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Funny thing, Mike Laziridis, by the time he was 13 read every science book in his library, won an award. This is not to say his decisions/returns are to be compared to buffett but you cannot discount the facts that the man himself was a genius also.

Yes yes yes. I know. BYOD movement, blackberry is dying, they are non competitive, they dont have apps, QNX isnt going anywhere, they cant sell phones, blah blah blah. I get it. You bears are broken records just like the bulls. You have made a habit of demanding that people post facts and numbers instead of opinions. I saw numbers that made me scratch my head. How does a company that is hemorhagging subscribers increase its global OS count by 26% over that same time? I ran figures, found out new BB10 users are using their phones more, extrapolated the trend and found that BB has the potential to beat sales estimates this quarter based on those calls. I presented my analysis. I want someone to tell me where the flaw is in the argument - tear down my assumptions - break my calculations - or at least provide another perspective on the analysis. If I wanted to hear your condescending opinions about how bad they were I'd just go to through the last 200 pages of this thread. I've got numbers that you demanded. Now I want intelligent discourse on why they are or aren't to be trusted - not your opinions or hyperbole. You says web presence means nothing. Maybe you're right. How do they increase they're web presence by 26%, losing millions of customers, if they aren't selling new phones? If they're selling phones, that does mean something. That's what I'm driving at. Prove it wrong. ZachMansell most people dont listen to that poster. He is just a mole here - used to be CEO lol don't waste any fingertip skin on him/it whomever. I havent read a post of his in a long time and Im sure I am not the only one here, basically for reasons you listed in your quote. There are alot of other good posters here but you wont have a tough time differentiating. Hint: the ones who have better things to do than write trash ALL DAY LONG on a company they care nothing about.

Thats what I was going to write. I would also add in the Distillery District, I know I know the kids but its really just a bunch of nice restaurants that were converted from old distillery buildings. If you really want to live on the "edge" once you are up at the CN tower :P The Lakeshor is great to hang out. Im not sure if the CNE is still open (or if it opened yet for this year) Toronto is maybe the most multi cultural city so hit up all the different ethnic zones. There really isnt too many places you wouldnt want to go but just like anywhere in the world you dont want to be walking around with kids at 2am. If you guys are in to history Fort York and other cool stuff here http://www.toronto.ca/culture/museums/fort-york.htm GREAT GREAT restaurants in TO and not just for the food but the atmosphere. Soak it up. Oh, if you are driving, when you are coming up the QEW from Niagara, take the Plains Rd exit at Burlington and drive along lake shore road for about 10 - 20 min. Nice drive. I live outside of Toronto but any questions you may have about the surrounding area PM me. :)

Again, you are bashing a person writing HIS OPINION but sticking up for Detweiler? HIS IS NOT AN ANALYSTS REPORT (he was yes, that his not his current role) !!!!!! DETWEILER Yes they are. LOL. Funny, it is them who are going to be investigated. How can you go against his claims against Det yet you havent even read the report. I could also go pt for pt but obviously you have the blinders on for your own reasons. Ok, there is no need to go on here with you. Thnks

We just did. Apple better get back to copying stuff.

While I can't say much about the analyst firm, I can say that the article is full of it. WOW you have Detwiler there but you think the article is full of it? Lol

Great Piece by Chris U on the CB site. http://crackberry.com/what-s-really-going-detwiler-s-false-accusations-and-how-blackberry-handling-it-beautifully A guy that gets it and shows what ulterior motives some have and the unethical and illegal depths will stoop too.

Now you got it!

This guy gets it. http://finance.yahoo.com/blogs/breakout/too-soon-call-blackberry-failure-jackson-135703499.html

http://www.nasdaq.com/article/blackberry-turns-to-profit-in-q4---quick-facts-20130328-00174#.UVQ2AKU9l0t

And hopefully they will lose their pants today as BBRY turns a profit but no doubt they will pull out all types of BS to cover their asses.

Ed, no I dont have the Z10 yet. I have the playbook and though from what I hear the Z10s browser is a lot better than the Playbooks so when 10 gets ported over to me, if it *hope* it does before I get a Z = actually before I get the Q. I rather have the Q and hope to get it soon. Anyway, even on the playbook I find that all the hype about the app when you can do everything on the browser is rediculous and just that, hype. Im not sure if it was here or crackberry but some one was complaining about banking APPS???? Are you (they) kidding? I go through the browser for my banking its awesome on the Pb. Where a company/site will not provide access through the PB browser and obviously wont have the app yes thats a problem but no problem at all if you can get it through browser. There are quite a few applications/websites i prefer to use the browser rather than the dedicated apps. To me, the biggest hype is skype and maybe netflix. Skype? does everyone live in their parents garage? Netflix? I dont get it there are so many other providers of what they provide if thats what you want.

Sorry, IMO it is PR. Do you see any other firm announcing such orders? The company could just mention it during a earnings call. lol, ok, hey Chris U put up a nice post on Crackberry about this subject - maybe you should go check it out. He will explain it to you better than I will.

PR MOVE??? Hahhahahah, You really think they would put out a press release if.. Never mknd. Funny how all the useless posts in this thread recently just posting a headline that anyone with a running water has already seen but yet this news is not posted..hmmmmm

Well considering the overwhelming app that bb owners wanted that was not previously there was Skype - that statement would be incorrect as it has already been announced it will be there. I believe the 2nd most requested was Netflix and I am pretty sure that will be there too though the work arounds are too easy for that Here ya go: http://gigaom.com/2013/02/07/that-skype-for-blackberry-10-app-itll-be-an-old-android-port/ Remember, Skype is owned by MSFT which is competing for 3rd place with BB. Thanks for making it so easy for me.this right from skype support Page you posted. Awesome so it will be there who cares who wrote it or what platform it was for. I don't know if you guys know much about skype but there really isn't a lot to it and it's not program that is at all rich in the least. Its just voip lol. Personally I think Skype is way over rated.most people worth attracting to your product are old enough to have their own phone. If you have a new BlackBerry smartphone powered by the BlackBerry 10 platform, you will soon be able to download and run Skype on these devices. We are working closely with BlackBerry to ensure the Skype for Android app runs great in the BlackBerry 10 environment Skype uses a proprietary protocol. If you think it's easy, write a Skype client a post your code here. Maybe you should quit while you are getting further behind. My comment was about the ui of skype not as much the writing of code qnd you do know there are more than a few viop with video free on the net free for the playbook as a matter of fact and I am no even talking about the native video chat i am talking about voip apps which give you your own free local # to take qnd receive calls and no I'm not talking Google voice. However the point you tried to push was that there would be no skype on 10 and I proved, thanks to you., there is but you're trying for a symbolic victory and if that will make you feel better than take hold of any belief you want. I'll stay with working with the facts.