CrackBerry Asks: Do you want removable storage in BlackBerry 10 devices?

Sometimes I fell that the Crackberry nation listens to me... I have posted several articles in the forms only to have a survey on the same post days later... Thank you crackberry... I write my forms so that BlackBerry HQ knows what people want and need and Thank you for your support by doing a survey.... I hope RIM looks at the survey... Again thanks adam and the crackberry team

External storage for me is a Damn must, I'm sure the folks at research in motion aren't going to skip out on it, if they do, it's not a problem since I copy things to and from my computer. But I hope it does have an sdxc or sdhc slot.

Given enough internal memory, it may be a moot point, but I like the flexibility of having the external. Not even sure where the internal memory break point should be, but I filled the 16GB on the playbook too easily. Hence the flexibility to add more external memory to support the internal would be desirable.

i prefer having a 32gb at least non-removable storage in addition to the removable SD CARD slot and i would hope that apps can be stored in SD CARD so that if RIM are so tight-fisted in giving generous APP MEMORY CAPACITY i can store it all in SD CARD (that is if they will allow it). Since they are having this POLL, is it also possible to put steroids on its APP MEMORY CAPACITY? i am really hating the hourglass even in 7.1 OS.

We here on CB or N4BB can talk all we want. IPhone and Samsung are pretty strong indicators that the average consumer doesn't give a crap about removable storage.
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BB10 will be far and above any other OS out there. It'll do more things than we have learned about so far. For those of you who say the lack of removable storage will make you not buy a BB10 phone, you might need to rethink why you have a BB.

Adding a MicroSD slot in new models is one thing, how about altering the existing OS to allowing mounting of USB storage devices via the micro USB port.. just like the rooted mod allowed us to do some time ago.

Why not have 2 slots? Seriously.

I have a BB Bold 9650 and it's memory is TINY, like 512 MB or something. It could literally only store like 40 photos or so, what a joke! The other day, I picked up a nice 16 GB micro-SD card, without it, my phone's camera is practically useless. I think removable storage is crucial, so I am all for a micro-SD card slot.

For me, removable memory (SD or microSD) is mandatory. In fact, the Playbooks lack of this is the ONLY reason I don't have one and went to the dark-ish side (Android) for my tablet. For me, it is really nice to be able to view images straight from my digital camera as well as play local media without burning bandwidth.

And I will side with many posters here. For me, physical keyboard (a given for BB10), removable (preferably upgradable) battery and removable storage are my hot points.

In other areas, I know I am going miss the four physical buttons (send, menu, esc and end) as well as the precision of the OTP. (I still don't have the hang of cut-and-paste on my tablet.)

Yes. Even more, I want a removable battery.

Removable storage and battery are requirements for me! After the qwerty keyboard its the next 2 things I need in a phone.
I don't think I would buy a bb10 device if it doesn't have removable storage and battery. I travel way to often where I don't have internet service, so cloud storage is worthless 80% of the time. I love my playbook but not being able to replace the battery or increase the storage is a major pain point for me. I have a galaxy tab with removable storage why can't the playbook have it?

I would pay more for a bb device with removable storage and battery. I'm ok with the touch only device not having removable battery and storage. But the full qwerty BB MUST have all that us loyal users want and need..... Bb keyboard,removable battery, storage and a GOOD camera!

BB10 FTW....I hope!

if RIM retreats from making devices with removable storage, then it doesn't really know who the blackberry crowd is.

They don't have to have a microSD slot, but I don't have to buy the phone either.

The only reason not to have one is greed. If the best phone on the market, GSIII can have both microsd slot and removable battery there is no reason a BB10 phone shouldn't either, especially since almost every BB ever made has had both of those things.

Definitely love the advantage of swappable storage as I prefer to handle my data locally...would hate to c this option go from BB devices!

Get an iPhone is you hate removeable storage.

I already have Removeable Storage. Did some research and bought the Seagate GoFlex Satellite for $150.

Wifi connectable portable hard drive. While it isn't specifically for Blackberry, it works well.

