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Research In Motion is doomed to failure? Like all holy wars, there are always two sides to fight. Christian against Muslims in the Crusades. Catholics against Protestants in Ireland. Windows vs Mac in the world. Ford vs Holden (if you're in Australia). And, of course, BlackBerry vs iPhone. And as anyone that knowledge in a specific area, constantly ask me "What I can do wait? Blackberry or iPhone." Personally, I'm very agnostic computing device. If all you've used a hammer, then it feels like the ideal tool for all jobs and each job work begins to resemble a nail. So try to spend a lot time on each device before making my decision. If I'm going to be in the contract with a company phone (another bad) for a minimum of 24 months, so I want to make sure the device you choose will be what we need today, and be able to add functionality What need in the future. In my 23-ish years of being in the computer industry, I learned one thing: no one device is all things to all people at a time. This is particularly a PDA smartphone space /. Ask not for whom the bell tolls, RIM. It tolls for thee. The bell has been beaten. And unless RIM makes some dramatic changes, the BlackBerry will be relegated to an "also ran" device. Five areas that Research In Motion has to respond quickly before we lose the battle for Apple completely. Ask almost any random Joe or Josephine in the IT sector this question: "Who is Steve Jobs?" And you're almost guaranteed a global response 100% correct. Depending on which side of the holy war I ask you, you can also get a mix of "savior", "miracle worker" Satan in the flesh ", or" the personification of evil. "Now ask the same sample of people," Jim Balsillie What to do? "And you'll gets the most blank stares outside the U.S. and Canada. You may eventually going to have a soap, American hockey fans, Jim made the attempt over the Phoenix Coyotes. RIM needs a public face, a record of the image. A very quick Google search does not seem to be whistle-stop at international level by a Top-Dog of RIM, Jim Balsillie and Mike Lazaridis, or appears in the news pages of the press or the release of RIM. Let Jim and Mike are afraid of flying, or their feet are grounded. Or is it just a lack of consideration for the international market. In fact, I am inclined to believe that this last factor, a lack of consideration for the international market, is the central issue that RIM needs to address cultural. On April 1, nearly five months, the BlackBerry App World was published in the world of users BlackBerry. Well, no, not really. Only if you are lucky enough to live in the United States, Canada and the United Kingdom. Application World has recently been extended countries a little more the Union, but no joy for anyone who lives in the southern hemisphere. Perhaps the world should be the application name of the application of N. Hemisphere .. application or Nemesis. Even Apple has managed to unlock the App Store in all countries where the iPhone was released. The application must be World the opportunity to unify the sales and distribution applications BlackBerry, but no. World App should have introduced the BlackBerry on an equal footing for comparison consumption between the iPhone and BlackBerry, and provide a professionally managed repostiry. Currently, I have to look for new programs through Google or third party sites blogs. Ridiculous. Come on RIM! App World output every time you sell BlackBerry. Do it now. Or close it completely. And take a long look at the application development tools for BlackBerry while on. The management office of the iPhone is another area that RIM really needs to learn a lesson from Apple. I'm not a fan of iTunes, not subterfuge Safari tried to identify as a mandatory update. But iTunes or the PC or Mac, works the same. You can integrate sync music, photos, applications, whatever, and no judgments implicit in the desktop operating system of your choice. There are versions for Mac, is a PC version. Oh, and there are even versions for Linux code favorite open derivatives. But the operating system you use to upgrade a BlackBerry. Windows. And even with the latest update of software tools, this browser use? Internet Explorer on Windows. Come to the edge. If even half of a grain of salt of wisdom is worth here, you write the tool of last update Firefox, at least only run on Windows, Mac and Linux. I had not heard that Canada was the country of Windows. And while you're in shooting mode What decisions drive the products it sells. From Apple, the iPhone 3G or 3G either theres. They look alike, work the same, perform the same software, cards have the same input. RIM BlackBerry sells four styles – full keyboard, reduced keyboard, no keyboard, and flipphone. Oh, and software for the storm (no keyboard) No are easily converted to something else. Oh, and just change the adapter for the new "standard." And each new BlackBerry features seems to depend on the stage of the moon, the availability of Vestal, buckets of blood of goats, red candles and a simple silver bell. Why, oh why, RIM, not all devices today have 3G? Wi-fi? GPS? External SD card slot? Flash in the picture? I can understand the desire to have different products for different markets, but there are certain things that everyone should be standardized and then left alone! You're just making it more difficult for internal development teams operating systems. Choose a set of characteristics standard, stick to them. If it is difficult for me to recommend to the BlackBerry, you must be almost impossible for telecom operators who sell them. All recently a telephone company in Australia had a print ad in a newspaper of general circulation for BlackBerry, and the details were wrong (no, storm is not WiFi, you know who you are, my favorite Telco!) is perhaps the lack of clarity in the direction of the product that causes this last question – a lack of innovation. I mean, how easy it is to find new features when the target platform is constantly changing? I found an old 7-series BlackBerry there. After have managed to find yet a third variant of USB cable and charge, here is the 3.x version of the operating system and the interface is almost identical to my Bold running latest O / S. I think it's the old adage "If it is not broke do not fix it" but that old adage is just that: old. There are many areas where time has been updated and broke his BlackBerry, and shows its age. Browsing the Web on a BlackBerry is as comfortable giving a paper cut and soaked in lemon juice and salt. Compare this experience to web browsers natively on an iPhone, or even Windows Mobile, and experience is very different. HTML Email is another area where time ago fatigue BlackBerry – BlackBerry Hardset if I wanted to download images through the mail, I can not "mail function. I do not mean to limit the size Attachments – If you want to download the attachment and let me download. Streaming media, which is the day surpass him. AJAX and Web 2.0 – is sharper. So, how research time can continue to serve in motion more cans of Who-hash? Yesterday, the software will not cut it in the workplace of tomorrow. Hey, is not cutting today. Steve Ollis is a self-geek by profession, who are surprised that you get paid for something you love so much. His blog is at The IT Juggler

