Deeko
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Are you operating under the theory that the world really will be ending in 2012, and therefore she won't bother buying a new phone when this contract is up, because she'll only have two more weeks to live?
If you actually read the article, she talks about how much she loves the QNX operating system, but that there aren't near-term (like, early 2011) plans to bring it to smartphones. She isn't ditching her Curve because she decided "that's it! RIM sucks!" She lost it, and was forced to get a new phone now...not 6 months or a year from now.
I know people that had iPhones that have since upgraded to newer Android or WP7 devices. Just like there were BB and WM users that upgraded to iPhones. What makes you think that because a Blackberry user left a platform, they'll never come back? RIM has undeniably made a lot of good forward-looking moves, and they're certainly doing well enough to sustain themselves for the time being - why rush a QNX phone to the market, when they can keep riding their extremely strong sales while they solidify the platform?
Keep in mind, a lot of Blackberry users are fiercely loyal to their phones. Sure, lots of them, like the author in question, have switched because they don't like the current phones...but that doesn't change the fact that they still like the company, and could still very well come back when their next contract is up. A cell phone platform is not a life long decision.
If you actually read the article, she talks about how much she loves the QNX operating system, but that there aren't near-term (like, early 2011) plans to bring it to smartphones. She isn't ditching her Curve because she decided "that's it! RIM sucks!" She lost it, and was forced to get a new phone now...not 6 months or a year from now.
I know people that had iPhones that have since upgraded to newer Android or WP7 devices. Just like there were BB and WM users that upgraded to iPhones. What makes you think that because a Blackberry user left a platform, they'll never come back? RIM has undeniably made a lot of good forward-looking moves, and they're certainly doing well enough to sustain themselves for the time being - why rush a QNX phone to the market, when they can keep riding their extremely strong sales while they solidify the platform?
Keep in mind, a lot of Blackberry users are fiercely loyal to their phones. Sure, lots of them, like the author in question, have switched because they don't like the current phones...but that doesn't change the fact that they still like the company, and could still very well come back when their next contract is up. A cell phone platform is not a life long decision.