Unified inbox. / Blackberry app potential?

[Jordan Gibson1]

Would you buy for lets say 3.99 or something, the Hub for your phone? assuming BB gave it full functionality.

I got my G4 and coming from a Passport, I love it except for that unified inbox, that thing was glorious. So I thought I would ask this community, would you pay, not steal, demand free. Pay. for such an expierence? I have some personal opinions on where BB is headed (without ranting, I will say the company will not fold), and Im curious if as a community you would pay for certain experiences you had on previous devices.

FWIW I think a low end qwerty droid from BB could do very well. I hope the new vienna is such a phone.

 

[Billy Bob Jimmy Joe]

I would pay for the Hub. Only if it works well. What I would want is probably a BB10 launcher that has all the swipe and peak features, and of course the Hub.

Sony Xperia Z5 Compact

 

[Jordan Gibson1]

I would pay for the Hub. Only if it works well. What I would want is probably a BB10 launcher that has all the swipe and peak features, and of course the Hub.

Sony Xperia Z5 Compact

mmm I catch myself swiping my phone still... haha.

 

[Billy Bob Jimmy Joe]

mmm I catch myself swiping my phone still... haha.

Me, too. When I get notifications sometimes I find myself swiping up and right to go to the hub.

Sony Xperia Z5 Compact

 

[Batibreaker]

Me, too. When I get notifications sometimes I find myself swiping up and right to go to the hub.

Sony Xperia Z5 Compact

Ha ha same here.

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[Batibreaker]

I would pay for the Hub. Only if it works well. What I would want is probably a BB10 launcher that has all the swipe and peak features, and of course the Hub.

Sony Xperia Z5 Compact

Absolutely

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[Don McAskin]

Just buy the Blackberry PRIV has all you want. BB Hub is awesome, i would pay for it. But it belongs with a blackberry phone. Really need the Blackberry File manager, blackberry alarm clock, blackberry calculator. I would pay for all these apps in addition to the Hub. We were spoiled with these apps from blackberry, nothing i can find in Google play Comes close.

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[Batibreaker]

Just buy the Blackberry PRIV has all you want. BB Hub is awesome, i would pay for it. But it belongs with a blackberry phone. Really need the Blackberry File manager, blackberry alarm clock, blackberry calculator. I would pay for all these apps in addition to the Hub. We were spoiled with these apps from blackberry, nothing i can find in Google play Comes close.

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Actually I am talking about getting the productivity tools, NOT the phone, for me it is just way too expensive, and this reminds me how good BB10 was.

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[calicocat2010]

Actually I am talking about getting the productivity tools, NOT the phone, for me it is just way too expensive, and this reminds me how good BB10 was.

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Agree. I want the BlackBerry Experience SUITE they talked about months ago. I LOVE the S-pen, can't live without it. I use Hangouts too. Android has the Apps, BlackBerry 10 couldn't get developers on board. I still like BlackBerry, and would only come back if they make a killer flagship with a BlackBerry Pen. No Pen. No BlackBerry. I know I could just buy a Stylus pen, and I do have one, but it's better to have a pen ATTACHED to the phone. I can't lose it that way.

 

[Sean Fanelli]

The hub is great, loved it when I had my passport, would defiantly pay if they made an android app for all phones

 

[Morty2264]

First off, OP, do you frequent CrackBerry? Though I am now on Android and do not foresee a departure from the platform anytime soon, I still *love* BB and frequent those forums.

Coming from BB10 (Q10) to Android, I'm with you: I loved the Hub. Y'know, on Android, sometimes I get a bunch of different notifications from different apps; and it gets to the point that I sometimes delete them from my lockscreen, etc.; and forget they even exist. So if I could swipe to a Hub, where all my notifications were central, I feel like I would miss less notifications that way. I took the Hub for granted, I think - I loved it but then I accepted the Android notification systems and made do somewhat - I would pay money to have a Hub on my G3. Having all your emails, texts, app notifications, in one place; all easy to access; all from the same place; is just phenomenal.

I feel like some people do not give BlackBerry the recognition it deserves. The Hub was a phenomenal innovation for the platform and BB10 in general; and the OS is quite good. I feel like some people put it down without thinking about its benefits... Like, sure, we all have our preferences; but come on, every platform has its good and bad points. I'm not a huge fan of iOS but I can respect it for its straightforward OS and for the media advantages it brings with it.

... Anyways, sorry. I ranted. But yes, I would pay money for a Hub app on my phone. Absolutely.

 

[Morty2264]

Just buy the Blackberry PRIV has all you want. BB Hub is awesome, i would pay for it. But it belongs with a blackberry phone. Really need the Blackberry File manager, blackberry alarm clock, blackberry calculator. I would pay for all these apps in addition to the Hub. We were spoiled with these apps from blackberry, nothing i can find in Google play Comes close.

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I agree with you, a hundred percent.

 

[b.mike]

Me too really miss BB10, but the apps and the phone size (I got the Sony Z5 compact).

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[anon(2978616)]

I would definitely pay for the Hub! One of the main things I miss from my Blackberry phone.

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[bitek]

Blackberry hub is awesome. I have priv and I love it. I came from bb10 and I really liked the idea. The one on priv is not as good yet but it has huge potential. I think it is better to have one app handling all messaging. It is just more efficient that way. You should really check out priv. It is one really cool phone.

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[bitek]

I would definitely pay for the Hub! One of the main things I miss from my Blackberry phone.

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Just buy priv. I think blackberry should keep hub as exclusive. The reason why I pickup priv was the hub. I like it a lot. I know it is not as sophisticated as bb10 version but I am sure blackberry will improve on it. I just like to see everything in one place. Hub gives you good snapshot of day activity.

 

[anon(50597)]

If it had the exact same functionality as on BB10, then yes.