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- Studio: Buena Vista Pictures
- Release Date: Oct 20, 2006
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Jan 12, 2011what a movie! omg! no doubt, Chris Nolan is one of the best in the game! the cast, the plot, the twists..wonderful! genius..i'm speechless right now,i..i..i was blown away...vuf..100 out of 10! 100!!!!!
Dec 12, 2013The Prestige is a complex maze filled with countless twists and turns. Fortunately, the entire crew masterfully guides us away from all its dead ends through its great storyline, deep characters and immersive acting to get into its satisfying conclusion.
Jan 2, 2011Easily one of the best movies of this (last) decade. The actors were wonderful (Bale never disappoints, and Hugh has a natural charm that can't be beaten), the story was fantastic, the length was just perfect, and everything else was flat out amazing.
I recommend this movie to anyone with a love for great film.
Dec 8, 2013I am outraged that this movie received a single, let alone 447 positive reviews. I cannot use foul language here, as much as I feel the urge, so I will just say this: shame on all of those who gave this movie a positive review, regardless of whether they did it because they are stupid or just because they are liars. I can't afford to waste two hours like this anymore, and I would like a warning before I see a dumb plotted, predictable piece of excrement like this one here. Who could have imagined that one guy had a twin brother, and that true magic would come about produced by none other than Nikola Tesla?! And the lead characters' motives, ridiculous. At first he hates him because he caused his wife's death, but then he couldn't care less any more about his wife, he just wants to ruin his act and steal his lousy tricks. The other guy reciprocates wholeheartedly. If you wondering who he is and who the other he is, you weren't paying attention. It's completely unimportant. Who cares. It just an awful, awful, aaaawful movie. If you haven't seen it, I envy you. Stay away!!!… Expand
Sep 4, 2012This is Christopher Nolan at his best. The ending provides a bigger twist than even Momento, and it is an enjoyable watch the entire time. The perspective is interesting because it is either in a variety of intricate ways. Great story, great acting, and great directing; all around an amazing film.
Dec 30, 2013"The audience loves to be fooled". The first time I watched the Prestige I indeed was fooled, but if you take the time to watch it again and really follow closely then you will be greatly rewarded, as I believe this is one of the most intelligent films ever created.
Jan 21, 2011Great acting by Bale, Jackman, and Johansson even though it lacked the support from the other actors to give it a good acting grade. However, Nolan decides to put yet another new idea on the board just to simply add to his already prestigious resume.
Mar 13, 2014Really good film. Did not understand but that was certainly the point; to blur the line between illusion and reality. In thst way, the film is a huge magic trick as it leaves you wondering how they just pulled off what they pulled off and what reality actually is. In that way, this film is a major accomplishment. Nolan is really on the top of his game here. Bale and Jackman were also great leads and while they were not in a ton of scenes together, they were undoubtedly dominated the screen. Another major plus was the costume design and the sets. As a period piece, they did a great job establishing the feel of the era. I also liked the undercurrent of rivalry in everything in the film. It was a really nice touch.
Main complaint is that it was very hard to follow since it jumped around a lot. This was a huge problem in the beginning, but by the end, more things made sense. But, the editing bothered me a lot as scenes seemed to be a mishmash with little care put towards continuity and flow.… Expand
Dec 25, 2013This movie is awesome. It has a great cast, set with a great plot in one of the best time periods for magicians. The whole time you're wondering things like "how does he do it". He doesn't tell you until the end. The ending can be a bit confusing at first, but it does go back a bit so you can understand it. It's more complicated than some of the stuff in Inception, but the film is still good nevertheless.… Expand
Jan 15, 2014Good and exciting, original and dark. Loved every moment. Amazingly satisfying ending. The complaints of it being too complicated are unjust, if u can't keep up with the plot i think it's mostly your fault and not the movie's because all the large plot twists had many clues that foreshadowed them throughout the movie.
Mar 31, 2014The viewer is allowed to question and ponder throughout The Prestige, but Nolan doesn't undermine the audience when he gives them the oppourtunity to know the answer from the beginning. A perfect equilibrium in mystery storytelling. The acting may not be at its best, but it is saved by the charm and faults of both lead roles and Michael Caine takes the torch of guide and accomplice with undaunted and unstated pride. If it were not for a vapid 'Love B' story, this film could be argued to be the best of 2006. This is and will be Nolan's 'grows on you' film.… Expand
Aug 23, 2010It took two viewings for me to fully appreciate The Prestige. I loved it the first time, but mostly because of the questions it left me with. The second time it just clicked and stirred up so many ideas and thoughts, I felt like I actually had witnessed something magical. There is so much going on in this movie, at times you lose yourself. The beauty of the film is in the intricacies of the plot. When asked at the start of the film, "Are you watching closely?" I only thought I was.
There are three parts to a magic trick. It begins with The Pledge. This establishes the illusion to be performed. Next comes the Turn. The Turn is the heart of any magic trick and initiates the perversion of reality. But actually doing the trick only prefaces undoing it. This part is called The Prestige. The title of the film is The Prestige for three reasons. The first involves rival magicians deadly pursuit of each other's Prestige. The second deals with the significance of consequence. Algiers and Borden never seem to learn they are responsible for their actions. Finally, The Prestige is aptly titled because it's about the pay off and quite literally the "undoing" of certain elements that made up the majority of the film. It is about refuting the false notions and suppositions audiences might cling to when watching.
Dueling magicians provide an intriguing stage to explore the competitive nature of man. On the surface, Algiers(Jackman) and Borden(Bale) seem well intentioned. Each wants a family, home and success as a magician. However, the basest characteristics of any type of performer are suspect in this film. Truth seems an empty word to all who speak it. Not one character in the film can be trusted. It sets up an interesting predicament as a viewer used to bonding with a usual protagonist. These characters endure countless pains and just when you start to care, they get back up and cause even more pain. The beautiful, horrible cycle within The Prestige reminds me of Nolan's Memento. Vengeance can be seductive; so much so, that the things each character thought they wanted become irrelevant.
Director, Christopher Nolan, dissects the boundaries man claims to put on himself. How far are we willing to go for success? Are we willing to get our hands dirty? What are we willing to sacrifice? The answers to these questions for Borden and Algiers are played out during the film, but they resonate past the narrative. Morality can't be part of a magician's repertoire because risk and death are essential to winning an audience. Nolan re-imagines death in this film. It is likened to the limits of human will. The "undoing" of death, or Prestige, comes at a high price. Our capacity to harm or love ourselves and others is unrestrained. Life is The Pledge, death is The Turn and then comes The Prestige.… Expand
Sep 6, 2010This movie had me interested at the start. Watching them perform these magic tricks were astounding. The story about the bitter rivalry doesn't get points for originality, but it gets points because Jackman's and Bale's characters bring it to lengths that make you interested. it has quite a bit of funny moments, dramatic moments, suspenseful moments, and any other kind of moments. I kept my eyes glued to the screen from start to finish. It says on the cover: "You want to see it again the second it's over" and that is true.… Expand
Dec 29, 2010This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I loved the twist in this movie, it's one where you are stunned and unsure what to think. I loved the actors and the magic tricks. It had a great plot, and my family loves it. Although I was rather disappointed the brother had to die.… Expand
Jul 31, 2011what a movie! omg! no doubt, Chris Nolan is one of the best in the game! the cast, the plot, the twists..wonderful! genius..i'm speechless right now,i..i..i was blown away...vuf..100 out of 10! 100!!!!!
