- 03-27-12 04:27 PMLike 0
- I see no value in Samsung touching RIM's OS. There really isn't any market share their for them to make a dent and actually sell the phones. You think Samsung wants to be stuck holding the bag of unsold devices and having to write them down like RIM did today with OS7 phones.
Who really wants to partner with them now that they have had to write down their two biggest product launches, the PB and OS7.
RIM doesn't have the money Windows does to keep throwing at an OS hoping it catches on. BB10 is the last hope, if it fails there is no plan B.03-30-12 02:11 AMLike 0 -
- at:03:11 AM Today joecastrignano03-30-12 02:24 AMLike 0
- I think if any of the big players buy RIM its going to be for the patents and access to the enterprise not for any of the actual products, I mean I could even see Apple buying the company just to keep the patents out of Samsung's hands.03-30-12 03:21 AMLike 0
- DenverRalphyRetired Network ModHmm, do you even use a blackberry device at all? Research in Motion did NOT write off any OS 7 devices, can you provide any proof? Just because some carriers EOL'd them, doesn't mean they're not being used. Like come on, provide proof. RIM isn't going to be going anywhere. And North America isn't the only market, think of the rest of the world.
Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using Tapatalk03-30-12 06:32 AMLike 0 - Hmm, do you even use a blackberry device at all? Research in Motion did NOT write off any OS 7 devices, can you provide any proof? Just because some carriers EOL'd them, doesn't mean they're not being used. Like come on, provide proof. RIM isn't going to be going anywhere. And North America isn't the only market, think of the rest of the world.
Two, you'll see that RIM themselves have gotten past this fallacy that this is just a North American issue. In the call as well they talked about the serious challenges they now face in other markets and the discounting (hardware and services) they feel they now need to compete in those markets.
(BTW, why do people call it a "North American" issue when RIM actually does quite well in Canada?)03-30-12 06:43 AMLike 0 - I may be wrong but I thought RIM was writing down their all touch torches. I'm not saying no keyboard devices were written off but seriously why would someone buy all touch BB when there is Android and Apple?03-30-12 08:04 AMLike 0
- You should read the Q4 report. One, you'll see the write down of BB7 inventory.
Two, you'll see that RIM themselves have gotten past this fallacy that this is just a North American issue. In the call as well they talked about the serious challenges they now face in other markets and the discounting (hardware and services) they feel they now need to compete in those markets.
(BTW, why do people call it a "North American" issue when RIM actually does quite well in Canada?)
as many posters will point out when ever they get the chance if you say RIM is doing well in Canada, "ya well there are more people in California than all of Canada"03-30-12 08:13 AMLike 0 - I just read this article about Nokia joining Apple to dump Samsung as a supplier because it supposedly steals ideas etc. from other companies' component orders to integrate it into their own products.
The individual stated that Samsung has "a record of getting orders for next-gen components, then canceling the orders. And then they show up in a Samsung phone. When you see a Samsung 'bendy' OLED phone as you surely will, you are looking at something that was stolen from Nokia."02-14-13 07:44 AMLike 0
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