During his keynote at Mobile World Congress 2010, Research in Motion founder and co-CEO, Mike Lazaridis, introduced the concept of BlackBerry Super Apps.
A Super App for BlackBerry smartphones is an app that delivers a compelling user experience by leveraging the unique capabilities of the BlackBerry platform. Super Apps are the kind of apps that people love and use every day because they offer such a seamless, integrated, contextualized and efficient experience.
That sounds kinda cool, until RIM said that examples of Super Apps are MySpace and Facebook for BlackBerry smartphones, which, quite honestly, completely confuses the hell out of me.
Now, don’t get me wrong, I understand the concept of a Super App. It’s just that the general consensus, when it comes to MySpace and Facebook, is that both applications suck. I know that each app has been downloaded millions of times, however, they both have very low ratings on BlackBerry App World. It seems to me like RIM could have come up with better examples of super Apps, even if it just meant highlighting APIs and tools necessary to create a Super App.
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Sounds like more BS buzzwords from an out of touch CEO. If Laztarded thinks RIM’s facebook app is a super app, then he and his company are even more clueless then I originally thought. Put the tired old BB up against what MS announced this week and RIM hasn’t a prayer in the smart phone biz.
podtrapper is a super app in my book. Or at least the developer is a super developer. 🙂
Saw the keynote video and I thought he mentioned Twitter and eBay !
Couldn’t agree more. Facebook and Myspace are pretty lame app for BB. I am really asking myself what a super app could do? maybe finally play flash or read out feeds?
The term mean nothing. Just more BS to make BB users feel good about the device they purchased. Maybe they should work on App World, that abortion is horrible.
Berryweather, Quicklaunch and about 100 more before the two Lazardis mentioned. Is dope legal in Canada?