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Finals Dates27 September - 2 October 2016Finals VenueBudapest, Hungary
Reigning ChampionsJunior Davis Cup - CanadaJunior Fed Cup - Czech Republic
The 2015 Junior Davis Cup and Junior Fed Cup by BNP Paribas Finals took place at the Caja Magica in Madrid from 29 September - 4 October.
Canada boys claimed their first Junior Davis Cup title with victory over Germany in the final. Czech Republic won their fourth Junior Fed Cup title, defeating USA in the final.
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A total of 169 teams from 96 countries took part in regional qualifying in 2015, with 15 boys and 15 girls teams joining hosts Spain in the Finals.
The event was held on 16 clay courts, including two stadium outdoor show courts, and managed by Madrid Trophy Promotion, organisers of the Mutua Madrid Open.
The Junior Davis and Fed Cup by BNP Paribas Finals took place from 23-28 September in San Luis Potosi, Mexico.
USA boys claimed their third Junior Davis Cup title with victory over Korea, Republic in the final. The girls' title was also won by USA, for the third time, when they defeated Slovakia 3-0 in the final.
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The International Team Competition for players aged 16 & Under was launched by the ITF in 1985 as the "World Youth Cup" with NEC as the title sponsor between 1988 and 2001.In 2002 the ITF re-branded the boys competition as part of a new partnership with BNP Paribas to "Junior Davis Cup by BNP Paribas". The girls' competition was also changed to "Junior Fed Cup by BNP Paribas" in 2005. From the competition's inaugural year in 1985 when 44 nations took part in regional qualifying with the top 16 boys' and 16 girls' teams moving through to the Final in Kobe, Japan, the competition has gone from strength to strength. The number of participants has grown to around 100 nations each year.
In order to reach the Finals every nation, with the exception of the host nation, must win through regional qualifying. There are five qualification zones: Africa, North/Central America, South America, Europe and Asia/Oceania. In the larger zones there are two rounds of qualification to progress through to the Final.
The 16 boys' and girls' teams in the final are drawn into four round-robin groups before the top teams in each group progress to the semi-finals where a knock-out competition decides the champions.
Full details of the format and other details can be found on the Rules and Regulations page.
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Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia (CLL) is not thought to be hereditary. Approximately 10,000 new cases are diagnosed per year in the United States, making it the most common form of leukemia in adults.
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Describes in sometimes brutal detail the actions of both whites and Comanches during a 40-year war over territory, in a story that begins with the Comanche kidnapping of a white 9-year-old girl, who grew up to love her captors, marry a Comanche chief and have a son, Quanah, who became a great warrior. Read by David Drummond. Simultaneous.
Journalist S.C. Gwynne takes a novel approach to further unraveling the always enthralling, yet contentious, myth of the founding of the American West, using the half-white/half-Comanche chief Quanah Parker and his mother, Cynthia Ann Parker, to explore the largely forgotten Texas-Indian Wars, which lasted nearly the entirety of the 19th century. Spun with a vivid, occasionally thrilling narrative style, EMPIRE OF THE SUMMER MOON describes how the fierce, dogged pride of the mighty Comanche tribe led to epic clashes with white settlers on the Texas plains and hindered for four decades America's initial attempts to bring the new and intoxicating theory of manifest destiny westward.
Genre: Biography + Autobiography, History
Sub-Genre: Native American, United States / 19th Century
- Genre: History, Biography + Autobiography
- Subgenre: United States / 19th Century, Native American
- Publisher: Tantor Media Inc
- Edition: Unabridged
- Language: English
- Release Date: May 25, 2010
- Author: S.C. Gwynne
- Narrator: David Drummond
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noun (plural same or brants)North American
A small goose with a mainly black head and neck, breeding in the arctic tundra of Eurasia and Canada.
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Formscan By Eamonn Murphy - Course winner DYLAN ROSS is put up as a possible winner, in an event not to be missed. The son of Shantou quickened up well to beat Lord Windermere here, 27 days back, and a reproduction of that could be good enough. His conqueror from Naas, Jenari was beaten a long way last time and it would take a bit of a leap of faith to support him now. Backing Oscars Well on the back of a fall, would also be a brave move, though there's no doubt that Jenari's Jessica Harrington stable-companion has the ability to win this if avoiding a similar fate. It would be a big surprise if Klepht were to beat these. Sraid Padraig had many people talking after his Limerick win but he was beaten a long way in a hot Cheltenham contest three weeks ago.
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Having to say goodbye: Our adoption story
During the Holiday season there is only one thing that Steve and I usually think about. We think about the blessing that two beautiful women gave us -- their babies.
Whenever we tell people about Andrew and Ella being adopted, we always get the same response: "You are both such nice people to save these children." We tend to respond, "No, they saved us."
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Before we could adopt, we had to go through hours and hours of couples and individual therapy to help prepare us.
We were young. I was only 26 when we adopted Andrew. We were the youngest people to ever go to the agency we chose to work with. Because of our age, they put us through the test even harder. We had to take extra parenting classes, attachment and bonding classes, and extra hours of therapy.
In the end, we were awarded a certificate that proved, according to the state of California, we were fit parents and psychologically ready to handle the emotional stress of adoption.
The truth is, nothing could have prepared us for the day Andrew was born.
We were lucky that we got to spend an entire month with Andrew's birth mother. We got to take her to doctor appointments, have lunch with her and play board games with her. Together we all decided what we would name him.
When Andrew was born, I was in the delivery room with her and her mother. As Andrew was born, the doctor turned his head up towards me and I swear that he smiled at me. It is the happiest memory that I have etched into my mind. After they cleaned Andrew up and checked him to make sure he was healthy, they handed him to his birth mother. She kissed him on the forehead and then handed him to me. It was a moment filled with both extreme happiness for my husband Steve and me, and extreme heartbreak and sadness for her.
The following days Andrew spent in the hospital with her. She took care of him, changed his diapers and they had their special time together. Then the day came when we all had to say goodbye.
It was a room filled with Steve, myself, her mother, our social worker and our close friend who helped in supporting her. We prayed together and then the moment came. She handed Andrew to me all dressed in a beautiful outfit that she picked out for him and said to me, "Love him with all of your heart." They then wheeled her away; she was crying in pain for her loss.
It was a happy day for us. It was the first day we were becoming a family. Although we thought we knew her pain, the truth is we really did not.
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Ella's birth was much different.
We were able to spend much more time with her birth mother, and her family became a part of our family. Steve and I both participated in Ella's birth.
Ella's birth mother invited me to stay with her and her mother and help take care of Ella in the hospital. When it was time to leave the hospital, we all walked out together, just like one big family.
The hardest part was us having to let go of our birth mother and her family. We had all gotten so close that Andrew still talks about her aunt.
Then I became pregnant with Tyler.
We were excited to add another child to our family and my pregnancy did not come without any hiccups. Tyler was born premature and his lungs were not fully developed. I had to stay in the hospital without Tyler by my side while he was in the NICU.
Then the day came when I would get to take my third baby home from the hospital -- only this time, I would leave alone.
It was painful, heartbreaking and emotional for me to leave him there. I sat in the wheelchair as they rolled me down the hallway, crying painful tears, and flashed back to Andrew's birth mother. I realized that this moment was God's way of showing me the pain she felt the day she had to say goodbye to Andrew.
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Although I knew in my heart I would come back and take Tyler home in a couple of weeks, I could not imagine the pain that my children's birth mothers had to feel knowing they would not be coming back.
It takes a very strong, courageous woman to do what these two women did for us and our children. They made me a mom, they made us a family, and they taught me the power of love. If I had my babies the traditional way, of course I would have loved them. But because my babies were given to me as a gift, it makes me love them even more.
One of my friends would always tell me, "You are trying too hard to be a perfect mom." She never really understood why.
I know that I will never be a "perfect" mother, but I will spend my entire life trying to. Every day I wake up in the morning and look at the pictures of these women -- they are displayed in our house -- and it makes me want to try even harder to be a better mother. I made them a promise and I refuse to let them down.
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Tuesday, March 4, 2014
For anyone who is inexplicably waiting for more posts on this blog: wait no more! I'm still quietly cataloging Marvel's silver age comics, but instead of funneling that effort into the blog I am working on a series of books. So, alas, this blog is no more. I'll still leave it up for posterity; where else will you find indexes of the early Ant-Man stories? There won't be any more posts, though.
