Comments on: UPDATE: What Blackberry Has in Store for U2 http://exploremusic.com/tech/update-what-blackberry-has-in-store-for-u2/ THE place for Music Discovery Tue, 07 Feb 2012 17:07:08 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Kelly http://exploremusic.com/tech/update-what-blackberry-has-in-store-for-u2/#comment-422 Kelly Fri, 03 Jul 2009 18:06:54 +0000 http://exploremusic.com/tech/update-what-blackberry-has-in-store-for-u2/#comment-422 Wonder if Bono's heard about Blackberry's part in this: http://www.csmonitor.com/2009/0430/p09s02-coop.html Wonder if Bono’s heard about Blackberry’s part in this:
http://www.csmonitor.com/2009/0430/p09s02-coop.html

]]> By: John Bing http://exploremusic.com/tech/update-what-blackberry-has-in-store-for-u2/#comment-421 John Bing Fri, 03 Jul 2009 16:39:20 +0000 http://exploremusic.com/tech/update-what-blackberry-has-in-store-for-u2/#comment-421 Explain the use case to me: You can find other people who listen to U2 at the U2 show? That would be everyone, wouldn't it? And your 'real time location relative to the band'? If you can't find U2 at the U2 concert, you're in some pretty lousy seats. Explain the use case to me: You can find other people who listen to U2 at the U2 show? That would be everyone, wouldn’t it? And your ‘real time location relative to the band’? If you can’t find U2 at the U2 concert, you’re in some pretty lousy seats.

]]> By: John Bing http://exploremusic.com/tech/update-what-blackberry-has-in-store-for-u2/#comment-424 John Bing Fri, 03 Jul 2009 02:02:44 +0000 http://exploremusic.com/tech/update-what-blackberry-has-in-store-for-u2/#comment-424 umm... anyone heard of this band called Nine Inch Nails, and their app? s. umm… anyone heard of this band called Nine Inch Nails, and their app?

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]]> By: Bork Bork Bork http://exploremusic.com/tech/update-what-blackberry-has-in-store-for-u2/#comment-423 Bork Bork Bork Thu, 02 Jul 2009 22:54:18 +0000 http://exploremusic.com/tech/update-what-blackberry-has-in-store-for-u2/#comment-423 Explain the use case to me: You can find other people who listen to U2 at the U2 show? That would be everyone, wouldn't it? And your 'real time location relative to the band'? If you can't find U2 at the U2 concert, you're in some pretty lousy seats. Anyways, I don't see much here that couldn't have been done as an iPhone app. It sounds to me like Bono's whole "access to their labs and their people" is his usual grandiose posturing. Bono would have roughly the same importance to an Apple lab as he does to a G8 summit: He'd be there for photo ops, marketing and an ego boost. Explain the use case to me: You can find other people who listen to U2 at the U2 show? That would be everyone, wouldn’t it? And your ‘real time location relative to the band’? If you can’t find U2 at the U2 concert, you’re in some pretty lousy seats.

Anyways, I don’t see much here that couldn’t have been done as an iPhone app. It sounds to me like Bono’s whole “access to their labs and their people” is his usual grandiose posturing. Bono would have roughly the same importance to an Apple lab as he does to a G8 summit: He’d be there for photo ops, marketing and an ego boost.

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