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- Being a student it is very useful to have the MicroSD card because I have a card reader on my key chain and use it as a USB for all my assignments.
- If I had only internal I would have to carry a cable with me everywhere.
- Lastly the internal wouldn't be that bad except carriers usually charge $100 for every step up in storage size. For me to upgrade from a 16GB MicroSD to a 32GB is like $10 or $20.

If my device ever fails or breaks, there's at least a chance of recovering data off of removable media. It is critical to a device.

The fact that playbook lacks it I feel is a huge detriment to the device.

Back when there was talk about making removable storage work on the playbook I was looking at how to physically hack a micro SD reader into one of the side speaker areas.

yeah removable storage is old school who cares, but removable battery is crucial. this is why an iPhone sucks. well, one of the reasons lol.

Extra memory for the win! I usually use my 9790 with a 32GB microSD as my choice of USB OTG. Do not have another stick or something else. WIth standarddized microUSB i always have an opportunity to connect to a workstation and transfer data this way.

Even on my 32GB PB it is always a nightmare to copy a HD-movie with standard-connection via USB. So therefore a microSD-Slot would have been even better to do things mass-storage like.

If BB10 will be safe for the future (bigger apps, games, mora data, navigation etc.), RIM would be constrained to insist on microSD-slots.

RIM will never get into a position where a mobile device without a slot is competitive to the shiny monoliths of Apple. So they have to score with technical opportunities. And mass storage is a big ponit - and it stays one, even during the time of crappy und insecure cloud-services lacking of stable network-connections.

Store it on a card. Back it up in the Cloud!

I myself would prefer external memory, I find it much more convenient switching it between devices and the cost of buying a device with larger memory is often a lot more expensive than an SD card.

I think the BB10 devices should definitely come with a micro sd slot. RIM want to get the masses to buy their phone and they need to make it appeal. If you think about it a lot of people will not buy a phone because it doesn't have a micro sd card slot but who is going to go "oh that phone supports external memory so i'm not gonna buy it".

Include it and everyone wins. Internal storage only and a lot of people won't buy it.

I'd like to have the option to choose my memory card. I have a few thanks to my storm and then transitioning to the 9930. Why not be able to have one more and do more.

As long as my handheld has an SD slot, and my PlayBook can access it, I'm good. I'd like to see the info to flow both ways; from PB to BB and BB to PB. The tab and handheld working together is one of RIM's greatest strengths and it needs to be refined, honed, and marketed.

Ohsoverymuchyes.

Most of all in need it to work, removable and the option of un upgrade are nice but in a time of cloud based service not such a big point. At the and of a long busy day having the option of putting a fresh battery in is a bigger point imo.

Can't i have BOTH??

I LOVE being able to work on documents on the go and being able to save them to the media card. That is VERY important to me. That is the one gripe about my playbook. When I work my playbook (mostly riding in a vehicle, so no wifi) and save a document I pray and hope that it will make to a spot with wifi so I can back it up. Cloud services don't work for me because I need to access my documents without internet access. I want to control who sees my documents and not have to worry about someone hacking my account. Please keep the removable storage!!

Aside from expandable memory - portability (easy to carry an SD card around if I have 2 devices in 2 different places), transferability (ease of simple drag-n-drop files into devices - reason why I completely dislike iTunes), swapability (swapping SD card-containing files from one device to another)...those are the reasons why I like having SD slots in my devices.

Edit: Cloud storage always comes with increase/a security risk.

~I am BlackBerry by choice~

the thing is, how much more expensive will the phone with the most storage be? I feel like a lot. looking at the difference in the playbook prices and even iPad. yet you can buy sd card so cheap off amazon. I got a 32 gb for 12.99 a while ago.

Remember, by the time BB10 hits the market the device it's going to be judged against isn't the going to be the iPud, it's going to be the Microsoft Windows 8 phone/Surface tablet which if they stick with it will have a card slot and USB OTG

it will be a deal breaker. RIM can make a difference and great marketing tool.

