Dear CrackBerry,
Congratulations On 10 years Of CrackBerry.
Happy birthday and a big thank you to both CrackBerry and the CrackBerry community, for your support and loyalty over the years.
On this milestone I want to share some perspectives on BlackBerry's journey.
In The Beginning.
Since BlackBerry, or RIM as it was known at the time, was founded in 1984 it has been an innovator and a market leader. Starting with the pager and the smartphone, with the world-famous keyboard and blinking red light, and taking the world by storm with BBM.
The New BlackBerry.
When I joined BlackBerry, just over three years ago, the company was rapidly losing smartphone market share, but it was obvious to me that the company had something unique and winning. That is in addition to a user base, past and present, that was passionate about seeing BlackBerry be a leader again. The secret sauce? BlackBerry Security.
Today we have taken that secret sauce and turned it into a market-leading strategy – securing the Enterprise of Things.
Securing The Enterprise Of Things.
BlackBerry's mission is to become the foundational layer of IoT, securely connecting all endpoints. Here are a few lesser known facts about how we are delivering on this today:
- Connected Cars – BlackBerry software is in over 60 million cars worldwide
- Enterprise Mobility Management – BlackBerry has the highest EMM market share worldwide
- Cross-Platform – We want everyone to be able to be able to be BlackBerry Secure so, we have made our EMM solution compatible with all major OS platforms
- Security Leadership – BlackBerry's position as a leader of secure mobility solutions is widely accepted and we have the heritage, customers, certifications, IP and industry-awards to back it up
- Pivot – In 2016 BlackBerry completed its pivot to become a software company
Licensing Strategy.
This was an emotional decision for me, but also a necessary one. It ensures BlackBerry smartphones continue to be available.
So, what does EoT mean for BlackBerry smartphones? We recently announced a licensing strategy for BlackBerry smartphones, which entails outsourcing hardware development and operations, to partners. I want you to know that this was an emotional decision for me, but also a necessary one. It ensures BlackBerry smartphones continue to be available, maintaining a core part of the company's history, and at the same time enabling our software strategy to fully take root, positioning the company for continued growth. The BlackBerry smartphones that our licensing partners will produce will run on BlackBerry Secure Android software, which BlackBerry will continue to develop and deliver.
Here's To The Next 10 Years!
BlackBerry connects and secures many other endpoints today, including wearables, medical devices and self-driving cars. We are continuing to expand to all endpoints so, as the world becomes increasingly connected, BlackBerry security will help keep you safe.
I am grateful for your commitment as BlackBerry has gone through the changes it needed to. I am excited about the future of BlackBerry and hope that you are too.
Best wishes,
John Chen
Executive Chairman & CEO
BlackBerry
PS Great to have you back, CrackBerry Kevin.
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BlackBerry CEO John Chen on 10 Years of CrackBerry
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So that means no more real Blackberry s, just licensing the name
Your hard work and tough decisions are paying off. Thanks for all you've done, John.
Innovation product, Innovation Services and Innovation bussiness need Innovation Services and features with security and quality Blackberry and mainly BBM !
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Now I don't mind the loses you had made, but deciding to run android as blackberry!!!! never... I will never understand that!! yes, i realise BB wasnt doing as good on the smart phone market but Im not quite sure whether Android or iOS is other definition of a smartphone besides as regards software minus the appstores(which am quite sure could be solved to even outrank those of android and iOS) we had a few other problems to look out for but giving in to run android wasnt quite one of the bravest solutions
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Bad experience in using BlackBerry Passport. I used to use HTC products for long time but when I saw BlackBerry Passport I decided to change and to use its features. In the beginning, it was very hard to use IOS and it application but finally I get familiar with it, however, over the. Last 3 months I started to struggle with it specially when using very famous application like Viber and Xe.com and lost of applications. On the top of that WhatsApp application won't work soon. Apparently BlackBerry are not included to upgrade that software to be compatible continual development of mobile applications. Although BlackBerry is very handy and convenient for me any but day by day, I can not use its features due to your policy that has not any plan to update or to upgrade it. I'm waiting for the middle of this year. Then I will get back to any others brand.
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Thanks Chen, Good Luck for future.
congratulation
leo privacy is very nice app and it is very safe...I like it and yes we can hide our all image&video&other important files. It is good at hiding and securing the images, videos and much more things plzz download it and enjoy lovely app.……
Mr Chen, you definitely had a very difficult road ahead when you assumed your role as CEO. Given the issues you inherited when assuming your role, I hope I speak for the majority when I say, I appreciate everything you've done for a company I've grown up with (literally...I was born the same year BlackBerry aka RIM was). It would be misleading not to say how I wished certain things had gone differently (BB10, Passport, Playbook). But, as I said earlier, given the circumstances, what the market was doing, and the market presence of other major players, I believe in your leadership and hope that once BlackBerry is an industry leader again, they can resume their smartphone division!!
Well, there you have it folks. Straight from the man himself. BlackBerry as a proprietary OS is dead and gone forever. :'( I sure hope my Z10 can hold on for years to come! I did not like the BlackBerry Android experience at all on my Priv
In the words of Kenny Rodgers, "you got to know when to hold em... know when to fold em." As much as I love BlackBerry 10, due to a series of terrible mistakes and decisions, it is an OS is no longer has a future. You can armchair quarterback all you want, but that is a reality. Developers no longer support it, people won't give it a chance, and carriers won't recognize it. BlackBerry was on its deathbed before Mr Chen even got there. That being said, we now have a BlackBerry that will continue to exist, provide innovation and support and we STILL get a physical keyboard phone in 2017 with modern day specs that is part of the current smartphone ecosystem.
Would I rather have a BlackBerry 10 smartphone that was fully supported than a BlackBerry smartphone running Droid? Absolutely, but I'd also like to fly and have x-ray vision. I'm completely onboard with a licensed BlackBerry running Droid, as opposed to the other option of just having a run of the mill Droid or iPhone.
So thank you, Mr. Chen, for believing and keeping BlackBerry alive. Hard decisions had to be made, but I for one would rather have BlackBerry exist as a software company, still fighting for security and involved with the manufacturing of handsets, than the memory of a company that was too stubborn to change when they had to.
All the best, from a Connecticut, USA diehard.
