I'm making a small bet on BBRY making a comeback. I never used Blackberry. Interested to know what previous users think.
I got no video, for whatever reason. You convinced me on BBRY. I own shit tons of fake options that expire about six days after their earnings meeting Sept 25. Venice or not, they're cashflow positive, they've made a lot of great acquisitions lately, and they just signed two huge clients, one of which is classified. And that's the bottom line. They're an enterprise platform, and the fact that they've decided to be an enterprise platform that doesn't suck balls is huge. I've never used a Blackberry. Their specs have always lagged the rest of the world. They've always had janky operating systems. They've never taken real computing seriously. This thing? I'd jailbreak it, root it and install cyanogenmod just to have a physical keyboard again. And I can't be the only one. Fuckin' iPhones poisoned the well something serious; the switch from "nubbins on the F and J" to "pawing impotently at the glass" was demoralizing and lame. I'm gettin' tingly at the thought, frankly. Swiftkey kicks the shit out of iOS lameness but BUTTONS. FYI: BBRY closed at 7.50. In after-hours trading it's already up to $8.74. It hasn't been that high since June.
I'm using minuum right now, which is the first time in goddamn years I feel motivated to write something longer than three words on my phone. Still though, an actual keyboard? YES PLEASE Oh, and also no video for me.
Hmmm. I may need to check that out. Which is the new keyboard Swiftkey tried to get you to use? I tried that for a while but prediction works really poorly with my idiogrammatical approach to language. Fortunately I now have two bullshit Android phones to phuck with, so I can testbed like a mofo.
I am currently using Fleksy, whose gestures, quick language switch (Dutch<>English by swiping the space bar) and copy/paste toolbar have become quite invaluable. I might also mess around with Minuum, but I do know that it has to be really good to beat out Fleksy.
Some more screenshots, with what looks to be USB-C. The task switcher is adapted to look like the BBOS task switcher, too.
Video's not showing up for me either (and post link is pointing to itself like a text post). I'm on chrome on Android, if it matters. I've been looking forward to this phone for a long time. I've been using Android for as long as I've been using smartphones, but I was really close to switching to a Q10 or Passport last time around. The keyboard scrolling mechanism on the Passport is awesome, I'm really glad that'll be on the Venice. The possibility of doing some actual writing and coding on a phone has me really excited. One near-deal breaker for me will be if it doesn't have a removable battery, which I sort of doubt it will (Q10 and Passport didn't). I also wish it had USB-C, which I'm fairly certain it doesn't. My G3 will hopefully last me a couple more years, and I'm hoping standard GNU/Linux phones will be viable and available by the time I have to switch, but I'll be watching blackberry closely.
oh man, actual buttons for keyboard instead of touch keyboard? And a possibility to have android? I'm listening. RIM, don't fuck it up.
I had to use a blackberry for the last six years. I was finally able to shed it a month ago. I have no love for their phones. Corporate America loves to use them though. They still have a pretty good hold in that market.