Still the most secure OS
http://www.bgr.com/2012/04/11/blackberry-7-rated-most-secure-operating-system/
http://www.bgr.com/2012/04/11/blackberry-7-rated-most-secure-operating-system/
BlackBerry 7 rated most secure operating system by Trend Micro
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Maybe that's why its so secure. No one bothers with it, no one considers it a target.
It doesn't look like it's trending that way:
Studies see RIM losing corporate market share
An increasing number of larger companies plan to abandon their BlackBerrys in the coming year, according to an Enterprise Management Associates study. EMA said that among businesses of at least 10,000 employees, 30% of the BlackBerry users indicated they would defect to competing platforms, a development that would severely hit Research In Motion's current 52% market share in this space. In another study, Good Technology found that more than 7 in 10 new enterprise mobile activations went to iOS phones and tablets in the third quarter.
http://www.smartbrief.com/news/ctia...B©id=C3D9B938-F5BD-483C-966E-4E9417CF3F97
Yup. BYOD (bring your own device) is taking off and most people don't want Blackberry anymore.
It doesn't get more sensitive than the Department of Defense.
http://www.informationweek.com/news/government/mobile/231600802?cid=RSSfeed_IWK_News
There are few things more frustrating than being a Blackberry fanboy.
LOL
There is a low bar....
Almost everyone.... but there are still dim people and troglodytes who stick with RIM...
OTB
Consider:
RIM Going Out Of Business? As Android, iPhone Grow, Some Analysts Say Yes
The Huffington Post Canada | By Daniel Tencer
Posted: 04/ 3/2012 4:34 pm Updated: 04/ 3/2012 4:34 pm
With last week’s dismal quarterly earnings report beginning to sink in, analysts are sounding even more pessimistic about Research In Motion than they were before.
One such analyst, speaking on CNBC Tuesday, said the Waterloo, Ontario-based maker of the BlackBerry is headed out of business as the smartphone market coalesces around Apple's iPhone and Samsung phones running Android.
At the same time, another analyst suggested a corporate takeover of RIM -- a preferred option among many market observers -- isn't happening.
Asked on CNBC Tuesday if there was room in the market for RIM in a world increasingly dominated by Apple’s iPhone and Android phones, Piper Jaffray analyst Gene Munster replied “no.”
“Research In Motion is out of business,” Munster said, listing off a number of other phone makers -- including Nokia -- that he believes won’t survive in the new Apple- and Samsung-dominated era of smartphone and tablet computers.
As RIM released a series of underwhelming earnings reports last year, rumours swirled about one way the company could solve its problems -- a takeover by another, more profitable, tech firm.
But, with the company last week recording another disappointing quarter, analysts say this avenue is beginning to close.
“There are not that many buyers left” for RIM, Recon Analytics analyst Roger Entner said, as quoted at the Toronto Star. “BlackBerry is running out of sugar daddies.”
The Star also quoted a Tweet from Seabreeze Partners founder Douglas Kass, who wrote that “all bidders have walked away from RIM.”
Even RIM itself seems to be accepting the idea that the company -- which once dominated the smartphone market with its BlackBerry device -- now lives in a world dominated by Apple and Android.
The company said Tuesday that it will offer software to companies and governments that would open up its secure network for use on iPhones and other mobile devices in the workplace.
The move is intended to encourage enterprise customers to stick with its services, even if they gravitate away from the BlackBerry smartphone itself.
“Organizations face pressure to allow employees to bring their own devices into the workplace, and they are looking to RIM as the global leader in the enterprise mobility space to solve that problem,'' Alan Panezic, RIM's vice-president of enterprise product management and marketing said in a news release.
The Waterloo, Ont., tech company has been losing consumer market share to Apple and Android devices and although it's still dominant in workplaces, its competitors are making inroads there as well with iPhone and Android smartphones and tablets.
RIM said about 90 per cent of Fortune 500 companies are using BlackBerry smartphones.
However, recently several major organizations have confirmed plans to open up the options for their employees to use devices other than the BlackBerry. Those customers include energy services giant Halliburton Co. and the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.
Research In Motion has said it will focus more on its business customers and will go after only “targeted'' parts of the consumer market, possibly with partners.
......
http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2012/04/03/rim-going-out-of-business_n_1400838.html
His prediction that RIM is toast is at the 5;40 min point if you're interested.