Jan 31, 2011This movie packs a surprising punch at the end! You don't wanna miss out on any opportunity to watch this movie, pay close attention if you even want to seem semi smart to your friends! I assure you it will confuse, and baffle you with powerful plot twists and turns! The last twist... you will never see coming! First time watchers prepare to be confused! Multiple watchers have a step up in knowing what is going on in this wonderful thriller THE PRESTIGE… Expand
Feb 21, 2011I know some won't agree with me here, but, easily one of Christopher Nolan's best films. The script is impeccable, the editing is damn near perfect, and the cinematography is just what we come to expect from Wally Pfister, the best. A terrific film and a great bridge between Batman Begins and The Dark Knight. Christopher Nolan hones his craft with every film he makes.
Mar 4, 2011"Are you watching closely?"
Set In the 19th century, this film tells the tale of three friends. Robert Angier (Hugh Jackman), his wife Julia and Alfred Borden (Christian Bale) are assistants to a magician. When a water tank trick goes horribly wrong, Robert and Alfred become bitter rivals in the magic industry, trying anything to ruin each others illusions.
With one of the best cast line ups in recent years, thereâ… Expand
Apr 7, 2011Christopher Nolan never seizes to impress me, the magicians have nothing on this mans mind! I thought that the film was very good, I am a big fan of christian bale anyway so the fact that he was in this film was a must watch for me.
The narrative showed that bitterness and rivalry ultimately gets you nowhere in the end.throughout the film i felt that hugh jackmans character was the more charming and innocent out of the two of them however as the plot began to unravel at the end i did feel deep sympathy for christian bales character. that soon goes away though when the twist is revieled. which is a amazing twist non the less of all his other twists and turns in all his other films.
I recommend this film 10/10… Expand
Nov 4, 2012great movie, the relationship between the two protagonists from good friends to sworn rivals is portrayed amazingly. although the ending was a little too sci-fi at the end for my taste, it doesn't spoil the rest of the movie. The acting is great, plot is consistent and with a good pace, and character development is good too. Overall a great movie
Aug 25, 2011In the history of gimmick pictures, The Prestige stands as the Citizen Kane of the bunch. Many would immediately take the word "gimmicky" and make it automatically negative. Well, it is not. Gimmicks are everywhere, in great films and crappy films alike (tell me, would Jaws have been half as good if they'd shown the shark?). The key to a great gimmick film, and a lousy one is that when you have a gimmick, you have to use to the best of its abilities. If a filmmaker were to just toss in a gimmick, and go nowhere with it (i.e. Vantage Point), then the film is nothing but a gimmicky trainwreck. The Prestige, on the other hand, uses its gimmick technique to the full degree. The idea that every magic trick has three parts, and nothing is ever what it seems. The movie is so committed to this gimmick, it builds the entire film around it.… Expand
Apr 14, 2014This movie reminded me of The Illusionist. The acting, production, and general execution are all brilliant, but the story ends with a tired cliche. The writers must have been stuck on how to wrap up the The Prestige, so tossed in some unsatisfying science fiction at the end.
Sep 24, 2012I think it's worth pointing out that this film is rather more intelligent than complicated. It showed this by hooking you in via the first few minutes with the scenario and then explaining in depth about it from different perspectives. That's one of the first films I've ever seen do that and it remained intriguing throughout - and the end! That was probably the best ending I've ever seen! There was no loose ends, but with what the film gave you, it left you awe-inspired and shocked - who was who and what really went on? I was fascinated by the psychological aspects - it helped unearth more of the more disturbing characteristics of humanity - obsession and revenge. When you look at it, the magician's theme reflected these secrecies and psychological tricks that were employed. The actors were amazing - I didn't think Hugh Jackman and Christian Bale would star in a film together, but who cares, they were a perfect pair! It's just like Batman versus Wolverine but with magic. Despite that, the science alongside magic was a bit interfering as I was still more interested in finding out the surprise over surprise that continued to entertain me. Try not to big it up too much, Mr Nolan, you're brilliant at directing, but just try not to make it appear too big before it becomes a confusing, bloated mess.… Expand
Jan 19, 2012Easily one of the best movies i've ever watched. Very enrapturing and its got everything in it from drama, suspense, romance and outstanding performances. I've seen this movie numerous times and each time enjoy it! Definitely a must watch for movie lovers!
Jan 28, 2013The Prestige is a simple example of what Christopher Nolan is capable of outside of his Batman universe.
It's brilliant, sometimes brutal, throughly thought-provoking but most of all, vastly entertaining.
We see two egotistical and **** amateur magicians, Robert Angier (Hugh Jackman) and Alfred Borden (Christian Bale) attempting to make their way in 19th Century London.
Overseeing them is their mentor and stage engineer, John Cutter (Michael Caine), acting as a mentor and father to the aspiring masters.
Much like Memento, The Prestige is told in a completely non-linear fashion, while off-putting to some, Nolan used this technique to create a wonderfully emotional yet tragic story as to how these magicians started as friends, but became mortal enemies.
What is most intriguing about this story is one mans mission to outdo the other by any means necessary, and the others attempt at being too proud to reveal his desires or mistakes, some fatal.
We see quite a timeframe in this film also, chronicling the lives of these two individuals, with a superb performances from both lead actors, and great performances from Scarlett Johansson and Rebecca Hall.
The two smaller roles in the film but well acted and significant are that of David Bowie and Andy Serkis.
Bowie plays Nikolay Tesla, an inventor, he possesses a very vague but interesting persona that only Bowie could have portrayed. Serkis plays Tesla;s assistant, Mr Alley.
The screen chemistry between Jackman and Bale is a privilege to watch, these to wonderful actors really engross themselves in their roles, we feel their pain, we laugh when they laugh, they fit together quite brilliantly through their excellent presence onscreen and through Nolan's sharp direction.
With some truly remarkable set pieces, its hard not too love magicians. Something so simple as making a ball disappear seems legendary when Christian Bale does it, he conveys his emotion into every scene and deserves the recognition he deserves.
With a wonderfully twisted and jaw-dropping final act, or 'prestige', this film cements itself not only as a film by Christopher Nolan, but a film bursting so much with charisma and gritty realism of the supernatural, its difficult to find faults with such a remarkable piece of cinema. One thing is for sure, you should be watching closely...… Expand
Feb 24, 2013The Prestige is vintage Christopher Nolan. A dark, twisted, visually appealing story. I enjoyed this movie a lot, but I must admit, for most of it, I had no idea what was happening. It was a cool story, about two rival magicians trying to discredit one another. While I enjoyed what I was seeing, the story just twisted and turned in ways I couldn't really follow. I know I loved watching it, but afterwards I was still like what the hell? The ending was the most confusing part, not real sure what happened there, maybe one day I'll get it. This film had the star power, one of Hollywood's best directors, and a unique story, but it's going to be hard for a lot of people to follow. I've seen 1000's of films, and it's not often that I get to say, I didn't really get it, especially with something I enjoyed, but I guess Christopher Nolan will do that to ya!… Expand
Aug 28, 2014A story of rivalry, magic, cheating, madness, and friendship that once broken tears both men apart.
The movie seems to move a little aimlessly sometimes. It brings together past and present, but it is done pretty smoothly and reveals us a fact after another, eventually creating a story full of layers of deceit and shock.
Hugh Jackman and Christian Bale offer us top-notch performance as tortured men who lost their way a long time ago; what they really wanted is long lost beneath anger and something masked as professional rivalry.