Definitely Removable Storage because now that Hackers are moving their Servers to Cloud Storage, I'd rather not have that risk.

removable storage is nice to have but definitely not a deal breaker to me. i think i'll go with a 32GB model BB10, given the space availability on my PB. I've still got a few GBs free and there is lots I can delete.

Bold 9900 - Playbook 32GB - Lumia 800

I definitely want to use cards. I want my data local. I want to be able to pull it and use it in multiple type of devices. I also have different cards for different types of data.
Cloud storage can't beat local storage for everything.

connor83 comments. I think it's good to have at least 16G of internal memory only for apps 4 them to run smoothly and beside it another 32G internal space for docs, pics the user may need. Adding to that an expansion slot for an expandable memory card. Just bring to us something great.

This, in my opinion, is one of the things they do right, and hate to see it dissapaer. I know "cloud", but would rather have a card I can remove or wipe it myself, as everything on it is personal

Memory is SO CHEAP NOW . This is a industry game that needs to end. All devices like phones and tablets should have max memory like 32 or 64 gb . Its just a big game and excuss to charge more for different memory configs.

I dont care if BB10 just has 16gb of memory . Later on you can add cards and stop the games.

Actually, the better question is: if RIM does include the option to have expanded memory via a storage card, can that memory be used not only for the storing of apps, but also the launching/running of apps?

It's no good if the memory card can only store applications - apps need to be able to be run from it as well.

RIM has cited the technical reasons why onboard memory is preferred. But I get tired of seeing the pricing for onboard levels of memory always being more than the equivalent increase using SD or microSD cards. It's almost as if the manufacturer is saying, "I'll say how you get your devioce and I'll charge you extra for more space, just because you want the device.".

I want a platform with minimal memory leaks, huge internal memory, and an external SD card. I'm from India and 3G is not just expensive, but unavailable in most places, even wifi isn't so readily available. So connecting to a cloud from my 'berry is just not viable. If the folks at BlackBerry really want a global platform/device, then they should also consider this.

BlackBerry Curve 8520 | BlackBerry Torch 9810 |
Oh how I love the BlackBerry!! <3<3

Removable storage 100%. Why? On top of other benefits of portability... Because the costs of scaling up in microSD cards is not nearly as much scaling up on hardware. Look at the Iphone. to go from 16GB to 32GB, lets say, is about $100 more. a 16GB microSD can be had for like $10 normally.

Provided it doesn't come with significant tradeoffs (e.g.- battery life shortage, subpar user experience due to how OS addresses each type of memory, further development delays), who wouldn't want the option? If I could have a full 16 or 32gb for apps plus the option of adding a microSD card to store media locally, that seems like the best of both worlds.

My old 8900 died last year after a life of long and useful service. After a ridiculous argument at the Rogers store about getting a BlackBerry loner vs a piece of crap "just a phone" with a missing battery door while they sent mine in to be repaired, I left with a loner 9800. I pulled my 16GB microSD card from my old phone and popped it in the 9800. All my music, pictures, documents, backups, videos, ... everything, were on the new phone before I left the store. When Rogers lost my 8900 a month later and I bought my 9900 Bold, I did the same thing with the card. It's a no-brainer. If I wanted to do it any other way I'd buy an iPhone and just shoot myself. It's the one big frustration I have with my PlayBook and it's a 64GB. There is no faster way to move data or better way to BE IN CONTROL of one's data than to have it on an SD Card. I always carry two to swap them (one has just big movies on it). If I ever have to video the cops beating the crap out of someone, I expect that 2nd SD card will come in handy.

I hope external memory is always provided as an option. There are plenty of good uses that can be used with it.
- backing up to your SD card
- storing apps, music, movies on your sd card
- you can't access the cloud when you have to data access (I.e. In airplane mode)

I want a device to have at least 16GB onborad storage. I think it should be used for device storage like apps, OS, Add ons, ringtones, settings, contacts, etc. Removable storage would be more for media like Music, Pics, and Movies. I myself have used 1.1GB on my 9900 but I have 29.1GB used on my Memory Card. So all in all Yes I have to have expandable memory. I want my phone to have room for everything but I want more so let me expand.