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Tales of Suspense #39
Cover Date: March 1963
Release Date: December 10th, 1962
Cover Price: $0.12 US
Pages: 32 (25 story pages)
Format: Colour comic book on newsprint
Iron Man is Born! (13 pages)
Plot: Stan Lee
Script: Larry Lieber
Art: Don Heck
Lettering: Art Simek
NOTE: The front cover was pencilled by Jack Kirby, inked by Don Heck and lettered by Artie Simek. Stan Lee was the editor.
While demonstrating his wares in Vietnam, arms dealer Tony Stark is caught in a booby trap that leaves him with shrapnel embedded in his chest. He is captured by guerrilla warlord Wong-Chu, who forces Tony to build him some weapons before the shrapnel kills him. Instead, with aid of fellow captive Professor Yinsen, Tony develops the Iron Man armour, which keeps him alive and allows him to destroy Wong-Chu and his army.
There's a short flashback that depicts what Tony's life was like before his fateful trip to Vietnam. He is seen being admired by women on the beach, taking another woman to dinner, and working in his lab.
As this is the first appearance of Iron Man, it should go without saying that this takes place before Avengers #1.
This is the first appearance of Iron Man, one of the most important characters in the Marvel Universe. Besides his run in Tales of Suspense, that lasts until its transformation into Captain America with issue #100, Iron Man has had a solo series running continuously since 1968 (not to mention all of the spin-off series and one shots). He is a mainstay and founder of the Avengers, and spent a good year or so in 2008 in charge of S.H.I.E.L.D., running the lives of every super hero in the Marvel Universe. He has also been the star of two hit movies and a couple of cartoon series, and is one of the relatively few Marvel heroes with a profile amongst the general public.
Iron Man's armour is completely grey in this story. This lasts until Tales of Suspense #40, in which he paints his armour gold. The same basic clunky design (known as the Mark I armour) lasts until Tales of Suspense #48, in which it is replaced with a sleeker red-and-gold model.
This is the first appearance of Wong-Chu, the communist guerrilla tyrant who likes to wrestle his opponents. He is killed in this story, but it is revealed in Iron Man #267 that he was a pawn of the Mandarin. He shows up alive again in Iron Man Annual 2000, and is killed off for good in that story.
Professor Ho Yinsen makes his first appearance here. He dies in this story, but much later in Iron Man v3 #46-48 a group of his disciples try to resurrect him by placing his brain into a suit of Iron Man armour. His past is also retconned when Iron Man's origin is moved to Afghanistan. His son shows up in Iron Man v4 #7-12, where he uses a mind-control device that Yinsen supposedly planted in Tony Stark during Tales of Suspense #39.
The details of this story have probably been messed around with more so than the origin of any other Marvel hero. This is a necessity, given the way Marvel time works; the character cannot exist as a young man in the present while having been a part of the Vietnam War. The war in question was later changed to a generic war in 'south-east Asia', and then much later to Afghanistan in an extensive retcon in Iron Man v4 #1-6.
Tony Stark makes a big deal about the power of transistors in this story, and indeed for the majority of the 1960s most of his powers are transistor-based. Nowadays the transistor is one of the most basic building blocks of our everyday electronic devices, but in 1963 they had only been around commercially for about a decade. It may sound strange now for Iron Man to be waxing philosophic about the awesome power of his transistors, but in 1962 it probably sounded very futuristic indeed.
This story is set during the early stages of the USA's involvement in the Vietnam War. In 1962, the USA had about 11,000 troops in Vietnam, with General Paul Harkins, the commander of the US forces in South Vietnam, confident that they would be victorious by the end of 1963. It makes some sense that they would have Tony Stark showing them inventions that would help them win as quickly as possible.
Feature Character: Iron Man
Villains: Wong-Chu and his army
Other Characters: American soldiers, a US general, another officer, women on the beach (in flashback), Tony's date (in flashback), chauffeur (in flashback), Vietnamese villagers, Wong-Chu's surgeon, Professor Yinsen
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This story was reprinted from Uncanny Tales #36.
"The Last Rocket!" (5 pages)
NOTE: There are no credits in the story itself, but according to www.comics.org it was probably plotted by Stan Lee, scripted by Larry Lieber, pencilled and inked by Gene Colan, and lettered by Ray Holloway.
When scientists discover that the sun is burning out, the human race starts evacuating the planet in rockets. Only two nature loving people remain, but when the last of the other people have left a new sun appears. The two, named Adam and Eve, decide to rename the planet as Earth and repopulate the human race.
There are no flashbacks in this story.
Given the presence of a fully functional 20th century society on Earth in prehistoric times, I'm inclined to say that this story is set in an alternate reality. It could probably be squeezed into the Marvel Universe with some effort, but it seems unlikely that any Marvel writer will ever do so.
This story is a retelling of "I Am the Last Man on Earth!" from Strange Worlds #1.
Feature Characters: Adam, Eve
Other Characters: Golfers, oil rig workers, scientists, various citizens, rocket builders, rocket passengers
Gundar! (5 pages)
Script: Stan Lee
Art: Steve Ditko
Lettering: Art Simek
A castaway is washed up on an island where he meets a tribe of centuries-old Vikings who were cursed into eternal exile by their captain Gundar. Only Gundar can set them free, so they have remained there all this time. But they now disappear, as the castaway is Gundar's descendent, and they have been released from the curse.
There is a flashback to a time centuries ago, that depicts Gundar cursing his insubordinate crew members.
There's nothing in this story that specifically places it in Marvel continuity, although Odin makes a cameo appearance.
Odin makes a one-panel appearance in this story to enact Gundar's curse. He had already been appearing in the Thor stories in Journey into Mystery by this point, but this appearance is set centuries ago, and significantly predates those appearances.
Feature Characters: Gundar (Viking captain, in flashback), Gundar (his descendant)
Other Characters: Vikings, Odin (in flashback)
Stan Lee on the creation of Iron Man:
"I think I gave myself a dare. It was the height of the Cold War. The readers, the young readers, if there was one thing they hated, it was war, it was the military ... So I got a hero who represented that to the hundredth degree. He was a weapons manufacturer, he was providing weapons for the Army, he was rich, he was an industrialist ... I thought it would be fun to take the kind of character that nobody would like, none of our readers would like, and shove him down their throats and make them like him ... And he became very popular."Stan Lee on basing Tony Stark on Howard Hughes:
"Howard Hughes was one of the most colorful men of our time. He was an inventor, an adventurer, a multi-billionaire, a ladies' man and finally a nutcase"…"Without being crazy, he was Howard Hughes," Lee said.Don Heck on Iron Man's design:
"He designed the costume," Heck said of Kirby, "because he was doing the cover. The covers were always done first. But I created the look of the characters, like Tony Stark and his secretary Pepper Potts."EXTRA MATERIAL:
There's no extra material in this issue.
There's nothing of interest in the ads in this issue.
This issue doesn't have a letters page.
I'm not sure what to make of the origin of Iron Man. On the one hand, I really enjoy all of the material to do with Tony Stark. His character is pretty well established in a short time. The set-up with the shrapnel in his chest, and the armour being invented to keep him alive, is something I have always loved. And the armour comes across quite impressively when we first see it in action. But Wong-Chu is a seriously poor Comm/Yellow Peril villain. I guess he serves adequately enough as a stock villain, one who allows Tony Stark and Iron Man to be the main focus of the story, but he is dragging things down a bit. It's also interesting to see that Iron Man kills him outright here, setting him up as a morally grey character from the outset. (It's not an aspect of his character that will be much explored for a few decades yet.)
"The Last Rocket!" has a swerve at the end that is just so bizarre and out of nowhere that I just had to love it. "Gundar!" was a little down on Ditko's usual quality, though he does do some surprisingly awesome viking battles.
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Monday, March 14, 2011
Yet more Tales to Astonish edits
I'm plaugging along here, trying to get my Tales to Astonish entries up-to-date by including the back-up strips. Here are the links to what I've done recently:
Tales to Astonish #39
Tales to Astonish #40
Tales to Astonish #41
Tales to Astonish #42
Tales to Astonish #43
Tales to Astonish #44
In addition to the above updates, I have included some information on the creation of Ant-Man that recently came to light in the depositions for the Kirby Family vs. Marvel lawsuit. You can see that here:
Tales to Astonish #35
Tales to Astonish #39
Tales to Astonish #40
Tales to Astonish #41
Tales to Astonish #42
Tales to Astonish #43
Tales to Astonish #44
In addition to the above updates, I have included some information on the creation of Ant-Man that recently came to light in the depositions for the Kirby Family vs. Marvel lawsuit. You can see that here:
Tales to Astonish #35
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Monday, December 13, 2010
More Tales to Astonish edits
Things have been pretty quiet around here lately. I've been focusing more on my other comic-related blog, over at comicsodyssey.blogspot.com, where I'm reading every comic I can get my hands on starting from 1935 and moving forward in time. The only thing I've updated here recently is an update of the indexes for Tales to Astonish #27 and #38.
