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	<title>Comments on: How to juggle Torches &#8211; and not get burned (for Blackberry)</title>
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		<title>By: Dennis Van Staalduinen</title>
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		<dc:creator>Dennis Van Staalduinen</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Aug 2010 15:06:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Absolutely. The innovation / feature war is the wrong hill to die on. Stick to their own battle plan and innovate WITHIN THE BOUNDARIES OF WHAT THE BLACKBERRY BRAND STANDS FOR.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Absolutely. The innovation / feature war is the wrong hill to die on. Stick to their own battle plan and innovate WITHIN THE BOUNDARIES OF WHAT THE BLACKBERRY BRAND STANDS FOR.</p>
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		<title>By: Dennis Van Staalduinen</title>
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		<dc:creator>Dennis Van Staalduinen</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Aug 2010 15:03:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>You&#039;re right about that. I was a big fan of the old keyboard, and when I went shopping for a smartphone a few months ago, Blackberry fell off my list for two reasons: 1) I couldn&#039;t keep their products straight, and got  confused and angry trying to compare the bloody models online, and 2) the keyboards felt cheap and wrong - which would be the only reason for me to choose Blackberry over iPhone. 

I chose iPhone (and felt very un-Canadian for doing it).</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>You&#8217;re right about that. I was a big fan of the old keyboard, and when I went shopping for a smartphone a few months ago, Blackberry fell off my list for two reasons: 1) I couldn&#8217;t keep their products straight, and got  confused and angry trying to compare the bloody models online, and 2) the keyboards felt cheap and wrong &#8211; which would be the only reason for me to choose Blackberry over iPhone. </p>
<p>I chose iPhone (and felt very un-Canadian for doing it).</p>
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		<title>By: Brant Emery</title>
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		<dc:creator>Brant Emery</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Aug 2010 14:05:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Good article.

But sometimes competitors do &#039;steal a march&#039; on you. Apple has shown the will and ability to do this. But trying to out-think Apple is very risky - push ahead of the curve too much and you&#039;ll find the market isn&#039;t mature enough.  But I agree, aiming for a &#039;me-too&#039; approach will lower brand equity for Blackberry. They need to reposition themselves and that knee-jerk reaction to push out a Blackpad or whatever will come back to bite them.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Good article.</p>
<p>But sometimes competitors do &#8216;steal a march&#8217; on you. Apple has shown the will and ability to do this. But trying to out-think Apple is very risky &#8211; push ahead of the curve too much and you&#8217;ll find the market isn&#8217;t mature enough.  But I agree, aiming for a &#8216;me-too&#8217; approach will lower brand equity for Blackberry. They need to reposition themselves and that knee-jerk reaction to push out a Blackpad or whatever will come back to bite them.</p>
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		<title>By: Ella Mar</title>
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		<dc:creator>Ella Mar</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Aug 2010 20:03:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>And while you&#039;re capturing the concept of branding... deliver the promise on what the brand represents... new blackberries&#039; keyboards have deteriorated since the curve... if you don&#039;t deliver on the brand promise then the brand perception weakens...  Good post Dennis... Cheers, Ella</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>And while you&#8217;re capturing the concept of branding&#8230; deliver the promise on what the brand represents&#8230; new blackberries&#8217; keyboards have deteriorated since the curve&#8230; if you don&#8217;t deliver on the brand promise then the brand perception weakens&#8230;  Good post Dennis&#8230; Cheers, Ella</p>
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		<title>By: Dennis Van Staalduinen</title>
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		<dc:creator>Dennis Van Staalduinen</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Aug 2010 20:17:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Thanks Claudia.</description>
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		<title>By: Dennis Van Staalduinen</title>
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		<dc:creator>Dennis Van Staalduinen</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Aug 2010 20:08:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>That&#039;s funny James. I think I just did!

But yes  alas a book has been at the top of the &quot;dream hopper&quot; for a while. It would require a heck of a lot more attention and a whole lot less professional ADD on my part.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>That&#8217;s funny James. I think I just did!</p>
<p>But yes  alas a book has been at the top of the &#8220;dream hopper&#8221; for a while. It would require a heck of a lot more attention and a whole lot less professional ADD on my part.</p>
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		<title>By: James</title>
		<link>http://www.begtodiffer.com/2010/08/blackberry-torch/comment-page-1/#comment-37249</link>
		<dc:creator>James</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Aug 2010 17:44:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Time to write a book Denis!</description>
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		<title>By: Claudia Petrilli</title>
		<link>http://www.begtodiffer.com/2010/08/blackberry-torch/comment-page-1/#comment-37193</link>
		<dc:creator>Claudia Petrilli</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Aug 2010 00:40:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Absolutely Brilliant post!</description>
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