RIM to exit consumer market

AthlonXP1800 · 03-29-12, 11:02 PM

http://www.neowin.net/news/rim-aband...s-keeps-coming
http://news.sky.com/home/business/article/16199050

I am surprised at the news, no more Blackberry phones for consumers!

I think Android success hit RIM hardest, iphone success took away RIM marketshare and Windows Phone probably did nothing to harm RIM.

six_storm · 03-30-12, 09:32 AM

Best phone news evar. I hate Blackberry phones (and yet I still have one lol).

03-30-12, 09:48 AM

Wrong, They are not abandoning the Consumer Market. They never would. In the Middle East they are still the most popular device.

http://www.engadget.com/2012/03/30/r...-on-enterpris/

They are just strengthening their Enterprise Support since they were hit so hard and thats were most of their money comes from.

ViN86 · 03-30-12, 03:30 PM

Makes sense for them to change their focus since their strengths are still on the enterprise side.

As for the hit they've taken in the US and Europe, I think it's because of their inability to adapt the way Apple and Android have.

03-29-12, 11:02 PM	#1
AthlonXP1800 Registered User Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: United Kingdom Posts: 4,352	RIM to exit consumer market http://www.neowin.net/news/rim-aband...s-keeps-coming http://news.sky.com/home/business/article/16199050 I am surprised at the news, no more Blackberry phones for consumers! I think Android success hit RIM hardest, iphone success took away RIM marketshare and Windows Phone probably did nothing to harm RIM. __________________ Intel Core i7 3770K, Corsair H80 liquid cooler with Noctua S12-1200 fan, ASUS P8Z77V with UEFI 1606, 16GB Samsung Green 30nm DDR3-RAM, Pioneer DVR-217DBK 22x DVD-RW, Corsair AX850 PSU, Western Digital 2TB SATA3 hard drive, Creative X-Fi XtremeMusic, CanonScan N650U scanner, Microsoft Internet Keyboard, ASDA Wheel Mouse Optical, Sirus's 2 3D speakers, 32inch Sharp LC32LE600 LED TV, EVGA Geforce GTX 670 SC 4GB with Geforce 306.23 driver, 30Mb broadband Virgin Media VMDG480 Super Hub, Aspire Xplorer Midi Tower, Windows 8 Pro 64bit.

03-30-12, 09:32 AM	#2
six_storm Registered User Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Nashvegas Posts: 11,575	Re: RIM to exit consumer market Best phone news evar. I hate Blackberry phones (and yet I still have one lol).

03-30-12, 09:48 AM	#3
\|MaguS\| Guest Posts: n/a	Re: RIM to exit consumer market Wrong, They are not abandoning the Consumer Market. They never would. In the Middle East they are still the most popular device. http://www.engadget.com/2012/03/30/r...-on-enterpris/ They are just strengthening their Enterprise Support since they were hit so hard and thats were most of their money comes from.

03-30-12, 03:30 PM	#4
ViN86 Registered User Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 15,486	Re: RIM to exit consumer market Makes sense for them to change their focus since their strengths are still on the enterprise side. As for the hit they've taken in the US and Europe, I think it's because of their inability to adapt the way Apple and Android have.