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I must admit I ignored my own advice and took the plunge immediately. iOS5 is a significant improvement, and the iCloud integration is a joy to behold. With an iMac, a Macbook Pro and an iPhone I was finding it hard to sync my calendar etc. between all the devices. Now iCloud solves those problems.
I have used a Blackberry, I have suggested to companies that they use BES and I have recommended Blackberry high resilient solutions (Neverfail I think it was) but the company has gone backwards in the last 5 years. It wants to be 'sick' and with the kids.
On the flip side,it has turned form a technological company trusted by millions of users into an organisation that believes it's customers are tied in in my humble opinion.
The changes in regulations in the financial community where you must record fiscal discussions could spell the end of RIM if companies cannot rely on their ability to provide the service they are contracted to.
Can you imagine the uproar when iCloud goes tits up for a day or two?Quote:
Originally Posted by Andrewmcm
I still havent had any problems sending or receiving mail on my BlackBerry. Cant say I've ever used BB messenger or the internet on it though.
Gotta love this. :laugh:
My Blackberry Is Not Working! - The One Ronnie, Preview - BBC One - YouTube
After 32 pages of Apple debate, I think it is important to point out that I, Bezza, have a HTC smart phone.
Kind regards,
Bez.
HTC is just a hardware manufacturer. Which is now basically irrelevant. What operating system?
That says it all.Quote:
Originally Posted by Knock-on
**** happens and can happen to everyone, get over it.
Honestly, for business purposes BB is still tops for several reasons, and if they don't repeat this weeks feat they will be OK.Quote:
Originally Posted by race aficionado
Why are they tops for business? That's a genuine question by the way - I've never used a Blackberry and have no idea what their key features are.
What are you going on about now?Quote:
Originally Posted by ioan
Nobody outside RIM knows what the specific issue was apart from it was some sort of failure at a Slough data center that caused a build up of buffered data.
It is not acceptable for it to happen and this will massively undermine business confidence in BB. Of course, if it were just 'your' web access that was affected, then we would have cause to celebrate :p
They were the first mainstream device to make it an absolute doddle to use your email on the move, which we now take for granted on all but the dumbest of phones. Where RIM differ though is messaging is handled by their own servers, so you don't incur roaming charges when abroad. (That massive strength is also their Achilles heel: if their server fails we now know what happens.)Quote:
Originally Posted by Andrewmcm
Then teenagers discovered that BBM is like a mobile version of MSN or similar, and the demand on the services ramped up massively but with RIM apparently failing to scale their business accordingly.
Businesses are unlikely to dump their BBs over a (hopefully!) one-off outage, but younger consumers are more fickle and may well migrate come upgrade time or when Santa brings them a new pay-as-you-go handset.
3DES Encryption on email traffic, and the ability to completely lock down the handset with centralised control from the Enterprise Server. Then there is MVS, which again, can be locked down to only allow VOIP calls on WiFi connections.Quote:
Originally Posted by Andrewmcm
So Nokia has brought out their first windows phone. The Lumia.
However instead of them coming in with a proper iPhone killer with a massively technically sophisticated phone they've done the usual Nokia trick of making it just that but under specced compared to the competition.
It seems they still haven't learned.
I've not used a Nokia for years. The last one I had was a 3510i which was blue and orange. What are they like these days?
Just the same...
About a month ago, Lowe's (the U.S. home improvement chain) selected the iPhone for its sales associates (42,000 phones). And from what I've read, they have the ability to control the phones to their satisfaction - even to the point that if the phones are taken out of the store, they can be locked and will no longer work.Quote:
Originally Posted by SGWilko
I'm not a technical enough person that I know how these various technologies really work. But it does seem that an increasing number of businesses are no longer just looking at RIM for secure mobile devices. Others are eating away at their enterprise market share, in addition to their slumping consumer market share. RIM allowed itself to become a one trick pony, and now other ponies are learning how to do what RIM has been doing (quite well), in addition to things that RIM is not very good at... like basic execution on new innovations (the Playbook still can't use the BBM system?).
They've learned one thing - make it look and feel fantastic. I think they've nailed that this time.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mark
;) :up:Quote:
Originally Posted by intheway
** Adobe giving up on mobile Flash **
interesting to say the least. . . . . .