The plot if quite thrilling to the very end, making the viewer wait for the final answer.… Expand
Jan 23, 2012If you liked the Illusionist, you'll absolutely love this! Christopher Nolan is probably one of the greatest film writers of all time. He can make a simple story into a complete plot-twister of a film. I have loved all his movies and I'm not sure if he will make a bad one. They have gotten better every time.
May 11, 2012The Prestige combines a passionate rivalry between two magicians with the elusive art of magic itself, and voila! the world has another masterpiece by Christopher Nolan. Brilliant.
Mar 20, 2012Brilliantly executed story and the acting is above superb. I had no doubt with the cast line up that the acting would be anything less than well, magical. This truly is the best film I've seen since Inception and I truly wonder why I have not heard more people going on about this film. Could it be too complicated for most audiences? I really hope that is not the case because the film is too extraordinarily awesome to go unseen. The only reason I didn't rate the film a 10 out of 10 is due to the complicated nature of the film. If it had been easier to understand, like Inception, which isn't all that easy, I would have given it that 10. At the same time, if the film was any simpler I don't know if it would be as mind blowing as it is. Thank you Mr. Nolan for another original and unusually fantastic ride! For my full review, visit http://visuallyimpairedreviews.blogspot.com/2012/03/prestige.html… Expand
Jul 1, 2012The Prestige explores the drive behind obession, the allure of magic tricks, and much more. A film that is perfectly balanced and wonderfully executed. The dark theme of the movie only helps to deliver the message and convey every amazing little detail. This is why I love Christopher Nolan.
Mar 10, 2013The Prestige was a well done and entertaining movie. Both Christian Bale and Hugh Jackman did a great job in their respective roles and even David Bowie did a good job playing Nikola Tesla. The directing of the movie was good as well and I have no complaints in that department. For the most part this film had good plot twists but the biggest twist of the movie was so ridiculous that it was laughable. The only reason I didn't rate this movie higher was because of the twist at the end. Honestly it almost ruined the movie for me. It was a very Shyamalanish twist. All I can say is, What a twist!… Expand
Jul 19, 2012This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. This one of my favorite movies. Of course the illusion gives the movie did very well. Every dialogue of the movie is fabulous and so real.................................................… Expand
Nov 4, 2012A special movie. At first, the intricacies of the plot are hard to follow and the performances difficult to fully be appreciated. That being said, it gets better after every viewing. I honestly look forward to the next time I see it having just seen it for the third time.
Aug 16, 2014If you haven't, you ABSOLUTELY SHOULD watch the movie "the prestige" with Christian Bale and Hugh Jackman. I am absolutely in love with Christian Bale AND Christopher Nolan. Christopher Nolan, in my opinion, makes THE BEST movies EVER and Christian Bale is the greatest actor today. Yes, there are lots of great directors and actors, but they can't make EVERY SINGLE ONE of their movies SO GREAT. Except for Quentin Tarantino.... He and Nolan are the best. But if Quentin makes fun movies that are not always serious, then Nolan makes the best thrilers! I can't forget his The Dark Knight series, Memento, and now, The Prestige. You absolutely should watch The Prestige.… Expand
Jan 29, 2013Interesting a memorable characters, perfectly cast, great art direction and costuming, this movie has everything to make it not only the closest I've ever seen to a film capturing the essence of a novel, but the closest I've seen to a perfectly layered and written film. Beautiful stuff.
Feb 4, 2013Amazing movie, mind blowing. Christopher Nolan, you have done it again! Nolan is best known for his twist endings, and the ending of this one was his best. Bonus points for using Scarlett Johansson.
Jun 3, 2014This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. For me, this movie was a disappiontment, because of two things. Two fatal flaws that ruined the whole experience for me.
1st: I couldn't care about rivalry of Jackman's and Bale's character, because I didn't root for any of them. They were both bitter, and blind, and I didn't sympathize with them. As a Rival movie I'd rather recommend watching AlPacino's and Robert Deniro's "Heat", which had a way more interesting duel between, where both characters were interesting and reasonable.
2nd: That machine. That f*ckin machine. SPOILERS on the way..: You have a machine that can duplicate anything. Man, woman, cat, dog, food, money, gold, anything. And what does Jackman's character do with it? Do something that can help the people?PFFFF. NO. HE USES IT FOR THAT GODDAMN TELEPORTING TRICK..*sigh* But you know what? Okay. Let's say he just doesnt care about anything else on this planet (*cough*selfish bastard*cough*), but that one trick. Okay. I understand it. I don't agree but I understand it....BUT, WHY IN THE MOTHERF*CKING, BLODDY, *SSR*PING HELL DOES TESLA GIVE SUCH A GREAT MACHINE TO SUCH AN IDIOT? OR TO ANYONE? One of my friends said because it didn't work as he intended. But, GOD, there were hundreds of scientist who discovered, and invented things accidentally. Is Tesla really that choosy.? I don't believe it. No, I, I just can't.
Apart from that, the movie was enjoyable. Dark, but enjoyable with an interesting twist at the end. Now that I think about it, Christian Bale's story was at least well-thought-out, well, compared to Jackman's story. If you like stories played in the old England, with great actors, with half-a-good-story and you can forget about the Machine and hpw they use it (NOT THAT EASY.) then maybe you can enjoy this movie more than I did. (not a big praise, is it?).… Expand
Apr 8, 2013i spent about 15 minutes just thinking after the movie ended this is just one of the movies that remind you how christopher nolan a true genies.
the writing was a spectacular the direction was astonishing and the main characters were amazing this is enough elements to make a successful movie.
i think that this is one of the few movies that actually blow you away.
Jun 19, 2013Easily one of the best movies about magic. Christopher Nolan shoots every piece of this movie perfectly and many of the twists you don't see coming at all.
Jun 11, 2013This is my favorite movie of all time, and probably always will be. For many years before I saw this movie, I was unsure of my "favorite" movie, there was always 5 in a mix of movies I would mention. I can't count how many times I've watched this movie, even knowing how it ends, it still tickles me just right. Nolan is a genious. Caine, Bale & Jackman are at their best here.
Jun 10, 2013Probably one of the best films ever made. I want to watch it again and again. Nolan's films are the best. This is a three time must-see. Don't understand the critics but the end and the whole film are extremely outstanding and marvellous. Bravo
Jun 14, 2013Brilliant. Breathtaking. Epic.
Loved everything in the movie.. the plot, the characters and the cast, the direction, and the soundtrack !
One of my all-time top 10 movies
Jul 5, 2014The Prestige is an mysterious and magical movie that truly gives your brain something to work with.
The film's structure is similar to Memento but is less confusing, which I really admire. This doesn't mean that it's free from deficiencies, because it's not, and that's because the structure of the film is a little confusing and the soundtrack wasn't touching at all. But with great actors, much entertaining scenes, a magical ending and a high amount of unique things that we never have seen before is The Prestige a huge movie which I must recommend to everyone (and to see twice).
A classic work from our beloved director Christopher Nolan.
The Prestige gets a 8/10… Expand
Aug 20, 2014"The Prestige is an interesting film about a rivalry between two magicians, but when the twist happens, you will be disappointed by its predictability, thus spoiling the rest of the movie". 5/10.
This is what I wrote while watching this movie, (I wrote it down about 5 minutes from the end) and I was going submit it as my review; until I saw the last three seconds of the movie. My rating has jumped to 8/10. I shall say no more, except that the greatest trick Nolan pulled on me was almost making me believe he had made a very predictable and dull movie. But, he continues to amaze me, as 3 seconds of a movie can make such a difference.… Expand
Oct 18, 2013Awesome movie i ever seen in life...chris nolan is the best and my fav director...
i think this movie made, cause the director is chris nolan...
the cast, the plot, the twists..wonderful! genius..i'm speechless right now...