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Dear Mr Chen,
Many thanks for the words you posted and taking time from your busy schedule to address the Crackberry community. It is always hard to turn around non-profit to profitability and unfortunately most don't understand the tough decisions this entails. It has always been a pleasure using BlackBerry devices and there is not a better communication device in the market and probably never will be something which can beat the BlackBerry brand. I will be buying the Mercury due to my need to keep in contact with clients who most use Whatsaap unfortunately as BBM is not so widely addressed to our area although I would use the Classic I currently have for the end of time should these limits didn't exist. I would like to express my comments and hope you read them as your client base feedback should always be a priority:
1. I strongly believe BlackBerry owes an honest response as to the future of BB10 platform in terms of feature upgrades, timelines, and if you plan to introduce any new handsets on the platform or if there will be a new ecosystem in the future. It is fair to say that all BlackBerry owners adore the BB10 platform but having the biggest gripe with the app gap which unfortunately is a must in today's social world.
2. I would like to see if you will focus stringly on Android a Classic type of phone with the inclusion of the toothbelt and the iconic trackpad. I think a lot of fans would kill for such a feature on an Android device.
3. It would be an excellent implementation should you refurbish the Android version for BlackBerry devices to use the peek and gestures of the BB10 platform. This can make the transition of BB10 owners to Android much easier and will keep the same type of experience. It is a known fact that the hub experience on your current Android devices does not come close to the fluidness of the BB10 platform.
4. Please put a lot of effort in your marketing for the BlackBerry handsets. Unfortunately you cannot deny that your marketing strategies have been close to non existent for any of the devices which came the past few years. It is a shame when we visit a store and BlackBerry devices are either not visible or hidden in the back unless someone asks for them while Samsung or iPhone devices are the first to be displayed in their own areas.
5. Please keep more in touch with the community as a whole company. People like to feel their desires and wishes are being heard by a company they support. We have been let down several times the recent years by BlackBerry as a whole with all the mysticism, negativity and not a clear outline on the future. Crackberry community is all about adoring BlackBerry brand and unfortunately the actions of BlackBerry have turned a lot of the community to negativity instead of positive thoughts.
6. It is always clear that you can't pleae everyone with a product but please do your best to read what your clients want and try and deliver the best. I understand that Software at this point probably gives BlackBerry the 90% of their sales while the handsets have a mere 10% but show your loyal fanbase that you do care for them equally and keep inovating.
All the best in your endeveour and looking forward to more exciting news. Would be great if we could receive some answers on the above!
Regards
Demetris
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Reading this brings tears to my eye
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So John Chen DOES read CrackBerry articles AND our comments. Pity he doesn't do more vis-a-vis BB10....
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Making him in charge was one of Blackberry`s smartest moves in means of management , and he`s definitely one of the best !!!!!
You go Chen!
Who is Kevin that came back and why he left left in the first place?
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I would love to see TCL blackberry tablet. Android or windows 10
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Thanks for updating us John!
DTEK60 is in my sights, but not before my superbly slick and well organised Z30 on BB10 10.3.3 gives its last gasp.
And, by the way, the horrendously arranged rollout of BB10 3.3 in UK and the rest of Europe is making BlackBerry a corporate laughing stock amongst UK and European carriers and business users.
BlackBerry need to pull their fingers out over this, as, like it or not, BlackBerry Mobile, BlackBerry EOT and BB's PR image risks being damaged by the mud of this BB10 update farce sticking to their image.
You can not even buy a phone in Belgium from shopblackberry. A friend in Holland ordered a priv on black friday for me. I waited more than 2 months. In the end my friend cancelled the order. Still disappointed about that! I like my passport SE but i miss some important apps! Even with google plus.
Get the mercury
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Leo privacy app help me to hide my project work and my important images and videos which i use in my bussiness from others. It help to lock important apps. So please friends download it.
*Salute* to Mr. Chen - Him and his team pretty much saved BlackBerry.
Yes...
Too bad he really didn't save what most came here to CrackBerry for..... ;)
But that wasn't his fault, he played the cards he was given.
Yea... like John Chen has been following Crackberry for 10 years... or was even aware of it before took the helm of BlackBerry.
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Just because he might not have known about it doesn't mean he can't respect it. I haven't known about Crackberry for 10 years, just maybe the last 7 or 8, but I'm just as much of a Crackberry and BlackBerry fan as anyone else might be. Get off your high horse.
I jumped ship about a year ago. Writing had been on the wall for quite a while, enjoyed the ride while it lasted, but finally gave up on BB phones and moved on to LG. Never been happier and so much less drama, simply a. Phone that works and works well. Good luck on whatever BlackBerry does now Mr. Chen. Thanks for letting me reminisce of the good old days.
LGs are nice phones that isnt named Apple or Samsung. You could always still make it blackberry like with the BB launcher
Very nice to see that Mr. Chen has taken the time to write here and appreciate our passions here in Crackberry. I really hope Mercury can make a difference and lead BlackBerry back on a positive track in hardware business.
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Still use my white Z10 along with my Red Passport
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John Chen is a big contributer to this thread :) Thx John!
http://forums.crackberry.com/showthread.php?t=915653
Lets's go! Blackberry Passport 2 and Blackberry Z50 with Snapdragon 835 and OS 10!
#IfOnly
Awwwwesomme Mr JC, nice for you to chat a message at crackberry... we have faith for BlackBerry and will continue to do so :-)
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Cheers BlackBerry Crackberry company and community. Wish the best for BlackBerry.
I dream a world where BlackBerry does great with new phones and software agreements that the stock goes up and BlackBerry secretly develops new BB11 phones themselves or with TCL
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Good to know he took the time to write a letter for us. Most CEOs could care less about a blog site. But CB will always be something special.
Very nice!
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Now if I could get a battery for my passport and toolkit to install, everyone is sold out.
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U come a long way congratulations for ur hard work .
I am excited about the future of BlackBerry and hope that you are too.
I am anything but excited about android phones. I know BlackBerry is just not BlackBerry anymore and there is a stronger software side to it.
But it is appalling how conveniently you have dropped even the reference of where BB10 was and where it is today. You failure to even pay a lip service to BB10 can only mean that BB10 is dead for BlackBerry. You really expect crackberry people to feel excited about that??
