Post Tagged with: "RIM"

How RIM Changed My Life
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How RIM Changed My Life

During the summer of 1997, I was contacted by the folks at RIM and asked if I would like to be a beta tester of their first Blackberry pager/email device. Up to then, pagers were the darlings of the mobile world but their key function was to send a phone number to the user if [...]

Published by on April 2, 2012 6:29 am
What Intel Must Demonstrate in Smartphones (and soon)
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What Intel Must Demonstrate in Smartphones (and soon)

Intel made a big splash at CES 2012 with the announcement that Motorola and Lenovo committed to Intel’s Medfield smartphone solution. This came on the heels of a disappointing break-up between Intel and Nokia as well as a lack of previous traction with LG. While Intel has come farther than they have ever come before [...]

Published by on February 7, 2012 4:00 am
The RIM Story: In Praise of Mike and Jim
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The RIM Story: In Praise of Mike and Jim

The departure of Research In Motion co-CEOs Michael Lazaridis and Jim Balsillie was, as amply noted by just about everyone, long overdue. Given the shipwreck that RIM has become, it’s understandable, but more than a little sad, that the coverage has paid so little attention to what Mike, Jim, and RIM accomplished during their glory [...]

Published by on January 23, 2012 5:41 am
Why Microsoft should buy RIM
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Why Microsoft should buy RIM

Three years ago, in my annual prediction list, I said that Microsoft would buy RIM. However, I also stated that this was a very wild prediction that I doubted would happen. Last week, All Things D wrote a piece that said Microsoft and Nokia had discussed jointly buying RIM but that the talks did not [...]

Published by on December 27, 2011 8:36 am
BlackBerry Mobile Fusion May Be RIM’s Future
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BlackBerry Mobile Fusion May Be RIM’s Future

The flood of iPhones, iPads, and Androids into corporate offices is destroying BlackBerry’s once dominant position in the enterprise. In a bold if-you-can-lick-them-join-them move, Research In Motion is striking back with BlackBerry Mobile fusion, a software and a back-office package that promises to bring BlackBerry-like security and manageability to competing hardware. This may be an obvious move [...]

Published by on November 29, 2011 12:20 pm
Is it Time for RIM to be Acquired?
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Is it Time for RIM to be Acquired?

The short answer is yes. And it seems like RIM’s investors are starting to chime in and suggest the company look for a suitor. The technology industry landscape has changed drastically in the last few months. I have written in a number of our reports why we believe that in this new landscape some companies [...]

Published by on September 6, 2011 8:20 am
Should the Media be Proclaiming RIM’s Death?
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Should the Media be Proclaiming RIM’s Death?

Over the past few weeks i’ve been reading a number of articles from the big media outlets all proclaiming the death of RIM. Most of these articles are pretty grim and their headlines say it all. I have nothing against a good or controversial headline its more the content of the article i’m interested in. [...]

Published by on July 14, 2011 12:55 pm
A Sure Sign of Real Trouble at RIM
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A Sure Sign of Real Trouble at RIM

The senior Research In Motion executive who chose to vent his (or her) frustration in a open letter to Boy Genius Report may not have chosen the most graceful way to make those views known. But the writer may well have exhausted other means of communications. Certainly, RIM’s response suggests strongly that the increasingly troubled [...]

Published by on June 30, 2011 9:00 pm