The RIM blackout that occurred in October sent waves through my industry (finance) in which nearly every employee is glued to a Blackberry in and out of the office. After the blackout, I noticed a lot of long-time (10+ years) Crackberry addicts switching over to iPhones or Androids.
Why do you think RIM is dead?
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Re: Why do you think RIM is dead?
#22I think in terms of it being a good platform to develop for with a large installed base; it will still be there for a while.
That said, its management is so in a cascading spiral of incoherence, and its standing financially (it is bleeding on one side and not taking in enough revenue on the other) that its longterm viability as a stable/growing market leader is by anyones measure -- done. Their overall product line is (compared to Apple) incoherent and (compared to Android ecosystem) lacking breadth. The only player its beating in that arena is Nokia, which is like saying you could beat up a quadriplegic really well if you trained harder.
It had more Playbooks stolen last year than sold. That, while snarky, is nonetheless true.
This is a difficult spiral to get out of; almost no one ever does at this stage, so I think that's where the dismal outlook comes from. Even Apple in its darkest days had more cash on hand and options available to it than RIM does now.