Research In Motion Ltd (RIMM)
Have a love/hate relationship with your Blackberry? You can thank RIMM for that. Research in Motion is a leading designer, manufacturer and marketer of wireless solutions for the worldwide mobile communications market, with the Blackberry product heading up its line.
Apple (AAPL) and Research in Motion (RIMM) are being investigated by the US International Trade Commission after Kodak (EK) complained that smartphones linfringe on a Kodak's digital-imaging technology. Kodak believes the Apple iPhone and Research in Motion Blackberry devices hold digital camera technology that directly infringes Kodak. iPhone and Blackberry users have no fear—Kodak will not put and end to these devices, it just seeks compensation from Apple and RIM. Apple and RIM are not the only companies Kodak has accused of patent infringement related to its digital camera technologies. Last month, Kodak and Samsung announced a cross-licensing agreement that ended patent-infringement suits the companies had filed against each other. The companies also dropped complaints they had filed with the USITC. What do think? Should Apple and RIM pay up?
Doesn't their newest 9000 series phone come out this month? What's the buzz on that?
lost alot of money with this one
Thats because you didnt sell after their dismal earnings report.- 4 months ago
As a mobile apps developer working on iPhone, Android and Blackberry, I can easily say that RIM's BB Software Development Kit is the most difficult to use, the system is poorly designed and makes creating software a nightmare. I think this is to blame for the lack of innovation in BB's app space and their lag behind Android and iPhone in terms of killer Apps. They may still have more market share from their strangle hold on the business world, but I don't see that lasting long, especially with Apple's recent support of MS Exchange Servers on their iPhone platform. My gut feeling is this company will fade into the background over the next few years.
<strong>The iPhone Loses Its Crown</strong> The <a href="http://gadgetwise.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/05/04/blackberry-throws-iphone-sales-a-curve/" target="_blank">top-selling smartphone</a> of 2009 isn't Apple's (<a href="http://www.weseed.com/companies/basics/aapl">AAPL</a>) iPhone, it's Research in Motion's (<a href="http://www.weseed.com/companies/basics/rimm">RIMM</a>) Blackberry Curve. Does that mean the iPhone is doomed? Of course not! But it does cast a spotlight on how differently the two companies are promoting their phones. The iPhone is only available through AT&T (<a href="http://www.weseed.com/companies/basics/t">T</a>), while the Curve can be had on all the major carriers. With the Palm (<a href="http://www.weseed.com/companies/basics/palm">PALM</a>) Pre coming soon, what will happen to the top spot in the smartphone category? Here's what we do know: if you make a phone that millions of people become addicted to (Blackberry) or devoted to (the iPhone), good things will happen. Whether or not the Pre will join the ranks is yet to be determined.
There is room for both Apple and RIMM in the smartphone market.- 4 months ago
cc1 thinks if Research In Motion Ltd were a Trekkie, it would be Spock.
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