The emphasis on gestures: getting as much as done with one thumb
The content on BlackBerry World, Flow and Peek it seems perfect for a work chum personal phone.
Your thoughts?
My Opinion: Killed Windows Phone? I doubt this. I personally believe that if the iPhone and Android did have such a strong foot hold(everyone going to them because of established user base) that Windows Phone would be doing much better. Also note that Windows Phone experienced its greatest increase in userbase this last quarter, time will tell how this goes in the future.
The only people i ever see talking down WP are those who have never used it. I personally use Android, but i am much more of a PowerUser then the avg consumer. Windows Phone is a great OS that is fluid and powerful, the only thing it lacks is a great establishment of apps.
With that said i am very glad BB10 is coming out, it looks to be very good for an initial offering. It needs work, but that will come. Lots of usability testing needs to take place though, raw advertising "feature sets" wont cut it.
That said, I work in DC which must have been the Blackberry capital of the world for several years running. Today, the only people who still use Blackberries are being forced to and they're surely looking for other options. Worse, even if the device software is amazing, RIM still seems to have problems keeping its network up.
It's hard for me to believe that RIM will succeed at anything without getting rid of their entire chain of management, including the board. I could not make up the kind of nonsensical denial that has continually emanated from that bunch while their stock price and market share tanked over the last 5 years.
The biggest reason is the separation of your "work" and "home" lives approach. BlackBerry is the only device on the market to do this in such a cohesive way. And it gives this impression that Blackberry is the only one who cares about business.
Have always been surprised that Microsoft never went after the business market harder with Windows Phone considering it should be their bread+butter.