Addictive no more... 'Crackberry' owner gives up the fight with Apple!
.....while the BlackBerry remained the boardroom
favourite, critics say that RIM stopped innovating,
sticking to its cluttered physical keyboard long
after the arrival of Apple's touchscreen iPhone in
2007. Unlike Google and Apple, it failed to licence
its operating system to programmers � thus
missing out on third-party apps which have
driven the appeal of the iPhone and Android.
BlackBerry outtages last year, delays in the arrival
of the new model, and mediocre reviews for its
PlayBook tablet have not helped.
"Ultimately, RIM is taking half measures, baby-
stepping their way to reorganisation and they're
not moving fast enough," said Ed Snyder, an
analyst with Charter Equity Research. "They need
a wholesale change in the culture and
management of the company."
Otherwise, the BlackBerry � which once offered
revolutionary mobile access to emails � could join
the telex and the fax machine in the graveyard of
gadgets.
Addictive no more... 'Crackberry' owner gives up the fight with Apple - Business News - Business - The IndependentEdit: I voted first. I chose the 1st option.