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Wednesday, December 1, 2010
Tales to Astonish Edit
Today I made some edits to the index for Tales to Astonish #37.
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Tuesday, November 30, 2010
Tales to Astonish edits
I've managed to get a hold of the back-up stories in Tales to Astonish, so I'm going back and adding them to the indexes I've already done. Today I updated Tales to Astonish #36, if you want to go and take a look.
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Monday, November 29, 2010
Tales to Astonish #53
Cover Date: March 1964
Release Date: December 2nd, 1963
Cover Price: $0.12 US
Pages: 32 (25 story pages)
Format: Colour comic book on newsprint
Giant-Man and the Wonderful Wasp! "Trapped by the Porcupine!" (18 pages)
Story by: Daring Stan Lee
Art by: Dazzling Dick Ayers
Lettering by: Dynamic S. Rosen
NOTE: S. Rosen's first name is Sam. The front cover was pencilled by Jack Kirby and inked by Sol Brodsky. Stan Lee was the editor.
The Porcupine plots his revenge on Giant-Man. During their first confrontation he kidnaps the Wasp, then releases her so that he can track her back to Giant-Man's home. He attacks, and manages to steal what he thinks are Giant-Man's growth capsules. But he took the shrinking capsules by mistake, and when he takes them all he shrinks away into nothingness.
The Porcupine is shown flying away from a successful robbery, a scene that probably happened between panels of the Ant-Man story in Tales to Astonish #48.
The Porcupine's defeat from that same story is also depicted. Some of the dialogue is altered, but otherwise the scenes haven't changed.
The Wasp's capture during this story is also depicted in flashback.
There are no clues in this story to place it in relation to other Marvel comics.
Ant-Man's still living in
, which is consistent with his previous appearances. There's even a map of the area on which the approximate location of Giant-Man's house is shown. New Jersey
The Giant-Man fan club appear here, with many of its members dressed up as Giant-Man's villains. Among the costumes shown are the Black Knight (from Tales to Astonish #52), the Human Top (from Tales to Astonish #50-51), Egghead (from Tales to Astonish #38 and #45), Doctor Doom (from Ant-Man's guest-starring role in Fantastic Four #16), the Living Eraser (from Tales to Astonish #49), and Trago the evil jazz trumpeter (from Tales to Astonish #47).
Feature Characters: Giant-Man, Wasp
Villains: Porcupine
Other Characters: Citizens of
, police officers (in flashback), the Giant-Man fan club (Charlie named), ants New York
SECOND STORY TITLE: The Clock (2 text pages)
THIRD STORY TITLE: The Wonderful Wasp Tells a Tale "When Wakes the Colossus!" (5 pages)
Story Plot: Stan Lee
Script & Art: Larry Lieber
Inking: D. Heck
Lettering: R. Holloway
NOTE: D. Heck's first name is Don. R. Holloway's first name is Ray.
The Wasp tells Henry Pym the story that she's planning to tell at the local veteran's hospital. It's about an evil warlord named Mingo who uses his enemies' superstitions against them. To crush the thought of rebellion, he has a massive statue built, and says that it will come to life and seek vengeance on anyone who revolts against him. Eventually there is a rebellion, and the statue does come to life, but instead of attacking the rebels it destroys Mingo's palace and drives him out. The Wasp is annoyed that Henry did not pay attention to her story.
There are no flashbacks in this story.
There are no clues in this story to place it in relation to other Marvel comics.
There's no trivia to write about in this story.
Feature Character: Wasp
Regular Character: Giant-Man
Fictional Characters: Warlord Mingo, his guards and soldiers, various oppressed people, the colossus statue
Nothing of interest happened behind the scenes regarding this comic, so far as I know.
There is no extra material in this issue.
I don't have access to the ads in this issue.
This issue doesn't have a letters page.
I wasn't expecting much from this issue, given the less than stellar debut of the Porcupine in issue #48. Perhaps it's just that I am setting my expectations so low, but I found this to be a quite enjoyable cat-and-mouse battle between Porcupine and Giant-Man. That Porcupine actually discovered Pym's home raised the stakes a bit, but he is of course summarily dispatched and unable to act on that information by the story's end. And I think the Giant-Man Fan Club is completely rad. Yes, its members have picked one of the worst super-heroes as their inspiration, but let's be honest, if Giant-Man showed up in the real world he'd be pretty fucking impressive. I'm kind of hoping they show up in the Avengers story where Pym has his breakdown. Lee and Ayers aren't setting the world alight with this serial, and I really doubt anyone could with such a bland character, but they are making some dependable super-hero comics.
What is there to say about the Wasp back-up? The story she tells is okay, but again I fail to see the point of the framing sequence. Although I do wonder if the Wasp's fondness for telling sci-fi stories has ever been brought up since this series ended.
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Well, we knew RIM wasn't going to be announcing BlackBerry 10 devices were ahead of schedule at this point but there was still some hope they would at the very least be on track with their previously noted timeline of late 2012. Alas, their results for the first quarter of the 2013 fiscal year have now confirmed a delay of BlackBerry 10 until Q1 of calendar 2013. At this point, RIM needs to be setting the timelines and actually keeping them not going back and readjusting them. We're about to hop into the Q1 Fiscal 2013 results conference call here shortly so, we'll get to hear more from RIM CEO Thorstein Heins.
BlackBerry 10 smartphone launch now scheduled for Q1 of calendar 2013
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BlackBerry 10 smartphone launch now scheduled for Q1 of calendar 2013
I agree. I'm sick to death of RIM pissing around and generally trashing the company and ignoring loyal customer. BB, you have a good product and great customers. But, you just can't help yourself, can you? Ok. It's time to look at Android. RIM is about to get a giant f u from their customes.
I completely agree. Customers who want to purchase a BB10 device in 2013 should get an incentive for patiently waiting. Something along the lines of this:
1. Preregister for purchase online or at Bestbuy radioshack attention Verizon etc.
2. Purchase must be made within 30 days of official bb10 launch to qualify.
3. Receive 25% or $100 off of purchase (whatever is reasonable)
The registration dates will be from today until one month before launch.
Just something to show that they are committed to serving blackberry users....what ever makes it right.
Dear Canadians,
We have to SUPPORT RIM UNTIL THE VERY END. RIM has become the symbol of pride to every Canadian. I am a Canadian and I don't care if other companys are better than us in technology. I just care that our jobs in Canada depend on this company. If RIM stays alive then we will prosper as a nation. It's not about being faithful to a brand anymore. It's about being loyal to the Canadian flag. Backberry has become our flag of pride. If Blackberry dies, a BIG part of Canada will die too. I will be ashamed to be a Canadian if Blackberry goes under. Everyone in the world will think Canada is a technological ill country. They will think that Canada is not prosperous and we will not benefit from trade with them. I will support Blackberry to the very end. Now is the time to show RIM our support. My current phone is a Blackberry, and my next phone is still going to be a Blackberry.
Loyal Canadian
So you are saying that......RIM....is......Canada? I think that you need to give your head a shake. I am a Canadian and I will support RIM to the end but if they do go under it isn't the end of Canada's reputation.
I live in waterloo and RIM is a symbol of layoffs and missed mortgage payments
So your entire country depends on this company? You are just now starting to worry? Should have been worried over a year ago as they fell asleep at the wheel. To Little To Late
So your entire country depends on this company? You are just now starting to worry? Should have been worried over a year ago as they fell asleep at the wheel. To Little To Late
I think this seals RIM's fate as an independent company. I believe they HAD to get BB10 out for the Holidays, and now that is sunk. There is an extremely high chance RIM won't survive long enough to get BB10 out the door. If the Mobile Space were a Little League Baseball game, they would have "Mercy Rule'd" RIM buy now.
Starting to also feel that BB10 is vaporware, anyway.