Like all holy wars there are always two sides to fight. Christians against Muslims in the Crusades. The Irish Catholics against Protestants. Windows vs Mac in the world. Ford vs Holden (if you are in Australia). And, of course, BlackBerry vs iPhone. And, as anyone with experience in a particular area, I constantly asked "What should I wait? Blackberry or iPhone? .

Personally, I'm pretty agnostic device equipment. If all you've ever used a hammer, then feels like the right tool for every job and every job is beginning to resemble a nail. And that's why I try to spend a decent amount of time on each device before make my decision. If I'm going to agree with a company phone (another bad) for a minimum of 24 months, so I want to make sure you choose the device will be I need now and be able to add features that I need in the future. In my 23-ish years of being in the computer science industry, I learned one thing: no device is not everything for everyone every time. This is particularly true in the smartphone space PDA /.

Ask not for whom Tolls Bell, RIM. It tolls for thee. The bell has been beaten. And unless some dramatic changes RIM makes the BlackBerry will be relegated to an "also ran" device. There are five areas that Research In Motion has to be resolved quickly before we lose the battle completely Apple.

Ask almost any random Joe or Josephine in the IT sector this question: "Who is Steve Jobs? and is almost certain that 100% of correct answers in the world. Depending on which side of the holy war he I ask, you can also get a mix of "savior", "miracle" Satan in the flesh ", or" the embodiment evil. "Now ask the same sample of people," Jim Balsillie What to do? "And you get the most blank stares outside the U.S. and Canada. You probably will spend a soap, the American hockey fans, about the attempt to Jim to take over the Phoenix Coyotes. RIM needs a public face, a record image. A very quick Google search seems to be no international whistle-stop tour by one of the Top-Dog RIM, Jim Balsillie and Mike Lazaridis, or appears in the new RIM, or Exit pages. Let Jim and Mike are afraid of flying, or their feet are grounded. Or is it just a lack of consideration for the international market.

