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RIM is Doing it Right

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I think the idea of a Dev Alpha is brilliant. With Apple, specifically the Retina display, I would venture a guess that most apps lagged behind the product release, simply because the devs couldn't get their hands on a Retina display. This is a pretty smart move on RIM's part. Even if BB10 doesn't succeed,nor the Dev Alpha, the idea of putting out a prototype for the devs to work on is definitely something to learn from for other companies.

edit: re-wording.

Those 4 things are pretty subjective and if any one (the article states RIM is the ONLY) company's done it it'd be hard to argue Apple hasn't.

This is more Blackberry tripe from RIM and its small enclave of loyalists. Just shut up and release already. I don't care how "great" your OS is if I can't buy it and it doesn't have a user base.

Anything can be made to look great on paper. The proof is in the released product.

They haven't released it yet because they want to have a finished OS/product and not a half-baked one like the first versions of iOS, Android and Windows Phone.

No, they haven't released it yet because of a long series of bad decisions, cancelled products, management changes, and missed attempts.

I mean, I wish RIM the best -- more competition is great, but let's not sugarcoat things and let them off easy.

>> not a half-baked one like the first versions of iOS, Android and Windows Phone

Or, closer to home, the first Playbook OS.

I still enjoy my Playbook tablet and though i plan on getting a Windows Phone 8 i can't wait to see what RIM brings out.

I thought this was important to note:

everyone knows that the piracy rates on Android are absurd and the fact that for some strange reason the average Android user doesn’t like to spend money on apps (even if it’s just 99 cents). On the iOS side piracy is a bit of a concern too, but less than on Android.

That paragraph wasn't even about RIM, and is largely due to those other products being targeted at mass consumer markets rather than business people. If there were large numbers of twelve year olds with BlackBerry's, you'd probably see more piracy on that platform (and you'd also learn much more about potential security holes in the platform ;P).

Even with large numbers of twelve year olds with Blackberries, there'd still have to be apps that people want for piracy to occur.

Honestly I feel that google is to blame for this.

By being so frustratingly slow to enable app purchases in the market in a lot of countries they kickstarted the need and community around pirating android apps.

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