puplin: Na wa for u o...at first you asked if i get PUSH email like he does and when i respond u had to rephrase by saying only E & N series have that in common with BB. Tell me, is Nokia 5230 an E or N series?
Secondly, i said i don't run out of data and airtime at the same time and u say i can....do u know how i use my phone? If u must know, every data plan is usage bound, BB inclusive!!
Thirdly, what has celebs & pictures on the internet got to do with anything??
Then you talked about an engineering drawing being sent as an attachment, is the file size gonna be as large as 500mb? And the client calling while am away, away to where? What has that got to do with data?
Then i feel convenient using nimbuzz cos i have my yahoo, gmail & facebook contacts all in one app...and its a twitter client too. So, your talk of within my circle doesn't make any sense to me. Is the bbm not a circle thing too?
I really don't get the basis of your arguments o.

AjanleKoko: Laughable to think Nigerian can save Blackberry.
Smartphone footprint in Nigeria is still under 5 million. When the likes of Samsung and Apple are shifting hundreds of millions per quarter, RIM is hoping to find redemption in Nigeria?

Abegi.

ekt_bear:

I am starting to think that their best bet might to see if they can sell themselves to Microsoft, or something.

I dunno what I would do if I were their CEO...

rockiedink: This thread started as a rejoinder to an article on how RIM possibly might turn their fortunes with the Nigerian market.

But now it has become a bickering ground for BB haters versus other smartphone haterz...

I use a BB; not because I believe its the best smart phone out there - but because considering our Nigerian market it still remains the best smartphone to use.

Yes we all, myself inclusive, know that almost every other smartphone platform out there trumps BB OS; that's why they lose market share in the US and most developed countries BECAUSE, the telcos there are very much in touch with the needs of the consumers. They provide you contracts where they give you the phone almost free, if you will pay a little fixed amount every month for a period of say two years. And that monthly figure has bundled with it things like unlimited data, unlimited text messaging, unlimited intra-network minutes, and a large amount of inter network minutes as well! For example using 3 UK as a case study, you can get the 16GB iPhone bundled with 1000 minutes, 5000 SMSs and unlimited data at a monthly cost of just 33GBP(about N8500) if you will sign a 2-month contract. How much better can it get! If na naija and you wanna monetize that (at N10 per min of call and N5 per SMS) its gonna become over N35k for just SMS and calls in the same month, data exclusive! By the way, you'd get the Samsung Galaxy S III for next to nothing paying 41GBP monthly and bundled with that would be 900 minutes, unlimited SMSs and up to 5GB of data. So why would anyone not pick an iphone or android in such a scenario!

But in Nigeria where MTN and co would charge you N2000 for just 750MB(as was said by someone earlier) and you would still have to pay for every call you make and every SMS you send! Etisalat still dey try dey give Easycliq'ers 15MB every week...but dat no reach anything at all.

So in conclusion, for reasons of cost and practicality, where resources are scarce and money is an object, the Blackberry will still rule the Nigerian smartphone space...at least until our telcos start offering us reasonable contract bundles and free phones...and hey, what could you possibly wanna do on your iphone/android that the Blackberry won't do?

- You get push email, I get push email;
- You browse, I browse, with me getting more data per kobo than you sef!
- You open office documents, I edit office documents
- You have all media snazzy tins at you fingertips, I get am too! music player, video player and what have you.
- You social network, I social network in a big way too! - wahtsapp, nimbuzz, twitter, facebook...name it. Plus I'm an exclusive member of the BBM clique too
- You get 750MB, I get 3GB for two-thirds of your price...

Lets face it, I spend less for more than you can dream of using your fancy smartphone. But when I start earning armed robber salary and making millions like the 'cabals' I go sharp sharp go buy Samsung Galaxy S III plus iPad3! But till then, my BB does a very neat job thank you!
But if ya papa na Dangote and money no get limit for you...use three phone sef...iPhone 4S, Samsung Galaxy S III and HTC One X, come get iPad3 join...na ya money dey yarn!

Gnosticmovement: No matter hw hard they try in nigeria the market belongs to nokia...i can bet the nokia x2-01 sold more dan bold1,bold2,bold3,bold4 and bold5...nokia is simply affordable and durable....dats d key to d nigerian market

Tinyemeka: I felt insulted when I read the part in the article where it said most people buy a BB for the reason of aspiration and creating the impression of having "arrived". Well, I'm not most people. And that is not the reason why I bought my BB and I'm sure a lot of other share the same thought.

