Blackberry Passport: No Antennagate or Bendgate Here
Yes on top of the Blackberry Passport launch we have a new scandal. Apparently if you put your new iPhone 6 in your back pocket and sit down it bends. Granted I think anyone who puts their phone in their back pocket is an idiot but this showcases some of the design tradeoffs that Apple makes that Blackberry reverses. For Apple design, weight, and thin are high priorities which tends to result in phones that are very attractive but also relatively fragile. For Blackberry battery life, security, and practicality dominate and that makes for a very different phone and experience.
On the cover of my reviewer’s guide is a saying “Hot to be successful at everything: How I learned to get the most out of every week’s 168 hours”. This refers I’m sure to the fact that professionals don’t work a 40 hour work week and put in far more time than many of us might consider normal. Whether you are talking professional mechanic, chef, driver, or technician these people tend to buy relatively expensive tools that they use to do their job. These tool soften take longer to learn but once learned can get the job done more quickly and reliably.
