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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CNET If you want a tech news site that focuses on International tech news and issues you might be happier at one of the ZDNET websites: Australia, Asia, China, France, Germany, UK, Belgium, Netherlands, or Korea. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ZDNet Since they, too, are owned by CBS they also have a US website but it is predominantly corporate IT focused. CNET has a broader mission: they even have a regular column devoted to snark. |
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02-02-2013, 02:28 PM | #77 |
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Well, thanks, apparently I haven't expressed my point very well. I don't complain that CNET as a website primarily caters for the US market. I do complain that they claim that a product that depends on a global customer base like BB will fail just because it hasn't focused on very specific needs of a single national market. Obviously the US market is very important but Europe and Asia are equally substantial markets.
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02-02-2013, 02:32 PM | #78 |
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I'm not really affected by cool when it comes to smartphones. My Galaxy S with keyboard is so old and fat that no one would be interested. The Note II I've been coveting since September isn't so much fashionable as it is useful, versatile and correct.
Another thing that makes devices fashionable is their use. A lot of young users fancy themselves DJs and musicians, which is one of the reasons that MacBooks and iPads do well. I'd love to see touchscreen versions of Reaper, Sibelius and Live implemented on higher end Android tablets. |
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Especially in emerging markets. Indonesia has been very successful for BB because BBM offers a cheap and convenient way for people to communicate. But Android has started to steal their market, and, though BB's presence is still large, they'll have their work cut out for them.
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As I said above, BB needs apps. And they need to get the popular apps to run on their system in a timely fashion. But unless they are going to *pay* developers to port to their OS, they are going to be a low priority for most independent app developers. If you are a developer looking to sell your blood sugar monitor app (for one example) you want the app to run on phones and tablets that people already own. Well, developing the app for BB is developing for a phone nobody owns, yet. Developing for android or iOs is developing for phones owned by millions all over the planet. In all the talk of the market power of the iTunes and Play app stores you usually only hear about how they add value for consumers and make those devices more attractive than, say, Windows Phones. Which is true. But it is also true that the large customer bases commited to those platforms are a compelling draw for app developers. Bill Gates calls that a "virtuous cycle"; app availability atracts customers who attract developers who provide more apps. "Them's as have, get; those that lack, don't." It killed Palm. Cool gets you attention--apps get you sales. Last edited by fjtorres; 02-02-2013 at 06:05 PM. |
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A young relative of mine works in DC for the Govt. and travels to the midEast and elsewhere and has found a Blackberry a requirement for security reasons.
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Yeah but he could of at least changed it up a little. I know he wanted to make himself a uniform and try to not expend energy like einstein but geezz he could have picked a more functional and durable uniform.
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