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By: Blackleberry Finn

Blackleberry Finn — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 07:58:12 +0000

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By: DC Warner

DC Warner — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 16:12:00 +0000

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By: Jason Reese

Jason Reese — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 15:06:59 +0000

Dan, that point is HUGE. I think every single BB user out there has run into this problem. You’ve got too many apps (or even just a single “memory hog” app) that just renders the device practically unusable; forcing battery pulls/hard resets or even full on OS reloads.

So, while all of the move to make app development more attractive for mobile developers, as well as supporting more rich content (the partnerships with Adobe and the acquisition of Torch Mobile to help expedite a new WebKit-based browser) are totally exciting — at the end of the day the OS that these services must run on top of is still dated in comparison to the other platforms.

It’s gonna be a marriage of hardware (new, faster processors and MORE on-board memory) and software (revamped OS…5.0 is an evolutionary improvement, but RIM really needs a REVOLUTIONARY update here). I will not lie to you, I am excited at the direction RIM is moving towards. I think they’re moving fast, and the folks at BBDC from RIM are completely passionate about improving the “BlackBerry experience.” So, yeah, while this does excite consumers and developers alike, the thing will be if it runs properly. Flash, WebKit, OpenGL ES, etc are fantastic; but, if I can’t even run them on a device due to constant JVM errors and memory leaks, then it does me no good.

RIM has made some big announcements here in SF this week, hopefully these concerns (which seem to be shared by all BB users) won’t be left unaddressed by RIM.

By: Dan Cohen

Dan Cohen — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 14:27:23 +0000

My issue with the whole “apps on a Blackberry” concept is that, because BB gives such limited storage and you can’t store to the memory card, you can, at best, have just a few apps on the device at a time. Pretty quickly you will fill it up and between that and the memory leaks the devices start locking up and becoming unstable.

By: Iphoneblogcentral

Iphoneblogcentral — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 14:22:28 +0000

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