http://www.berryreview.com/2008/10/22/press-release-appstore-is-official/ BlackBerry News and Reviews You Can Use Wed, 25 Nov 2009 07:43:13 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 http://www.berryreview.com/2008/10/22/press-release-appstore-is-official/comment-page-1/#comment-14560 oakie Tue, 28 Oct 2008 03:25:01 +0000 http://www.berryreview.com/?p=11075#comment-14560 it's about time they made a move to consolidate their apps as it's frustrating to have to search all over to not only find the app you want but to get the best price as different stores have different pricing and different catalogs. it's just too bad they're forcing everyone to have to wait so long for it. i have serious doubts about RIM's ability to maintain the kind of excitement in the consumer space they have been getting as of late, especially as more and more people find out just how unfriendly the OS can be for security reasons. the telltale sign being that apple recently beat RIM last quarter, 6.9m to 6.1m phones sold when apple has 3 phones in their lineup compared to RIM having no less than 9 devices (not including color variations) across triple the networks worldwide. not being a hater... just cutting out the work RIM has to do. it’s about time they made a move to consolidate their apps as it’s frustrating to have to search all over to not only find the app you want but to get the best price as different stores have different pricing and different catalogs. it’s just too bad they’re forcing everyone to have to wait so long for it.
i have serious doubts about RIM’s ability to maintain the kind of excitement in the consumer space they have been getting as of late, especially as more and more people find out just how unfriendly the OS can be for security reasons.
the telltale sign being that apple recently beat RIM last quarter, 6.9m to 6.1m phones sold when apple has 3 phones in their lineup compared to RIM having no less than 9 devices (not including color variations) across triple the networks worldwide.
not being a hater… just cutting out the work RIM has to do.

]]> http://www.berryreview.com/2008/10/22/press-release-appstore-is-official/comment-page-1/#comment-14333 DavidB Wed, 22 Oct 2008 12:51:17 +0000 http://www.berryreview.com/?p=11075#comment-14333 Disappointed by the timing. RIM should have been set to receive apss NOW, as of announcement at BBDC, and have the store rolling in November when Storm (and Bold) hit the masses. Disappointed by the timing. RIM should have been set to receive apss NOW, as of announcement at BBDC, and have the store rolling in November when Storm (and Bold) hit the masses.

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