After reading Balsillie's comments on BBCool from his recent conference call, I couldn't help getting very excited.
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The summer is when we go double-speed while everyone else is resting. You’re gonna see some very unexpected surprises from us. A lot of stuff for media, consumers and devices. I won’t tip our hat, but a couple that people don’t see coming.
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I know RIM knows how to make productive, functional devices that work. Everything you need to do can be done. But they are somewhat lagging in terms of UI and "fit and finish" if you will. Of course that's where Apple shines, but I need function over form and never once considered sacrificing that.
So it looks like RIM will finally get out of the gates devices that will satisfy us "serious" users while adding some more media centric features. I don't want a "dumbed down" version of a smartphone and it's nice to know the company I have stuck with for the past 5+ years realizes that. The next three months are going to be very exciting for us BB users.
Can you feel it?