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They had a good run, but it's time to say goodnight to RIM

article published on 28 June, 2012

Dying smartphone maker Research in Motion (RIM) has posted their latest quarterly earnings today, and unsurprisingly they were horrendous. On top of a large loss, the company says they are laying off 5000 employees and delaying BlackBerry 10, again. RIM lost $518 million for the quarter, compared to a profit of $695 million in the same quarter last year. Revenue fell to $2.8 billion, ... [ read the full article ]

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EzCeazy
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_ 		29. June 2012 @ 00:06 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Sometimes life sucks
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mukhis
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_ 		29. June 2012 @ 11:39 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
most smartphone users do many things online now, and here is where blackberry OS fails to offer us user experience, both hardware-wise and software-wise. the same goes for symbian, and no wonder why users do not want these two OSs.
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_ 		29. June 2012 @ 12:28 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
I'm using symbian now and love it
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ahhhhh!!! cobras
A5J4DX
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_ 		29. June 2012 @ 17:11 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
should have quit while ahead...wait that was never
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hearme0
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_ 		30. June 2012 @ 02:24 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
'bout time!!

Loser company!

Never like BB and never will. Hated using it when my company forced me to. Good riddance to bad rubbish!

I am sorry however, to see this happen to the employees. I don't wish unemployment on my worst enemy.
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