+1. I too am tired of waiting, ive already been through this let down with the Playbook launch and its not happening again. Looks like I'll be looking at other options once my contract expires this fall. It's been a pleasure doing business with you RIM, it's unfortunate that it had to end this way but you've left me no choice.
RIM is a billion dollar company. It may suck having to wait, but they will survive. When it finally does come out, it will have to be great!
...and it will be way behind the 8 ball as the iPhone and Windows 8 will have sucked in so many potential buyers between the back to school period and the holiday season, BOTH of which RIM will miss.
RIM should've caved in months ago knowing this delay would happen. They should've realized they could still be a major hardware player in the mobile space while slowly developing BB10 into perfection. Nokia is not a windows only platform neither is HTC or Samsung...RIM should've accepted from the start they can't compete right now, it would have been better to run and fight another day rather than see them getting pounded into the ground.
right, and now those people are gonna move on to something else. Thats why I always thought BB10 should have been out months ago.
I agree with you. There were a lot of people, judging from comments on this very forum, that were holding off getting BB7 devices as RIM indicated that BB10 devices were happening at the end of this year. I wonder how many of them are willing to, realistically, wait until March (or later most likely) for BB10 to come out.
ya my bold 9900 is driving me nuts. Needs a fresh install so it will stop freezing all the time. But last time I did that it bricked and took RIM 6 weeks to give ma new one. Im ready for an upgrade. I was goona hold out for BB10 but now what the hell do I do. Probably go over to imore and see whats going on with the iphone 5.
go RIM! More Crappy curves in the meantime! Higher raised buttons!
Very bad RIM. Very bad. They have been basically lying the past few weeks/months about BB10 being available "later this year". RIM management, new and old, completely suck!!!
I think they have hit some huge technical snags. Huge. I get that they can't release a half baked product but wow - this is just terrible news for RIMs fuiture and those 5000 people getting turfed.
I have a feeling this company will go private. It can be had for nothing now - maybe its all "part of the plan".
That would be a good plan: Announce the delay, buy it out and release BB10 in September afterwords, to see the value of the company surge.
But I do not think this is going to be the case.
They have been basically lying all this time with the release date, I do not think they woke up this morning only to realise that BB10 could not make it in 2012.
What are developers going to do now?
Let the trolling begin.
Yes this sucks, not gonna lie.
But what is worst?
Releasing a handset that fails to impress because of missing features?
Releasing a handset atfer the competition's top sellers has had a few months but a handset that is complete and on par or above the competition?
On Par is no going to win back customers for RIM, and above the competition is looking more and more to not be within their capabilities.
Trolling? Seriously? At this point all the trolls are looking like evangelists. I don't know how to react. At this point it has been made very difficult to believe that they will survive. I mean think about it. Even a guy like me who bought the style (THE STYLE!!!!) to continue to support a company I believe in. At this time what can I buy to support my beloved Blackberry? There's nothing available to buy.
I mean I can understand a year but two to put a new phone on the market? I'M PISSED!!!!!! No I'm not jumping ship. This is the phone that I love but if they are going to cease to exist then shouldn't I start looking at phones that I can "settle" for?
This really sucks.
Like the first realease of the iPhone not having copy/paste? didn't do that much long term damage - just get a MVP out there and build on it
will they last this long? THeyre bleeding cash
I'm curious how they are "bleeding cash" when they ADDED cash to their balance sheet this past quarter?
Only if he holds RIMM stock
No.. he is a loser troll.
How is someone a troll that states facts that can't be disputed. Sounds like some people just don't like the truth.
No.. he is being an a_shole.. rubbing everyones nose in RIM's issues.
Not a good look. BB10 should have been out Summer 2012.
I still love my 9930, but this is looking bad :/
Game, set and match for RIM to be honest. WP8, Jelly Bean ready androids, IP5 are 100% going to go after the crucial back to schoool/holiday season sales and after that anyone else can have the scraps. RIM needs a product to come at the same time to even have a chance. At this point only the diehards will hold out for BB10
Make the world a better place. Recycle your apples.
Maybe we will all get one for free at BlackBerry World next year....assuming there is one.
Oh forget this. WTF! I give up on RIM. I cant wait that long. I was gonna switch back to BB10 when my contract was up at the end of the year but forget it. I'm sticking with Android.
I've been on Android for a while now, and I have to say I miss my BB Keyboard. Considering they weren't going to release a keyboarded device until the end of this year or the beginning of next... NOW they won't even launch a device until next year! WTF....
I was REALLY REALLY waiting for the next BB device, and was going to buy it unlocked around Nov. or Dec., because I want to upgrade once a year, and the Galaxy Note 2 will be out by then (I have the Note 1, and I love it!).
This makes me SO sad and ANGRY at RIM! They're failing and I don't know how... There are so many things they could do. They should be investing MORE money into programmers and engineers rather than trying to scale back to save money right now. This is a crucial point in their comeback, and what are they doing? Trying to save a couple of bucks!
This is the Spanish economy in Canada! Keeping their high execs on high payroll and retirement funds and making up for it by firing people. They figure by the time they go, they'll also be on retirement or something like that.
Sorry RIM. I will NOT wait for your 2013 launch of your FIRST BB10 device. So long forever :( Maybe 2013 winter you'll have something that competes.
Looks like saying bye to all the people that state anything negative has caught up with RIM sales.
FWIW, I use my iPod Touch for many things lately using my TMO BB 9900 as a mobile hotspot. However, the email capabilities of my BB are so superior that I won't give it up. On a BES and need to be in constant email contact.
I'm absolutely disgusted. I'm such a big RIM fan and I want the company to do so well but I'm really disgusted. I understand wanting to have your product absolutely ready. But if you know you're not going to deliver, then keep your mouth shut. Why can't they announce a time frame & actually stick to it?
My 9780 is 19 months old & I've been hanging onto it for dear life in hopes of getting a brand new BB10 come fall. My phone is on its last legs and no I do not want a BB7 device. I'm pissed. Looks like when my phone dies I'll have to go to another platform because BB10 won't be ready when they said it would.
I've been waiting patiently. Hopeful that RIM would keep their heads down and keep to their schedule.
But my 9800 is getting old. I'm due for an upgrade and contract renewal. I was willing to wait to bear with it until October. But next year? I don't think I can do that. Not trying to troll, I was really hoping to see BB10, I love my blackberry.
Not when there are 3 other systems out there right now that all have some good features and are up to date. I don't know if I can keep the faith any more.
This is the same for me (although my contract runs a month longer), and I imagine a lot of BB users. I would love to stay on BB but I need a larger screen as my eyesight isn't great, and as a teacher I need to stay up to date with phone technology to be able to use it within lessons.
RIM have let us down badly by delaying BB10 for so long. It's sad to see how this company has fallen in the 2 years I've had my phone (well, nearly 2 years). Of course, they do still dominate the 'entry level' smartphone market with kids due to BBM and the price of the phones. Don't think we'll see a change in that for a year or two. Wonder if that could tide the company over until BB10 impacts? (if it does)
"as a teacher I need to stay up to date with phone technology to be able to use it within lessons"
Loyalty by definition means to be loyal, like in your wedding vows? You know for better or for worse, in sickness and in health...... You know loyal!!
An extra 3 months isnt such a deal breaker people. If you want to go then go. I will wait and see. Not cause i am loyal but because BB work for me plain and simple. You know what makes my PB so special, because my phone can be my keyboard and mouse. Do you know why my 9900 is the nuts, because it has the best keyboard ever. Neither are broke and whats not broke i dont need to fix.
Yes there is newer tech coming but once its here BB10 will be the newer tech coming.....
You know what makes BB so great security. The future of android isnt so clear with google tightening the reigns. Ios is in need of a change so run out and get you ip5. Then apple will flip the script, drop a new os and your stuck for 2 yrs. Wp8- no offence its windows, do you know how many "security" updates their pc software gets. How do we know that this will be different.
Nope my BB works. I dont change my car ever time there is a new one out, so as disappointed as i am lets wait and see.
what a load of crap. what about paying millions to ex ceos for screwing up the company?
Even though I am still on contract till 2014 on my beautiful Bold 9900.. This really comes as a blow. It has always been known that they are fighting the hardest fight, but these things are not exactly encouraging for customers. Why stick with uncertainty when there are other options readily available...
I will keep waiting, I have to anyways..
Shup up loser! Good people are losing their jobs.
