difenbaker
08-18-2007, 02:07 AM
AT&T Crippling GPS in BlackBerry 8820?
So the BlackBerry 8820 is soon to be released on AT&T and someone that is supposedly and insider has outed the notion that the integrated GPS in the 8820 may be crippled by a monthly service fee in order to keep iPhone sales up. I personally think this is ludicrous.
There are several reasons for buying an iPhone, the music capabilities the highly innovative touchscreen, the simple fashion statement it makes. What I cannot come up with is one reason where the iPhone and any BlackBerry would ever compete for customers. Sure the BlackBerry has a lot of great features, features that maximize it’s usefulness for its intended audience, but I cannot think of one that would cause someone to walk into an AT&T store with the intention of purchasing and iPhone and suddenly be swayed to buy a BlackBerry.
I guess the deal is that AT&T is going to tie the GPS in the 8820 to TeleNav and charge customers $9.99/month to use it. Now I don’t know if this means what some have been implicating, who knows, maybe the BlackBerry doesn’t come with software to utilize the GPS technology inside it and the $9.99 fee is really only a charge from TeleNav and AT&T providing that software. Regardless, if AT&T is pulling such hijinks just to push sales of a $600 iPhone then I suspect a large number of their customers to be moving over to Sprint, not only to they have better data network coverage, but they are working on a WiMax network.
http://www.slashphone.com/70/8048.html
http://www.boygeniusreport.com/2007/08/17/att-crippling-gps-in-blackberry-8820/
AT&T kills GPS in Blackberry
Did not want it to look better than the iPhone
By Nick Farrell: Monday 20 August 2007, 07:30
DEEP THROATS within AT&T claim that the outfit has killed off the GPS functionality in its upcoming BlackBerry 8820 to prop up its Iphone sales. According to Blackberry Cool, AT&T wants to make sure that the only functioning 3rd party software which can run on the hardware will be TeleNav.
An AT&T Deep Throat told Blackberry Cool, that the carrier didn’t want to launch a cheaper device that would be superior to the more expensive Iphone.
AT&T executives were a little nervous when they realised that they would be selling a cheaper GPS/Wi-Fi’d device with push email and no touch screen.
http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=41794
:o
So the BlackBerry 8820 is soon to be released on AT&T and someone that is supposedly and insider has outed the notion that the integrated GPS in the 8820 may be crippled by a monthly service fee in order to keep iPhone sales up. I personally think this is ludicrous.
There are several reasons for buying an iPhone, the music capabilities the highly innovative touchscreen, the simple fashion statement it makes. What I cannot come up with is one reason where the iPhone and any BlackBerry would ever compete for customers. Sure the BlackBerry has a lot of great features, features that maximize it’s usefulness for its intended audience, but I cannot think of one that would cause someone to walk into an AT&T store with the intention of purchasing and iPhone and suddenly be swayed to buy a BlackBerry.
I guess the deal is that AT&T is going to tie the GPS in the 8820 to TeleNav and charge customers $9.99/month to use it. Now I don’t know if this means what some have been implicating, who knows, maybe the BlackBerry doesn’t come with software to utilize the GPS technology inside it and the $9.99 fee is really only a charge from TeleNav and AT&T providing that software. Regardless, if AT&T is pulling such hijinks just to push sales of a $600 iPhone then I suspect a large number of their customers to be moving over to Sprint, not only to they have better data network coverage, but they are working on a WiMax network.
http://www.slashphone.com/70/8048.html
http://www.boygeniusreport.com/2007/08/17/att-crippling-gps-in-blackberry-8820/
AT&T kills GPS in Blackberry
Did not want it to look better than the iPhone
By Nick Farrell: Monday 20 August 2007, 07:30
DEEP THROATS within AT&T claim that the outfit has killed off the GPS functionality in its upcoming BlackBerry 8820 to prop up its Iphone sales. According to Blackberry Cool, AT&T wants to make sure that the only functioning 3rd party software which can run on the hardware will be TeleNav.
An AT&T Deep Throat told Blackberry Cool, that the carrier didn’t want to launch a cheaper device that would be superior to the more expensive Iphone.
AT&T executives were a little nervous when they realised that they would be selling a cheaper GPS/Wi-Fi’d device with push email and no touch screen.
http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=41794
:o