Holy crap really? I know no one with a blackberry anymore all iPhones and Androids
BBM Vs. iMessage
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Only one, an ex employee that just went to collage, that's it. there's couple customers I used to play golf with that have one also, but it's provided by the company they work for. That's just me thou, obviously.
I used to know a lot of people with BBs but no more. A few begrudgingly use company-supplied BBs but only as a secondary device. I know only one person who still has a blackberry as their primary device. But they are just nursing it along waiting for Sprint to get the iPhone. If Sprint doesn't get it by the end of this year they will likely switch to Verizon or AT&T to get it.
One thing is for sure: I would never advocate starting to use BBM at this point in time. I'd just as soon suggest getting an alphanumeric pager. Oh wait that is a BB isn't it?
Asserting that BBs in general are on their way out does not equate to saying iMessage is the way to go.
Michael
Well off blackberries are gone within 5 years imessage will be the only way to goI used to know a lot of people with BBs but no more. A few begrudgingly use company-supplied BBs but only as a secondary device. I know only one person who still has a blackberry as their primary device. But they are just nursing it along waiting for Sprint to get the iPhone. If Sprint doesn't get it by the end of this year they will likely switch to Verizon or AT&T to get it.
One thing is for sure: I would never advocate starting to use BBM at this point in time. I'd just as soon suggest getting an alphanumeric pager. Oh wait that is a BB isn't it?
Asserting that BBs in general are on their way out does not equate to saying iMessage is the way to go.
Michael
also until I use iMessage I can not comment on the comparison with actual user experience. Yes BBM was great , actually my favorite feature on my blackberries long ago , but its also antiguated and on a dying platformLet's just say BBM was a very useful feature on a very unusable phone.
I can't believe we are comparing and saying something is better when it doesn't exist yet. Well isn't in use by anyone that's for sure.
I sense some Apple bias in this discussion.
I am a very strong Apple supporter but that doesn't make me stand by them in all of their endeavors. Just because it is an Apple based product it still could flop horribly.
What if messaging is out? I am pretty sure we replaced messaging. Really cool thing called texting.
What next? Are we going to compare the iPhone to the zonkel?
I sense some Apple bias in this discussion.
I am a very strong Apple supporter but that doesn't make me stand by them in all of their endeavors. Just because it is an Apple based product it still could flop horribly.
What if messaging is out? I am pretty sure we replaced messaging. Really cool thing called texting.
What next? Are we going to compare the iPhone to the zonkel?
Something that doesn't exist and isn't in use yet. But we were comparing things like that so I threw another one out there.
Although iMessage exists and is in use by many people even though its not in mass use. So your comparison is incorrect
I am not but I stated that a few posts back. My comparissons came from the fact that one is on one if the most popular OS which is still growing while another won't be around or relevant in 5 years at current rate of attrition. RIM looses an average of 16% of the market a year for the past 4 years. Where do you think that leaves them in 5 years if the trend doesn't change?
So you are stating that you predict by the current trend that bbm will be all but gone. So thereforee iPhones messenger will be better?
Try to make sure I understand your thinking?
And before you answer don't you think when blackberry came out with it's messenger that at the time it was on one of not the most popular os?
That's not exactly where I stand but its part of my argument. I like iMessage better because it's not a separate app, it sends a SMS if that person isn't on iMessage , you can do everything from within the messaging app unlike bbm where you have to back out of the app to add pictures etc etc
BBM has been out for ages. It's only iMessage that is in beta (I have it though).
If GM is releasing an automobile in a few months and someone were to compare it to an Edsel I think it would be safe to say the Edsel is not the one to get--regardless of the GM vehicle and how good or poor it is. That is how I see BBM Vs. <anything>.
Michael
so your gonna go that route huh. if we use your logic then were will the iPhone be in the next 5yrs.
"Android has been consistently snatching up more and more of the smartphone market with every passing month. This trend has been going on for quite some time now. There's typically some revolutionary Apple moment looming in the future that iPhone fanboys insist will turn the tides. So far, none of those -- including first the launch of the iPhone 4 and then the launch of the Verizon iPhone -- have had any significant impact on the current trend."
"Android has over 40% of the global smartphone market in terms of devices sold/shipped, and activated, Apple only has about 15%"