I guess the end is nigh.
What a great shame.
Here's the thing... RIM will be fine selling low-end devices to countries without iPhones and LTE to worry about. BlackBerry use will continue to grow in the same countries it grew in last year and this one. BlackBerry 10 HAS to hit a home run with North America if it wants to keep up with iPhones and Android handsets. Even with the delay, which is what, only one more quarter than planned, RIM will still sell BlackBerry handsets. Just sucks for all of who have been holding out.
Apple seems to always deliver on their objectives, why can't RIM? I really hope that going forward, RIM can plan better. No more releasing BlackBerry 7 and then planning for an entirely new operating system within the next year. Poor Curve owners, especially. Many people buying Curves aren't tech enthusiasts/geeks like most of us here, and they don't realize that by buying the 9330, they are stuck with BlackBerry 6 for two more years, while at the beginning of next year, their BlackBerry-using peers will be using an entirely new OS. Sorry, sort of went off on a tangent.
Boo, RIM. For YOUR sake, please wow us with BlackBerry 10.
I do not think they will grow so much ... at least from my POV, here in my country.
Here in Brazil, RIM has had moderate success in selling the Curve 8520 at a price reasonably low last year. But the other phone companies realized the preference of who was buying the Curve 8520 and, soon Samsung, LG, Nokia and others were prepared and launched phones with keyboards and connectivity with Facebook, Twitter and Windows Live Messenger, which is what most of those who bought the 8520 wanted. After that, I no longer see many people with the 8520 as I saw in the street a few months ago.
But this is not the biggest problem here. RIM has a big problem here in Brazil. Their cell phones are expensive, and because phone-line contracts can not last longer than a year here in Brazil, the subsidies turn out to be small. With this, the price of mobile phones as the Bold 9900 are almost $ 1,400, which is ridiculous, since it costs more than any other Smartphone (iPhone, Galaxy SIII) sold here.
I do not see a great future for RIM here in my country, although it still may have some appeal in the corporate world. For common users, I don't think RIM may have some success to the long term, even with BB10 (if it ever is released) here in Brazil.
All electronics are equally overpriced in Brazil.
RIM stayed sleeping at the wheel for far too long.
At this point I think that RIM will be bought before the end of the year and we'll never get to see BB10 as a final product.
They are, but not as much as RIM's products.
Just an example, the Bold 9900 is available, with no contract, for R$ 2.399,00 (US$1155). That's more expensive that the iPhone 4S, the Galaxy SIII... the list goes on, but just to make a point: The Bold 9900, a phone with more than one year of life is sold more expensive than a phone launched two months ago.
That's a problem. The justification that the BBM and internet / email from RIM is cheaper is just not valid, when the low-end RIM smartphone (Curve) costs the same price as a mid-end smartphone or even a high-end smartphone.
Why, BlackBerry 6 Curve will stop working after 2 years?
Well, if there's any software bugs, they aren't getting any software updates.
I think another consideration here is loss of traction with enterprise environments. Would you now bet your reputation on backing a BB10 release? A new, updated "Playbook 4G" device?
Personally I can't see myself recommending RIM solutions to my clients for the time being, Until they show they can either perform or not, I can't see recommending the deployment of RIM solutions for at least the next six-twelve months until this plays out.
I was thinking the same thing. This just extends the BB7 lame-duck period and, aside from being a devastating blow to RIM's loyal consumer customers, it puts enterprises in awkward position. If IT is being pressured into deploying mobile solutions, which include a mobile app strategy in addition to just phones, how can they not be tempted to adopt iOS or Android? They don't want to develop on the already obsolete BB7, but their procurement cycles and strategic initiatives might not let them hold out for BB10.
+1000 Big shithole it is. Whole management should be fired again.
Wow. I may be headed out, too. I just love my BB, but pushing out the date even further???? They have got to get their act together. We loyalists will only wait so long. I really don't want to leave, but I've been eligible for an upgrade for 3 months & had decided I will wait until the end of the year, but now I'm rethinking it.
I finally got around to buying a Treo. . .and Palm promptly abandoned that line for the Pre.
Well, I did finally get around to getting a Pre. . . .and HP took that out in back and shot it in the head.
So I bought my brand shiny new BB9930 a few months ago.
Now, the question is: what company would you all like me to go out and destroy next? I'll be taking bids. . . .
"Well, I did finally get around to getting a Pre. . . .and HP took that out in back and shot it in the head."
I LOL'd!!!
That is too funny!
I'm satisfied with my 9930, and as long as it keeps working I'm good, but if I were due for an upgrade now I wouldn't wait around for BB10. It makes no sense.
This is VERY not good. This means that it could be another 9 months or so before we see a BB10 device. I don't know that RIM can survive this. By that time, the iPhone 5 will be out, with talk about iPhone 6 heating up, not to mention what the other manufacturers will do over the next nine months or so. Sad....
Jelly beans it is>>>>
I'm sorry, but RIM is done. By the time they come with bb 10, people are gonna ask "They still make blackberries?" I tried waiting for Q4 because that's when I'm due for an upgrade. But it's evident that they can't produce. IPhone 5 and other Androids would be out and be better options. I got burnt with my playbook. They still don't update this sh!t to something better. Give us OS10 before the phone launch then....We all know what's happening. Rim will sell it's business and bb10 would be forgotten. I'm so disappointed .
I can't wait! My contract with T-Mobile ends on October 20th. It's time to play for team HTC.
Wow now that is a shocker! Ive been waiting for bb10 for the longest time and was getting very excited it was almost august..i have the torch 9860, the playbook, keyboard, and even the bluetooth visor mount.
Missing the back to school season and the christmas season is going to hurt this company hard. They have nothing to release this yeear. Im sorry but i believethis would be the last straw for me..if i like the windows phone 8 coming out this year. Ill have to jump ship. Not sure i can wait half a year more..
Ive tried to support this Canadian company as much as i could..but in the end they are waaaay out of the league.
BEST OF LUCK RIMM!!! BEST OF LUCK CRACKBERRY NATION..lets hope this is just a dream for us or a really late april fools joke.
Please dont call me troll. This is the only site i go on for my tech news.
Q1 calendar year or Canadian Fiscal year?
My Bold 9900 will do me for now but seeing the android phones I've seen recently do look good to me (I came from an HTC Desire when the Bold came out). I am losing faith now and the extra £5 a month I pay for BIS is not looking as good value as it once did. I want to be positive but realistically I think this delay will cost them. Could they be wanting to drive the share price down so much they can go private on the cheap?!
I believe he meant calendar 1q but to be clear it is RIM's quarters that are different... Not Canada's. Canadian companies can set their own fiscal quarters just like US companies can.
The delay could have been anticipated because it is also driven by hardware delays: just look at 28nm chip production issues, that makes most of the recent tablets use either a crapy tegra 3 (with 5 cortex A9, where hardly more than 1 is used... and then can't be pushed higer than 1.3 GHz) or 45nm omap 4. So fighting for 28nm chips right now is asking to buy at a high price these. Waiting is wiser but may lead to produce a LTE playbook with todays chips (omap 4460 or omap4470) as it will compete with the other announced tablets based on the same "low" specs, to generate new incomes. Just hope that the playbook stocks are most or less flushed to do so. The announcement on 16GB can bring hope there.
Bad move Rim. Looks like I will be getting Windows Phone 8 this fall instead of BB10. Rim, you lost out on one sale.
Are you on crack?!
The Snapdragon S4 is on a 32nm process, has LTE integrated, a capable GPU core and is currently shipping in high end phones like the HTC One X and Galaxy S III. Why couldn't RIM have used that?
The story of 'LTE chips not being available' was a bare-faced lie by RIM.
growing market also has bad effect
It may have been a lie, or it is showing that the former management would have accepted another trade off on the sw side.
What has RIMM been doing all this time? I love BlackBerry and really wanted to hear above all negative news that the BB10 be delivered on time. The other smartphone makers are able to deliver as promised. I'm starting to feel the even the Q1-2013 will be changed, its not the first time they have lied. Old and new management, still the same old RIMM.
this is sad. I mean really... why the whole (internal) restructuring, if the end result is the same? This sickens me. I can't believe that with all the talk and "pump up banter" (because at this point, that's all it was) and NOTHING is new. Same ol same ol. Way to go RIM.... and I'm a supporter. RIM thought they had bad press before. RIM just loaded a full mag of stupid/gonna die/the end for RIM/LOL told ya! into a 50 calibre hate rifle and gave it to the press to do with what they please. Where do you think it's going to end up pointing, and who can blame them now.... whatever
Picture the Wolfman
NEXT!!! new CEO please. Spend some cash, instead of promising 20M on the back side.
