Bye Bye Blackberry

[JEast]

Not to pile on the RIMM discussion, but I recently was informed that a very large corporate customer just told all managers they were switching to iPhones.  This is curious to me because this same company's upper management pushed back for 2 years in '04-'06 before the RIMM rollout.  First the rollout started slowly, then a full push out to managers in '07.  (see RIMM price chart)  Now, a complete abandonment of RIMM for APPLE.  Contagion, mass psychology, or just that much of a superior performance increase??

 

http://www.forbes.com/sites/adamthierer/2012/04/01/bye-bye-blackberry-how-long-will-apple-last/

 

Cheers

JEast

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77 m members today (75m members last quarter)

[DCG]

Shouldn't this be in the RIM thread? Not sure thus article warrants its own thread. Large corporations are switching away from Blackberry all the time.

[JEast]

True that the above article may not warrant its own tread, but this article on "The Cliff" (how handset makers die) and the short replacement cycle might.

 

http://communities-dominate.blogs.com/brands/2012/03/the-cliff-theory-of-handset-collapse-why-in-mobile-phones-do-companies-die-so-fast-siemens-motorola-.html

 

Cheers

JEast