A Sign A Company is in danger of losing a large foothold

So, hear the one about the giant company in the teleco field that is suing one for patent infringing? Yes i did you say, but which one? Its now silly season...

Nokia Vs Apple and NOW...RIM Vs Motorola ......AGAIN! sheesh.

Nokia started to copy the trend off the other 2 North American giants. With a patent troll against a game changer. As I have said previously I have a GIANT hunch only restrictive pricing in European mobile broadband is artificially keeping Nokia as a favorite there. Apple just made a better phone. Hands up.. it has one model, nokia has many. There in lies the new problem.

Nokia should pay attention, no longer should the spew of little phones and different wacky models continue. Phones are like pop songs. Everyone buys the most popular. And in this case. Its now the iphone, and more recently new kid on the block, android/nexus google phone.

So, faced with all this, and falling from the peak you once sat on... what do you do? or rather what should you not do... take a petty charge against another company, instead of designing and building something that beats them better.

And who will the pass the lawyers fees on to?

I Like the spirit of this article. 26 Reasons Blackberry TEABAGS the iphone

This is a link to a good article, from this guy called Anton Wahlman. I have a few disagreements with what he says as being important, but mostly he's damn right in spirit.

For me, I have just 3 reasons why i love Blackberry.

1. Communications Hub. ALL my communications come to the one inbox. This is a successful messaging pattern. we have seen this used for success before in friendfeed. No other phone co, network etc, can match it. And i have had many phones, and many networks.

2. Keyboard. Haptic is all well and good. But, i can go faster as a man on buttons i can feel. Thats how we have evolved. If it can surpass iphone even better, but till then, I can type quicker because i can feel where my fingers are touching. I hear, that a future touchscreen will have something that can raise the screen up a little under your fingers to give the illusion of touching a button. GREAT idea. Link to some info there. Till then, actual physical keyboard wins. (Especially if you are eating something, and your fingers are greased up...well just think of the shape of the screen!! :P )

3. Simplicity. Its not a ticketing device, Although it could be, its not as flashy as the iphone, although it could be. Name an App that IPhone has, and Blackberry could emulate it, or better it. But, its core usability is simple, and appeals to that most basic of human desires. Communication. Blackberrys ONE thing that is does better than everyone else. Text, IM, email, voice. that simple.

Wired 5 things to improve on Blackberry

Wireds article basically mentions the obvious. I also added in what i would also add. And i would add these before most of Wireds gripes. I mean.. desktop software..who cares. Gimme speed over that anyday!

Wireds top 5, with my commentary
1. Browser (Duh) RIM Let us use what we want to.

2. Touchscreen - As i said before, the touch screen is done right by iphone, surpass it or dont bother with it, but half assed is bad. A screen that presses down when you press it is not acceptable. Take an Iphone, back engineer it, and LEARN how to do it right.

3. App Store. Yup, said this too, for some reason, it works for Apple. I would include a lot of cool programs on your phone for free, license them from the creators or something, anything... But im not buying programs for such a small screen. Particularly as i use my blackberry as a Communication device, and nothing else.

4. WiFi HA! Indeed. I bet its because RIM have a non Wifi compete with carriers own Networks clause or something stupid like that. Watch as those that DO ALLOW wifi surpass you. The WiFi genie is out of the bottle. Get on board, or get off. Appeasing Networks is a doomed venture.

5. Desktop software Well, it does its job, not really worried too much about it. I dont use my blackberry for entertainment. Only a fool would.

What i would add to all that:
6. Battery - Slow to charge, quick to discharge. Have to buy a second battery. And you RIM dont get the money because its from another supplier. Maybe you should be nice and give a free second battery?? Or just invest wisely, and make a better Battery. Or reduce the wear and tear of it, from programs that want to update themselves needlessly.

7. Internal Memory - Internal memory for running programs. PLEASE make bigger. The Little spinning egg timer really really makes me want to try out other phones. (who have better battery life, wifi etc. Once you loose me, Youll need something ULTRA special to get me back, and those events dont happen too often) Apple offers Gigs, Vs. Blackberrys Mbs... Other than screen size, its the only thing Apple has you on.

8. RAM/CPU - For the love of Science. Give it some Muscle. Re-Engineer, learn from others, do something. Egg timer yet again...