I feel like I can still remember the progression of phones I saw in my life. The Nokia brick phones, the flip phones, the nextel walkie talkie phones, then the first phone that I remember taking the world by storm, the Razr, followed by sliding keyboard phones (Sidekick and Chocolate), then trying to make all electronics as small as possible which led to the Juke, then I remember the Blackberry, and finally the Iphone. Funny enough, I have been an android user for forever, but I don't even remember when android smart phones became mainstream.
Yeah I remember my sister and I had a pink razr we shared any I thought it was so cool! I've always been an android person too. The book gets more into android and how that came about after the iPhone announcement
Saw the movie. It was great. Glad you did this video. I'm waiting for the library book -- people ahead of me for it. EDIT to add: Palm's Yankowski was an ass like that in real life. Hilarious that people will only know him due to a movie about BlackBerry!
Great video! The movie has an audio commentary track with Mattias Wandel, a former RIM/BlackBerry engineer who has a youtube channel of his own. He says that the character Charles Purdy was based on BlackBerry COO Larry Conlee. If you get a chance, Wandel's commentary track is pretty interesting - very low-key, and not overly-technical like one might expect from an engineer. I think his telling differs a bit from the book (and a lot from the movie of course) in the personalities of the people involved. He would have been privy to some things maybe more than those involved in the book and less so in other respects, so his commentary is tinted by his experiences. Also, pretty tattoos!
I had a BlackBerry I don't remember which version early on and then later on I got the storm and I thought that was so cool. I do remember wanting an iPhone when it came out I was on Verizon along with several family members so switching to AT&T was just really unappealing. When they released iPhone on Verizon that's when I got my first iPhone.
I just watches the movie and i must say ur recall is impeccable lol also we talk about this like it was ancient history ,it wasnt that long ago. I still have my BBbold and it works lol. Also i was working my first job when cingular came out with apples iphone and i distinctly remember our ceo ,the smar guy from the movie stan sigmond or whatever pushing sales of the iphone heavy.. he even hinted that a watch from apple may be coming out soon... and this was in 2007 way before the apple watch was heard about in public...
Please consider doing a review on the book stealing myspace. There's isn't a movie but there are a lot of short docs on UA-cam with the real facts and also an interview with Kevin Anderson and Tai Lopez.
Thanks. I just saw the movie and loved it. I was wondering if in real life, according to the book, if Mike was an engineering genius like he is portrayed in the movie. Also, did Mike come up with the technology?
I believe the answer to both questions is yes. But I do recall there being a lawsuit involving something with the email patent because someone else had also come up with it.
@@WhytheBookWins Yeah, I don't think it was stolen by Blackberry. I think it was simply because the man came up with the idea on his own and patented it first. I think that happens in the tech industry. Is that how it was portrayed in the book?
Honestly it varies. This month I've had days I don't read anything. But other days I'll listen to an hour or two of an audiobook. Some days I do the audiobook, plus another hour or two of reading. Then I've had days where I read for a good chunk of the day! So I don't have any kind of routine, it just depends lol. But since I read on my kindle I go by time not pages
Great video! As far as I can tell this is the only video on UA-cam about Blackberry book vs movie-way to fill a market niche!
Thanks!
I feel like I can still remember the progression of phones I saw in my life. The Nokia brick phones, the flip phones, the nextel walkie talkie phones, then the first phone that I remember taking the world by storm, the Razr, followed by sliding keyboard phones (Sidekick and Chocolate), then trying to make all electronics as small as possible which led to the Juke, then I remember the Blackberry, and finally the Iphone. Funny enough, I have been an android user for forever, but I don't even remember when android smart phones became mainstream.
Yeah I remember my sister and I had a pink razr we shared any I thought it was so cool! I've always been an android person too. The book gets more into android and how that came about after the iPhone announcement
Android slowly crept up behind the scenes during the time that iPhone got all the press and limelight. Thats why its hard to remember.
Saw the movie. It was great. Glad you did this video. I'm waiting for the library book -- people ahead of me for it.
EDIT to add: Palm's Yankowski was an ass like that in real life. Hilarious that people will only know him due to a movie about BlackBerry!
Yeah pretty hilarious 😆 Hope you enjoy the book!
Great video! The movie has an audio commentary track with Mattias Wandel, a former RIM/BlackBerry engineer who has a youtube channel of his own. He says that the character Charles Purdy was based on BlackBerry COO Larry Conlee.
If you get a chance, Wandel's commentary track is pretty interesting - very low-key, and not overly-technical like one might expect from an engineer. I think his telling differs a bit from the book (and a lot from the movie of course) in the personalities of the people involved. He would have been privy to some things maybe more than those involved in the book and less so in other respects, so his commentary is tinted by his experiences.
Also, pretty tattoos!
Thank you!
And thanks for letting me know about that, I'll need to give it a look!
I had a BlackBerry I don't remember which version early on and then later on I got the storm and I thought that was so cool. I do remember wanting an iPhone when it came out I was on Verizon along with several family members so switching to AT&T was just really unappealing. When they released iPhone on Verizon that's when I got my first iPhone.
Thanks for sharing!
This was an awesome review. You're great! You will have 50k subs in no time. Keep going.
Thank you so much! 😁
I just watches the movie and i must say ur recall is impeccable lol also we talk about this like it was ancient history ,it wasnt that long ago. I still have my BBbold and it works lol. Also i was working my first job when cingular came out with apples iphone and i distinctly remember our ceo ,the smar guy from the movie stan sigmond or whatever pushing sales of the iphone heavy.. he even hinted that a watch from apple may be coming out soon... and this was in 2007 way before the apple watch was heard about in public...
Please consider doing a review on the book stealing myspace. There's isn't a movie but there are a lot of short docs on UA-cam with the real facts and also an interview with Kevin Anderson and Tai Lopez.
Sounds interesting! Thanks for the suggestion
@@WhytheBookWins I'll keep my eyes open for an other adaptions. Have a great day.
Thanks. I just saw the movie and loved it. I was wondering if in real life, according to the book, if Mike was an engineering genius like he is portrayed in the movie. Also, did Mike come up with the technology?
I believe the answer to both questions is yes. But I do recall there being a lawsuit involving something with the email patent because someone else had also come up with it.
@@WhytheBookWins Yeah, I don't think it was stolen by Blackberry. I think it was simply because the man came up with the idea on his own and patented it first. I think that happens in the tech industry. Is that how it was portrayed in the book?
Ummm...all of the sudden, jagged cuts, to save 0.1 seconds, gives this a run-on, rushed feeling. Suggest slowing down...& cutting the cuts.
Thanks for the feedback! I am always striving to improve.
blackberry pearl flip in 2009 was my first cell phone. loved it.
if you don't understand "tech-talk", than why did you pick this book and movie? yeeez
because I was curious how close the movie would be to the book
Hey, how much do you read per day? Pages? Or hours?
Honestly it varies. This month I've had days I don't read anything. But other days I'll listen to an hour or two of an audiobook. Some days I do the audiobook, plus another hour or two of reading. Then I've had days where I read for a good chunk of the day! So I don't have any kind of routine, it just depends lol. But since I read on my kindle I go by time not pages
@@WhytheBookWins thanks! I have trouble being consistent sometimes - just wondering how you do it😌
@@savvvytyler yeah most days I make it a priority over other hobbies (or with audiobooks I combine hobbies).
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