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davilla
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facts = no xbmc devs have said Backberry devices and no device == no port and no interest.
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2012-11-20, 01:17
(This post was last modified: 2012-11-20, 01:29 by natethomas.)
Ah, quick correction. The latter was because of private investments to specific team members (and not the foundation as a whole) by Pivos. Ouya entered the game pretty late on that one.
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you're right - the XIOS by Pivos came first... thanks for the correction.
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2012-11-20, 12:13
(This post was last modified: 2012-11-20, 12:13 by Ned Scott.)
In all honestly, I hope that BB10 is great and is a huge success. What I've heard about it so far seems really great. It's not really about the OS that causes us to say these things, it's more about RIM's management of BB. That's what makes this a sinking ship.
I used to be a big PalmOS fan, and was just appalled when Palm started doing some really really bad business moves. They sold off PalmOS and thought hardware alone would carry them... wat. WebOS was cool, but was a little too late to save the already sinking company. Then HP gave up on WebOS, but at least it's open source now.
So in my view it's really about the companies being their own worst enemy. Maybe RIM will turn it around for BB10, but I don't have a lot of faith in RIM right now.
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+1 for a BB10 port.
Right now the devs view BB as a sinking ship, but I have a feeling BB10 is going to put RIM back on the map. Eventually there will be more demand in which case I hope the devs will respond in kind.
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Remember that the ports to android and ios were not specifically aimed at the mobile devices. AFAIK Android media devices for the TV and AppleTV were the main focus, the mobile devices are just a bonus.. Devs, please correct me if I'm wrong.
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A lot of the BB people keep forgetting is that the Phone world hasn't stood still since the last release of BB. Android now has most of the market, and along with the newcomer WP and the old reliable IOS, it's going to be a tough sell for people.
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I'm not pushing for anything right now as I understand that isn't realistic. I happen to have high hopes for BB10 (I've seen the alpha device and was blown away!), and hope that the market place is open to change.
I think Apple's cylcle of dominance can't last forever. Am I the only one who thinks that Apple has become the type of company that they mocked in their famous 1984 commercial?
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(2012-11-24, 05:11)Icarus3000 Wrote: I'm not pushing for anything right now as I understand that isn't realistic. I happen to have high hopes for BB10 (I've seen the alpha device and was blown away!), and hope that the market place is open to change.
I think Apple's cylcle of dominance can't last forever. Am I the only one who thinks that Apple has become the type of company that they mocked in their famous 1984 commercial?
Apple doesn't have a majority of the mobile OS space, though...
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The funny thing is that XBMC would probably save the RIM from the inevitable.