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Crackberry fans aren't happy that BB10 is going to be irrelevant. But like anything else in life we adjust and move on.. Atleast BB is still putting out phones. Just enjoy the Mercury ride or get yourself a different brand.
Just one word: "Wow!"
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Guys, which BB phone is John Chen using in the picture? Honestly, I recently ordered my second BB Passport from Amazon and I plan to keep ordering till they have BB OS10 based cellphones available in the market. I so hate the tripping fact that upcoming Mercury shall be Android based, BB simply shattered my dreams of expecting Mercury with BB OS10!
It is Z10
We hope that BlackBerry 10 can have more apps and more support. Blackberry 10.2.1 is better version. BlackBerry 10 is the good OS we just need more apps. other wise we hope BlackBerry Passport can upgrade to android version
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Yeah, I really hope they can allow blackberry10 to be upgraded to android cause alotta people are using and even gotten them newly unknown to them it's becoming useless soon. That's if they wanna keep majority customers happy.
The secret sauce is such a well preserved secret that few people seems to had heard of it.
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That secret sauce is BB10
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This a very classy response to 10 years of Crackberry and a testament to your enthusiastic support. I wish I weren't so late to the party and was down since day 1. I remember getting my first Blackberry, a Curve at T-Mobile and the Z10 had just launched. The representative showed it off and I loved it but couldn't afford it at the time. If I only knew how big the BB10 launch really was!
Better late to the party than never!!
I also very much appreciate the words of John Chen for CrackBerry. One of the things he did around here was allow some BlackBerry employees with expertise to comment and give help, and also actually listen to our input (!) especially after the PRIV was released. I guess that wasn't always BB policy. I wish him all the best in his future plans for BlackBerry. Let it be noted that those who were late to the party are the very customers Chen needed. There were way too few of them. I was also very late to the party with the PRIV being my first BlackBerry. CrackBerry Kevin, I appreciate the enthusiasm you have infused into CrackBerry. Because of the new agreement with TCL I am relieved to know that the PRIV will not be my last BlackBerry.
I joined CB when BB10 was about to be announced for the first time. I guess I have been a loyal member for half the existence of this community's website. Still proud to be a regular reader and occasional contributor. To me, it feels flattering for my community to be acknowledged by the CEO of Blackberry. Thank you Mr. Chen!
Very nice to hear from...
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Dear John, please give the community a gift, dark Hub for BB10.
JC inspired me so much that I will get a Passport soon \o/
Very nice! Thank you Mr. Chen for addressing the CB community!
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Thankful for John Chen. Just wish he could have made BlackBerry 10 flourish. That it did not is not his fault nor does it diminish my appreciation for the BlackBerry 10 devices I own, use and will use for the foreseeable future. I bought a DTEK50 in support and try but it just was and is not the same. Actually gave me a greater appreciation of my BlackBerry 10 devices and BlackBerry 10 as it is. It works for me. I sold the DTEK50.
The White Knight-BlackBerry Passport
I want to get at least another year out of my Passport before I switch OS. I'm not a fan of android, but the keyboard has me leaning towards Mercury. If I had 700 or 800 dollars to waste on a phone and didn't desire PKB I'd get an iphone, but there's no value to be had for that price of entry.
With all the rave about the phones without bezel coming to market, I can't help but think how the BB10 os shines without the home button.
Very Nice Indeed! Kevin is Back! John Chen demonstrates respect for CrackBerry, and the Community . BlackBerry and TCL joint venture is a good thing. All of this puts a smile on my face. Exciting times being felt and possible up ahead.
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I am about to give up BLackberry completely as Blackberry link will not work on Windows 10. If this cannot be sorted out Blackberry platform is just useless.
It has been that way for a while now...LOL
Respect My Autoritah!
This is a disgrace that if you have the most recent PC OS you can't backup your device. Isn't this the case? Yet they still sell BB10 devices?
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Use blackberry blend
BB10 isn’t! dead yet. It is on life support at the moment. It still can be saved. It would be a huge waste to just get rid of it.
I can't understand how Android is going to do better for BlackBerry. If it's enterprise that they are targeting, why is there such a need for lots of apps in an appstore? Of course, there are some apps needed but not the entire spectrum available in the Google playstore. Enterprise needs a secure, reliable O/S with a good development environment. Enterprise customers do not want to do monthly software updates. Think of the cost of doing monthly software upgrades across thousands of devices. There is also the potential for an upgrade to break something for a customer's application.
BlackBerry has been working on Android for three years now-they started in 2013. In that time, they still haven’t been able to secure it to the same standards as BB10. They will never reach that level.
Google is also actively working on security. When they reach the same level as BlackBerry Android, what selling advantage will BlackBerry have? The keyboard?
BB10 is secure, reliable and doesn’t need monthly security patches.
BlackBerry Passport Silver Edition
But ultimately no one is buying it. And that's the bottom line in business. You can have the best product availability by a wide margin, but is no one buys it, it's irrelevant. Blackberry is past the point where they can afford to spend money on produce to that don't sell.
And I say this as someone who loves BB10 and bough a Z10 the first day it was available.
BB for ever!
Blackberry 4 Life!
It's nice to see CrackBerry being acknowledged by BlackBerry. I'm pretty sure the passion of BlackBerry fans has been evident to BlackBerry for years. But CEOs and boards make decisions based on financial and market analysis, not on emotion. Except when they dismissed Apple; that was probably a bit of hubris. And look where BlackBerry is now.
I would love to see a new fully apped BlackBerry 10 phone too. Love that OS and UI. But it won't be happening too soon. So I'm content with BlackBerry flavoured Android.
Thanks Mr Chen for your post and your work to bring BlackBerry back to viability.
Disappointed he didn't even at least shout out BB10, let alone tell us when 10.3.4 is coming.
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I am blackberry addict not analdroit so Chen's song doesn't sway me!he is the one who killed bbOS and forever known for his deed period
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Nice to see Mr Chen acknowledge this community. We have been more passionate about BlackBerry than they themselves have been sometimes, it seems.
Behold, my thumbs have spoken.
