John Gruber: I'll Tell You What's Fair

Re:John Gruber: I'll Tell You What's Fair by telemachos on Wednesday June 16, 2010 @09:57AM (#1435556)

<anecdotal> I teach at a high school, and although there are a lot of iPhones, I would say that one in every two phones is a Blackberry. And as Gaius says, they love the hell out of the things. (I speak as someone who has had to take one away from its owner.) </anecdotal>

The buzz I meant was media buzz. Among users, I think Blackberry has plenty. Their users are fanatical. (Stephen Fry had an article on this a bit back, as I recall.)

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Re:John Gruber: I'll Tell You What's Fair by gaius on Wednesday June 16, 2010 @10:16AM (#1435628)

One of BlackBerry's features is BBM, a private IM network for BlackBerry owners. People love it because it's counted as part of your (fixed price) BlackBerry mail, so there's no extra charge like SMS or a conventional data connection. Apple and Google don't have anything comparable. Sure there's Google Talk but anyone can use that, there's no exclusivity.

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Re:John Gruber: I'll Tell You What's Fair by lftl on Wednesday June 16, 2010 @11:16AM (#1435808)

Google Voice can be setup to basically give you free SMS, with the added bonus that you can send and receive to anyone, not just BB users.

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