Hey JD... Anyone thats optimistic that you will stop being a d_ckless moron at this point is a complete fool.
He is right. They are have lost trust and it's hard to be optimistic about RIM's future. In fact RIM doesn't have any plan. I always stood up for unjustified criticism against RIM but now it deserves every bit of bashing.
JD is right. I did have faith until I read this. A 2012 launch still could have saved RIM. At some point one has to realize RIM is just like any other company you hear about on the news that has trouble and goes under or gets sold. People need to stop thinking its Apple and is going to rise from the ash like a phoenix.
I think my conversion will be wp8 as well.
Ok.. Count me in the Android bandwagon..I've had my bold 9700 for well over 2 yrs and have been avail for an upgrade 6 months ago. Ivebeen waiting for the bb10 devices now for too long. Sad to see what rim has become. My last 5 phones have been BBs and I've also convinced many of my friends and family over the years to get. BBs! I figured with the change in management things would change. Wishful thinking I guess. Does anyone here have any input on switching to android? I've always loved the keyboard on the BB, that's what's kept me with the blackberry platform.
What's wrong with the 9900?
I've only had mine a few months. I love the device. Or the replacement for the 9700 - also pretty good.
RIM's blunder was in announcing BB10 at all until they were close to being ready.
Total madness from Jim and Mike.
How to become billionaires and lose the lot.
Nothing wrong with the bold but it's definitely outdated. It can't do half the things ios or android can (and that's the truth)I was excited to see what rim was showing at bb world that's why I decided to wait for bb10. But I'm not willing to wait til 2013!! Besides, android is making great progress within the business community and will probably beat RIMM at the one market its dominated..
What can't it do, other than the more obvious stuff like games and video - which it does but on a small screen not as well.
And then there's the stuff the Bold does that many other devices don't. Like BBM, NFC, battery life, one hand operation, keyboard etc.
Android is making progress in the business community? Only with businesses that have no clue or need a dirt cheap solution.
The carriers are pushing Android but business needs a more stable infrastructure than Google can offer.
Never seen that error. I love my 9930. If you're gonna have a Blackberry these days, a 9930 is the way to go. It's the only one that compete. Os 4-6 phones are the ones that are outdated and can't compete.
Let's be honest here... RIM has ZERO Cool Apps. (And i'm the last person in the world who thought I would complain about this.. I was never into APPS AT ALL!) But seeing all my friend's apps, games, etc on their iPhones and Android phones is definitely discomforting.. to be honest, I was such a believer in RIMM that earlier in the year when the stock was hovering around the $10 mark, I was actually truly encouraging people to buy the stock because I thought it was a STEAL! I thought once the BB10 rolled out, the stock would do very well! I guess I was WRONG AGAIN! RIMM has a history of delays, and lying to consumers. I was naive in thinking that with the current change in Management that would no longer be the case. How come time and time again RIM is the only company with Delays due to "Hardware / Chipset problems, availability, etc.." Samsung, HTC, Apple, No other major Company has these problems! I figured since they released the Dev Alpha earlier in the year + QNX Running on my Playbook that putting the two together would not take more than a few months (and we would see an August release.) WRONG AGAIN!
I ALWAYS hear that the Bold 9900 is outdated from Apple/Android fanboys but never once have they produced anything non-app related their device could do that my 9900 couldn't.
So long for optimism, RIM is gone.
without tearing through their audited financials I can almost guarantee they would be broke within 6 months with no sales
Only if they did nothing.
They have huge expenses in the form of 16,000 employees, manufacturing costs etc.
If they don't have to buy any raw materials to make phones and just sent most of their staff home for a few months they'd last a long long time.
But it won't come to that.
They took another charge on the balance sheet in the form of a goodwill write off of $350 million. And I'd guess they have revalued inventory yet again on the balance sheet.
That's a pretty big part of the loss. They're taking a hit on the bad news so they're clear once BB10 is released.
as I understood their call, their cap ex expenditures are way down as well, means that as RIM sells inventory they are not spending to replace it - or spending on machines that would produce the phones that would replace them, trying to build up cash. I believe it means that they haven't started to produce the new hardware yet and when they do expect cash on hand to take that hit, so its good short term news but bad longer term. I am hoping Chris will speak about this when he does his usual great wrap up
I'd been holding out on an upgrade for bb10...good thing i pulled the trigger on the htc oneX....still will go back whenever rim decides to drop 10
This may be the nail in the coffin- at least for me. I've been a huge BBerry fan, and was holding out optimistically for a BB10 phone by the end of the year. I doubt I will hold out until 2013. Love my Playbook and bridge, but with Verizon's new data plans where you share data across devices it's not such a big deal to pay for 4G on an iPad or Android tablet. Good chance I switch to iPhone 5 or Samsung by year end.
I really can't believe what is going on, I'm due an upgrade and have been holding out like many people on here. The problem with RIM is they never deliver when they say they are going to. I don't like iphones, android or windows phones but what do they expect people to do. These people are delivering eye catching products when they say they are going to. I love my playbook but again we are still awaiting for developers to come over and support it but the fact that RIM can't and don't deliver must be a real worry for those companies who want their creations to be cross platform but have to go with what the majority of consumers are going for or lose out. I've loved every BB I've ever had but there comes a time when you're tying yourself into a 24mth contract and what's the sensible choice, OS7 is already obsolete. I've been really looking forward to BB10 but my loyalty is running thin. :(
You're lucky, in Canada to get a real discount on a phone you have to lock yourself up in a 36 month contract. I see people saying oh get a 9900. But who in their right mind would lock themselves up in a 3 year term with a BB7 device at this point in the game.
RIM really let down their old faithfuls. It so disappointing and sickening.
Yikes! A 3 year contract? Getting an OS 7 device definitely doesn't make sense. I'm a Blackberry supporter but it's pointless to do that.
+10000000 Couldn't have said it better.
I am so disappointed right now. I have been waiting so patiently for BB10 phones. I have fought so many Apple people on the benefits of blackberry. This is a slap in the face. RIM just gave them ammunition. My contract is long past and I don't know that I can wait another 8+ months for the next product. I don't want another OS7 phone..
Thorsten Heinz; You Have Failed!
Why not?
My 9900 is a terrific device. Great keyboard. Decent browser. Internet speed is good.
I don't play a lot of games, but I get terrific battery life and need something that will make phone calls.
Unless you're into watching huge amounts of video or playing games all day BB7 phones are fine.
The truth is RIM messed up big time when they pre-announced BB10 and made everyone think their BB6 (at the time) phones were useless. They were complete idiots. Jim and Mike will go down in history as people who knew how to make a billion, but didn't know how to hold onto the money.
The rule in this game is don't over promise and under deliver.
My Torch 9810 has been a great phone but it was dated almost upon release. This should have been the phone RIM released at the time of the Torch 9800. My Torch 9810 is now showing its wear. I use my phone a ton in a tough environment. My battery life is diminishing, Screen is freezing and because updates are carrier driven and not direct from RIM I have OS 7.0 not 7.1 (Another Disappointment). If I am to spend Hundreds of dollars on a new phone I want it to be just that "new" not more of the same. BB10 was sounding New and exciting but why should I wait so long for more disappointment. Am I suppose to trust Mr Heinz now?
Load a "leaked" 7.1 and enjoy a practically new phone.
So download 7.1 - there's a link from the CrackBerry site. I have 7.1 on my Bold even though my carrier hasn't released it yet.
Hate to be heretical, but the truth is that all smart phones are basically the same. They're small computing devices that allow you to run a few apps or use internet services and if you're lucky make a phone call.
For all the hype in the end most can do the same things to one degree or another. They may be more or less usable.
RIM has a problem that Skype and Netflix aren't available for their devices so if you need those apps get a different phone.
A lot of eggs on the face or RIM's "new" leadership...a lot of us loyalists and even past users were starting to believe (again) that they could at least set a reasonable timeline and actually keep it...it's a sickening blow!!
However bad this news is, it is really unimportant.
At some point RIM will release BB10, along with the new eco-system referred to by Thorsten.
The really big news in that conference call was the fact he said you'd be able to choose what cloud service you wanted to use. Sounds pretty damn impressive to me.