Sounds as... can you guarantee, Mr. Chen, that no one of user's bit of information will not be move and collect by Google without direct permission from user/owner?... I think we all understand which can be your answer. Today we all must understand and accept what BlackBerry (RIM) not equal BlackBerry mobile, what under good known brand we have no old good known and trusted company. Good luck in new BlackBerry.
Posted via Passport smartphone without google's bugs.
I'd like to say I appreciate the work Mr Chen has done and how things are finally panning out for the future BlackBerry, the software and hardware sides. I can understand that hard decisions had to be made but the result is the best we could have pretended given the circumstances. The hardware legacy will continue and we'll continue to see the phones we've come to love so much, like no other fan I've seen around the tech industry.
Congratulations to Crackberry, to BlackBerry and specially to us all in this community who have endured the worst in the last four years.
The future is bright!
Long live BlackBerry!!!
Blackberry Passport SQW100-4/10.3.3.2163
JC is nothing more than an accountant. He could not have cared less if BlackBerry had been in the business of selling port-o-johns.
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The once secure/private port-o-johns would be converted to android port-o-johns...
Really? You think he dragged for so long the decision to sack BB10 because he didn't care?
He made every effort to keep it going and he looked for any excuse to delay the decision but... enough is enough, the phones are not selling so he can't just keep making them.
Are you for real?
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Thanks for taking the time to address us, Mr. Chen! I wonder if we can convince them to release Blend for Android as a part of the celebration? 😋
Nice touch! I think this is way better than totally not giving a f#+@$ about Crackberry.
All you need to see is the 120 comments to the first ever letter from the CEO to Crackberry to understand how bad the situation is and that nobody cares.
Now, take a look back 3 -4 years ago, and see how many comments were then on Crackberry.
Chen has failed to revive BlackBerry. He is indeed running a venture fund buying some software companies here and there and selling off or shutting down everything else. There is most nothing left to sell.
BlackBerry is merely developing a few apps for android and even that development will likely stop soon when there are no more buyers of its android data mining devices for Google and president Trump, if he chooses to issue and executive order.
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Sweet. Thanks John Chen and CB Kevin!
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Happy to see you back too BBKevin
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The last few weeks have been the most exciting for BlackBerry and CrackBerry fans than I can remember in a long time. I really hope it helps the new device start off strong and gain traction.
I don't quite understand people lavishing John Chen with praise. This post seems like a public service announcement for BlackBerry with a "Happy Birthday Crackberry" thrown in.
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Bingo!
Don Diego endorses the Zed and wields a Silver.
+1
I don't think this guy could have made things a lot better than he did. He came into company when it was basically "lost". Make a major change takes a lot of time (BlackBerry spent nearly 3 years developing a BB10 and still it was a HORRIBLE OS until 10.1 and finally 10.2 went on). He could've stopped development on some of the obviously nonprofitable devices (I believe that he actually did) to save resources for some better things to do. In the end, BlackBerry is still doing things on it's own.
It couldn't had saved BB10, it was doomed since the months after launch. He could had made it's life a bit longer be keeping the company above the bancrupcy level, which he did. Now it's time to move on to next gen smartphones. :)
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Sure, he may not be as passionate as some users on here, still it's nice to see he seems affectionate to the Blackberry smartphones. I am grateful for what he is trying to do with TCL... ;)
Agreed!
And we get most possible secure Android.
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"Designed by BlackBerry", "Manufactured by TCL"... why not?
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"Datamined by The Gooogle" lol
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I am excited about the future of BlackBerry and hope that Blackberry is the best
I already was suspecting before this little letter that there was some marketing surge via Crackberry to convert more of us to Mercury. Perhaps I am wrong but Chen's message increases my suspicions.
So is blackberry actively marketing through Crackberry? If so, we deserve to know.
As for Mr. Chen, I think he made a bad decision to drop BB10 after it matured into the best and most secure OS in the world. I understand the forces compelling him to abandon it but think it was the wrong choice. I believe a market existed if he knew how to reach it.
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Market always exist and never hide
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Only if you put some effort in it by investments. Advertisement on an expensive and persistent scale... money that BlackBerry doesn't have, in case anybody paid attention...-_-
Passport in white :-)
That's right. It had money to buy startup companies to make its quarterly "software revenue" numbers but not to properly market its BB10 releases or even to alert the market it still exists.
Problem is outside of crackberry almost no one knows BlackBerry still exists let alone the coming "merc". Outside of pictures on here,I have yet to even see a priv,or either Dtek out in the wild.
People still laugh at me and crack a ton of jokes when I pull out my blackberry. It's insane sometimes... and they think I'm the crazy one for not buying apple or Samsung :/... when I ask them why they bought some Samsung device for example, I get the answer: "I've done some research, this is the right choice"... which is a lie of course. I know them personally, I know that they have no clue or interest in the specs of their phone, nor that they fully understand what the machine can do for them... but their friends have one, family members, the "cool" guys from work... gives me headaches...
Ok, next!
#soon, later, later this year, fiscal year, commitment,...blablabla ~J.BlaBla Chen
This is really appreciated.
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Why not John Chen & BlackBerry just produced in-house BlackBerry BB 10 OS "strictly for me and BlackBerry fans"?
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You read my mind!! :)
I have plans.. if anyone interested... :)
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He is becoming a real partner/hero.. However, he still have to overcame Feb25th test!!! Final test for Blackberry midterm future. The Merc... all eyes on it. Please, dont forget the quality of sound for phone calls... the one of PRIV was deeply disgusting
Regarding the PRIV, my quality for phone calls is awesome. I was amazed when I made my first call on it, and now I have had it for 14 months and it is still amazing.
There were times - difficult ones - when hearing from him would have been even more appreciated.
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Thank you John Chen
I respect Mr. John Chen a lot. He is turning around the company and has achieved a lot.
It's not easy to make a comeback or turn around a company. You have to give Mr. Chen the credit he deserves. When you have limited resources and shareholders to answer to, you have to make tough decisions to keep the company alive and launch it into the future. He has done that.
I love BlackBerry 10 and prefer over Android and iOS and Windows Phone. Love my Passport and can live with my Priv. Looking forward to the Mercury.
Now ask yourselves: What would be better? Blackberry with BB10 and finished or BlackBerry with no phones to make, Secure Android and the unmeasurable potential of QNX, Software for the IoT and beyond?
