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Brainstorming BB10: Are you using BlackBerry Link, and if so, is it up to snuff?
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Brainstorming BB10: Are you using BlackBerry Link, and if so, is it up to snuff?

Posted by Bla1ze on 10 May 2013 9:46 pm
Before the release of BlackBerry 10 we learned early on BlackBerry would also be revamping their desktop offerings and replacing BlackBerry Desktop Software. The new app was to be called BlackBerry Link and would come with a revamped UI and was meant to be more user friendly than the aging BlackBerry Desktop Software solution, as well it was built to offer some additional features like remote...
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Brainstorming BB10: Please fix Speed Dialing on the BlackBerry Q10!

Posted by Kevin Michaluk on 8 May 2013 3:50 pm
OK, time for a friendly rant in the spirit of Brainstorming BlackBerry 10. This one is about speed dialing on the BlackBerry Q10. It's driving me nuts. Compared to speed dialing on an older BlackBerry like the Bold 9900, speed dialing on the Q10 has taken a step backwards that I *hope* can be fixed up soon. Be sure to watch the video above for the walk through from A to Z, or you can keep...
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Brainstorming BB10: I just realized I never swipe up to see more Active Frames

Posted by Kevin Michaluk on 26 Mar 2013 6:22 pm
I had a startling revelation yesterday. I realized that not once in my two months of regular BlackBerry Z10 use have I actually swiped up to see or open Active Frames beyond the most recent four displayed. Not. Even. Once.  BlackBerry 10 allows you to run up to eight apps at once. When minimized but left running, these apps are displayed on the BlackBerry 10 homescreen as Active Frames, and...
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Brainstorming BB10: BlackBerry should out gun Samsung on Facebook

Posted by Chris Umiastowski on 4 Dec 2012 3:53 pm
Last week I read a story about Samsung spending $10 million on Facebook ads and generating $129 million in sales of the Samsung Galaxy S3, directly measured against this paid traffic. This story was shared by a Facebook executive at the recent Business Insider IGNITION conference. There are people arguing over whether or not these numbers are real. Can you honestly measure the conversion of...
Brainstorming BlackBerry 10: Hardware back in black!
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Brainstorming BlackBerry 10: Hardware back in black!

Posted by Chris Umiastowski on 3 Dec 2012 2:03 pm
Over the last week I've spent a fair bit of time reading and digesting the thoughts in various bullish and bearish analyst reports on Research In Motion. I noticed that most analysts seemed to be estimated BlackBerry 10 hardware to sell for about $400. This figure, known in the industry as ASP (Average Selling Price) is the price device manufacturers sell to operators at.  It is NOT the retail...
Brainstorming BlackBerry 10: InterActive Frames could take current Active Frames to the next level for BB10.1 or 11
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Brainstorming BlackBerry 10: InterActive Frames could take current Active Frames to the next level for BB10.1 or 11

Posted by Kevin Michaluk on 17 Nov 2012 2:34 pm
We're all counting down the days until BlackBerry 10 is in our hands (notice the nice new countdown clock on the CrackBerry homepage?!), but already our members are thinking ahead about how BlackBerry can further enhance the experience. Cruising through the CrackBerry Forums this morning I stumbled upon this thread in our BlackBerry L-Series forum by member lucky-lad, which proposes enhancements...
Focusing on the fine points: BlackBerry 10 home screen needs to be visually stunning
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Focusing on the fine points: BlackBerry 10 home screen needs to be visually stunning

Posted by Chris Umiastowski on 2 Nov 2012 3:29 pm
  We've all seen the demos of BlackBerry 10 on dev alpha hardware. It looks good, no question. But I'm worried. The marketing has to be strong. And as a student of marketing, I've come to adopt the view that everything is marketing. This is a concept that was explained beautifully in the book "Rework", by the founders of 37 Signals. If you adopt the view that everything is marketing,...
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Brainstorming BB10: You control the OS... it doesn't control you

Posted by Kevin Michaluk on 27 Oct 2012 6:40 pm
Continuing down the path of Brainstorming BB10 on the Dev Alpha B hardware, next up we're taking a look at how you can really "manipulate" the OS. At this point I think all of us are getting familiar with the flowing nature of the BlackBerry 10. The flow is apparent as you move in and out of apps and peek into BlackBerry Hub. And we also looked at how the the flow experience continues...
Time for another BlackBerry Messenger Stress Test? On BlackBerry 10? Mid-November? Yes! [UPDATED]
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Time for another BlackBerry Messenger Stress Test? On BlackBerry 10? Mid-November? Yes! [UPDATED]

Posted by Kevin Michaluk on 25 Oct 2012 4:52 pm
* Update: Tomorrow morning's planned BBM Stress Test is going to be postponed a few weeks until mid-November. Stay tuned! * * UPDATE - 9pm EDT, Oct. 25th: Ok CrackBerry Nation, we have a little change in plans here. We were going to fire up the BB10 BBM Stress Test in the morning, but after connecting with RIM's BBM team tonight made the decision we're going to push it back a few weeks. They...
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Ten Things We'll Lose in BlackBerry 10

Posted by Kevin Michaluk on 24 Oct 2012 1:22 pm
BlackBerry 10. We're EXCITED about it for a LOT of reasons. We have already gone over in detail ten things we're looking forward to in BlackBerry 10 (so far). Beyond new devices, BlackBerry 10 is a new platform and there is much to be gained. But what about things we are losing? To be certain, there are things we will be giving up as BlackBerry Smartphones make the leap up from the legacy...

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