@anticpated wrote:
@Anonymous
I just wanted back-up my statement that I made earlier.
iOS being crap is just a matter of opinion. Their App Store is more verified stringently. Actually in the same way the Amazon Kindle market has less apps however less rubbish on it. The biggest problem is people naivity; not reading the permissions to get a gist of what an application actually is going to do.
All Android devices, if you are willing to take the performance hit, can be encrypted meaning nothing can be read until the correct key is entered. I'm not sure about iOS however they will probably won't have any options like that available as such features like that are for people are paranoid and not protected by the invurnability shield which is the NS...Apple headquarters.
Blackberry is defintely tuned towards enterprise applications, although with a bit tweaking so can an Android. I can't speak for Apple as I don't have enough know information about their Enterprise server capabilities. I imagine as it's built on a mobile version of Unix, it will have the standard exploits covered.
Sorry, just back from Las Vegas and had to jump into this and take over from @Anonymous
anticpated, I'm not going to suggest that you don't know what you're talking about but some of your comments are rather uninformed.
From a usability standpoint, all operating systems are good depending on what the user is looking for. However, things like iOS requiring iTunes to do any sort of backup or loading of music/pictures onto the device makes these particular phones VERY restrictive. The Apple App Store may have a strong verification process and more apps but its been shown that a very very small number of those millions of apps available are ever downloaded let alone used regularly. Ther reason the Amazon Kindle market has less apps and less rubbish on it is because developers look at the size of the market and only develop for operating systems/hardware that they expect to get the largest return from. It is worth mentioning now that BlackBerry 10 is able to install and run Android apps downloaded directed from the Kindle App market and other Android app stores so the "lack of apps" argument constantly directed at BlackBerry devices is now almost defunct.
As soon as a passcode is implemented in iOS it is encrypted. So basically every iPhone on iOS7 is encrypted. However the problem with iOS encryption is that it stores the keychain for the encryption on the same drive. It has been proven previously that this "could" be cracked. All of this however is null and defunct if someone can gain access to the phone using one of the vulnerabilitys that Apple have had to keep patching for...the most recent being a Siri problem 3 days ago as detailed here: http://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2014/05/12/open-the-iphone-door-siri-apples-digital-helper/ .To date there have been no vulnerabilities for current versions of BB10. i won't even touch on Android...
Blackberry has always been aimed at the enterprise market, not enterprise apps. It just so happened they fell behind in the consumer market after being the leaders for a few years. However, and I had this discussion with a Canadian iPhone user while I was in Vegas, I would challenge anyone to do anything on their iPhone 5 or Galaxy S5 that I can't do quicker on my 18 month old BlackBerry Z10.
With regard to the enterprise market, most if not all mobile operating systems can be forced through an MDM (Mobile Device Management) solution, including iOS, Android, Windows Phone and BlackBerry, to ensure the security of the device, the apps on it and the information it might contain. However, BlackBerry took over as the enterprise leader because of the number of policies that could be applied to handset and the actual granularity and logging of what was happening on them all thanks to BlackBerry Enterprise Server (BES). From my experience, iOS and Android are unable to offer the same sort of control of devices through the market leading MDM solution as can be provided on BB10 using BES10.
It was announced yesterday though that BlackBerry may soon be allowing more control of their handsets using other MDM solutions. We'll wait to see how that pans out.
To go back to this thread topic...
I am still gobsmacked that on O2, I am unable to upgrade my BlackBerry to the latest phone. To @Chris_K I guess I have to ask the question:
"What was it about the Blackberry Z10 and Z30 that meant they weren't the best devices for your customers (compared to the Q5 and Q10), and ensuring they didn't work for O2?"
Sorry for the length of this whole post haha