Give me the second one!
Cool
I inspired by BlackBerry Notification light. It is my favorite ever.
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While I really all this anniversary, I wonder if there is a promise for the BB10 software updates, or it is left as dead.
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Is he using Dtek60????
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It's a Z10!
Blackberry Passport SQW100-4/10.3.3.2163
Awwwweeesommeeee!!!!!
Paying for a debt he never owed! I'm so upset with the lack of innovation from the resting on their laurels leadership when BlackBerry was thee go to professional phone! You underestimated your market, a market full of zombies group think social status and trends......
It's gonna take Apple and Google to mess up. Which they won't. At least not both. Consumers have a blind allegiances like they do their government therefore these efforts are in vain, and I am disappointed.
We saw Nextel vanish, we saw Palm vanish, webOS, and for what...rotten fruit and bad desserts. Aside from the S-Pen or the once boom sound speakers....android devices are all the same when you look at brass tax. I've never thought of apple' I loathed how people react or feel grandiose by having one so I immediately sought for an alternative, not wanting to be like the massess, which is why I keep on with my SE....sore palm and all lol
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Hmmm... Kinda curious if you went the "alternative" route (Nokia/Ericsson/Siemens) when BlackBerry was at the top of their game, or if you were one of the "Black Sheep." ;)
He used the BlackBerry as this was for him the Professional phone. It wasn't a sheep / following thing.
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Right!
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Thank you, Mr. Chen, for posting this. I hope BlackBerry wins in the software game. I do wish that BB10 had been successful as I love the OS. But I love that BlackBerry is doing well in IoT.
Thank you BlackBerry, Mr.Chen and CrackBerry Kevin.
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Thanks to Mr. Chen for his comments and long live BB.
Bryan
7290, 8700, 8800, Curve 8900, Bold 9900, Passport, Priv
Dang. What a turn of events. Positive news for sure
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I guess I'm the only one who isn't gung-ho about Chen.
I know I know, he saved the company, blah blah blah!
He still killed BB10!!!
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Here's a tissue! ;)
Too bad you can't bother to read all the available history of the past 4 years. BB10 was dead on launch day. If it had been successful and not drained the company of billions of dollars, Heins would still be CEO and we would never have even heard of John Chen.
Again with the dead thing, like the Media telling us that BlackBerry has been dead for years now. All this time and right now , I must have been using a zombie OS made by a zombie company! Omagawd! !
I agree with some of the decisions Mister Chen made, but not the decision about going Android. BlackBerry failed to do real Marketing to introduce BlackBerry 10 to the general public, etc.
If I want Android, I will install the version not comprised by Google Play Services and go from there. With the Mercury, I don't think it will be possible to remove these services.
As for BlackBerry as a company, I do wish them all the best but I won't be buying any Android based BlackBerry.
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Bye felicia
Trust me, AlKuqo has been here the whole time during the BB10 saga. He's well aware, just passionate about the platform and what it could have been.
Fair enough, but there are quite a few folks passionate about the OS who don't ride the "Chen killed BB10" bandwagon. Chen was a consequence of the result of BB10's launch. Like I said, if it had gone well, he'd never have been heard of on Crackberry.
To make a political analogy, there are many things that happen during a president's term that are out of his control, yet he gets blamed for all of them because he happened to be in office and its easier to hate on a single person than analyze a complex multi-faceted issue. Just because that's the easy way to do it, doesn't mean it makes one right in doing so.
That's fair too; however, Chen couldn't push like he has with android while "try" to maintain BB10 instead of just compe
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Try and maintain BB10 while still pushing forward with becoming a software company and license out Android phone?
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Most honest and correct post I have read in these forums...
Passport in white :-)
What's classy from JC. We all deserve it. Especially Crackberry Kevin, his return brings the energies back our community. Since he comes back, SP has the momentum. Go BBRY, go.
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That's a nice letter to Crackberry. I wrote a letter to John Chen once. Don't think he got it.
FYI release a Priv 2. You don't have to reinvent the wheel. Just let ppl know the wheel exists.
Very disappointed in Chen's anti-Trump remarks recently and he clearly doesn't care about BlackBerry Mobile much and is basically running a venture capital firm with BlackBerry's software business.
I hope TCL can actually get carriers on board and advertise the new "mobile" brand to success.
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That's how I see it. It's a venture capital fund.
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great and emotional
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Thank you Mr Chen for taking time out of your day to write us a note. Thank you for keeping anything BlackBerry going and growing.
I'm still a BB10 die hard. I know BB10 is "dead" but I seriously hate Android. (I use Priv and Passport daily) seriously nothing beats true BlackBerry OS & PKB device. #LongLivePassPort #LongLiveBB10 #LongLiveChen
Thanks John, for taking the time to acknowledge us and for all you've done with the hard decisions you've made to keep BlackBerry alive.
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I think that Mr. Chen helped everyone to know the passion, innovation, and direction BlackBerry is taking and showed us all the strategy to keep the company alive and maintain handsets. Ingenious.
And... he gave honor to the energy Kevin, Adam, Blas1e, and the Crackberry team spent promoting and understanding this technology. That's pretty big stuff to have corporate give aumage to a blog site. Way to go guys!!! It certainly wasn't like that 10 years ago.
Homage
An RGB LED on the Mercury would be icing on the cake. I love being able to set different LED notification colors for my different Accounts in the Hub!
"with the world-famous keyboard and blinking red light" RGB is even better ;)
That's why neither of those was on the dtek50... Thankfully the VKB was pretty decent. Here's hoping these partners don't forget that!
The media does tend to forget that BlackBerry is more than the smartphone these days; That does come with better communication...
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I don't think the partners will forget. The general vibe from TCL seems to be one of pride and determination. They have a chance to continue the BlackBerry legacy and use that legacy to build themselves up in the process. I get the feeling that the marketing will be in a completely different league coming from TCL than we have ever seen from Blackberry (and RIM)
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Because that was hardware that wasn't actually designed for Blackberry. It was reused from one of their other Android devices, a test to see if it would sell.
As a shareholder, I hope BlackBerry flourishes with this newfound direction. As a user, I'll be looking for an alternative to BB10 in the next year or two, and it won't likely be Android.
