The Future of RIM

[ray liotta]

http://www.forbes.com/sites/ewanspe...what-happens-next-with-the-iconic-blackberry/

Interesting article by Forbes as to what the future holds for RIM, if the company can even survive.

 

[Tony321]

Indeed RIM needs to come up with something fast and positive, getting rid of the top executives is a very good move.

Even as we speak, Playbook with their bulletproof security is the only tablet certified for use in the US government.

According to the press release, the PlayBook is the only tablet to achieve FIPS (Federal Information Processing Standard) certification from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), which is required under the Federal Information Security Management Act of 2002 (FISMA).

RIM has more than 1 million government customers in North America who rely on the “unmatched” security of the BlackBerry platform, Marisa Conway, a company spokeswoman, said in an e- mail. “The BlackBerry PlayBook remains the only tablet certified for use by U.S. government agencies.”

 

[ray liotta]

RIM now allows the Indian govt access to their so-called closed system.
I'm sure other countries have access as well. I guess RIM can no longer offend governments.

I believe the US air force was buying 18,000 iPads. FYI.

 

[danibbler]

Even as we speak, Playbook with their bulletproof security is the only tablet certified for use in the US government.

That's no longer true. More and more parts of the US gov't are adopting iPads and iPhones.

 

[splooge]

agreed danibbler, though the bb was the chosen phone for the US gov't, the playbook never made the cut. the gov't switched to ipad sourcing because of the playbook delayed and delayed 4x launching. Now, to integrate software, the USgov has sourced iphone's as their now official smartphone supplier.

and a bit about their 'secure' network. It is also archaic in a technological sense nowadays. I don't think it's worth all that much with no further advancement in technology.

 

[b4u]

RIM says sales to US up,Blackberry White House fixture

 

[Tony321]

RIM says sales to US up,Blackberry White House fixture

b4u, link is broken, here another link http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-04-09/rim-says-sales-to-u-s-up-blackberry-white-house-fixture.html

 

[danibbler]

Let's clarify what b4u wrote, it's not that sales to the US are up, it's that sales to the US gov't are up. Sounds like they are fighting to regain market share in that part of the market after losing some. And, article says White House will no longer confirm that Obama is a BlackBerry user.

 

[b4u]

Let's clarify what danibbler wrote, he thinks none of you can read, think or comprehend the post I made above and that he will act as an interpreter to help you fully understand what the media and RIM are reporting :wink:

I should also clarify that the White House did not deny that President Obama is still using a Blackberry lmao

 

[onthebottom]

Sold for scrap is what's going to happen.

OTB

 

[Anynym]

RIM still doesn't seem to understand that their development environment is absolute trash. I know a few very smart people who have written a number of smartphone apps, who have tried a number of times to set up the RIM dev env and still haven't had any success but wasting weeks of very valuable development time in the process.

 

[danibbler]

Let's clarify what danibbler wrote, he thinks none of you can read, think or comprehend the post I made above and that he will act as an interpreter to help you fully understand what the media and RIM are reporting

If you were able to report items correctly I wouldn't have to correct them for you.

 

[onthebottom]

If you were able to report items correctly I wouldn't have to correct them for you.

Sad that this is what passes for positive news about RIM... Nortel away....

Research In Motion Ltd. (RIM) said sales to U.S. federal agencies are rising and the BlackBerry is still a White House fixture, a bright spot for a company struggling with plunging demand amid competition from the iPhone.

The company’s share of the government market is probably increasing, Scott Totzke, senior vice president of BlackBerry security, said in an April 5 interview in Washington. He declined to say whether President Barack Obama is still a user, though he said the White House is a “strategic” customer.

RIM is clinging to the government business as one of its last North American strongholds as consumers and businesses switch to rival devices with bigger touch screens and faster browsers.

RIM is clinging to the government business as one of its last North American strongholds as consumers and businesses switch to rival devices with bigger touch screens and faster browsers. Sales in the U.S., still RIM’s biggest market, fell 57 percent last quarter, in part because Apple Inc. (AAPL) iPhones and devices running Google Inc. (GOOG)’s Android software are proliferating in the workplace.

“Compared to the enterprise over the last year and a half or so, the federal business on whole is up,” said Totzke, who also runs RIM’s U.S. government sales business. “The employee base is shrinking, so if we’re looking at a market with fewer employees and our install base is stable to slightly up, that would seem to indicate that we have an increasing market share.”

 

[larry]

i'm just sayin' but when someone won't confirm, they usually can't. "He declined to say whether President Barack Obama is still a user". and why is the senior vp of security talking about market share using the "seem" word? anyway, this is all moot.

 

[onthebottom]

i'm just sayin' but when someone won't confirm, they usually can't. "He declined to say whether President Barack Obama is still a user". and why is the senior vp of security talking about market share using the "seem" word? anyway, this is all moot.

They are trying to manufacture a good news story, fewer government employes, stable RIM users = larger marketshare... this in a smartphone market that has exploded is beyond pathetic.

RIM is dead, iPhone even passed it in Canada.....

OTB

 

[b4u]

If you were able to report items correctly I wouldn't have to correct them for you.

I stand by my comment in post#9, you obviously think no one else can read or think for themselves.
my post that you refer to was simply a link to the report, nothing was changed or altered by me

 

[nottyboi]

Honestly I love my Playbook. Many things about it are awesome and it is much smaller then an iPad and still very usable. If they upped certain things about it, and expanded the ecosystem it would be a really nice device.

 

[larry]

Yes. form factor is why i bought mine. but in the end, the fact that the photo/music/video apps don't honour directory structure makes it a big fail as a media device. the browser is fine unless you like to edit the bookmarks. the major issue is it's years behind in usability. poor design decisions that the ipod/iphone were delivered with have since been fixed. with the playbook, we're back to the beginnings.

anyway, the market has spoken. at $100, a lot of people are willing to accept the deficiencies. at a higher price, nobody. still, i would never give one to a computer illiterate person.

 

[onthebottom]

Honestly I love my Playbook. Many things about it are awesome and it is much smaller then an iPad and still very usable. If they upped certain things about it, and expanded the ecosystem it would be a really nice device.

Got to a target and try a Kindle Fire, you description of the ideal Playbook is the Fire.

OTB

 

[Tony321]

Yes. form factor is why i bought mine. but in the end, the fact that the photo/music/video apps don't honour directory structure makes it a big fail as a media device. the browser is fine unless you like to edit the bookmarks. the major issue is it's years behind in usability. poor design decisions that the ipod/iphone were delivered with have since been fixed. with the playbook, we're back to the beginnings.

anyway, the market has spoken. at $100, a lot of people are willing to accept the deficiencies. at a higher price, nobody. still, i would never give one to a computer illiterate person.

I totally agree that ipad has way more apps (most of them are useless junk) but larry, there's nothing wrong with the Playbooks OS and hardware.