Mar 6, 2014I love it this film. The film tells the rivalry between two wizards that they start being friends and the and as the rivalry between the two ends up destroying their lives. the film has an impressive and surprising end. See a film second time, we can appreciate more details.
Jul 17, 2014The Prestige was quite interesting with all the magic tricks that are impossible to pull off contained in it, and the acting was magnificent as well as the story.
Jun 12, 2014The ideas are great but I don't think they could have executed it any worse. The Prestige attempts at being grand, intriguing, thought provoking and intelligent but it fails at achieving any of those traits. Nolan has always had the problem of not developing his characters well enough, but this was his worst attempt. I couldn't care less about the characters or about their ridiculous sibling rivalry. All the characters are wooden, emotionless and almost heartless. The Prestige loses all it's charm within the first 15 minutes. The cinematography is decent and Bale and Jackman keep it interesting for a while but even their attempts turn monotonous after a few moments. Their was absolutely no place where I could involve myself emotionally. Nolan tried to save the entire film with the grand finale but frankly it doesn't work that way. I was extremely disappointed with this film considering the insurmountable hype around it when it first came out. People these days are too easy to please. Let's just say I won't be recommending the Prestige to too many people.… Expand
May 22, 2014Oh my god this film. I don't know how to describe it: if you have a working brain, watch it. That's amazing. Mr. Nolan confirms another time that sometimes you NEED something different from random exploding cars and bullets everywhere. The first time i saw it, at the last minutes, i wasreally confused and i thought "yes, that's a good movie, but it's too complicated. And obviously i'm going to see an ending like 'it was only a dream' or something like that". But the ending was one of the best moment of my life. In a second I understood everything and i felt a feeling like "oh my god i can't believe that just happened oh my god". Now stop reading reviews on metacritic, just see that film.… Expand
Jun 8, 2014Really enjoyed this movie. If you overlook the plot holes, it is quite gripping and eventful. Better than the final batman and one of Christopher Nolan's best. 8/10
Nov 9, 2014The Prestige is a complex maze filled with countless twists and turns. Fortunately, the entire crew masterfully guides us away from all its dead ends through its great storyline, deep characters and immersive acting to get into its satisfying conclusion.
Audiences might enjoy this cinematic sleight of hand, but the key characters are such single-minded, calculating individuals that the real magic would be to find any heart in this tale.
Clearly, director Nolan is aiming for something else. But the delight in sheer gamesmanship that marked his breakout "Memento" doesn't survive this project's gimmickry and aspirations toward "Les Miserables"-style epic passion.
The result is a lopsided yet absorbing movie in which the director is less drawn to his main characters than to those on the periphery.


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You knew it was coming -- the death of the "like" meaning anything -- at least for commercial entities.
The party's over for advertisers on Facebook–at least for those brands who were enjoying the free advertising they received through "organic" posts, i.e. brand messages that would pop in people's news feeds like any other status update from a friend. Starting next year, Facebook will start weeding those organic posts out, reports WSJ.
Only about 5% of these "reach" people now; after the first of the year, zero.
The impact of this is quite profound: "Likes" no longer result in anything meaningful in terms of penetration of your message. This turns the model up until now on its ear; you could promote your company through doing things that led people to "like" you, but now you must instead simply buy advertising, and what's worse, all that effort you spent in the past has been devalued to zero.
Here's the real problem Facebook has -- does advertising actually sell on their network?
That is, does it result in tangible benefit that exceeds cost? I don't think it can given the metrics the company reports in terms of how much advertising revenue it is getting today on a per-user basis. The only logical explanation for this is that firms think they're getting the rest of the value (and more, since you must make a profit all-in on your advertising or it's simply burning money instead of investing it in your brand) from their "organic" traffic -- that is, the "Likes"!
Well, that's gone now folks, and there goes the only rational explanation for the revenue number in the first place.
This looks like a classic case of business hubris to me, and if I'm right this firm crashes and burns in a big way during 2015.
The news last week was not that BlackBerry rolled out BES12. That was expected.
Nor was it that service revenue from BB7 phone users (the former company "bread-n-butter") will continue to contract and eventually reach zero. That was also both known and expected.
No, the news was the Samsung partnership deal to manage Knox-enabled handsets.
Samsung is much larger than BlackBerry as both a company and market penetration. Samsung's "Knox" product, however, while being an effective virtualization model for the Linux-powered handsets it sells (which all Android phones in fact run under the hood) does not have an effective Samsung management product to go with it.
Now it does, and BlackBerry produces it in the form of BES12.
BlackBerry has somewhere north of 5 million BES12 users either on paying or trial subscriptions. Samsung shipped or sold that many S5 phones in May of this year alone.
That's just one phone line, of course, and new releases will also be Knox-enabled, all of which can then be managed on a corporate network using BES12 with that being the actively-promoted solution by Samsung.
My personal view is that while the Android is "serviceable" the BlackBerry Passport is a far-superior device in essentially every dimension. It's fast, it has a monster battery in it that delivers, it is extremely secure out of the box and the interoperability with Android is excellent. It's a flagship phone with excellent build quality and wins not only on functionality but style, which in the professional world does matter.
But Samsung does and will continue to sell a hell of a lot of phones -- including into BYOD and enterprise channels. Those going into large and mid-sized enterprises, where there is sensitive data that will be on the device, need a competent management platform.
BES12 is that platform and by being co-marketed in a partnership deal with Samsung BlackBerry may have, over the next couple of years, actually added a zero to the number of BES12 licenses it sells, each of which comes with recurring revenue.
If that materializes then the firm is dramatically undervalued as the cash flow from BES12 licenses have a gross margin approaching 100%. That, in turn, assuming the Passport and Classic both turn out to be profitable, argue for a sales figure expansion of more than 100% within the next 12-24 months beyond analyst models.
There are of course execution risks -- big ones. But since Chen has taken the helm of the company the firm is getting the software out on time and on-plan, BB10 v 10.3.1, which I am running now on my Passport, is a tremendous step forward (particularly considering the inclusion of Blend) and provided the company continues to execute and begins returning a profit within the next two quarters I believe you're looking at a company with a $30 stock price 18-24 months out.
PS: There is also the possibility, which nobody is talking about, of BlackBerry licensing BB10 to Samsung. Should that happen and result in an OS choice for their future devices the licensing revenue would utterly dwarf anything that the company would likely put up on pure hardware sales -- with a near 100% margin as well. I suspect that is being discussed behind the scenes but have no way to handicap it.
First, read my original review -- you need it for context.
What follows are my observations after a couple of weeks with the Passport as my only mobile device.
If you're one of the 30-second attention span Americans, let me distill it down: Buy this device. It's that good.
Now let's go into the details for those who are willing to pay attention.
First, I now have 10.3.1 (a "leaked" version of the OS) on the Passport. It is not flawless, but this is unreleased software, and thus should be expected to have a few bugs. The key word here is this: A few.
Most-specifically, the current load (1016) that I have includes a battery saving mode that you can have the phone automatically turn on when the battery gets to a certain level or when you put it in "bedside" mode (which I talked about in my earlier review.) It's buggy, and if you try to use it you can get a flickering screen at some point in the future that is extremely annoying. For now the answer is similar to what the doctor will tell you if you complain that it hurts when you hit your head with a hammer: Don't do that. That's the most-serious "bug" in this firmware version that I've found, incidentally.
