. 7:17 AM

Did BlackBerry Just Surrender to Apple and Android?

I didn't get the "just surrender" part.

Did Google "surrender" to MSFT, Apple and BBRY when they made GoogleTalk available for all those platforms?

Did MSFT surrender to

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infektu commented on an article. 9:40 AM

Things Don't Get Any Easier for BlackBerry and Microsoft

"Things are never that easy."

Precisely so, and not only for BBRY or NOK.

People like open standards, it makes things easier. This is true in general or in this case for customers

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infektu commented on an article. 9:06 AM

Has BlackBerry Made a Big Mistake?

what mistake exactly are you referring to?

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infektu commented on an article. 3:27 PM

BlackBerry's Oxymoronic Opinion of Tablets

You quote TH as :

"In five years I don't think there'll be a reason to have a tablet anymore".

And?

This is what he thinks. Does this mean that if he is not

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infektu commented on an article. 2:22 PM

These Tech Companies Have the Most Loyal Customers

"reaction to the new (BBRY) smartphones has been lukewarm at best"

Yp.

And the supporting reference ? some 1 minute video on the same fool website, a clown talk full of maybe-s and

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infektu commented on an article. 7:52 AM

Microsoft Attacks Apple and Samsung at the Same Time

It's funny how smartphones became "personal" faster than PCs.

Too personal, even :-)

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infektu commented on an article. 7:33 AM

Can BlackBerry Single-Handedly Prove Steve Jobs Wrong?

Why rush prophecies? (unless you're short the stock of course).

There are trade-offs between hard QWERTY and full screen, and they are all one search away.

(some less mentioned: blind

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infektu commented on an article. 7:21 AM

BlackBerry's Oxymoronic Opinion of Tablets

I think TH's statement is grossly misinterpreted across "tech media", whatever that means.

Yoy say that PB sales are "holding up relatively well for a device that's two years old and only received

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infektu commented on an article. 12:45 PM

For BlackBerry, It All Comes Down to This

There are two statements in your article.

1. "Looking back, it's easy to say that BBRY should have gone to market with its Q10 (keyboard) smartphone first

2. "the overall market

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infektu commented on an article. 8:22 AM

These Tech Stocks Should Watch Out for Mozilla

BBRY has a finished OS, solid, polished and well reviewed, 100k apps for OS10 and counting. Devices started to ship, plenty in channel, with with carriers and resellers, first sales numbers are in.

But hey, it's

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infektu commented on an article. 8:40 AM

Samsung Wants to Kill Apple, BlackBerry, and Microsoft

kinda bellicose statements, eh?

Rick, how do you know what Samsung wants?

And why not go all they way, tell us they want to kill google too, and maybe intel and a few others while you're at

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infektu commented on an article. 10:16 AM

Look Out, Apple: Here Comes BlackBerry

@SyDVooh

You just don't want to get it, do you?

If DF or whoever comes out with a claim, they should be able to prove it, not BBRY.

BBRY reported 1M Z10 sales at the

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infektu commented on an article. 3:21 PM

This Week's 5 Dumbest Stock Moves

"...but when so many start to chime in with unflattering perspectives" ... and have NO numbers to back their claims then it's time for the SEC to jump in.

Which it seems it will happen.

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infektu commented on an article. 12:57 PM

BlackBerry Refutes Z10 Return Fears, but There's More to the Story

"If BlackBerry really wants to calm investor fears, why not release some sales data to back up its response? "

This is contorted. Its DF who has to prove their "beliefs". They have provided

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infektu commented on an article. 7:38 PM

Did You Know That BlackBerry 10 Exists?

Wow, a new "study"!

Not questioning the undisclosed methodology used, with only 17% of people being aware of a new platform, this has 6% buying intentions.

Compare this with 15%

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infektu commented on an article. 8:35 AM

BlackBerry and Windows Phone Fight for No. 3 Spot

That W8 (basically Nokia) only gained 3.7% of the 11% shed by BBRY in UK it would worry me if I were M$ or NOK.

A big slate with a touchscreen and a quad-core 1.5GHz couldn't do more against the BB 2009-design

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infektu commented on an article. 10:04 AM

BlackBerry Sets the Table for Future Success

"... BlackBerry's rollout of BB10 was confined to select markets only and excluded the all-important U.S. consumer."

Not only that, it included only 3-4 weeks of the quarter. So for more

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infektu commented on an article. 3:49 PM

BlackBerry Races Ahead and Then Stalls Out. Is BB10 a Hit or Not?

Sorry, my previous comment was directed @Pricha100.

For those like sliderw who think that (at least the US) market only supports two platforms they should live in such a world for a week or a month. Funny how we

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