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What does that leave? iOS? ;-)
John,
I appreciate your words and the leadership you have brought to BlackBerry. There were painful decisions along the way, but you have, I believe, crossed the minefield now. I will always like BlackBerry 10, and yet the company had to follow the market, so the implementation of Android, I think, is well done and essential. I look forward to the Mercury and beyond.
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Chen saw a need to bridge blackberry security with Android and thus we have it! Blackberry Mobile is now here and will make android the most secured os on the planet. That's is a risk he needed to take and it was a good one.
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Blackberry Mobile isn't EVERRRR going to make Android the most secure OS on the planet. No.One.Can.
Unfortunately the statement is "the most secured Android". Very important distinction.
Don Diego endorses the Zed and wields a Silver.
Not to pick nits, but that's not what he said
Long live BlackBerry. I have a feeling BlackBerry mobile will outlast the likes of LG and HTC.
They do currently have the most stable security update/longterm support strategy of any Android OEM besides Google, even if hardware has been offloaded to TCL.
I'd only ever buy a Pixel or a BlackBerry. Or a Surface or an iPhone. And I'd leap to a new, open source, privacy-focused OS in the future.
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John Chen has and is trying to save BlackBerry and according to some he might not be able, but as a BlackBerry (RIM) user for 10 years, I say HE WILL. Also Happy Anniversary CrackBerry, you also stuck behind BlackBerry. Look forward to another 10 years or more, Cheers!
Awesome!
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It's not important... but it works for brainwashing and advertisement just fine...
Passport in white :-)
I have great respect for Chen to be able to pull BlackBerry off the edge of their own grave. BB10 would still be awesome, but let's face it.. who wants it out there? The demand for this OS is not even present nor interesting for any market, wherever you look.
I don't understand the irritating hatred for Android... I've tried Android a few times before using BB10 and it has a lot of potential. Might not be as stable as BB10 is, I'll give you that... But it is not as terrible as die hard Crackberrians claim it to be... Not by far...
So if some goons hate the Droid sooo badly, my advice to you is to buy all the BB10 devices that are left, treat them like gold and be happy with what you have...
And about security... I have to laugh at this sometimes... Making Android secure is most likely possible. Imagine Andoid as your core and the Blackberry as a "shell" around it, insuring data to be transmitted properly from A to B.
And if you don't like it... well... Let's say if you don't "trust" ist... Ask yourself Why anybody out there is interested in your so called sensible data on your smartphone? What makes you ... yes you so important?
I highly doubt that you are a general manager of a bank, or a CEO of an major enterprise that needs security more then anything else. You'd be doing something else with your time then hopping around on blogs and forums...-_-
So please pull yourselves together and focus on more important things...I want my Mercury :D
I am ordinary person. Still, security on smartphone is important for me. Because since I have my Q10, now PP. I'm doing all my banking and trading through my PP. There are niche users and ordinary people out there who do not want the transactions or communications done on their smartphone to be hacked. I still have hope that BB10 will make a come back one day.
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You are so naive.
If your data wouldn't be so important, companies like Google, Facebook, Twitter wouldn't exist. They'd have nothing to make money with.
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I'm not sure what's more naive...believing we're not already data mined sycophants at the mercy of Google (and others); or thinking that by some miraculous technological intervention, (BB10? LOL) and within our increasingly connected and electronically micro-managed capitalistic and security obsessed society, the latter was somehow avoidable.
exactly, but what people don't get is that our behavior is what makes date dangerous or not. Google Facebook and all the other nonsense out there use completely pointless information about our lifestyle. In return we get bombarded with product ad's. It goes in circles all over the place no matter where you go or what you do, doesn't matter what device you use.
If we are stupid enough to waste money on things we don't need, then corporates have won and almost total control of what we think and how we act.
We gave them this power, this is what the majority wanted... our own fault
Wow, firstly Crackberry Kevin returns from his sabbatical and now Mr Chen sends us a personal note. Honoured to be part of such a special(and vocal) community. Thanks both.
Looking forward to the New BlackBerry era although it's going to be tough letting go of my awesome Z30. Still delivering every I need and some!!!
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Thanks, John. I've always admired your openness and honesty, and you earned another star with these reflections and look forward. Well done!
Very cool that the CEO of a company would be willing or even think to do this. Pretty cool!
Just give us an OS update to our ART on BB10 to 6.0 and black hub Mr Chen. Everyone will be happy and we'll all swarm to buy you newest keyboard phone knowing you listened to your loyal customers
If you want an runtime update, Mr. Sundar Pichai is ----> that way.
He is using the merc
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That's a Z10.
Wow...John Chen is using a BlackBerry phone in that pic!!! What are the odds?! ...of that actually being true...
Respect My Autoritah!
Its an old pic man.
#soon, later, later this year, fiscal year, commitment,...blablabla ~J.BlaBla Chen
Just as I thought! You confirmed my conspiracy theories...#fakenews, #alternative facts...
Now let me wear my tinfoil hat, eat my canned food and live in my underground bunker in peace...LOL.
Respect My Autoritah!
He is using a Z10 in that picture!
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Nice to hear from John Chen.
Very classy, Mr. Chen.
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You can all have your,Android Berry, I will wait for the surface phone. Cheers!!
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That's fine and dandy but there is an app gap with Windows too.
Wow ... can't think of too many other CEOs who would take the time to reach out their fan-base, like this. John Chen just went up a notch in my books.
Great appreciation of the community.
Excellent summary CEO Chen....
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Great to get a nod from John Chen and acknowledgment of the ten years that CrackBerry has been around. I appreciate his taking the time to write to the CrackBerry faithful I hope that we may see more from him in the forums. If you're reading this John, thank you for reaching out to this community. Go BlackBerry Go!
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I'm sad that we well have no bb10 in the future. I tryed a priv and I don't like it at all. So much clutter in android. I hope someone makes a bb10 skin for the android blackberry.
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At BB10 skin on android that makes the whole device look and feel like a true BB10 device would be amazing!
That would be awesome.
