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RIM was in disbelief following the introduction of the iPhone in January 2007
When Steve Jobs first introduced the iPhone, he explained that Apple was trying to create a smartphone that would leapfrog the competition by at least 5 years. Given that Android has made impressive strides as of late, the 5 year head-start afforded to Apple by the iPhone might be a bit generous, but there’s no [...]
Continue reading...Apple makes more money per handset sold than RIM and Motorola combined – and here’s why
Thursday, December 23, 2010
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Much like the iPod before it, the success and vision of the iPhone forced a slew of companies to step up their game in a serious way, but in the end, no competing device has yet been able to hold a candle to Apple’s offering. From a business standpoint, Apple’s success with the iPhone is similarly difficult, if not impossible, [...]
Continue reading...RIM’s Jim Balsillie takes shots at the iPad, promises “higher performance” on the Playbook
Friday, December 17, 2010
During RIM’s earnings conference call yesterday, RIM co-CEO Jim Balsillie took a few minutes to hype up the upcoming RIM Playbook while also taking a few shots at Apple. When asked about plans to take on Google and Apple in the tablet space, Balsillie didn’t mince words. “I think the PlayBook redefines what a tablet [...]
Continue reading...RIM earnings beat analyst expectations
Friday, December 17, 2010
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With many folks believing the smartphone wars is being fought exclusively between Google and Apple, RIM isn’t going out without a fight. On the contrary, RIM’s earnings over the past quarter beat analyst expectations as the company recorded revenue of $5.5 billion and earnings per share of $1.74. The consensus on Wall Street was that [...]
Continue reading...Mobile marketshare broken down by geographic region [Photo]
Wednesday, December 8, 2010
An interesting graph courtesy of Pingdom breaks down the mobile OS marketshare across geographic regions. While it appears that Nokia’s Symbian OS still reigns supreme in Africa, Asia, and South America. the iPhone seems to have North America, Europe, and Australia on lockdown. Note, though, that this graph doesn’t purport to accurately reflect actual OS marketshare, [...]
Continue reading...RIM acquires TAT in efforts to improve Blackberry UI experience
Wednesday, December 8, 2010
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After a number of failed, okay okay – lackluster, attempts to compete with the iPhone (Storm 1&2 anyone?), RIM is finally waking up and realizing that a capable email device is decidedly not enough to compete with the big boys. Sure, RIM still dominates the business market, but the iPhone is slowly but surely creeping [...]
Continue reading...iPhone accounts for 23% of business smartphones
Tuesday, December 7, 2010
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While many people may think of the iPhone as a cool little gadget good for playing games and browsing the web, Apple’s smartphoen is quietly making serious inroads into corporate America and threatening RIM’s longtime stranglehold in the business market. According to recent data compiled by ComScore, the iPhone now accounts for 22.7% of business [...]
Continue reading...Study: iPhone owners are the most loyal
Tuesday, November 30, 2010
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GfK, a German market-research firm, recently surveyed 2,653 smartphone owners in Brazil, Germany, China, Britain, Spain, and the US and found that iPhone owners are by far the most loyal measured against all other mobile device owners. 59% of iPhone owners indicated that they plan on sticking with Apple for future phone purchases. 35% of [...]
Continue reading...Apple snatching up RIM’s enterprise sales talent
Tuesday, November 23, 2010
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It’s hard to argue with the fact that Apple has the consumer end of the smartphone market on lock down, but one area where App still has lots of room to grow is in the enterprise. As Apple continues to push forward in an attempt to increase iPhone marketshare and corporate adoption, the company is [...]
Continue reading...RIM shows off PlayBook with faster web rendering than the iPad
Wednesday, November 17, 2010
Providing a sneak peak at the forthcoming 7-inch BlackBerry Playbook, RIM takes on the iPad head on in a browser speed test and performs quite well actually. On a number of sites, content appears to load much more quickly than it does on the iPad. The video also showcases how the Playbook can handle Flash [...]
Continue reading...iPhone 4 is the most reliable smartphone, just don’t drop it!
Monday, November 15, 2010
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SquareTrade is an independent US provider of warranties who recently compiled data from over 50,000 incidents of smartphone failure reports. As laid out in the chart below, the iPhone 4 has the lowest percentage of reported non-accident related malfunctions, coming in at just 2.1%. The iPhone 3GS lags slightly behind comprising 2.3% of reported malfunctions. [...]
Continue reading...RIM looks to price its PlayBook tablet below the iPad
Wednesday, November 10, 2010
Where Apple goes, the tech minions will follow. In the three years since the iPhone debuted, Apple’s revolutionary smartphone has become the de-facto form factor for nearly all smartphones while simultaneously influencing the functionality and software handset makers put into their products. In a similar vein, Apple’s iPad stormed out of the gate with a [...]
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Tuesday, December 28, 2010
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