Imagine being RIM and your office is located on Innovation Dr.
9 thoughts on “What a cruel thing for RIM”
Heh.. I’ve been in that building. It’s pretty nice inside
It reminds me of our local Jumbo Chinese Buffet — located on Research drive. Always gave me a uneasy feeling.
No innovation… No Drive…
Man, you really have it in for RIM.
I understand they seriously dropped the ball on smartphones and conceded the market to Apple and Android, but can you at least give them a break until they release their new BB 10 phones??
Why should they get a break? They did not innovate after they did the Blackberry. Its their own damn fault.
Are you kidding?
The BlackBerry Storm, released in 2008 was RIM’s answer to the iPhone.
I’m sure if you check the press releases for every device since then, you’ll find that RIM thought it was it. THIS is the real deal. We’re going to blow iPhone away! Our technology is just so much better!
So BB 10 is it. It’s supposed to ship in 2012. Let’s give them the benefit of the doubt and say it ships in 2013. It’s still going to suck. THEN can we start mocking them, or do we need to wait until the BB 11, because they’ll be THE REAL DEAL, FINALLY?
There’s no better time to start mocking RIM than today. Well, aside from yesterday. Even better would be the day before, etc, etc.
It’s the arrogance with which their leadership denied that anyone could usurp their supremacy in the market. Given what we heard from their remarkably obstinate co-CEOs, then and later, I think they never gave iOS a proper analysis.
That kind of arrogance deserves mockery. Especially now that they’re attempting to follow a market leader by imitation, without acknowledging that imitation.
RIM suffers from the thinking that everything “made for business” is superior to things made for regular consumers.
In fact the opposite is true: business devices are often cryptic, with poor industrial design as the focus is to make money without spending much. Plus, they rely on the presence of IT admins — who in turn only recommend/support RIM devices.
A company is a reflection of the the leadership’s passions. Steve Job was passionate about the arts (music, movie, graphic design). I’m not quite sure the RIM leadership had any passion beside making money & business deals.
RIM needs to ditch BBOS and start offering Android and Windows Phone OS as options. That’s the only solution. They are a hardware company. They build good hardware. They’ll never keep up with real software makers like Apple, Google and Microsoft.
Heh.. I’ve been in that building. It’s pretty nice inside
It reminds me of our local Jumbo Chinese Buffet — located on Research drive. Always gave me a uneasy feeling.
No innovation… No Drive…
Man, you really have it in for RIM.
I understand they seriously dropped the ball on smartphones and conceded the market to Apple and Android, but can you at least give them a break until they release their new BB 10 phones??
Why should they get a break? They did not innovate after they did the Blackberry. Its their own damn fault.
Are you kidding?
The BlackBerry Storm, released in 2008 was RIM’s answer to the iPhone.
I’m sure if you check the press releases for every device since then, you’ll find that RIM thought it was it. THIS is the real deal. We’re going to blow iPhone away! Our technology is just so much better!
So BB 10 is it. It’s supposed to ship in 2012. Let’s give them the benefit of the doubt and say it ships in 2013. It’s still going to suck. THEN can we start mocking them, or do we need to wait until the BB 11, because they’ll be THE REAL DEAL, FINALLY?
There’s no better time to start mocking RIM than today. Well, aside from yesterday. Even better would be the day before, etc, etc.
It’s the arrogance with which their leadership denied that anyone could usurp their supremacy in the market. Given what we heard from their remarkably obstinate co-CEOs, then and later, I think they never gave iOS a proper analysis.
That kind of arrogance deserves mockery. Especially now that they’re attempting to follow a market leader by imitation, without acknowledging that imitation.
RIM suffers from the thinking that everything “made for business” is superior to things made for regular consumers.
In fact the opposite is true: business devices are often cryptic, with poor industrial design as the focus is to make money without spending much. Plus, they rely on the presence of IT admins — who in turn only recommend/support RIM devices.
A company is a reflection of the the leadership’s passions. Steve Job was passionate about the arts (music, movie, graphic design). I’m not quite sure the RIM leadership had any passion beside making money & business deals.
RIM needs to ditch BBOS and start offering Android and Windows Phone OS as options. That’s the only solution. They are a hardware company. They build good hardware. They’ll never keep up with real software makers like Apple, Google and Microsoft.