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BP1 lacks adequate documentation
Although the BP1 does slow down occassionally (i dunno why yet--in some Spaces i currently hav live backgrounds and lotsa apps), and less often this results in an uninvited reboot (maybe once a week with daily heavy use), the main weakness of this device, the reason for the considerable amount of bad press (some of which is surely legitimate, ie genuine, honest) is the glaring lack of documentation. No decent user guide (i finally did hav a look at it), no wiki, no user forum, the FAQs on the Blackphone website often hav no answers ("No English Translation"), just good customer service, security via obscurity (not good).
Admittedly, this phone is ahead of its time, and when ur pushing the limits of technology with very limited resources, documentation is not a priority. But in this case, the result may hav been compromised security. I dont own a BP2, but it's designed to support Google Services, and maybe those services are adequately compartmentalized into a separate space and dont leak data between spaces (like the BP1 intentionally leaks contact info from its Silent Space as i described in a previous post here recently). I hope the BP2 receives the documentation that BP1 lacks or else i suspect that further security compromises will appear in BP3 (i havnt heard anything about any BP3).
Jus sayin, u make something new, it works great, but its a flop because u don't explain how to use it. Use ur words, geeks. And then maybe there would be more happy BP1 users here discussing ur words rather than discussing whether or not the device is of any value.
(i mean, fellow geeks)
Although the BP1 does slow down occassionally (i dunno why yet--in some Spaces i currently hav live backgrounds and lotsa apps), and less often this results in an uninvited reboot (maybe once a week with daily heavy use), the main weakness of this device, the reason for the considerable amount of bad press (some of which is surely legitimate, ie genuine, honest) is the glaring lack of documentation. No decent user guide (i finally did hav a look at it), no wiki, no user forum, the FAQs on the Blackphone website often hav no answers ("No English Translation"), just good customer service, security via obscurity (not good).
Admittedly, this phone is ahead of its time, and when ur pushing the limits of technology with very limited resources, documentation is not a priority. But in this case, the result may hav been compromised security. I dont own a BP2, but it's designed to support Google Services, and maybe those services are adequately compartmentalized into a separate space and dont leak data between spaces (like the BP1 intentionally leaks contact info from its Silent Space as i described in a previous post here recently). I hope the BP2 receives the documentation that BP1 lacks or else i suspect that further security compromises will appear in BP3 (i havnt heard anything about any BP3).
Jus sayin, u make something new, it works great, but its a flop because u don't explain how to use it. Use ur words, geeks. And then maybe there would be more happy BP1 users here discussing ur words rather than discussing whether or not the device is of any value.
(i mean, fellow geeks)
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