RIM has denied the multiple reports that it is planning to leave the consumer smartphone market.
Following horrendous earnings from the one-time powerful smartphone maker, speculation began that the company would move into enterprise and security, leaving the consumer market for good.
The Canadian company has said today that is not true: "The claim that RIM has said it will withdraw ... [ read the full article ]
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I think if RIM partnered up with a company like Samsung, they could really start producing some worthwhile phones hardware-wise and make a comeback in the market...
This is assuming that their latest phones still are "outdated", which I really hope isn't the case for their sake.
RIM's latest phones are still outdated...terribly outdated as their new (still unreleased) phones should have come out last year, and will be insanely outdated when/if they actually get released. They were already having troubles keeping devs for a lot of reasons, but this delay has caused most of the best of the remaining ones to give up on RIM as well. Even if the hardware on the horizon wasn't terrible, and even if RIM fixed all the corporate structure problems that caused the first batch of devs to flee the ship, they would be launching a new device with no apps into a market that is already saturated with iOS and Android. Buying a new RIM would be dumber than buying a new Windows phone...even if the hardware was equal, which it won't be.
RIM needs a total internal restructure. They can't compete with their current structure, and the only reasons they ever had success to begin with were virtual monopoly (distant memory), physical keyboards (many android devices have this), the notification light (almost every device has this), and secure email (gmail is now more secure). Their corporate structure keeps away the best people, slows down the people they do manage to keep, and alienates the app developers that are a vital part to the success of any mobile device. Bad hardware and operating systems are just symptoms of the real problems.
There is no need for RIM to leave the consumer market. The consumer market has already left them! Over priced, under powered and minimal 3rd party support. RIM, RIP!
Originally posted by KillerBug: RIM's latest phones are still outdated...terribly outdated as their new (still unreleased) phones should have come out last year, and will be insanely outdated when/if they actually get released. They were already having troubles keeping devs for a lot of reasons, but this delay has caused most of the best of the remaining ones to give up on RIM as well. Even if the hardware on the horizon wasn't terrible, and even if RIM fixed all the corporate structure problems that caused the first batch of devs to flee the ship, they would be launching a new device with no apps into a market that is already saturated with iOS and Android. Buying a new RIM would be dumber than buying a new Windows phone...even if the hardware was equal, which it won't be.
RIM needs a total internal restructure. They can't compete with their current structure, and the only reasons they ever had success to begin with were virtual monopoly (distant memory), physical keyboards (many android devices have this), the notification light (almost every device has this), and secure email (gmail is now more secure). Their corporate structure keeps away the best people, slows down the people they do manage to keep, and alienates the app developers that are a vital part to the success of any mobile device. Bad hardware and operating systems are just symptoms of the real problems.
The new OS is supposed to be able to emulate Android apps no? Something the Playbook was supposed to launch with...