I couldn't agree with your Android OS "clutter" comment more. Helping my 60 year old mother with her Android phone is a nightmare for me. It takes what seems like an eternity to get things done with that OS & it's just not as fluid & refined as BB10. It's a crying shame that BB10 has been all but abandoned because it truly is the best Mobile OS still available. I'd kill for a tablet or laptop running a true BB10 OS but then again I could just use an HDMI cable on my Q10 or Z30 attached to a monitor & a Bluetooth mouse to use the phone as a mini PC. It's that's great!
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I agree. Security aside (even though I agree Android was not made with security from the ground up, rather it was quickly made to compete with iPhone/iOS), the UI is horrid.
So much crap on there. The top tool/menu bar at the top edge of the screen is riddled with icons. It seems as if there's a "systray" icon for everything!
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John Chen has now made it crystal clear that BB10 development is dead.
It still galls me that folks use "Android" and "Secure" in the same sentence.
der Göögle cannot be made secure... I suppose if enough people just keep saying it, that folks, in large numbers, will just give in.
I say this: give users true app permissions and then we may have cause to celebrate.
Chen, himself, has now made it crystal clear there will be no further BB10 devices.
I see no crystal clear answer there. I just see full dedication to Android BlackBerry, which was most likely the only way they could continue selling the BlackBerry IP for handsets.
We should not wait for another BlackBerry 10 phone, but I would not be surprised to see it or a variation of it in other connected devices, a la WebOS, in the coming years.
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It was clear from the first confirmed info about BlackBerry Powered by Android!
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Thanks Mr. Chen - your strategy has saved BlackBerry (just waiting for the stock price to reflect that :)
I've always held jc in high regard. As a ceo myself, we make such tough decisions every minute of the day, and some of these decisions may not be popular but it means survival of the company. Through his careful stewardship, he's navigated us to this new partnership and era. Let's all look forward and never backward. To the new era of BlackBerry, cheers!!
Well done John! :)
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How nice was that! #TeamBlackBerry
Awesome Thanks John! Yes, I am still rockin my Z10 with a new battery of course! Still LOVE OS 10
STL100-4 BB10
Nice to see Mr. Chen acknowledge CB
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Lovin' the buzz around BBMobile! Hope the rest of the world sits up and takes notice. Over to the Marketeers!
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Hopefully exciting road is ahead!
Miss my Z10 too!
Swiped on my Passport!
With all the people saying Chen killed the handset business, I think he actually saved it. We want BlackBerry phones. This licensing deal with TCL is a "portfolio play", meaning we'll have BlackBerry phones for years to come. I applaud thee.
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Are you serius? They act ad middle ages doctors, all around the bedside of the sick, declaiming theories with big words that only they understand and now we must be happy and greatfull for the nice funeral????
This is crazy, the truth is that Blackberry disappeared from the scene of the market, do anyone really remember a serius advertising campaign or a serius marketing policy?
Just to mention some of the recent, for which the great pivoter cannot call himself out:
PRIV ridiculus price, Classic campaign customised for olmost retired and nostalgic executives, the fact that almost the addicted only are aware that BB10 can run android apps, mr Chen commedy "we wiil do...if...but, no, wait untill...oh yes, surely commited...to BB10...
Honestly, Nostradamus would have been more unerstandable
The a.s of the marketing manager (and above) should has been filled with all unsold devices!
Btw, the fact is that now is all too late, the assimilation at the Borgoogle hive is proceeding. Please enjoin this funeral party happy in the heart!!!!
Of course he did!
When he took over from TH the company had such a negative reputation that it was up for sale detouring ppl and companies from buying their products. JC brought BlackBerry life again with new direction and acquisitions of companies to enhance their product portfolio. I know ppl are not happy including myself that no more further development is happening with BB10 and they ve gone with Android. But, I understand. It's the only way to save the somewhat handset business even if another company is building it for them. Unfortunately, Android is the future along with iOS since they both have such big ecosystems.
I strongly believe if JC took over as ceo instead of TH and assuming he went along with the development of their own OS BB10 would have been a bit or a lot more successful.
The only thing left is what Blackberry bought from other small companies and its Android Hub app. And the brand name which it is leasing out to THL. So many people here glorify Chen. He has liquidated the company in effect.
That z10 was such a nice looking device. Miss mine now
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I thought the Z10 looked cheap. I prefer the Q10, Z30 & Passport Silver Edition personally but to each their own. I do also like the looks of the upcoming "Mercury" too though.
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White Z10... mmmm..... a thing of beauty.
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Crackberry is great but I also know the days where Black with all that payed spammers in big nummers to announced some negative thought about dumb keyboard or homebutton on the z10. Attack on BlackBerry and CrackBerry forums and it was for Months it was no fun to read the forums anymore . Also the Media decleared BlackBerry dead before the launch and give comment on items you could find on the z10.
Now Kevin is back because he saw the light in Mercury and Chen also notice it. Maybe it's time to get BlackBerry back on the Move and get the Mercury on the road for a great price and gain some market that Will bring back BlackBerry and maybe also BB10 in the future.
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We must KEep moVIN'.... ;-D
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That was nice!
OK so who's going to be the first 'real' CrackBerrian to demand John for 10.3.4 ? Come on now don't be shy. Lol.
"The BlackBerry smartphones that our licensing partners will produce will run on BlackBerry Secure Android software, which BlackBerry will continue to develop and deliver." I think that pretty much confirms the destiny of BlackBerry 10.
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Just because they don't make BB10 *phones* anymore (though that's your assumption, however true it might ultimately be) doesn't mean the *OS* won't be updated further (that's rhetorical, yet still hopelessly hopeful).
BlackBerry Mobile is the new BlackBerry.
Well deserved Crackberry and the Crackberry community!
Well deserved praise for CrackBerry that had been there since Day 1. The turnaround is real, the excitement is real! BlackBerry is Back! And so is Kevin! Keep pushing!
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The following and balanced views of Crackberry is truly a thing to appreciate.
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Naisss
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Wow, that was awesome!!!
Glad BlackBerry is still going to be in the phone business. Yes, I know it is through partners under license agreements, but I can still get a decent phone with a great keyboard. I am very particular about how I interact with technology and thus I'm not fond of virtual keyboards, particularly for longer messages. BlackBerry has consistently produced phones that include pkb's that ensure that I have accurate text entry and optimal productivity.