Apple entered the market with iPhone and grew from zero to number 1.
Google entered the market with Android and grew from zero to number 1.
There's absolutely no reason at all that RIM couldn't get back into the market in 2013 with a full package and deliver.
The delay is a pain, but RIM has so much cash they could survive for years.
You can already choose "cloud" based services like drop box and box on the PlayBook, I don't think he meant you can use Itunes or Google Play, nor the new services Microsoft will build into Win8. The fragmented stores RIM are already using aren't an answer.
This is a far more mature smart phone world than Apple jumped into 5 years ago. Like them or not - and I know most of you don't - Apple completely redefined (along with Google and Android) what a smart phone is and does. Now these 3 (Microsoft, Apple and Google) are tying this all together into one system you can use anywhere you go.
I listened to the question Thorsten was asked about they would compete with these services - and I don't think he answered the question (that one, and others).
To quote Darth Vader at the end of Revenge of the Sith: NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!
Seriously, I held off on upgrading my phone believing that RIM would come through this year. Unless they can come up with some slam dunk reason for me to keep waiting, I can't see myself holding out, on the what is now a slim chance, they'll release BB10 in Q1 2013.
I was so looking forward to BB10 in a few months............................
Wow. I can't believe it is going to take RIM a couple years to get a new phone and OS to market. It really is no wonder they have died on the vine.
Unless....they are trying to screw a bunch of consumers into buying current models only to deliver BB10 before the end of the year....which isn't going to happen.
I think RIM just want to give itself a lead time so that they don't have to put more delay again and again. I think 1 quarter 2013 is the latest. They could release within the next three to four months.
take your own advice...
Even though my contract is due to expire in Sept 2012, I will be holding on. Early 2013 was always my expected launch date for BB10 and my only other option would be Windows. Android is too closely intregrated to Google for my liking and I definately do not want an iPhone.
Last year there were very confident predictions and expectations in the media that Apple's all new iPhone 5 would be launched in October, but it didn't happen. Apple can get away with that, RIM can't.
"Apple can get away with that"
Not really. Apple is desperately trying to maintain it's relevancy. They stand to lose big if they fail.
But Google has won big in the courts recently and Apple isn't making much headway.
And only Samsung is doing well with Android. The rest aren't doing anywhere near as well because the price pressure Thorsten referred to is coming from Samsung.
There's an almighty big market still out their for smart phones and the big players want it all.
October was the medias date for the new iPhone not Apples. That's the difference. The problem here is RIM have missed their own date not one set for them by the media. Your argument is shortsighted and wrong. Face reality - RIM has noT delivered a product that they have announced on time for 3 years. That tests loyalty.
Hate to say it but... It's time to shut down the crackberry.com website too. It used to be fun come here, now it's painful. Even the name: "crackberry" has become a sad joke. It's all over. The fat lady is singing. The bloom is off the rose. RIM has one foot in the grave and the other foot is on a banana peel.
Bye loser!!
Failing to deliver on time isn't shitting on its customers.. Putting out a product that isn't even remotely ready just to get it out is shitting on its customers.
Bye... take your buddy JD with you.
If BB10 is released in Q1 2013, it will probably be trashed for having 'outdated' hard and software....
Wait.. I remember saying the saying the same thing about iOS 2-3 years ago... and I still say it today... HMM, funny!!
maybe the hardware, but not the software. from what I've seen the os is a million miles ahead of the iOS, and by q1 '13 6.0 will still be out and it'll look how the nokia os looks now in comparison once bb10 comes out. They'll be comparing it so mango or tango or jenga...whatever will be out by then. Honestly the iOS looks really old compared to ice cream sangwich, windows phone 8, and bb10. That's why will be talked about next year. believe.
Ya know what? Say all you want about jumping ship and calling it quits. I STILL have a 8900 that I absolutely love. I have plenty of faith that my phone will make it to Q1 and when (not if) BB10 comes out I'll be ready and waiting. Don't get me wrong, this news is sad and sickening; but it doesn't change the fact that I do not want any other device. Forget Android (they don't ever make it a year) and forget iShit (I'm not a pretentious fuck). I'd love to own a BB10 phone when they come out, Im patient and I stay optimistic.
RIM has far more on their plate then just phones. Last time I checked they're still a BILLION dollar company with plenty of avenues on their map. You yourself needs to check the hating.
Loyal to a fault. I won't deny that.
Wow, my heart just sank to the pit of my stomach when I heard this. I've been a major supporter of BlackBerry but this delay leaves very little (and I mean very little!) room for any more optimism. Realistically, I find it very hard to see RIM succeeding in any way possible if this delay is true (and it seems so).
My contract won't end until next year anyway, but I was prepared to start a new one this year just to get BB10. Now I'm having second thoughts on whether to remain with BB at all now, given the instability of the company as it is. My next choice would be a WP8 but I really so love BB. Such a sad day... ):
Speaking of pathetic....get lost troll loser!!
Maybe RIM should release the dev alpha to consumers and just call it BlackBerry Alpha.
Give it basic calling capability and update the software like the playbook. Tell consumers point blank that it's an alpha device and software updates will be incremental...
I would definitely go for that!
PB OS2 was supposed to come out Summer 2011, then Fall 2011, then Nov 2011....then Feb 2012. BB10 supposed to come out 2012, now 2013. Seems every app on the PB gets announced, then delayed as well. This schtick is getting old. I'm audi 5000.
32GB Playbook with convertible case and charging dock, $200, any takers?
I will use the money to get a Nexus 7.
And everyone that figures the OS will be better with the delay, or that releasing a 'flawless' product later is better than releasing a buggy one now. Don't kid yourselves. Look at PB OS2, it got delayed a year basically and wtf for? Email and Calendar were added. I thought the delay would mean there would be no small issues and it would be perfect. Wrong. Still no folders for video sorting, attaching an image to an email is a complete joke as it opens the entire photo directory and you can't browse by folder, the web browser has no bookmark editing or sorting feature whatsoever, just simple stuff that is noticeable after 10 mins of use. I have zero hope for BB10 at this point.
"Over the past several weeks, RIM's software development teams have made major progress in the development of key features for the BlackBerry 10 platform; however, the integration of these features and the associated large volume of code into the platform has proven to be more time consuming than anticipated."
Seriously, you are just now figuring this out RIM?
This is proof that those demos of BB10 that were really just preset demo videos instead of an actual BB10 OS were used because there is no BB10 OS!
It amazes me that a company such as RIM fails to listen to its fan base. They are stubborn and that attitude is killing them. Look at the comments from this post and all the other Crackberry posts - recently and in the past. Supporters are losing faith daily and now by the seconds. If they would just listen to how much we want RIM to success and the excitement for BB10, they would've made sure that it was launching on time.
RIM acts as if they don't care if we leave to the competition. RIM, open your eyes and see. People aren't caring about superb email and top secured devices anymore. Those days are done. So for RIM to delay this launch is deadly. Even if the device is superior to the competition, that doesn't guarantee that the thousands to millions that will leave BB because of this news will go back.
Well, looks like I am taking my boss's Exchange admin job after all.
You know, I was really hoping to see the '10 device. I was going to decide between the next iPhone and the BB10 device (I use an iPod touch and a BB9650 as of now), and seeing the '10 previews settled me on the BlackBerry device. I've about had it with RIM's way of doing business. I like the BB concept a lot; despite all the junky hardware they handed me (it's a long story), I was willing to let RIM redeem themselves and get, if anything alse, a BB device that actually wasn't buggy and worked the way it should for me. Good luck on that, RIM. this fall, I'm going to let Apple unveil their next device and let them pitch their salespeak at me, and let myself get wowed. As for BB, maybe in the upcoming months, if their 9930s come down to about $10 or $20, I might upgrade, if I haven't totally become another "isheep" by then!
Give me a break !! The 9900/9930 is the best phone ever made by anyone !! If your going to wait for the 9930 to come down to $10 or $20, you gotta move on my Friend. BB is NOT for you.
Crackberry Kevin's hair is going to be real long!!
But I believe everything happens for a reason. Instead of ending the year with a new start, why not start the new year with a new beginning! I'd rather have to wait and for them to make BB10 the way it should be. Patience is the key. It's do or die!