Here is the question that needs to be asked, what are the benefits of having fixed storage? I don't know why the PB has it, but if I want to use it as my main device I can't because I would either need a cloud network, or an adapter for my external harddrive.

One model, expandable memory FTW. Keeps products from becoming outdated too quickly. Why build another SKU when the end user can just buy a bigger memory card?

My Bold with a 32GB micro SD is an awesome music player that just so happens to make phone calls and send/receive texts too. I seriously and honestly wish there was a port of the BB music player for Windows.

External memory would be nice, as long as the apps and other device specific memory can be stored on the memory card. Only the core system files would be stored on the internal memory. This would allow for us to cope with "memory leaks" a little better.

It sucks when you have 30 mb free on the device for apps, and have 2GB free on the memory card just waiting to be used.

FLAC has got to be supported and External Memory should be enabled to be used for apps

Want? More like "require".

I have an SD card that I've passed from device to device. If I have to go through the hassle of transferring everything on it to a BB10's internal storage, I may not bother.

Removable storage for sure! It can be used as a back up of your information if your device breaks and the internal memory is no longer accessible

Remember BB10 devices will include tablets and other devices.
I would like removable storage in new tablets in addition to internal

BB 9800 n Playbook -

Without a removeable battery and memory - might as well gag an i-phone. Hey just for S&G why not make its connectors proprietary as well? Multiple models with non-removeable memory is a colossal failure in that you never want to cut off a line of sales. I have a 32gig card in my 9850, because I am past 18 gigs of media storage. If you had to jam in applications and media? And most music is coded at 320. What if flac is fully supported? The space will fill too quickly with all but a 32 or 64 gig model.

What's more important than size for me is how easy it is to transfer data between your device and computer (microUSB). I hate close systems like iTunes sync (and to some extent BBDM for transfering files to PB which do not transfer correctly in Explorer) and would sacrifice storage size on device if it is as easy as drag and drop data to the device.

Yes, so long as it isn't in exchange for a significant drop in battery life.

Removable memory isn't about the amount of storage, I would still buy a 64GB device with a memory slot. Removable memory is about exchanging data with other devices, cameras mainly but also laptops and the like. USB OTG would be an acceptable option as well though. No amount of network bandwidth gets me the transfer rates I would like to have to make a device an
effective photographer's companion

Not to troll but if I didn't want additional storage I would buy an iPad.

I like the option of moving my personal data between devices and being able to backup and add media at leisure.

I definitely don't like the "oh, your storage needs changed after you bought the device, well then ... throw that perfectly functional gizmo away and buy a new one."

Not having a microSD slot was the very first negative impression I had of the Playbook. After years of having external storage on my BB phones it was a real let down.

And before "the cloud" comments roll in ... ever try moving a full movie off the cloud onto a gizmo using 2G cause you happen to be just right out of optimal range of a cell tower with no wifi hotspots to be found? I wish I had LTE-level speeds everywhere I went but that is just not my reality.

At minimum all BB10 devices will have 16GB internally.

Two years ago, removable memory was important, today it is not.

Isn't the answer obvious? YES!

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This is a very vital part for me. I do not want to buy a new phone because I am out of memory. Anything I download onto my device is something I will be using and will not be deleting to provide more space (so forget that shhh). Especially if BB10 has the PaceMaker App, I love having over a hundred songs on my media card. Removable memory for the win! That's Trini $0.02...

Boldly sent from my 9930
Removable storage is something I have great fear that will be a thing of the past. I really hope that it's supported on BB10 devices!

I know a lot of people say to just use cloud storage, but there are plenty of people on limited data plans so I really don't understand why so many think this is a better solution than just having expandable memory.

i will go for the 32GB version. I don't really think I'd need more than that on a phone, but it's def nice to have expandable memory.

the problem with removable storage is it will effect sales of devices with larger memory.

YES! Crucial component!