I'm on the fence in regard to RF performance at this time. The Passport gets utterly outrageous data rates on LTE; I've seen well beyond 25Mbps on a couple of occasions, which is beyond good and into the realm of silly-fast. It also is a bit aggressive with network reselection, which is bad as it can lead you to drop a signal where you might be able to keep it. This particularly comes into play if you're in a steel building close to the ground. Overall I'm satisfied with the RF, but I'd like BlackBerry to spend a bit more time fine-tuning the radio firmware (which they can and have in the past done with their other models, and I expect they will here as well.)
The camera has continued to live up to my expectations; my original note on over-sharpening holds but I remain impressed with both resolution and the optical stabilization, along with the camera in general. As with previous BB10 devices the camera has a hardware assist built in and can shoot unlimited-length burst frame captures at somewhere close to 10fps, which is exemplary for a cellphone and actually out-shoots (in terms of fps) my very expensive dSLR. It remains, however, a small-sensor device with wide depth-of-field comparatively, and always will be as will all other cellphone cameras. For the physical limitations imposed by size it acquits itself well and outshoots a number of others in the space including the iPhone in many situations. I rank it as comparable but different (the iPhone is better in some conditions, the Passport in others.)
If you use your phone outdoors (ever) you'll find the Passport is completely usable in full sunlight. It's the first phone I've ever used that is -- including the preview for the camera. You do not need to shade it with your body for the screen to be visible outdoors even on a bright, sunny day.
A very pleasant surprise has been found in the video player -- it properly handles "high" profile H.264 video files. That is, full high-def. Many Apple (and other) products do not properly handle anything other than "Baseline", the simplest option. In addition to handling them internally for watching on the phone itself it will also "Play" them to a visible network device. This means you can (assuming you have the storage capacity) carry around high-def (1080p) movies and play them on a big-screen device. Many mobile devices cannot handle the "high" H.264 profile option as it requires materially more power in decompression. The advantage this profile brings is better quality (by quite a bit) for a given file size. It won't matter much (if at all) if you are watching on the little screen, but if you want to be able to plug in an HDMI cable or use "Play On" it suddenly becomes quite important -- provided you're willing to deal with the (much, typically 4x) larger file size involved in carrying high profile video around and provided your target can handle "High" profile playback as well. But there's a problem to go with the joy that would otherwise be present -- the phone refuses to store files over 4Gb on the SD card, even if you're using a >32Gb card with the requisite exFAT filesystem that allows >4Gb files. That's both dumb and broken BlackBerry. (As an aside a shocking number of "set top" devices cannot handle high or even main profile H.264 properly or at all, especially if you allow embedded DTS soundtracks to be encoded -- including most networked Sony BluRay players. Fancy that; a phone with more capability and power than a set-top device....)
10.3.1 brings an excellent profile customization feature to the phone and reduces the need for add-on apps like BeBuzz. Specifically you can customize the LED color, vibration and tone for a particular type of message event and, if you wish, override that on a per-contact basis. The latter would be even more-excellent if you could so only for certain notification profiles, but you can't -- if you say "this contact can ring through with tone X" it does even if the phone is in "silent" mode. That's a bummer; I want the ability to say "this contact override is only applicable in the following profiles: x, y, z." Are you listening BlackBerry; such a "checkbox" for the profiles that a custom contact notification preference list applies to would be trivial to add.
The Android screen-size selection is improved on 10.3.1, not that the 10.3.0 version needed much improvement. 10.3.1 adds a separate "portrait" mode that may be useful for some apps, particularly games. I use the "choose your aspect" feature a lot with Android apps (setting it to "zoomed out", or Tablet mode most of the time), and find it to be one of the best features on the device of all. Android apps that can recognize tablet mode and use it are not especially common but when you run into one you no longer have a phone display, you have a tablet display and that's a ground-breaking feature considering you can choose to use it (or not) on a per-app basis and it's sticky across invocations. This is a capability that native Android devices have not figured out -- if you want it the Passport is, at present, the only way to get it.
One complaint I've had with all previous BlackBerry 10 devices is that if you leave the "swipe to wake" feature enabled and the phone is in your pocket there is a risk, especially when doing active things outdoors, of triggering it. This can either result in "using" some of your password attempts or worse, potentially butt-dialing 911. The Passport completely eliminates this because it allows keyboard shortcuts -- as a result you can run with the "swipe to wake" off and instead of hitting the power button pressing "U then ENTER" on the keyboard the phone wakes up. In addition the "butt dial" 911 risk has been removed as the phone now brings up an actual keypad and requires dialing the "911" rather than having a single-button "emergency call" option when locked. The only downside to using the "U + ENTER" option is that the keypad is not lit until the "U" is pressed; at night you can't see where the U is. BlackBerry could address this by turning on the keyboard backlight with any keypress when the phone senses darkness; that's a feature they should add. But as it stands this unlock option is almost equally easy and quick compared against a swipe, plus with the advanced interaction enabled (pick it up and it wakes) I don't need to use the keyboard except when pulling the phone from my pocket. Indeed, the "advanced interaction" feature makes turning off swipe-to-wake viable for all the other devices too, since the only time you need to hit the power button to wake the phone is, again, when removing it from a pocket -- when picking up from a flat surface it will wake automatically.
Note that 10.3.1 elimimates flash support from the browser. I know there will be howling about this but the fact remains that Adobe has deprecated flash for mobile devices and it is becoming a larger problem from a security-and-patch point of view over time. Youtube has supported both HTML5 and Flash for quite a while -- as have some other sites such as CNBC. The lazy web sites are going to have to cut the crap if they want to keep viewers over time, especially on mobile devices. On the other side of the coin the auto-font-resize bug that all previous versions of BB10 since 10.1 have had where it would occasionally pick an incorrect (and very hard to read) font size is finally gone; the browser now properly resizes automatically for the screen size and resolution in all cases I've tested. I consider all of the browser changes, on balance, to be a quite-material net improvement.
10.3.1 allows you to de-select background running permission for Android apps. This is very useful, as those apps can be horrific battery pigs, and the only way to stop it on native Android devices is to not load the app at all! 10.3.1 allows you the choice of either permitting minimized operation or not. "Not", by the way, is the right choice for most from a battery consumption point of view. Now let us shut off any other Android permission we don't want to grant BlackBerry -- yes, I know that can break some apps but I don't care -- it should be my choice on an individual permission basis as it is with native BB10 applications.
BlackBerry has done something quite amazing with regard to standby power consumption -- specifically, they have cut it markedly on 4g and particularly on 4gLTE service. Standby consumption was typically in the ~0.3-0.4 watt area on previous handsets -- not ridiculous, but high enough to matter considering that on WiFi it was typically 0.1-0.15 watt. The LTE standby power drain is now often equal to that on WiFi, which means when the phone is idle it no longer matters in terms of preference of WiFi over cellular data. Getting instrumented information on this is difficult with some phones; BB10 has provided the "hooks" necessary to do so for a long time and as such battery apps have been able to do better than guess since the early days.
To go along with standby battery consumption is another factor -- this phone will accept charge at a very high rate. Make sure you have a full 2.1 amp USB charging source for best results; it will suck down the full rate if your charger can provide it, which makes for quick "reloads" if and when the need arises. I don't have a higher-rate source than 2.1A to see if it can accept charge at even higher rates; it will be interesting to find out if and when such a charger is released "in the wild." Note that if you have a long, thin USB cord with this phone that will limit your charging rate.