And I'm happy about this because that's when my cell phone contact renewal is, so I won't be left out while every body else is enjoying their new sweet BB10s :D
Come on everyone, let's stand behind RIM !!! Stop all this negitivity and think positive ! I think the way the economy has been the last 5 years, we can all understand. RIM needs our support to get through this. I know I would be lost without my Blackberry Phone and Playbook, how about you? You MUST agree that RIM has been and is a CLASS ACT !! Please STOP saying your jumping ship, give me a break guys !! BB10 will come out in due time. Be patient.
Second the first one.
Hey everyone, BB7.1 isn't so bad !! Give RIM a break, for what they are going through to stay alive and they will !! I have faith in RIM.
I guess it was true. RIM is the PALM of this century. FAIL
I think Kevin should cut his hair and hopefully along the way to 1st qty of 2013, RIM could give him more constantly good news to keep his and our enthusiasm alive and of course to keep crackberry alive. Anyway, we could always find more review articles about themes and holsters until the q1 of 2013. My pray for RIM, crackberry and Kevin.
Ditto !!
Well, I am as BES junkie. I need it to run my business. I tried iPhone and Android and it wasn't reliable. I gotta messages and appointments on my Bold darn near instantaneously where as on Android and iPhone it took minutes and sometimes not at all.
I was fully expecting to support RIM no matter what and buy a BB10 iPhone in the fall even if I needed it or not. But these results are beyond just a delay. 5000 staff gone ... ?
I guess I'll be going back to carrying two phones. My Bold 9900 for emails and calendar and then something else for the Canadian Tire and Timmies apps.
Mind you that's what I do now, Bold in my pocket and either my Playbook or my Acer A100 in my briefcase.
So I'll be awaiting until either BES stops being supported or my Bold dies before upgrading to a new phone. Maybe by then the BB10 will have proved itself or WP8 will be all that its hyped to be.
The staff are going because the previous management were in denial about the market and expanded staffing levels far too quickly.
11,000 is all they need to run their business. And those extra 5,000 are 30% of their staffing costs.
In the short term RIM has to sell at lower price points and so needs to cut back to retain its margins.
Had Jim B faced reality a couple of years ago, they'd never have allowed staffing levels to reach this high.
Why don't you run those apps on your BlackBerry?
What I find most interesting here is that everyone was going to wait for the "keyboard" enabled device. But when asked to wait have all started bitching. I want you ALL to go so RIM can annouce a dual device launch once your tied into you nice new 2yr contracts and i can lmmfao.
My other concern is that there was mentioned that the new BB10 platform will be targeted to the 1st time smartphone user (upgrading from feature phone) and from an existing user base which is us (upgrading from an older BB devices). They would not target to have some conversion from iOS, Android and Win phone users. Because? I feel that this BB10 platform is only playing catch up to other platforms and do not provide us a better os than the competitions have. If this is the case, then I have a question for myself, i.e. Why should I wait? For the sake of my loyal-ism to BB? I don't know anymore. I guess I should at least try another device while waiting then.
I've supported RIM for years and have long thought that the BB10 release in the Fall was make-it-or-break-it and sadly, very sadly, I think they just broke it. Going over a year without releasing an improved phone is too much. Releasing BB10 in 2013 is simply too late. This nearly brings a tear to my eye, because I know that it's all over. Not even I can wait anymore. :(
Dear RIM,
FUCK YOU!! You have screwed me for the last time. All I have been doing for month is going around telling people 'don't buy an iphone, wait till fall when the new blackberry's come out, they are going to be awesome!'. You have made me look like a idiot! It's over!! I will not buy your phones and I hope you go under!!
Once again, just to be clear, FUCK YOU
Dear ED THE PSYCHO
Based on your comment, we don't think you needed any help looking like an idiot.
Once again, just to be clear, TAKE YOUR MEDS
CrackBerry nation
"MEDS" is plural, that means ALL of your pills. They all serve a purpose so forgot the little ones too.
Sad day for BB users. At this point I don't even know if RIM still has a future... And it's the first time I seriously start doubting it.


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David Schmader has been calling me a chubby chaser for years, and Sara Vilkomerson at the New York Observer understands why. Now if only such a kindness could be extended to the incredibly shrinking women of Hollywood.
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David Schmader has been calling me a chubby chaser for years, and Sara Vilkomerson at the New York Observer understands why. Now if only such a kindness could be extended to the incredibly shrinking women of Hollywood.
Hmm...I don't know...methinks this country, with its insane obesity problem, is attempting to find modes of acceptance for its chub and flab...and I agree with Hannah, the day that there's an article like that geared toward women? I'll eat a deep fried Snickers bar...
I've met a lot of the film and TV actresses in person, and to be frank, they're so thin it's painful to be too close. Think Ally McBeal - ok, that's what the ones you _think_ are chubby look like in real life.
Everybody is calling Brazil's Ronaldo fat. And that fat fucker just scored two world cup goals today. If you saw him pulling his rolling suit case at SeaTac, no sane person would think he's fat. There's fat for famous people and there's fat for everyone else.
You should SEE some of these women in person! I had the opportunity to meet Cynthia Nixon. She's a lovely person, and very pretty, but holy moly, she looks like a concentration camp survivor! You could slice meat with her collarbones. And on Sex and the City, she looked the most robust of all four of them. Makes me shudder to think what the others look like in person.
Friend of mine met Cameron Diaz, and said she was wearing a backless dress that literally showed every single bone and sinew in her back. I just do NOT find that an attractive look. It's one thing for people who are naturally thin - there's nothing unappealing about that - but forcible anorexia for the sake of fashion just grosses me out.
I totally agree with Postergirl about the double standard for fat females. I'm about a size 7 or 8, which I think makes me gigantic by Hollywood standards.
I agree, don't get too close when they're wearing backless dresses, you'll realize how skinny they are.
I think one of the problems with the BBW movement is that they take the very valid point that the size 0 women of Hollywood are unhealthy, unrealistic role models for appearance... and overstate the bounds, insisting that we must therefore accept their unhealthy size 26 figure.
Um... bell curve, ladies: being too thin is very unhealthy, but so is being too fat. I don't think it's strictly a matter of dress size, but if a) you struggle to walk up a couple flights of stairs and b) you look in the bathroom mirror and what you see has some serious bulge and/or overhang even though you're not rapidly approaching old age... you may want to ramp up your diet and exercise habits. Don't cop out of improving your diets and getting more exercise with the letters B-B-W.
And Hannah, size 7 or 8 may not be good enough for Hollywood, but it's perfectly cool with most of the rest of us.
God, I never thought I'd say this, but kudos to Nicole Richie for at least being aware that she's way too thin and trying to do something about it.
And yeah, I agree wholeheartedly with what Gomez said. In my second year of college I gained quite a bit of weight, so I decided it was time to go on a diet and exercise some more, and I had a bunch of larger women try to tell me 'You don't need to do that, you're beautiful just the way you are, etc etc." It's true that we shouldn't hate our bodies, but we should also be able to recognize that if we gain 20 or 40 or 60 pounds, it's not good for us.
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text: In LLVM, many of the C functions call assert(...) to test that you're not misusing the API by passing invalid arguments and such things. This is nice of them, since I don't want to be misusing the APIs...except that SBCL currently aborts into LDB upon receipt of SIGABRT. Not only that, but you can't even override it using the normal sb-sys:enable-interrupt API. That's not very pleasant for interactive use. I hacked around it with the following, but it seems like it shouldn't be necessary to do so. ;; HACK! make sigabrt not abort. (cffi:defcfun "undoably_install_low_level_interrupt_handler" :void (signal :int) (handler :pointer)) (undoably-install-low-level-interrupt-handler 6 (cffi:null-pointer)) (defun sigabrt-handler (signal info context) (declare (ignore signal info)) (declare (type system-area-pointer context)) (sb-sys:with-interrupts (error "sigabrt at #X~X" (with-alien ((context (* sb-sys:os-context-t) context)) (sb-sys:sap-int (sb-vm:context-pc context)))))) (sb-sys:enable-interrupt sb-posix:sigabrt #'sigabrt-handler) ;; END HACK James


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Cinescore Software Discontinued
As of December 31, 2009, Cinescore software and Theme Packs are no longer available for purchase from Sony Creative Software. Cinescore continues to create exciting soundtracks worldwide, but it's time to move forward. We're currently developing next generation music creation technology and the discontinued version of Cinescore will be the last.
For information on current Sony Creative Software music creation tools, please see the ACID product family.


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