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dave1812 well, you won't ever find me calling you names just because I disagree with your opinion. That's the kind of thing that SHOULD get someone a suspension, or if they are persistently rude, a lifetime ban.
You say the market is "immature". We could say that at the rapid pace of development of cell phones, the entire industry is "immature". A stretch, but my point is that calling 4G coverage "immature" seems to me to be more of a subjective thing than an accurate assessment of the network. Sure, it's not in EVERY city yet, but it's in (I've lost count when they went over 150) all the majors and second tier cities as we speak.
RIM is too stodgy, wondering why people defect to Apple and Android, when Mike L. clearly "knows" whats best for us. Therein lies the problem with RIM--Mike L's insistence that he knows what we all want. ****, he doesn't even know what enterprise customers want any longer. If someone came up to him now and said," Hey Mike, what's the best way to beat Android and Apple?", his response would be something on the order of,"people just don't GET IT! We've got the best battery life in the business and we have BBM!! People are making a big mistake not buying our phones!!" (followed by a lot more whining). Instead of giving consumers what THEY want, he thinks he knows best. He is no Steve Jobs who nearly always (don't get me wrong--I despise him) knows what people will BUY, even if he exerts iron-fisted control over everything-Apple. Mike L. cannot afford (err, RIM stockholders can't afford) his ivory tower thinking any longer--he needs a reality check like no other major corp CEO needs one. His opinions are wrong; his handling of crises are wrong; his prognostications are wrong; his stewardship of RIM needs to end yesterday.