Joy of Tech takes on RIM yet again....

.....BlackBerry Unicorn?....Um.....No. Not even as a code name.

What a poorly designed site! Totally lame! You can always tell the quality of a company by their website!

I shouldn't have..but I lol'd. :P

Blackberry Eleanor (like in Gone in 60 seconds)

And yeah, kind of funny. Haters got to hate right?

RIM needs to do something fast people are getting restless. I have bb friends that have already moved on. Come on RIM do something

Seems pretty fair to me. If RIM can't learn how to get new hardware to market much much faster, they will die. Harsh reality.

They can brand it FED EX or Waterloo. lol, you can name a dog "fluffy" but at the end of the day it is still a dog. RIM needs to be getting the devices that they announce sooner to the public. RIM has to produce their phones and release them 3-6 months before Apple products to increase their sales. They seem to announce products 3-6 months before Apple devices are released and end up releasing them after Apple releases their new devices. Think Playbook and iPad2 :o(

agree with everything thats said on that, whether its supposed to be humorous or not. its the truth :)

I can't believe RIM hasn't made anything else official, and we're approaching 3 months since the 9900 with no release date. It's hard to believe, and that tweet on Monday that was deliberately worded to deceive was a major letdown, and just made RIM look worse. It's no way to treat their loyal base. Disgusting!!!

Agree. RIM can't make anything new because there is nothing new to make. BB has a keyboard. If you want a keyboard, you get a blackberry.

Ive been a BB owner for close to a decade, and have begun my search for an Android phone. I have had enough with the lack of progress on BB and the sheer ignorance that RIM mgmt has show with regards to customer satisfaction.

I don't know why crackberry.com or other posters have any issue with the cartoon. It's painfully true, and perhaps the most accurate depiction of where RIM truly is at right now.

I have to agree. Where are the native calendar and mail apps? Moving messages to folders and flagging for BIS? All the promised "big name superapps?" Proper mapping of Google calendars?

All bullshit. How long are people supposed to wait?

RIM is starting to die a slow death. I hope they can turn it around but it is not looking good at this point

As far as I know about Release Dates: Rogers will be the first carrier launching the 9810 (Jennings) in Zinc Grey and white colors the next month. Meanwhile in August too Sprint and Verizon will launch the 9850 (Monaco) almost at the same time but Verizon will be the first carrier to launch the 9930 and now word of the GSM version yet :(

I, among others can't wait for the Bold 9900 to be released. I still remember when the initial "concept" days of the possible 99xx which was just around when the BB Tour (or lack thereof) came out. 2 years and 2 iPhones later and we still don't have a clear date in sight. Unbelievable.... I am going to start asking myself what keeps me loyal to BB :o(

Real sign of RIM's death... a site called crackberry feeds only cynical a-holes who want to dump on RIM.... RIMpire Strikes Back...ppppplease get over yourselves crackberry and admit you've thrown in the towel.

Real sign of RIM's death... a site called crackberry feeds only cynical a-holes who want to dump on RIM.... RIMpire Strikes Back...ppppplease get over yourselves crackberry and admit you've thrown in the towel.

everything on here everyone is saying is so true. they are losing the American and European fan base. Blackberries are soon becoming an entry level smartphone you get for free for signing a 2 year contract. I'm already looking forward to iphone 4 or 5, my bold 9700 is on its last legs and the exterior hardware is very flimsy and loose now :(

There's no word on ANYTHING! It's all speculation because there's NOTHING official!

I have visited this site for quite some time now as I my phone of choice has been BlackBerry. I have never had one complaint with any of my phones; I started out with the 7250 and have had every model since.

I like to read the comments and forums as some of you people have some very well researched thoughts. Lately though it’s getting lets say, a little childish. If you are not a BlackBerry user please go elsewhere and quit putting down a company you know nothing about except for what you read by insecure analysts and uniformed bloggers.

If you are a true BlackBerry user enjoy your phone until the next ones are released. I believe the next batch of phones will be as great as the past ones.

If I am not mistaken hasn’t Apple released only 4 phones since 2007?

If RIM doesn’t release new phones very 6 months the sky is falling, and if they are missing the junk apps that the other manufacturers need to make sales, users will complain they are behind. This will then cause another batch of ridiculous comments from users that don’t even own a BlackBerry. All this whining lately sounds like a lot of Apple and Android users are not happy with there phones, but need some place to complain.

It would be good if the comic was funny, but it's not...

Some of you guys sad! You have a company with a superior network architecture and your bitchin about phones! It doesnt matter what comes when it comes CRAP! You can still run an 8100 and its email and security surpasses anything out there today! So grow up people RIM been around for years and will be around for awhile! If ya dont like it go get a Android and see it rust away with the gazillion malware infected apps.

