Although it was Mother's day yesterday, we still managed to get together and get up a BerryFlow podcast for everyone covering a lot of last weeks topics of BlackBerry news. Everything from John Chen joining Twitter right down to T-Mobile and BlackBerry making up and preparing to sell the BlackBerry Classic. We kept things nice and short for everyone, so download the audio below or hit play on the video to tune in.
Discussion List
- John Chen on BlackBerry reputation
- BlackBerry Leap continued rollout
- BlackBerry and AT&T Mobility Forums events
- BBM Channels Targeted Audience Update
- Heidi Davidson, head SVP of Corporate Communications, exits BlackBerry
- T-Mobile and BlackBerry Back Together
- John Chen joins Twitter
Social Channels
- @flip4bytes | Alex Bass
- @jmznvs | James Nieves
- @Bla1ze | Bla1ze
- @Risky_KillMoves | Darius Stokes
- @elBranduco | Brandon Orr
Downloads
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I always enjoy it keep it up.
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Love the podcasts. I'm watching every week.
Really appreciate it!
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Downloading... :D
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I really hope they don't abandon this OS after all this work. I like it much better than Android.
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It's a little disturbing when one of BlackBerry's most well known homegrown developers still regards it as a consumer brand.
Look at BlackBerry World, the top paid and top grossing apps are abundantly consumer oriented. It's simply catering to demand. I assume you're talking about Nemory or another prominent developer.
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No I was referring to you lol. Thanks for your perspective.
Shows that BlackBerry is still an extremely polarizing company.
No offense was intended, Brandon. I too appreciate the podcasts.
It will all come down to execution -- continue to get financial house in order and effectively execute the rollout of the slider. I really think that going to Android is the only option, and I think that's where we're headed. The BlackBerry experience add-ons for android that were announce a little while back would basically patch a BB10 experience onto an android system instead of the opposite.
Regardless of OS moves, if they continue to close app gap by improving android support, a return to relevance is possible with discipline/execution.
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No offense taken at all! It's because of people like you we continue to do these podcasts, to get a conversation going on these topics and discussing them. I appreciate the input :).
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Really interested in what Chen's plan is to close the app gap and Android support. While I agree Briguy's idea is one way to do it, the original BB10 QNX with Android runtime could work if it was implemented right. It needs a fullproof runtime and Google Play Services support. Too many companies just make their apps to Apple Appstore or Google Play. If there truly is more collaboration with Samsung and BlackBerry, perhaps that could clean up the user experience.
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One of the most enjoyable podcasts I listen to. Great for the trip to work or just chilling at the house. Can't believe it's not viewed more I just hope you guys keep it going look forward to it every week. Thank you guys. On a side note the BlackBerry classic is a beast
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Really appreciate the kind words! We definitely don't have any plans of stopping anytime soon, don't worry. I look forward to participating in it each week because I simply love to talk about BlackBerry. I know for sure that it doesn't feel like "work" to most of us.
Always makes us happy to hear when people appreciate the podcasts. Cheers!
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I always enjoy Berryflow Podcasts. It's a great way to unwind after a long week
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Glad you enjoy them and thanks for your support! (:
The way back is to get to sustained profitability, complete the shift to android with the best parts of BB10 kept on, rebuild govt and corporate loyalty and keep at least one high-performance phone coming a year. If they execute well on the slider it will go a long way.
And also --- the target audience for the Leap seems pretty clearly to be CIO's and other corporate IT types - some of whom are fairly restricted in terms of what they can purchase (security) and who need to keep their staff supplied with phones but who know most of those staff prefer touch screen devices. I think the spec's should be better or the price lower, but that's the only logical explanation for the device. Otherwise BlackBerry must have just been trying to use up spare inventory and get it out of the warehouse....
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See I think IT professionals will want the Leap for the sake of having an all touch option, it's not going to be a device people actively want it'll just be an optional device. What I seem to have a hard time grasping is how come since the Z3 released a year ago it took so long to get what is essentially a beefed up Z3 in the enterprise space outside of Indonesia, India, etc. If the Leap had come out a year ago it would've made a lot more sense to me, just seems a bit weird to spend the resources over the past year making a point of really pushing physical keyboards then releasing the first all touch in a while with very little promotion, especially given how much more they need to push an all touch device to sell as opposed to keyboard devices (because everyone knows BlackBerry for keyboards)
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Agreed. I'm really looking forward to the Slider for so many reasons.. Finally having an option to recommend for an upgrade to all those who I converted over to BB10 when the Z10 to come out. So long as it has good Android support while still keeping the HUB and some of the great BB10 functionality, it should be a very easy sell.
The idea that BlackBerry doesn't have a target audience is ridiculous. Does anyone question that executives, 'prosumers', entrepreneurs and other professional types are the targeted demographic? Whether that's smart is questionable, and clearly they need to do a better job, but having a target is not the issue. Blaize thank you for sitting back during that bit and not contributing to the non-sense.
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Are you speaking about the "targeted audience" feature within BBM Channels?
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They need to define it though. Enterprise audience isn't a targeted audience at all. Listen the phones aren't selling like hotcakes, I was referring to the fact that they need to define a lifestyle with their products as so many companies have been doing recently. It just seems like BlackBerry keeps saying enterprise, prosumer and the like but doesn't actually show what lifestyle that is.
I respect your opinion, it might be nonsense to you but the fact is their devices simply aren't selling that well, there's only so many times you can say enterprise, prosumer and the like, eventually they're going to have to actually convince the people what that really means. Simply saying enterprise or tools not toys does not invigorate one to purchase a device nor lend any insight into what that device represents in the grand scheme of BlackBerry's ongoing transition and expanded portfolio of services.
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*Skips Video*
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For the drinking game, how about taking a drink every time someone on the podcast says 'like'?
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Someone wants us to die from alcohol poisoning lmao!^
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Hahaha so true. This does NOT seem safe.. And we wouldn't actually be able to discuss anything. You'd all just be sitting there listening to/watching us drink. There's gotta be something a bit more reasonable (;
Like what
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Man I have the worst tendencies to say 'like' a lot. haha more drinks for me though :P
Very interesting but a bit long.
We are trying to get it down. 1 hour seems to be the sweet spot if there's a lot to discuss. 45 minutes is more of a reasonable length if there isn't too much news. Some of our past podcasts were like 1.5 hours+ so we are definitely trying to make it more reasonable. Thanks for the feedback! (:
It's an on-going gripe with the whole podcast team, we always have the best intentions to keep them shorter but more often than not they end up longer than 1 hour. What's your ideal length for a podcast like this?
It more flow than time, I guess to many eddies, if you get what I mean!
Its fine to repeat some stuff, its better not to repeat too much.
Personally I really like hearing what you all have to say. The longer the better IMO
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I think an hour is perfect.
Only thing I would say is you guys reiterate each others points way too much. Sometimes there is no need... we get it.
Besides that as aways love it, keep up the good work!
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Just in time for my drive home!
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Hope you like it!
I'll check it out later,I promise,lol
Underpromise, overdeliver... :-)
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@Prem...now I have to listen to it Twice.lol
BBBM? Haha.
Love these pods btw.
Z30 (10.3.1)
Yeah, what could that mean... :-)
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It's the SUPER DELUXE version. You can buy it through the BBM Shop for $39.99/mnth.
Haha.
So much win here...
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Very boring. Next.
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