BBC News - Adobe abandons work on Flash plug-in for mobile devicesQuote:
Adobe says it now believes the alternative HTML 5 technology offers the "best solution" because it is "universally supported".
Well, ain't that a kick in the nads?! The one feature that the anti-Apple/Android/Windows 7 crowd went on and on and oooooon about... is being abandoned by its maker because it is what Steve Jobs said it was: a sluggish, unstable, battery drainer that isn't very secure. From what I've read, even the Ice Cream Sandwich version of Android has about as many issues running Flash as the previous versions... maybe a little better, but not much.Quote:
Originally Posted by race aficionado
On Nokia's new WP7 phones, I don't think they're going to be available in the U.S. What's up with that? I thought they were making a big deal about taking on the iPhone and Android head-to-head? :confused:
And as if RIM didn't already have enough issues to deal with, Google announced today that they're dropping the Gmail app for Blackberries. I was thinking that RIMM shares might be attractive once they got down to the low 20's. But since the company has shown an almost complete inability to execute over the past few months, I don't know what the bottom is. Today, it lost about 4.5% when the market was only down about 3%, and closed over $1 below its book value at $18/share.
I'm personally hoping that RIM makes it. I think the market needs some hungry players to fight for 3rd place: RIM's QNX, HP's WebOS (if it's not completely dead already) and Windows Phone 7. In order to compete with Android and iOS, at least one of them would NEED to find something truly innovative. And that would be great for consumers. So I hope RIM hangs in there.
Today is a great day. Hopefully this spurs a larger move away from Flash on the desktop too.Quote:
Originally Posted by race aficionado
Indeed. Flash is a pain lets get rid of it ASAP.
I bet a certain Mr Jobs is laughing his head off somewhere.
Perhaps that was the premonition that he had on his death bed, and that's why "Oh, wow! Oh, wow! Oh, wow!" were his last words. :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Andrewmcm
Just did my first over the air iOS update and it didn't brick my phone or anything :D
I'm not sure if I like iO5. Ibby asked me why I'd bought a £2.50 baking app almost immediatly after I'd downloaded it the other day. I much prefered it when I tunes sent him the bill about a week later. :p
:D
Every time Karen downloads something it immediately appears on my home screen.
You getting a new phone? 3G is ancient!
I haven't updated to iOS 5 because I read some stories about backups not working properly and data being lost. I'd really like to try 5, but I HAVE to make sure that the data within certain apps doesn't get wiped out. Is there any way to see what's been updated before beginning the update? How can I be sure that my data has been backed up??? And once I have iOS 5 installed, what restores my data within the various apps... the "restore" button?Quote:
Originally Posted by Mark
I'm anxious to try Siri and some of the other features. But I don't want to have a HAL 9000 moment along the way. Any help/advice/words of wisdom would be incredibly appreciated.
I had no trouble with the iOS 5 update. It wipes the phone, puts the new OS on it and then restores from a backup held in iTunes.
You won't get Siri unless you have an iPhone 4S.
Well, I didn't know that. :(
I'll probably go ahead and update my ancient phone next year (10 years is a long time to have a phone, no?), so I guess I'll see what the iPhone X and iOS 6 are like next Fall.
"Dave. I'm afraid, Dave. What are you doing, Dave? Stop. Please stop. Dave, please stop."Quote:
Originally Posted by Andrewmcm
OK, I'll give this a shot tomorrow. But if it locks me out of the house, one of you needs to drop by before the temp. drops and I freeze to death.
I've heard her interactions and it is pretty amazing. Not only will she answer your questions and give you directions but you can also have a conversation with her and the answer are hilarious.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mark
They have programmed her with a sense of humor, with a sense of sarcasm . . .
It's pretty cool how this technology is advancing.
I will upgrade from my 3GS soon.
Being a basic Nokia user I never bothered with the magical ecosystem BS, but if I ever need a new phone I might have to see whats out there.
One question that's been bugging me; whats the difference between an application and a software? I mean I've bought software for my phones, but apps, is it just a different name or is there a real differece?
App is just short for Application. And and Application is just Software.
Yep, it's all about the marketing.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mark
Thanks, so nothing new then. :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Mark
an application is a type of software, other types of software is operating systems, device drivers and etc...Quote:
Originally Posted by janneppi
Yes I find the word 'App' fairly abhorrent. Particularly when people use it in reference to software on a non-smartphone/tablet device.