Jerks or not - you have to admit that they might be right.

I love you, BlackBerry. I really do. But I don't have to like you right now.

Now, this is my first post on anything here on crackberry and I will not pretend to be very intelligent when it comes to my phone, which is a Bold 9700. I do know quite a bit on it and have had it updated to BlackBerry 6.0 with the help of a friend and keep up with it and upgrades, etc. Before getting a BlackBerry (my first one was the 8900 Curve), I owned a Google G1. I believe, if I'm not mistaken, that it was the very first Android/HTC phone? I hated it. Yes, it was "cool" for about a week and the apps were "cool" also, but after a while all of the "force close" popups were terribly annoying. I then decided that I am not a touch screen person, since I for almost a year didn't really like the texting on the screen but at least had the option of the keyboard. By the end of that year, I decided that I didn't really need applications where you can play fake guitars or look at the "stars" and constellations so I thought I would give the Curve a try. I'm sure Androids have come such a long way, I have used a ton of them, but the G1 left a terrible taste in my mouth and will never own another Android phone. Pocket dialing, the terrible battery life, the lagging/freezing, malware, etc. suck!! BlackBerry is awesome. I will never, personally own another phone. I am looking forward to the 9900 but not in a terrible rush for it. What my BlackBerry does, it does really well. I mostly use it for the emailing, security, gps and bbm. I do run Pandora on it when driving, and maybe another app or two, but I don't need anything else. I think that people need to realize, unless it changes in the future, a BlackBerry is a business phone and not a toy for playing Angry Birds on (as cool as it is. I do play it on other phones whenever I see it but don't need it). Anyway, if people want to get other phones, please go ahead because that is what I did when I chose BlackBerry, but don't hate on BlackBerry for being "behind". BlackBerry users such as myself do not need/want full touch screens, angry birds and other unnecessary apps running and seeing it "force close" all the time and lag like it was meant to do it. Never getting rid/or leaving BlackBerry! Good day everyone!

Unicorn? No. Unicron? Well maybe...

Stocks are up, Global growth is there you all can leave im staying right here.

funny how those US folks seem to think theirs is the only market in the world. going down in US = going down everywhere?? far from the truth.

Stock is up regardless http://www.informationweek.com/news/mobility/business/231002633

BB 9700 OS 6.0.0.615

Pros:
Access whatever I need quickly (keyboard shortcuts and apps like quick launch)
Fast, reliable, secure and good battery life.
Solid push technology
Good phone reception
Fast Wi-Fi and GPS lock
True multi-tasking of apps.
A bunch of "useful" apps (GPS, social networking, finance, media, etc.)
Apps and communication are highly integrated into the OS.
Convenience keys for quick access to apps and media functions

Cons:
Limited memory
Browser needs more memory and horsepower to function well with the web-kit technology.
App development is somewhat limited, however, not all apps out there are useful.

Preferences:
Physical keyboard
Not a big gamer

Is it okay to like my phone, even if stock prices are up or down and RIM is slow to get some of the new devices out? For me the list of Pros outweighs the Cons. With my preference for a physical keyboard, my BB is a good match. Do look forward to the 9900 which will have the best of both worlds (Candy bar design, keyboard and touch screen). Not a fan of the slide out keyboards. Anyway, go with what works best for you. Be happy. :)

They had to use the word "Death" didn't they? I bet they would get less than half of their page views if they called it. "Five stages of RIM losing US smartphone market share".

As much as I find parts are true and some mildly funny, it really starts to get old now. Are you fellow crackberry members with me?

I've been reading titles involving RIM and death for at least a few months straight. Its the same article over and over. "RIM's aging smartphones". "The death of RIM". "Five reasons not to buy the Playbook". "RIM is losing to Apple and Android"... etc.

I love my Blackberry for what it does for me. I wouldn't be on this forum otherwise. I don't find it funny anymore that the media is suggesting that a multi-billion dollar company who employs many thousands of hard-working people, some of which I know personally, is going to fail.

The reason why we keep hearing the same story is because it sells. Journalists write them because it gets publicity. Its a shocking possible outcome, so it gets people excited. The writers use the same arguments which only tell half the story. I wouldn't mind this article if it didn't jump in the mindless "sky-is-falling" routine I hear everyday.

At least the "Acceptance" part is somewhat positive. I don't recall having new devices released being hand-in-hand with that company going under though.

It's spin like this that give the wrong impression of Blackberry devices. RIM lost sight of the ball and paid for it as a result. They now have current hardware and software improvements to hit the ground running. They have found their perspective from this wake up call. I'm afraid to say this type of media never had any to begin with.

Typed this with my Playbook.

The cartoon forgot to mention how Jim Balsille devoted a few years of his life trying to buy a professional hockey team at a time when other smartphone platforms were gaining steam.