I must reiterate my issue with relationship to IMAP email accounts -- and BlackBerry, please listen to me here. It is necessary to make possible the selection of what happens when you "delete" a message. Thunderbird (and most other clients) give you the option of either immediately deleting the message, marking it deleted (but not removing it until you perform an "expunge" command) or archiving it to a folder of your selection. If BlackBerry implements this in their email client then fully-merged, multi-platform, multi-client email becomes reasonable for most users of the Passport. As it stands right now I am effectively forced to keep doing what I've been doing for a decade (due to phone client limitations) -- echo all email to a separate "phone only" account, which means I need to delete a message twice, since on the phone "delete means really delete, right now." That's unacceptable in a world where delete has to mean "archive it off" and for many businesses it has to work that way for regulatory reasons. I have considered this a minor nuisance for years because most phones are simply incapable of being full-fledged "equals" in the email world. The Passport is different and thus so are my expectations.
Overall I remain incredibly impressed with this handset; it has more than fulfilled my expectations. BlackBerry has a winner here, if the form factor works for you. The Passport continues to prove itself to me on a daily basis as a powerful and capable device that makes time instead of wasting it.
When you open the box your first reaction is oh my God is that thing big!
It is. If you have an American (or most other nation) passport, go get it. That's the size of the phone, almost to the millimeter.
It's substantial. Neither light or ridiculously heavy, and reasonably svelte. Unlike many devices these days the body has an outside metal band that appears to be stainless steel, punctuated with the charging connector on the bottom, the volume and mute keys on the right, and the power button and headphone jack on the top. The rear surface is a lightly-rubberized plastic and soft to the touch, providing a good gripping surface.
The rear of the phone sports a flush camera (it does not stick out, unlike the new iPhones) while the face is taken up by the screen and...... a keyboard.
Up top a small cover comes off (at the center top there is a small notch for a fingernail to be used) to reveal the nano-sim and SD-card slot. The battery is enormous but not directly replaceable (although the unit has been disassembled at this point by some and it appears to be reasonably serviceable -- which is nice.)
Will it fit in your pocket? Yes, as will an actual passport. Unless you wear those ridiculous skin-tight jeans that won't fit a proper-sized wallet, you're fine. The standard pair of men's Levis swallows the phone in the front pocket without complaint. So does a pair of dress pants, or (of course) a suit jacket pocket, which is where you would typically keep your passport when traveling. The bound paper one, that is.
I swapped my T-Mobile account to a nano-SIM (the Z10 takes a micro), popped in the 64GB SD card that I had in my Z10, then powered it up.
My first impression on going through the setup and mandatory quick tutorials -- which now include teaching you how to use the touch-sensitive keyboard (yes, it works like a trackpad as well as a keyboard!) revealed that this device is smoking fast and the screen is simply gorgeous. Colors are vibrant, clean and the resolution is outstanding. Not wanting to screw the software up I elected to set it up from scratch rather than attempt to port over my most-recent backup from the Z10 -- which I might have been able to accomplish, but it wasn't worth the risk.
First things first -- I used Sachesi to load SNAP, so I could easily get the Android apps I had on the Z10 back, then went into BlackBerry World, signed in and it transferred my credentials over. All my previous purchased apps from the Z10 were available and I narfed them, setting up my folders as I had previously.
The task of telling the phone where to find my calendars, contact database and such was then upon me, along with re-setting all the customizations for various people I communicate with (custom ring tones, etc.) The entire process, and remember that I'm migrating from a Z10 I've used for the last year and a half (with all the data and apps you might expect I'd have over that time!) took about an hour to complete. Note that I keep my calendars and contact database on my infrastructure -- the Passport will talk to Google's systems among others, but then Google has your calendar and contact database. No thank you; I will run my own over an encrypted link, and BB10 devices support that with minimal hassle in setup.
It was during this process that I discovered that this phone has one hell of a pair of stereo speakers in the bottom bezel. You won't be playing concert halls with it, but it's very unlike what you think of as a "phone". The sound is loud, clear, and has surprisingly good definition for coming from that tiny little case. This augurs well for those who want to use the phone as a speakerphone for small groups -- good (and acceptably loud) speakers are, of course, a big part of being able to do that.
The keyboard took only minutes to become acclimated to -- I'm fast and more-importantly, accurate with it. I've never been a fan of physical keyboards other than "sliders" as I have been unwilling to give up the screen real estate, but this implementation won me over quickly. Being able to swipe backward across the keys to perform a backwards word delete, for example, is one of many intuitive touches that just plain works. I thought the context soft keys above the physical keyboard would be a gimmicky pain in the butt, but they're not. It's much faster to use than on-screen "soft" keyboards -- even the really nice-working ones as are found in the more-modern smartphones like the Z10, Swype on Android devices and similar. In short the keyboard is a winner -- a big winner if you actually type things.
The phone has 3Gb of system RAM along with 32Gb of device flash storage, and has no problems with keeping multiple things going at once. Should you wish to have more (and you should for music, video, picture and similar storage) an SD card of up to 128Gb can be used. Note that for cards larger than 32Gb the phone downloads (on first use) a driver for exFAT; on first boot my Passport wanted to grab a software update and refused to load that SD card driver until it completed, which took a few minutes. But as soon as the update completed and I allowed it to reboot (it was polite enough to ask and allow me to defer until it was convenient) it all was good from there.
Cold boot time for this device is quite short. I measured 55 seconds from pressing the power button with an "off" phone until the lock screen was displayed. That's exemplary -- and a lot faster than previous BB10 devices. But -- there's no real reason to shut the phone off; I've not had a crash on a BB10 device since the very early 10.0 days roughly 18 months ago....
About this time into my use I started to find surprises in the new hardware and software combination -- all good.
First, in Android apps if you swipe down from the top you'll see a "Zoom out" option. If you choose it the unit will resize for the full screen resolution instead of a "clipped" phone-style Android app size, and tell the app it has the full resolution available. Some apps will go into tablet mode when you do this -- which is really, really nice. Think trading apps, for example (e.g. ThinkOrSwim), or the Kindle e-book reader. Speaking of which the Passport works exceptionally well for that application, should you be into book-reading.
Next, a double-finger swipe down on the physical keyboard brings up a full virtual keyboard (above the physical) complete with all the symbols, and a second double-finger swipe changes to a second set of symbols. A third dismisses it. Very handy.
The BlackBerry "signature" multicolor LED on the front is present; get the BlackBerry App BeBuzz Pro for greatly enhanced capability in this regard. To give you some sort of idea what I do with it I have two contacts (my daughter and g/f) that have their own "colors" -- yellow and pink -- that I have blinking for any sort of message (email, facebook, text, missed call etc) from them. Thus if I have anything pending from them (unseen) I know instantly without having to wake up the phone. For unread general texts, the LED blinks green, for emails blue. Then there are patterns I have set for missed calls (red/blue) and there's another one for no Internet connectivity (e.g. in an area with a crap signal) -- red/red. As a result I know the status of the device at a glance, and what if anything I haven't seen. This is one of those features that Apple has never figured out the need for, and while some Android devices have it, not all do. I consider it essential after having had it for the last couple of years and would never buy a device without it.
