tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5638870304626562938.post7001863539162419518..comments2023-07-16T11:17:43.157-04:00Comments on Talk Nerdy To Me: Death of BlackBerry? Oh How the Mighty Fall…Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12212355072284181274noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5638870304626562938.post-35799025534978424222012-04-25T06:35:36.571-04:002012-04-25T06:35:36.571-04:00well
I do not own a smart phone so i guess am neut...well<br />I do not own a smart phone so i guess am neutral. RIM for awhile was providing great service the the products where great. But most of the users in Botswana are constantly complaining. I guess the mighty have fallenMokgadi Phoebe Ramalokohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16218061906224455896noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5638870304626562938.post-79468367524697210722011-03-16T17:10:16.017-04:002011-03-16T17:10:16.017-04:00Regarding staying competitive:
At this point, it&...Regarding staying competitive:<br /><br />At this point, it's all about marketing. They were the only players in the game years ago, but that's changed. Apple now has the hip user market, Android has the tech geek market, RIM still has a good percentage of the professional market. They should leverage that; brand themselves as the phone that professionals use, brand Apple as a shiny toy for hipster kids, and Android as a complicated gadget just for geeks. Make it a status symbol, make it expensive (that's right, up the price), and sexy. They might not be able to keep as big of a market share, but if they can keep the top-end users they can stay strong and carve out a (fairly large) niche consisting of people with money to blow, and maintain a good profit margin.<br /><br />Regarding the app:<br /><br />They might make the non-BB versions have some flaw (can't send MMS, or something like that) which would allow non-Blackberry users to use it too, but to get the "full experience" you need to be on a Blackberry. But my bet is they will probably just make it a free app with full capabilities, and insert ads for Blackberry phones to non-Blackberry users.Sammaelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05881307885077834818noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5638870304626562938.post-59907032194343452062011-03-16T13:54:10.710-04:002011-03-16T13:54:10.710-04:00fair points.
for me its like how do you let it ge...fair points.<br /><br />for me its like how do you let it get to this point - corporate #fail.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12212355072284181274noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5638870304626562938.post-65181839502618065662011-03-16T13:38:22.900-04:002011-03-16T13:38:22.900-04:00Just as Nokia had to partner with Microsoft to sur...Just as Nokia had to partner with Microsoft to survive (we'll see how that goes), RIM will have to find a strategic ally as well... perhaps HP?jkwong111https://www.blogger.com/profile/00112695972776377083noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5638870304626562938.post-56946526837783465802011-03-16T13:32:22.040-04:002011-03-16T13:32:22.040-04:00RIM is doing something similar to what Microsoft d...RIM is doing something similar to what Microsoft did when they realized Apple had superior, hipper products and offered to have their software compatible with Macs. If you can't beat 'em join 'em. Might as well have a small piece in almost 100 percent of the market instead of watching your company's market share just melt away.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com