qbnkelt
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Ha.....the BlackBerry faithful proselytising the dogma of their faith.....how endearing.....
Personally, I turned my back on BlackBerry for my personal device and I am deeply deeply deeply sorry that it took me so long. Between the insults, haranguing, libelous personal attacks of some of the faithful and the utter collapse of a company I once loved, I find that Apple offers me more than I lack. A file system? Dropbox. iCloud. Box. One Drive. Mail attachments? Got an app that does that. Blinky blinkity blinking blink light? Nah.....don't need it. Hub? A hot mess of an eyesore. BBM? Spam central.
For work, my company offers iPhones. And it's a federal agency within the secure community. Let's face it....top secret communications *CANNOT* by regulation be sent via standard issue BlackBerry devices. Sensitive, sure. Top secret? Ha. Try that one. Therefore an iPhone on Good or Mobile Iron is *secure enough* (familiarise yourself with that concept) for the vast majority of government agencies. Does Obama carry a BlackBerry? Yup. BBOS7 99xx device modified for his needs. Do the rank and file government employee get one as well? Nah. We had 9930s that the whole of my agency gleefully dumped in favour of SGS5 and iPhone 6. I chose the SGS5 due to the user replaceable battery but I'll switch to an iPhone when my upgrade comes up in November.
Fact is the iPhone is eating BlackBerry's lunch in Enterprise. For every Indian law agency with 60 employees that upgrades to BB10 with BES 10, there is an agency like mine with 6K employees that moves AWAY from BlackBerry.
Fact is that neither BES10 nor BES12 has gained traction with agencies that were on BES5. Fact is that the attrition of Blackberry in the U.S. federal government is accelerating and not decelerating.
And before anyone asks, no I won't give specifics. I value my job more than to give information on a forum because some BlackBerry acolyte asked.
I once wanted Apple to buy BlackBerry. That was when I still loved BlackBerry and wanted to continue to use their products. Now???? Meh. Would I have loved my Q10 running iOS? You betcha. Would I have loved iOS 8 on my 150 buck Quasimodo so that I would not have to deal with the flickering screen and the atrocious camera? Oh yeah. But meh. Really. My love for Blackberry has waned to just contempt for their uninspiring "solution" to the atrocious app gap, their utter inability to execute, and their penchant for snatching defeat out of the jaws of victory. The disastrous launch of BB10 and every device since has killed it for me.
Sent from my SEXY GORGEOUS AWESOME GOLD 128G iPhone 6 ️️️
Personally, I turned my back on BlackBerry for my personal device and I am deeply deeply deeply sorry that it took me so long. Between the insults, haranguing, libelous personal attacks of some of the faithful and the utter collapse of a company I once loved, I find that Apple offers me more than I lack. A file system? Dropbox. iCloud. Box. One Drive. Mail attachments? Got an app that does that. Blinky blinkity blinking blink light? Nah.....don't need it. Hub? A hot mess of an eyesore. BBM? Spam central.
For work, my company offers iPhones. And it's a federal agency within the secure community. Let's face it....top secret communications *CANNOT* by regulation be sent via standard issue BlackBerry devices. Sensitive, sure. Top secret? Ha. Try that one. Therefore an iPhone on Good or Mobile Iron is *secure enough* (familiarise yourself with that concept) for the vast majority of government agencies. Does Obama carry a BlackBerry? Yup. BBOS7 99xx device modified for his needs. Do the rank and file government employee get one as well? Nah. We had 9930s that the whole of my agency gleefully dumped in favour of SGS5 and iPhone 6. I chose the SGS5 due to the user replaceable battery but I'll switch to an iPhone when my upgrade comes up in November.
Fact is the iPhone is eating BlackBerry's lunch in Enterprise. For every Indian law agency with 60 employees that upgrades to BB10 with BES 10, there is an agency like mine with 6K employees that moves AWAY from BlackBerry.
Fact is that neither BES10 nor BES12 has gained traction with agencies that were on BES5. Fact is that the attrition of Blackberry in the U.S. federal government is accelerating and not decelerating.
And before anyone asks, no I won't give specifics. I value my job more than to give information on a forum because some BlackBerry acolyte asked.
I once wanted Apple to buy BlackBerry. That was when I still loved BlackBerry and wanted to continue to use their products. Now???? Meh. Would I have loved my Q10 running iOS? You betcha. Would I have loved iOS 8 on my 150 buck Quasimodo so that I would not have to deal with the flickering screen and the atrocious camera? Oh yeah. But meh. Really. My love for Blackberry has waned to just contempt for their uninspiring "solution" to the atrocious app gap, their utter inability to execute, and their penchant for snatching defeat out of the jaws of victory. The disastrous launch of BB10 and every device since has killed it for me.
Sent from my SEXY GORGEOUS AWESOME GOLD 128G iPhone 6 ️️️