The fact that there is a *new* BlackBerry physical keyboard device coming out soon means that John Chen has been successful. I am happy to still have a physical keyboard and the BlackBerry Hub (Priv)!
"Taking the world by Storm" what a great pun...lol
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If only they released a all new device, called the storm! Lol I'm sure it would do better this time around now with today's tech and maybe even bring back the clicky screen!!!!
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You mean the Storm 2 with piezoelectric clickpads...
I'm still waiting for BBOS 6.0 for that phone btw...
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I still have my Storm2. It of course isn't my daily driver (Passport) but I do click on my screen from time to time for the memories! It was the best texting phone ever!
Can't wait to get my hands on a new device. Looking forward to BlackBerry moving forward :)cool to see a message from Mr chen himself!
Subscribed.
Where's the BButton...? :--))
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Awww that was sweet :)
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Whaaat!!... you guys are pulling out all the stops on this one...lol
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Thanks for the CrackBerry Anniversary note and the warm welcome back, John!
[Note to CrackBerry Readers: we setup an account for John to post this under, but he won't be actively responding in the comments. Best to hit him up on twitter for that!]
Holy **** dude, this was super surprising! I love John Chen even more now.
Was shocked by this.
A nice gesture and even nicer to see someone at BlackBerry recognize there is a crackberry community who still love BlackBerry. Often felt this site was bluntly ignored by BlackBerry - good on you Chen.
Agreed and those who have posted here saying things like "Chen ruined the company" should hang their heads. Without Chen's work, there might not be a BlackBerry anymore. The handset business was in massive trouble even before Thorsten Heins took over. Mike and Jim were so reluctant to disrupt their own business they lost it. They, along with Steve Ballmer, did not take the iPhone (or Android) seriously until too late.
Awesome!!
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I checked the twitter of @bbmobile and there's a blackberrymobile.com site posted there, but it doesn't work. Is it just me who can't get in?
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Sorry, this was intended to be posted on the podcast post.
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Up now. Looks like they are just getting things setup and rocking and rolling. Love it - true startup vibe. My fave!
Read "Losing the Signal" and you may gleam another perspective.
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... and here we are, all set to feed the fckg GOOOOGLE for the years to come, secured by BlackBerry!
BlackBerry (btw. is it still a Canadian company?) is definitely a key player in the USSA CLAN as much as Nokia (the European Partner).
That's miserable! We have no choice!
Thanks Mr.Chen for your contribution on this forum, I won't hang myself, you hung me... but it's true, you "saved" BlackBerry by going ALL IN to feed the parasites.
A win-win, in line with the "business as usual" policy enforced by the global fascist USSA gov clan.
Nevertheless, the too big to sink TITANIC will sink!
Mr.Chen, I'd advise you to rollback the crappy analdroid infections and keep the Bb10.2.1 (the Masterpiece of mobile software engineering) as a reference for OUR overdue AGNOSTIC ESSENTIAL QNX PHONES.
Yeah, I understand your new BlackBerry is NOT mining my personal data, continuously violating my "PRIVACY" just because I'm forced to use your analdroided terminals, but you're responsible for "securely" feeding the parasites and perpetrate the biggest crime against HUMANITY ever ...
On top you're openly admitting here, BlackBerry is going to ensure the mthrfckers will get everything with your IoT "enterprise secure" strategy.
My warmest complements for being so honest.
This proves beyond any doubt how clueless and idiotic Analdroiders are.
It's just too ridiculous !... but it's a big numbers business, that could save the company.
Good job !
All the best
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One thing I've learned is that name calling and insulting those with a difference of opinion is a surefire way to be given absolutely no credibility whatsoever when presenting your argument. Think about that. Your post sounds like the rant of a 5th grader whose Xbox got taken away for a week.
You may be politically correct, sir...I'm just tired of this security theater.
Name calling, however inelegant, is the only artefact "deplorable" BB10 Baboons can leverage to raise some rather serious concerns out of frustration, but it does not affect your freedom to consider it nothing but a frustrated rant of an X box addicted.
Thanks for your time. Good luck
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Trust me, I'm anything but politically correct. And you are definitely free, as well, to express your rant as you please. :)
You're a norom. Just kys
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Great anagrams. Bookmarked... ;-D
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QNBbx...
You have a message that is tangled in your choice of words. Research logical fallacies and understanding arguments. Name-calling and Personal-Attack are the first two challenges many people run into in their communication-infancies. Channel your thoughts and strip out all name-calling and personal attacks... proofread your work... keep one copy with the F-bombs for yourself and share the ones that show the intelligence-of-mind you wish to share. Oh, and read "Taming Your Gremlin"... your Gremlin is boofing you in public.
You'll gain a wider audience, or at least not dismiss those off-put by foul language and hostility.
You have an "A" game. Put down the "F" game. 👍
I understand, I often do it... I write a lot of posts I never post, indeed.
Sometimes I just can't stand the BS.
Take care
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Sure
However, I'd really like to publicly apologize with Mr.Chen for being too rude, out of long term frustration.
English is not my mother language so it's true, like someone pointed out, that I may sound like an infant that is freaking out.
My main concern is that we (as humans), thanks to the so called technological "evolution" are leading towards a progressive loss of freedom. We are all victims of a system that is just aimed at getting the business rolling, and this is slowly enslaving all of us, independently of which side of the fence we're standing.
Why should it be like this? Who wants this? Why?
So Mr.Chen has been doing his job, I'm very disappointed that for the sake of humans Freedom this could not be done without joining the silly game, but business is business as everyone knows, and therefore we unfortunately have no choice.
Take care Mr.Chen and keep trying your best to save the company, and once again, sorry for my raged rant
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Dear QNXbbx, I am grateful for your apology, but there is no need to apologize. I understand your pain and want you to know that I have the same love for BB10. We have all been on an emotional journey over the past few years. Thank you for your passion for BlackBerry.
And thank you to everyone that defended BlackBerry and me here.
John Chen
I'm delighted and honored for your answer, I know you are an electronic engineer, and I was sure you would understand why we bb10 Baboons, loved this QNX powered os so much.
I'm sorry anyway for loosing confidence over the last year ... and posting tough rants sometimes.
I feel much better now. I know you'll make BlackBerry great again...
All the best.
Take great care
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