Comments on: RIM Going Down: The Beginning of the End http://www.technesstivity.com/2011/06/rim-going-down-the-beginning-of-the-end/ The latest in technology and digital media from Nigeria and the rest of the world Wed, 06 Nov 2013 21:31:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.6.1 By: Secondus http://www.technesstivity.com/2011/06/rim-going-down-the-beginning-of-the-end/#comment-12205 Secondus Thu, 28 Jun 2012 21:02:01 +0000 http://www.technesstivity.com/?p=1462#comment-12205 'Nuff Said. :-) http://techcrunch.com/2012/06/28/rim-q1-2013-resu…

]]> By: odzk http://www.technesstivity.com/2011/06/rim-going-down-the-beginning-of-the-end/#comment-4545 odzk Tue, 24 Jan 2012 23:01:27 +0000 http://www.technesstivity.com/?p=1462#comment-4545 i kinda agree with this. im currently using a blacberry curve 9300 but planning on switching to a galaxy w, even with the update of os6 and a webkit browser, it still suck.. and you would probably suggest that I will get a bold 9900, I should say no way.. with a price tag so high I rather get an s2 or iphone 4s with a better screen and better user experience.

]]> By: Secondus Alaigbesan http://www.technesstivity.com/2011/06/rim-going-down-the-beginning-of-the-end/#comment-543 Secondus Alaigbesan Tue, 06 Sep 2011 22:12:05 +0000 http://www.technesstivity.com/?p=1462#comment-543 Lol! I forgot about this…
um lets see…
a) Yeah they do. The nokia decline didnt start that long ago and besides, Nokia still has a majority worldwide market share of mobile phones but they still suck (though the n9 looks pretty nice :-) )
b&c) They don't have a loyal fan base, they have a large user base which is declining every day. all around me, i see people saying that their blackberries suck and that they are changging to a better smartphone as soon as possible. Maybe the shit hasnt hit the fan yet but its pretty close.
d) Annhilatig the competition? please… Apple and Google barely consider RIM as competition. besides, like I said Apple has no real use for RIM and Google is buying motorola mobility so yeah. Besides, Google's primary market is not even in phones so they really do not have much if anything to gain from the purchase of RIM, To be honest, RIM has nothing of note to offer either company. And right now, I hear investors are looking to sell RIm or at least suggesting that the board consider it. They don't want RIM to become the new nortel and as you said, their management iss not really helping issues.
e) There are millions of people on myspace. doesn't mean it isn't dead. and I still maintain that there are more iOS users than Blackberry users. even those with bloackberries have iPod touches. how many people carry around a blackberry and an iPhone.
Better is relative yes. but it is also quite objective. Flash has nothing to do with it. Functionality is the name of the game. why buy a $600 blackberry when I can get a $500 droid that is exponentially more functional. It makes little to no economic sense.
I agree with you about OS 7.
And as long as the headline doesn't say "end of an era" or something similar, I think it is neither dramatic nor premature. If anything, it is actually understating the situation.
Have a wonderful week :-D

]]> By: Jeff http://www.technesstivity.com/2011/06/rim-going-down-the-beginning-of-the-end/#comment-514 Jeff Sat, 03 Sep 2011 16:32:08 +0000 http://www.technesstivity.com/?p=1462#comment-514 Amen

]]> By: Chiocat http://www.technesstivity.com/2011/06/rim-going-down-the-beginning-of-the-end/#comment-72 Chiocat Wed, 22 Jun 2011 18:15:14 +0000 http://www.technesstivity.com/?p=1462#comment-72 a) Lol right back at you :)

They don't suck. You're right, that's where Nokia was years ago but imagine if they made this WP7 or Android deal way back when they started the decline?

b&c) Yes, a loyal fan base: As much as RIM keeps losing share in the US, it's gaining traction in developing countries and is surpassed only by Android in UK market share. There is a steady decline but the sky isn't falling…yet

d) All there is to gain is annihilating the competition, product integration. Why else do companies buy up their rivals? In truth, apple or google probably won't, but prob cos of antitrust and not cos RIM isn't valuable.

e) *nods* yea. BBm doesn't matter, righhhttt. It does. Millions of people use it. Skype and BBM too. Millions of people still use msn. There's two ways to start this messaging thing up – build ur own network from scratch (iMessages), or integrate/buy (microsoft/skype). The combined userbase of these alternatives is still not enough to be a threat… yet.

'Better' is relative. What if i don't need all that 'flash'? People have different needs and there's no one size fits all solution. You think it's better, fine, but u can only buy one, maybe two devices.

That said, if i had any money in the stock market, i would bet against RIM stock. I'm not convinced this current management can cause a turnaround. However, all it takes is one device. The profits forecast could change drastically if the upcoming os7 is a big success, if.

Therefore, beginning of the end is a bit dramatic, and premature.

Have a great day :)

]]> By: Secondus Alaigbesan http://www.technesstivity.com/2011/06/rim-going-down-the-beginning-of-the-end/#comment-67 Secondus Alaigbesan Sun, 19 Jun 2011 23:56:44 +0000 http://www.technesstivity.com/?p=1462#comment-67 okay..
a) LOL
b) a loyal fan base? only if you are talking about the companies that invested so much to build-in RIM infrastructure
c) Exponential growth? That's where Nokia was a few years back and now, if not for microsoft, they would probably be filing for a finnish equivalent of chapter 11 (bankruptcy)
d) Neither Apple nor Google has anything to gain from buying RIM so that is not happening anytime soon and definitely not because of BBM or Keypads
e) BBM doesn't matter because there are so many apps that serve the same purpose (LiveProfile WhatsApp PingChat Kik to name a few) and besides, when iMessage comes out, this whole point will be moot because way more people use iOS devices (iPhone, iPod Touch, iPad) than they use Blackberries. BBM will likely become ancient history. In the same way that Skype and BBM replaced MSN, iMessages will replace BBM. As for the keypad thing, what a joke. There are so many Android phones with keypads (HTC desire Z, Samsung Galaxy 551 and the upcoming T-mobile myTouch 4G to name a few) that are exponentially better than any Blackberry phone on the market.
They are on a decline and all isn't lost, but it definitely isn't far from it.
In a nutshell, RIM SUCKS.
:-)

]]> By: Chiocat http://www.technesstivity.com/2011/06/rim-going-down-the-beginning-of-the-end/#comment-65 Chiocat Sun, 19 Jun 2011 20:10:03 +0000 http://www.technesstivity.com/?p=1462#comment-65 It’s easy to focus on what’s bad about RIM w/o noticing what they have going for them – a loyal fanbase, exponential increase in users from developing countries, bbm.

Possible scenarios include google or apple buying rim bcos of rim’s keypad or bbm.

They are on a decline but all is far from lost.

]]> By: @Faaridah http://www.technesstivity.com/2011/06/rim-going-down-the-beginning-of-the-end/#comment-64 @Faaridah Sun, 19 Jun 2011 19:11:49 +0000 http://www.technesstivity.com/?p=1462#comment-64 loool! nooooo!!

]]> By: JCphoenixx http://www.technesstivity.com/2011/06/rim-going-down-the-beginning-of-the-end/#comment-63 JCphoenixx Sun, 19 Jun 2011 07:33:14 +0000 http://www.technesstivity.com/?p=1462#comment-63 Leave our shitboxes alone… We lovee them :(

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