Blackberry hub

[WelshBloke]

Anybody else trying it now that you run it on any Android device?

I'm not massively enjoying it to be honest. I thought that a unified inbox would be a good idea but it's fairly horrible.

 

[gorcorps]

Haven't tried it yet, but people at work who had blackberries that got something else said the hub was sorely missed. I wouldn't want it on my personal phone, but not having to bounce between email and text on my work phone would be nice

 

[WelshBloke]

I'm probably doing it wrong but it's quicker to use different apps for email and text than it is to scroll through the big list of everything that the BB Hub vomits up.

 

[Deeko]

It was better on BB10 than it is on Android.

 

[Mango1970]

I've used BB for ever and the HUB was the best part of it. Recently I added a Nexus 6P to my lineup. I installed the HUB and other BB features. When properly configured, having all my email accounts, texts, BBM, WhatsApp, Instagram, Twitter, etc., etc under ONE app and bundled up the way I am used it, is a joy. For me at least, having all that under one app is key.

However in an actual Blackberry device, the Hub is ever-present and it's your default window. It's not an app that runs like it does on Android. So at times it does not feel as smooth on my 6p but lately it's been very good and I have "adapted". Also with the update to android 7... I can no longer receive BBM pictures... some sort of issue, I get a blank dot. I am sure that will be addressed.

Anyhow once I configured it, it took me a while to get it set up, and had to disable all other email apps, etc and notifications have to be handled only from the HUB.. and, at least for me I also use the BB "launcher", it's "almost" as good.

When I first installed it was free with no nags or ads. then lately they started to mention a subscription. I thought it was simply ads but mine actually said my trial period was over. I could not access anything. Broke down and paid the 99 cents or whatever it is monthly for it to work properly.

Again if you were an original BB Hub lover like me, it's worth your time when properly configured. To be honest before installing, I had Gmail on hangouts. I never used hangouts so I can't comment on that.

 

[thilanliyan]

Coming from a Passport, I wanted the hub on my Axon. It's not as good as on bb10 but still better than going into multiple apps for my notifications. One thing I did though was use action launcher to have the Hub as my left home screen like in bb10.

 

[WelshBloke]

Coming from a Passport, I wanted the hub on my Axon. It's not as good as on bb10 but still better than going into multiple apps for my notifications. One thing I did though was use action launcher to have the Hub as my left home screen like in bb10.

See I've found that I much prefer keeping the messages from different apps separate, I thought I was going to like a unified inbox.

Having them all together feels like having all your files on your PC in one hugmungeous folder. Its way easier to keep track of things when they are separated.

 

[thilanliyan]

I color code each email account and the text messages and whatsapp as well so I can easily tell which is from what account. That helps for me, but I only get like 10 emails per day so ymmv.

 

[WelshBloke]

I color code each email account and the text messages and whatsapp as well so I can easily tell which is from what account. That helps for me, but I only get like 10 emails per day so ymmv.

I get a fair amount of emails and google Inbox does a good job of curating them, I guess I'm missing out on that with the hub.