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1. ] Karl's thoughts on how BBRY is getting derailed by US carriers who are holding back on releasing updated versions of their OS software.

[WHY]

1. ] speak specifically of Verizon, although AT&T is responsible for this as well.BlackBerry restricts software updates to carrier-endorsed things.  Contrast this with Apple, which refuses to allow carriers to "approve" their IOS updates (and thus everyone gets them at once) or Samsung, which has the carriers push OTA updates but makes manual updates available over KIES on a PC if you want them.
2. ] But Verizon, in particular, still (as of this morning) shows 10.0.9.xx firmware as "official" for the BlackBerry Z10.  This is an outrage -- 10.0.9 was outdated on the day of the launch, with T-Mobile and AT&T both shipping 10.0.10.  AT&T for its part has refused to release a 10.1.x firmware version -- of the major US carriers only T-Mobile has done so.
3. ] All they(BBRY) have to do is change BlackBerry Link so as to permit one to choose a firmware load of either the official carrier version or the latest BlackBerry-approved version at the user's option. That's it. A 30 second change they could push right now.

[WHERE]

1. ] http://www.istockanalyst.com/finance/story/6486827/research-in-motion-ltd-bbry-blackberry-annual-meeting-time-to-get-serious

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1. ] 2013-07-05

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NAME: blackberry-annual-meeting-2013-time-to-get-serious

DESCRIPTION: ] by Karl Denninger - thoughts on how the US carriers are hamstringing BBRY by not rolling out software updates, and a 30 second solution that could be implemented on BBRY's side, "could" be

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