Keith Pardy leaves the RIM party

ADIOS! Now where’s my PlayBook?

lol seriously these people

RIM is really gonna sink fast bringing in $1 Billion in profit every quarter without even introducing a new product.

McDonalds and Wal-Mart still show signs of growing the midst of a troubling economy. I don’t see either of those selling Top Notch products. And when every other “smart platform” offers everything Blackberry offers, it’s hard to stay with such an old platform.

Waiting for it… “which age come maturity” … true. and after Maturity come Mold and Mildew…. we know where RIM stands.

Increasing revenue because they are selling more in international markets where people have less money, so RIM is more accessible, kinda like a feature phone, and iPhones and Android devices are more or less a luxury. Sales in the US are a different matter, and much of it has come from Buy 1 Get 5 offers for enterprises, and teens whose parents still pay for cell service. Almost anyone who wants a Smartphone goes Android, iOS, even WebOS and Win7 before they go Blackberry. Even my used-to-be die hard blackberry friends have expressed interest in switching to either Android or iOS once RIM releases Blackberry Messenger to those platforms, as it currently is the only thing that keeps them there.

RIM needs QNX phones, fast, or else it will go the way of WebOS, i.e. prob bought by Dell in this case.

At least someone gets it. I can walk in Verizon and come out with 4 free blackberries. They are just giving them away and in low income countries it’s a great device to have because it’s cheap and people in those places can’t afford iPhones and high end Android devices. RIM’s profit comes from their business products and services. They are a joke in consumer electronics.

What’s your point? The rest of the world doesn’t count? If you haven’t noticed, the US economy has been in the dumps lately and the greenback has been taking a pounding. We hope the US economy bounces back but we haven’t seen a shred of evidence while the “rest” of the world like Asia Pacific and Latam regions (and even Europe to certain extent) continue to chug ahead. Oh, yeah, these are the regions where RIM happens to sell tens of millions of handset, including plenty of Torch, 9780, 9700 and soon PB, Dakota and other newer higher-end devices.

BTW, isn’t it curious that Apple is actually contemplating producing a cheaper iPhone model. I wonder why that is? Obviously, even some folks at Apple see the importance of looking at the less fortunate regions where people can’t afford luxury devices like iPhone 4 and Galaxy S. Also, if you have gone to the Asia Pac region lately, you will see plenty of sub-$200 Android devices (off contract). Samsung and LG may produce state of the art luxury Android handsets, but they also product cheap Android sets as well. I’m sure they wouldn’t dream of scoffing at the sales generated by these less fortunately regions.

The US market is big but it isn’t what it use to be. I can see why RIM will do what it can to maintain its share in the US market but I completely understand why RIM is also betting heavy in other regions where, at the moment, iPhone is less dominant.

Yes because of their business products and services. Not the devices that they are practically handing out for free. They make money for their services not handsets. So in the world of SMARTPHONES….. sinking ship. In business services? No.

Don’t know where your info from but in the Caribbean blacks berries cost more than in the US and Canada. First of all a 100% of consumer goods are imported, shipping is high and duties here where I live is extortion. So the so call cheap Blackberry phones does not exist in 3rd world countries. In Barbados a Curve cost $400 US 9700 goes for $600 US and the Torch is $700 US. These are carrier prices. Prices goes up with other retailers. Yes people here buy them over Iphones for 2 reasons. There is no 3G yet so no one can enjoy all the Iphone functions on the go. Secondly, monthly data plans and using BBM is far cheaper than texting. Get facts straight, there is nothing cheap in 3rd world countries unless you are a tourist coming with US dollars.

85% of RIM’s revenue came from handset sales last quarter which has been pretty consistent in prior quarters as well. This information is publically available on the company’s website. The fact that carriers sell 2 for 1doesnt affect RIM. RIM sells devices to distributors who then sell to carriers and finally the carrier sells to the market. Carrier revenu is recouped in monthly fees. Carriers will also push BB as ots cheaper for them to support (more efficient data compression, less bandwidth required). Is there anymore information you would like to fabricate for us?

Yeah Apple has been making smartphones for how long? 4 years. How long has RIM been doing it? I wonder how many devices would carriers be able to move if they cost 200 bucks? Much easier to move them when people are looking for a device to get email and get it for free.

Blackberry is a 2011 2 way pager.

4 years ago a hell of a lot more people on the planet knew who Apple were, yet had never heard of RIM or BlackBerry. Your point is moot.

Yeah but Apple wasn’t selling mobile device then. So comparing 10 years or more of a company selling devices vs 4 years is pretty pathetic.

Yeah Zune only failed because it was poor marketing. Zune sucked hard. Apple makes terrible products? Hmmmmm. If we go by what the BB fanboy said above then RIM must be in good position with all their profits and have good products. So if Apple is making hand of fist in profits how come their products are terrible? Can you say hypocrite?