BlackBerry 10 carrier distribution in the UK
The above chart shows the breakdown of BlackBerry 10 devices in the UK by wireless carrier. This data was collected by BlackBerry World at the time of download over the month of April, for downloads of the free game Pixelated. The merger of T-mobile and Orange appears to be paying dividends, as their new EE…
The Amazingly Resilient BlackBerry Curve 8350i
Every month I look over the download data that BlackBerry provides for my game Pixelated. Looking at this data allows me to follow trends and analyze the current state of the BlackBerry market. One device that always surprised me is the BlackBerry Curve 8350i. The Nextel branded 8350i was first released in 2008 as the…
Fighting Fragmentation with Better Naming
The classic BlackBerry OS was sometimes seen as having a bit of a fragmentation issue with the differences between the Curve, Torch, Pearl, and Bold series of phones, and then launching five or six different models of the Curve every year. With the new BlackBerry 10 OS, BlackBerry has greatly improved the situation by offering…
96.5% of PlayBook users on the newest version of the OS
As of December 96.5% of users were running OS 2.1.0 on their PlayBooks, making it the most quickly adopted PlayBook OS update over the past year. In fact a rapid adoption of new PlayBook OS versions is typical. The above chart shows the breakdown of PlayBook OS versions over the past year, and shows a…
Possible implications of RIM’s $10K guarantee
At BlackBerry 10 Jam in Orlando Alec Saunders announced that RIM would be offering a $10,000 guarantee for BlackBerry 10 apps that meet a quality criteria. Most of the details of this program have not yet been announced, but we do know that in order to qualify for the guarantee an app must reach at least…
Past 3 Months Show Large Increase in BlackBerry PlayBook users
Based on data derived from monthly downloads of my free game Pixelated, I have estimated the number of PlayBooks sold each month. The graph shows the cumulative totals of these estimates. Of note is the slope of the graph over the past few months. The past three months, which correspond with RIM’s most recent (and…
Scoble and Saunders are speaking different languages
This past weekend Robert Scoble posted on why he was pessimistic about the future of RIM, and was followed by a response by Alec Saunders. However it is unlikely that the two of them are going to come to much of an agreement, because they are talking about two totally separate things. Saunders’ response is…
A (simpler) look at the BlackBerrys available in the US
This past weekend the New York Times ran an article on how BlackBerry offers too much choice which results in hurting the brand. The problem however is less with the total number of choices, and more with the confusion around how they are presented. Instead of going to the store and buying a BlackBerry Curve…