I was tired of hearing all the noise people kept making about the superiority of Androids, iOS and other OS over BB OS. iPhones are grossly over-priced and over-hyped. I had a bad experience with Samsung and the rest all look like China phones to me and so I got a Nokia N900. The fone has been a dead weight in my pocket. I tried browsing (which is my main interest in phones) and my entire credit was wiped out in a short time. I tried downloading Operamini v11 (there's only the Beta version for the fone). Didn't work. Conflict with the phone's Maemo 5 OS. Opera 6.5 won't download and as I discovered, there is no Opera mini version for N900. Anybody with a counter opinion should pls shout it. Now I hardly browse with the fone for fear of burning my credit and I'm back to relying on my BB.

As far as I'm concerned, BB is the best phone for the majority of Nigerians. Not everyone is a phone geek, or gamer who has to constantly rely on phone cheats and tricks to get low-cost browsing. Let's call a spade a spade.

onome25:
my brother though i share in ur opinion but i disagree on comment on the nokia n900.
"i'm not rating my self though" but as a profesional HACKER, ur n900 will even browse free without credit & mb.
i.m a software developer & anything that got to do with satellite communication.i have used n900 b4 & it provides alot.just meet any one who knows how to hack & u.ll enjoy the nokia tnx.

speedyboi:

Yet we want a better nigeria, and instead of our youths to use their gift to invent +ve things; one is here inventing hacking settings and procedures. I'm sure if you yourself get any post today, you will be the worst of all the past and present leaders. I cry for the future of nigeria

speedyboi: ^ ^ ^
Mr man, are you mad or crazy.?...I was not talking to you, yet you had the guts to quote me! Idiot- as dumb as dumb can be.

I hate uncooked indecent juvenile retards quoting me, so next time; don't direct your comment when no one called you! long neck, I nor knw wen wetin concern u. If these are the kind of youths we have, sorry nigeria is far from getting better. Hackers are used when it is needed(+vely)...nt the naija way. It is not meant for spoiling other people's business. Mtcheew

Nigerian youths = scammers(yahoo yahoo), drug dealers, dubious dealers, conmen.
Always wanting to make sharp money mtcheew.

a. Do you get always on PUSH email like he does?

b. When you run out of credit on your Nokia, what other options of communication do you have?

c. Do you have a secure phone?

d. Do you have as much data allowance for the same period at the same price?

e. Do you have access to IM clients on the go as he does? (Note whatsapp while mimicking BBM well, doesn't still let you know when a message is read!)

lillaowow:




YOU'RE SOO IGNORANT!!!!..THE HACKING DOESN'T MEAN WHAT YOU THINK. IN A NOKIA, IT'S A SOFTWARE BY PASS AND IT IS LEGAL..BUT YOU CAN LOOSE YOUR WARRANTY(IF YU HAVE ONE THO) OR YOU CAN REMOVE THE HACK BEFORE GOING TO A NOKIA SHOP (IF YOU HAVE A BUSINES THERE)..NOKIA EVEN GIVES OUT A CERTIFICATE AND KEY TO REGISTER AND INSTALL SOFTWARE

"i'm not rating my self though"but as a profesional HACKER, urn900 will even browse freewithout credit & mb

You completely misunderstood my post Of course I have my phone but simply replace my bb with a tablet. You probably need a reason to unwind

Akainzo:

The bolded above made me laugh so much! You swapped a phone for a 10" tablet and you are hear bragging Na wa o! Why don't you swap the Tablet for a Samsung Smart TV with WiFi capabilties and then be enjoying it all at once. You sure cracked me up babe! Please, how do you collect people's number?, you bring out the tablet and start typing off

onome25:
my brother though i share in ur opinion but i disagree on comment on the nokia n900.
"i'm not rating my self though" but as a profesional HACKER, ur n900 will even browse free without credit & mb.
i.m a software developer & anything that got to do with satellite communication.i have used n900 b4 & it provides alot.just meet any one who knows how to hack & u.ll enjoy the nokia tnx.

corruption has eaten deep into the nigerian society that people don't even realise when they are engaging in it

Akainzo:

My guy, quit the lies. The Bold 9900 browser beats the iPhone 4S browser hands down, in both speed and HTLM5 compatibilities!

To confirm for you, cripple the 9900 (by disabling Flash and javascript) to put it in the same mode with the iPhone 4, and then load the same webpage on both of them. Check and then return with the results!
The iPhone does seems faster in its native mode because it is crippled, NO FLASH, NO JAVASCRIPT, this are stuffs that are existing on the Androids, BBs, WinMos, WP7s.

puplin: Oh...i perfectly understand watching youtube videos and downloading films makes u feel awesome..lmao. So tell me, how many series do u download on your bb monthly? So when u download, yo bb compresses the file size from like 100mb to 5mb per episode? Hehehe...my friend, u still don't know why u bought a blackberry.

oayombo: Nice, u obviously know what u want in a phone n i guess your Nokia gives u that satisfaction. My brother, that is all that matters....most bb users that i know only use two apps...bbm & ubersocial