In fact, I am inclined to believe that this last factor, lack of consideration for the international market culture is the central issue that RIM needs to address. On 1 April, almost five months, the BlackBerry App World is outside the world of BlackBerry users. Well, no, not really. Only if we are lucky to live in the United States, Canada and the United Kingdom. The World application "has recently been extended to some countries, more European but still no joy for everyone who lives in the hemisphere south. Perhaps the world should be the application name of the application of N. Hemisphere .. including the implementation Nemesis. Even Apple has managed to unlock the App Store in all countries where the iPhone was released. The World application should have the opportunity to unify the sales or distribution of BlackBerry applications, but no. App World should have introduced the BlackBerry on a footing of equality in the ground for comparison of consumption between the iPhone and BlackBerry, and provide a repostiry maintained by professionals. Today, I hunt for new programs through Google or third party sites blogs. Ridiculous. Come on RIM! App World output every time you sell BlackBerry. Do it now. Or close to full. And take a long look at the tools to develop applications for the BlackBerry while you're there.

Office of Administration iPhone is another area that RIM really needs to learn a lesson from Apple. I'm not a fan of iTunes, and tried to indicate the subterfuge Safari as a mandatory update. But iTunes or the PC or Mac, works the same. You can integrate sync music, photos, applications that is, there are no judgments implicit in the desktop operating system of their choice. A version for Mac is a PC version. Oh, and there are even versions of Linux open source derivative of your favorite. But what system used to update operating a BlackBerry. Windows. And even with the latest tools for software updating, this browser do you use? Internet Explorer on Windows. Come to the edge. If you have half of a grain of salt of wisdom is worth here, you write the tool of last Firefox update, which at least not run on Windows, Mac and Linux. I had not heard that Canada was the country of Windows.

And while you're in the mode of decision making What about nail products it sells. From Apple, the iPhone 3G or 3G either theres. They look alike, work the same, run the same software, cards have the same power. RIM BlackBerry sells four styles – full keyboard, reduced keyboard, no keyboard, and flipphone. Oh, and software for the storm (no keyboard) is not easy to turn something else. Oh, and just change the adapter for the new "standard". And the characteristics of each new BlackBerry seems to depend on the phase of the moon, the availability Vestal, buckets of blood of goats, red candles and a simple silver bell. Why, oh why, RIM, not all current devices have 3G? Wi-fi? GPS? External SD card slot? Flash in the picture? I can understand the desire to have different products for different markets, but there are certain things that should be standardized, then left ALONE! You're just making it more difficult for internal development teams operating systems. Choose a set of standard features, then stick to it. If it is difficult for me to recommend that for BlackBerry, you must be almost impossible for telecom operators who sell them. Recently, a company Australia phone had a print ad in a newspaper of general circulation for BlackBerry, and specifications were bad (no, the storm did not wifi, you know who you are, my favorite Telco!)

Perhaps the lack of clarity in the management of product that causes this last point – the lack of innovation. I mean, how easy it is to find new features when the target platform constantly changing? I found an old 7-series BlackBerry out there. Having achieved find even a third variant of the USB cable connection and charging, this is the 3.x version of the operating system and the interface is almost identical to my current Implement Bold the latest O / S. I think there's that old adage: "If it is not broke do not fix it" but that old saying is right: of age. There are many areas where time has updated the BlackBerry and broke, and shows its age. Browsing the Web on a BlackBerry about the nicest thing Papercut and give it a soak in lemon juice and salt. Compare this experience to the native web browser on an iPhone, or even a Windows Mobile device, and the experience is very different. HTML Email is another area where time ago fatigue BlackBerry – BlackBerry Hardset if I wanted to download the pictures via e-mail function, I can not. I do not mean to limit the size of attachments – If you want to download the attached game then let me download. Streaming media, about his time in the chair. AJAX and Web 2.0 – is more avant-garde.

How long can Research In Motion continue to serve the most cans of Who-hash? Yesterday, the software will not cut it in the workplace of tomorrow. Hey, it's just cut today.

Steve Ollis is a self-geek by profession, who was surprised that they pay for something you love so much. Your blog is target = "_blank"> The IT Juggler

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