The BB10 "bedside mode" is another nice feature; your phone is your alarm clock. We all charge our phones at night, yes? So buy a little stand for your bedside table, plug in there, and pull down the top menu -- you get "bedside mode." The screen appropriately dims way down to red so your eyeballs don't get blasted out and adjusts for the room light (or more to the point, the lack thereof.) You can set this to allow phone calls (and only phone calls!) to ring through or silence all alerts while in that mode. Alarms are of course supported as well (what good is a clock without an alarm, and of course you can wake to any music from your collection.) Now you have a travel alarm clock that really works (including snooze) that is your primary clock, both home and away. Excellent. Note that in 10.3.1 firmware, which I have on my Z10 but is not yet available for the Passport, notification profiles can be radically customized for any mode -- including this one, so if there are people who you must hear from irrespective of when you can tell it to do that. This is one of those little BlackBerry features that has replaced a device I used to have both in my home and when traveling -- the old mundane clock.
One "random" note -- if you're one of those people who texts in the car while driving (and you know damn well you shouldn't) I will tell you right now -- don't get this phone. It is very difficult to operate one-handed, especially for entering text. So if you're hellbent on trying to kill yourself or others by being distracted while driving this phone isn't for you.
On the other hand in an airvent clip holder as a GPS device the Passport is incredible. The screen is very crisp, brightness auto-adjusts nicely (as do the other BB10 devices; BlackBerry got this right on the entire line) and overall it's a great user experience. Mireo works well also if you have purchased it (offline nav with maps on your SD card or in device memory.) Want Google's maps? Yes, that works -- you can't sign in (since BlackBerry doesn't formally support Google Play) but the navigation portion is fully functional. Just remember that whenever those apps are running you're giving your location, direction of travel, speed and identity to both the company involved (e.g. Google) and the NSA. If you'd like some privacy pony up the few bucks for Mireo, but in using it rather than BlackBerry's (or Google's) mapping app you will give up active traffic (e.g. wrecks, etc) avoidance.
Now let's talk about BlackBerry Blend. It only works at present on the Passport, and it's a game-changer. It connects over WiFi, cellular data or USB (your choice of any or all.) You load an app on your desktop, laptop and/or tablet; when activated it mirrors your phone messaging and calendar screens on your computer. When you get a message, email, BBM, anything -- you have it available on your computer, which means your phone can remain in your pocket all the time when you're at your desk, especially if you have a bluetooth headset to take a phone call. Oh, and did I mention that the file manager is available from Blend, so you can copy files to and from the phone, including from your linked cloud accounts such as Dropbox, Box and even your PC or Mac if you set that up via Link as well? The exceptions are that the Twitter and Facebook clients don't mirror. I also am not terribly impressed with the calendar visualization and interaction, but for messaging (which is the part I find most-compelling) it's flat-out awesome.
Back in my Android days I had a rather kludgy version of this that sort-of worked. This is different -- Blend is awesome sauce and it's a unique feature. It's secure (it uses the internal tunneling that BlackBerry has in Link), it's reasonably quick, it works from and to pretty-much anywhere (on my laptop and desktop transparently, for example) and I don't have to pull the phone out of my pocket at my desk or pick it up; as long as the network can "see" it the functionality is there. Essentially, unless you need to charge the device (the charge status is visible in the lower right corner as well) provided you have a headset to take a call with you never need to take the phone out of your pocket, purse, briefcase or otherwise while at your desk for the common things you do with it while working. I like it -- a lot.
Now onto Android compatibility, because I know a lot of people care about it. You have the Amazon app store that's preloaded if you wish to use it. I don't and haven't. I use SNAP so I have all my Android apps available. You choose. Those who argue that "sideloading" is difficult have rocks in their head; you simply plug in the USB cable once and drop the BAR file on the window. Done. It's that simple -- no "development mode" is required or anything else. I had to do it exactly once when I put SNAP on my Z10, and I had to do it once for the Passport. Whoopie. It's no harder than loading a program on a Windows computer or a Mac; if you can drag a file from one place to another you can do it. Once done you simply use the app like any other on the phone itself.
Performance-wise Android apps run very well on the Passport. There have been some that were constrained -- severely so -- on the Z10. It's simply a matter of running the Android apps in a virtual machine and the constraints of doing so alongside the rest of QNX and the BlackBerry apps in a device with only so much RAM. This has gotten worse over the last year or so as app developers in the Android world started counting on devices having more and more memory native -- Fox News and MyFitnessPal are two that over the last six months have seen multiple updates that rendered them quite-severely constrained performance-wise on the Z10 -- while previous versions were great. The Passport's 3Gb of RAM eliminates this consideration entirely and the difference is a quantum level of improvement in the user experience. In short a large number of Android apps ran really well on the Z10. Nearly all of them, provided they don't need Google's Pay service (e.g. in-app billing) run really well on the Passport.
How about the camera? It has 720p and 1080p video recording at both 30 and 60fps, the latter being "slow motion" of course when played at 30fps. The shooter itself has a 12Mbps sensor, a dedicated image processor and hybrid IS (both optical and digital); it works extremely well. It is capable of shooting in single-shot, burst mode (hold down the button and it rapid-fires frames) and of course video. Stills in 1x1 (square) format are 3120x3120 pixels; f/2 aperture. Your options for aspect ratio are 1x1, 4:3 and 16:9. I am getting clear pictures without flash at 1/5th of a second in dark locations such as my local neighborhood bar; the IS works amazingly well in low light. IMHO the JPEG algo is a bit too aggressive with sharpening but it's not awful by any means. In short while the camera will never be mistaken for a dSLR it produces very credible imagery -- even without flash in challenging lighting conditions.
Battery life is as expected -- that is, excellent. I've spent the last couple of days intentionally not plugging the phone in at all and being that it's a new device and I'm playing around with it a lot I'm using it very heavily. I've yet to run out of power with a full day's heavy use spanning 18 hours, even when I include a half-hour or so of navigation. That's something you typically cannot do on any phone without plugging it in -- nav is pretty much the worst-case scenario as it heavily exercises the radio (if you're using maps over the cell link), GPS receiver, display (of course) and the CPU -- add it all up and you have a major power pig on your hands. Nonetheless, even with intentionally not plugging in while in the car I've yet to run out of power before retiring for the evening, although I have gotten into the single-digit percentage remaining range. Bravo.
The 10.3.0 OS provided has the browser "auto-font size" problem that is in all of the previous versions of BB10 back to when manual font size selection disappeared (~10.1 if I recall correctly), and which I've reported on before. It's not particularly serious but is a bit annoying. This is fixed in 10.3.1 but there is currently no leak available nor any official update for the Passport -- and the Z10/Z-30/other device leaks that are available to date have no flash available in the browser at all which some people will find unacceptable. 10.3.1 will come, and has other advantages -- but for right now it's definitely a bit of a bleeding edge in that in addition to flash being missing IKEv2 VPNs are broken. The latter is a serious problem for me as I really, really like the automatic connect-back to my VPN for any "open" WiFi network -- it secures such connections very effectively and completely but simply doesn't work right now on 10.3.1. On the other hand the profile customizations are awesome, so I'm very much looking forward to its availability for the Passport.
Reading content (e.g. books, web pages, etc) on the screen is wildly satisfying -- dramatically better than any other "pocketable" device I've used. The Kindle app works fabulously and I strongly recommend using the "Zoom Out" mode with it, as it then goes into tablet configuration and is just a flat-out joy. Incidentally, if you select that mode for an Android app the mode is "sticky" on a per-app basis across invocations.
In the end this is where the magic of the balance that BlackBerry put forward with the Passport design really shines -- they managed to get the utility of a tablet in your hands in terms of reading pleasure, whether your "reading" emails, books or viewing images and business data while not forcing you to try to stuff a 7" tablet in your pants. While the device is only about 30% wider than my Z10 in point of fact, and about the same thickness, it is dramatically more-usable for content consumption and inspection. Some of this comes from the screen size, and the rest comes from the visual resolution and fidelity -- with 453ppi the screen surpasses what Apple calls "retina" (in fact it's best-in-class) and keeping with the Z10's design it's an IPS panel as well. It's a matter of balance and BlackBerry hit the ball out of the park in that regard.
