Apple goes after BlackBerry's enterprise base

Release Date 12 Jul, 2011 in Economic Times

 
   

Apple goes after BlackBerry's enterprise base

Economic Times - 12 Jul, 2011
TORONTO: As BlackBerry maker Research In Motion ( RIM . co-CEOs face jittery investors Tuesday at the annual meeting amid the company's declining market share, Apple has stepped up efforts to steal BlackBerry's corporate client base. ...

Apple targets a distracted RIM, steps in to lure users to iPhone

Toronto Star - Mike Cassese - 12 Jul, 2011
If BlackBerry is losing share in the once sacrosanct public service market, analysts say corporations may be emboldened to follow. With Research In Motion Ltd. focused on challenges including a potentially fractious meeting with shareholders Tuesday, ...

RIM annual meeting likely to exacerbate investor ire

Reuters Canada - Alastair Sharp - 12 Jul, 2011
TORONTO (Reuters) - Research In Motion investors desperate for news about how the BlackBerry maker will reverse its sagging fortunes will likely leave Tuesday's annual meeting with their frustrations even more inflamed. ...

Score Media sees RIM PlayBook opening doors for developers

National Post (registration) - Matt Hartley - 12 Jul, 2011
In the parlance of the sports world, Research In Motion Ltd. may have appeared to fumble the ball with the launch of its BlackBerry PlayBook, but in the long run, it may be the case that the BlackBerry maker has provided a crucial assist to developers ...

RIM PlayBook is 'mobile computing'

News24 - Duncan Alfreds - 12 Jul, 2011
The PlayBook represents Research in Motion's venture into mobile computing that presents an internet, as opposed to mobile internet experience, the BlackBerry maker has said. The BlackBerry PlayBook represents true mobile computing, according to the ...

More market share blues for BlackBerry

National Business Review - ‎Jul 10, 2011‎
Mobiles based on Google's Android software, which first took the number one spot in November last year, continue to widen their lead. By Comscore's count, RIM lost one million US subscribers in the three months ending May, even as the total smart phone ...

Apple Pwns All Other Smartphone Manufacturers In USA â€" 2 Phones Are Better ...

Gadgetsteria - 12 Jul, 2011
We all know Apple is encroaching on everyone's territory in so many different ways. With the exception of the â€" no contest â€" mp3 player market, Apple has always had to work a little bit harder to gain any tread in world domination. ...

Report Indicates Changes in BlackBerry PlayBook Sales Target

Planet Insane - 12 Jul, 2011
The second quarter sales target for the BlackBerry playbook was reduced by Research In Motion to around one-third of its initial projection. The revision was based on a report which referred to some Taiwanese suppliers. However RIM did not release any ...

Google protester seeks support from RIM

Waterloo Record - Chuck Howitt - 12 Jul, 2011
The Arizona-based entrepreneur organized an anti-Google protest in Waterloo on Monday at the headquarters of Research In Motion. “RIM is the perfect company. They have a huge need to attack Google,” he said in an interview as young people hired by him ...

Apple pitches iPhones to businesses

Bizjournals.com - 12 Jul, 2011
Apple Inc. is stepping up its efforts to lure business customers away from longtime leader Research in Motion Ltd. , the maker of the Blackberry. The company has a back cover ad on the latest issue of The Economist, touting iPhone business apps ...

Apple's iPhone, RIM's BlackBerry & HTC Android an' Droid Top US Smartphones ...

Wireless and Mobile News - 12 Jul, 2011
Apple was the top maker of smartphones owned in the United States from March through May, 2011, with 26.6% of the market reported ComScore. RIM's BlackBerry had 24.7% of the market, while HTC's Android and Droid smartphones equaled 11.8%. ...

BlackBerry Now Publicly Sucks, But It's Got a Place in My Heart

Death and Taxes - Colleen Stufflebeem - 12 Jul, 2011
There are three objects that I am wholeheartedly attached to. Two of them are with me at all times, are sitting next to my computer as I type this and can be found with the third object always inexplicably ...

BlackBerry Fans Launching "Fight Android" Campaign. Will RIM Show Up (Ever)?

Gadgetsteria - 12 Jul, 2011
In today's “unlikely to go anywhere” story of the day we bring you a story from up north, originating in Waterloo, Ontario, Canada. A band of lively young chaps from a couple Canadian universities (University of Waterloo and Wilfrid Laurier University) ...

ComScore Adds to RIM's Bad News

TheStreet.com - 12 Jul, 2011
By Trefis 07/11/11 - 11:27 AM EDT The following commentary comes from an independent investor or market observer as part of TheStreet's guest contributor program, which is separate from the company's news coverage. NEW YORK (Trefis ) -- Research In ...

Mobile Weekly Notes â€" Apple and RIM

NASDAQ - 12 Jul, 2011
Apple ( AAPL ) continues to generate a lot of positive news, which resulted in its stock gaining around 7% in the last week. Speculation about the upcoming iPhone 5 specifications and the likely Sprint (NYSE:S) iPhone deal got stronger during the week. ...

iPhone leaves Blackberry behind

Rapid News Network - Austin Cunningham - ‎Jul 10, 2011‎
According to the tracking firm ComScore, the Apple iPhone has taken fourth-place among handset manufacturers in the US, surpassing RIM Blackberry. As RIM's share of US mobile subscribers fell from 8.6% to 8.1%, iPhone's share saw an increase from 7.5% ...

RIM annual meeting likely to exacerbate investor ire

Economic Times - 12 Jul, 2011
TORONTO: Research In Motion investors desperate for news about how the BlackBerry maker will reverse its sagging fortunes will likely leave Tuesday's annual meeting with their frustrations even more inflamed. While some will demand changes to a ...

 

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