OTB
RIM Going Out Of Business? As Android, iPhone Grow, Some Analysts Say Yes
The Huffington Post Canada | By Daniel Tencer
Posted: 04/ 3/2012 4:34 pm Updated: 04/ 3/2012 4:34 pm
With last week’s dismal quarterly earnings report beginning to sink in, analysts are sounding even more pessimistic about Research In Motion than they were before.
One such analyst, speaking on CNBC Tuesday, said the Waterloo, Ontario-based maker of the BlackBerry is headed out of business as the smartphone market coalesces around Apple's iPhone and Samsung phones running Android.
At the same time, another analyst suggested a corporate takeover of RIM -- a preferred option among many market observers -- isn't happening.
Asked on CNBC Tuesday if there was room in the market for RIM in a world increasingly dominated by Apple’s iPhone and Android phones, Piper Jaffray analyst Gene Munster replied “no.”
“Research In Motion is out of business,” Munster said, listing off a number of other phone makers -- including Nokia -- that he believes won’t survive in the new Apple- and Samsung-dominated era of smartphone and tablet computers.
As RIM released a series of underwhelming earnings reports last year, rumours swirled about one way the company could solve its problems -- a takeover by another, more profitable, tech firm.
But, with the company last week recording another disappointing quarter, analysts say this avenue is beginning to close.
“There are not that many buyers left” for RIM, Recon Analytics analyst Roger Entner said, as quoted at the Toronto Star. “BlackBerry is running out of sugar daddies.”
The Star also quoted a Tweet from Seabreeze Partners founder Douglas Kass, who wrote that “all bidders have walked away from RIM.”
Even RIM itself seems to be accepting the idea that the company -- which once dominated the smartphone market with its BlackBerry device -- now lives in a world dominated by Apple and Android.
The company said Tuesday that it will offer software to companies and governments that would open up its secure network for use on iPhones and other mobile devices in the workplace.
The move is intended to encourage enterprise customers to stick with its services, even if they gravitate away from the BlackBerry smartphone itself.
“Organizations face pressure to allow employees to bring their own devices into the workplace, and they are looking to RIM as the global leader in the enterprise mobility space to solve that problem,'' Alan Panezic, RIM's vice-president of enterprise product management and marketing said in a news release.
The Waterloo, Ont., tech company has been losing consumer market share to Apple and Android devices and although it's still dominant in workplaces, its competitors are making inroads there as well with iPhone and Android smartphones and tablets.
RIM said about 90 per cent of Fortune 500 companies are using BlackBerry smartphones.
However, recently several major organizations have confirmed plans to open up the options for their employees to use devices other than the BlackBerry. Those customers include energy services giant Halliburton Co. and the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.
Research In Motion has said it will focus more on its business customers and will go after only “targeted'' parts of the consumer market, possibly with partners.
......
http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2012/04/03/rim-going-out-of-business_n_1400838.html
His prediction that RIM is toast is at the 5;40 min point if you're interested.
OTB
They would need a strategy that is differentiated to turn the company around... what they have is a lagging product offering and no strategy.... DOA
OTB
Feb 28th, 2011: Apple becomes valued as a 500 billion dollar company. - http://www.intomobile.com/2012/02/2...-billion-soon-become-wealthiest-company-ever/
April 10th, 2011: Apple becomes valued as a 600 billion dollar company. - http://www.thestar.com/business/art...ts-600-billion-closing-in-on-microsoft-record
Follow the trend. Should I bother pulling up RIM?
The only thing I could think of is license their technology (BES, security, IT policies and BBM) to their former companies.
My wild card scenario is they partner up with Microsoft and Nokia. Windows Phone is a great platform, Nokia makes great hardware. Perhaps if Windows Phone with BES and BBM could help differentiate?
Being a fan of BB is like being a Leafs fan-except Leafs will be winners way before RIM is again. Apple is currently the biggest winner.Yep, like being an Apple fanboi....
600 billion is far from a trillion, the stock price is having resistance at $640, who knows, Apple might fall back to 260 billion just like microsoft.Feb 28th, 2011: Apple becomes valued as a 500 billion dollar company. - http://www.intomobile.com/2012/02/2...-billion-soon-become-wealthiest-company-ever/
April 10th, 2011: Apple becomes valued as a 600 billion dollar company. - http://www.thestar.com/business/art...ts-600-billion-closing-in-on-microsoft-record
Follow the trend. Should I bother pulling up RIM?