Any bigger would be too big; like Goldilocks' porridge the Passport is "just right."
Oh, and it fits in my sporran -- yes, that's what you wear with a kilt. I have one (for hashing) and it can be used while running (it's sort of a "front mount" fanny pack.) I was concerned that I wouldn't have a running solution for music with the Passport but in fact I do.
I've written much about BlackBerry's OS 10 in the past and how I consider it to be a revolutionary operating environment; the Hub standing alone is revolutionary compared against either Android or IOS. Another example is BlackBerry Travel -- it reads your email accounts and picks up anything travel related, automatically updating itineraries and similar. Make a hotel reservation and it will pick up the confirmation email back to you without your interaction; you can then point at the hotel in Travel and tell the phone to navigate there and it will do exactly what you'd expect -- open up the maps application and route you there. There's no keying in the address of the hotel necessary; it picks it up automatically.
Another example of this integration: I had Travel alert me of a gate change while sitting in front of the gate at the airport in Dallas before the board in the airport updated! It's that good, that fast and if you travel at all for business or pleasure it's enough reason to use a BB10 device all on its own. None of the competitive offerings come close.
Being able to run my own email, calendars and contact databases on my infrastructure without hassle (or having to load an external app) is extremely useful, as is the integration of all of this into the Hub. Android still doesn't handle this sort of thing properly; Android is great if your email, contacts and calendar are all Google based, but what if it's not -- or you don't want it to be? What if you have a half-dozen email accounts in different places and want all of them available on a seamless basis? K9Mail works well on Android in providing this functionality, for example, but it's an app and not integrated as a result.
10.3 has extended the BB10 environment in many meaningful ways, including nice touches such as knowing when you pick up the phone from a flat surface (it wakes up) to the picture password option (incredibly secure yet very fast and easy to use), quick "triage" for your various accounts (allows filing and deleting with a single touch) and more.
My complaints in terms of missing features are all of the OS variety -- there is still no S/MIME standalone support (for those not on BES) and there should be, and PGP would be nice. This is something that's quite-important and not just for encryption -- digital signatures provide evidence of lack of tampering, and are valuable standing alone. PGP is rumored to be coming, but there's been silence on S/MIME for non-BES users and IMHO that's idiotic. 10.3.1 has a decent set of contact-based overrides for profiles but I'd like content-sensitive capabilities (e.g. "If a text message from Joe comes in AND contains the word URGENT, override the profile settings") that are specific to each profile (e.g. the preceding is ONLY VALID in "Bedside mode".) The problem with the overrides is that if I have the phone set to silent I probably really mean it, while if it's in "Bedside Mode" I'd like certain things to override and ring through, but only certain things (and from certain people.) 10.3.1's customizations get me halfway there; the other half would be fabulous. BlackBerry absolutely should allow modification of Android app permissions on an individual basis (yes, I know this can break an app but that's ok -- it should be my choice individually as it is for native apps) and there's nothing other than BlackBerry's decision in coding their Android VM keeping them from permitting it. Finally, BlackBerry needs to improve its IMAP integration; it is nearly perfect, but for one flaw -- "delete" means delete, unlike virtually every other implementation that lets you choose between that option and having the mail client move the message to an archive (or "trash") folder instead. I deal with this by having a "mirrored" email setup but fixing that problem would make for a true "one mailbox, many clients" implementation that works.
None of this is Passport-specific and they're mostly things you've heard from me before.
I have discovered one glitch specific to the Passport that annoyed me -- if you have "instant previews" turned on and get a message pop-up (e.g. a text message, etc) while using an Android app, and reply to it, the soft keyboard appears above the physical keyboard as expected (for numbers, symbols, etc.) It does not always disappear when you hit "send". That's a bug in that the soft line of keys will cover a piece of your app's screen and should disappear when you're done with the pop-up notification; closing and re-opening the app clears it. For a first-release software version, I'll note, one glitch that is mildly annoying is pretty darn good!
What could BlackBerry do that would advance things even further? Improve Blend so that it can fully mirror the screen environment and port OpenOffice (or LibreOffice). If they then implemented my previous suggestion to use WiFi as a means to support an "external" screen (with effectively unlimited resolution) you now have a very effective desktop replacement for many applications and for those heavier users you have a seamless integration option too. The Passport has the processing and RAM capacity to support this, along with the connectivity required.
So what's my verdict, in summary?
BlackBerry's Passport brings to the forefront a device that is rationally-priced ($599 unlocked and no-contract at introduction; it will go $100 higher soon) while having top-of-class specifications, a fabulous screen that rivals tablet capability for reading books, working on spreadsheets or browsing images, the iconic BlackBerry keyboard in a new incantation that works exceptionally well, 32Gb of NVRAM (instead of the more-common 16Gb), 3Gb of system RAM (eliminating contention issues in my experience) and a SD slot that will accept up to a 128Gb card. Add to this incredible battery life, excellent performance, Blend for game-changing desktop integration and the total package winds up making time for you in your day instead of wasting time.
The bottom line is that the Passport is a device that fundamentally fulfills the promise made years ago yet not delivered until now -- that is, to be smart. Such a device should learn from you, it should do things intuitively and it should make your life easier -- not because it enables you to do things if you go through some convoluted set of steps but because it does the logical thing for you and thus reduces the time you have to spend to get your work done.
BlackBerry has a winner in the Passport.
Simply put it's an actual, as opposed to promised but not delivered, smart phone.
PS: A note on carrier compatibility -- this is a GSM/HSPA+/LTE "world phone." As such in the US it is a T-Mobile, AT&T and similar technology regional carrier device. There are multiple reports that it does work on WalMart's Straight Talk service (provided you're using the "pink" T-Mobile SIM they supply with their starter kit.) It will not work on Verizon, as they still have their legacy bastard CDMA system in use. If you're an AT&T customer you may need to talk to their customer service people to get LTE to come up, as AT&T does some really bizarre things with IMEI validation before permitting LTE connections.
Update 10/30: 10.3.1 OS is up for the Passport; AT&T's carrier code is showing it available.
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I saw aliens at Roswell, claims dead PR man
Witness testimony of two people is enough to convict a murderer
It couldn't be possible the guy was telling the truth? There's a lot of skepticism here. Why would the guy keep his mouth shut for all those years? Maybe cause he honored his word and keep his mouth shut cause his government told him. He's not getting any money from the book. He's not part of corporate America like Macdonald Nike and the like lying to tell you need our burgers and trainers.
The average person in the street is a reasonably honest decent citizen otherwise we would have no civilisation at all.
Its a lot to take onboard that they're really here but there's plently of witness testimony out there (in the thousands) and only one has to be telling the truth.
There is a great deal of concensus to the fact that the US government has back engineered ET craft (LT Corso) Lockheed martin EG & G Northrop whatever are still doing it. The late head of Lockheed was quoted as saying "we already have the technology to go to the stars and back' Boyd Bushman tried to sue Lockheed for on the grounds they had a free energy device he knew of while working there. They're here because we are a threat to them. 60yrs ago Hilter was slaughtering millions so was Mao and Stalin. We haven't come far yet but we're almost in space if i was an alien and i saw our track record i be fucking worried. We need to grow up learn to trust people a little more and grow.
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