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RIM Manufacturing Partner Pulls the Plug On BlackBerry Phones

Posted by samzenpus on from the one-step-closer-to-the-end dept.

zacharye writes "Toronto-based original device manufacturer Celestica on Monday announced that it will stop producing hardware for struggling mobile device vendor Research In Motion. Celestica stated that it will wind down manufacturing services related to BlackBerry devices over the next three to six months, and it expects restructuring charges to be less than $35 million."

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  1. RIM's got a 100-year supply anyway by swschrad · · Score: 4, Funny

    so this doesn't mean much.

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    1. Re:RIM's got a 100-year supply anyway by h4rr4r · · Score: 2, Funny

      I bet they won't even sell all 100 devices in that time.

  2. If RIM were a passenger jet... by Sponge+Bath · · Score: 5, Funny

    The stick would be shaking and an artificial voice would be warning: "pull up, pull up".

  3. Re:So Sad by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    The rise and downfall of RIM parallel's slashdot, myspace and others in many ways.

    You're still here... :-)

  4. Re:So Sad by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    The rise and downfall of RIM parallel's slashdot, myspace and others in many ways.

    You're still here... :-)

    His point *exactly*.

  5. Obviously... by IGnatius+T+Foobar · · Score: 5, Funny

    Clearly the decline of RIM is at the hands of Microsoft, whose Innovative(tm) Windows Phone brings consumers all of the Innovative(tm) features they've been looking for; once they had a taste of Innovative(tm) Windows Phone(tm) there was no further demand for Blackberry.

    It is rumored that Apple and Google also have products in this space but they are irrelevant.

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  6. Re:So Sad by LifesABeach · · Score: 1, Funny

    So, ah, Blackberry users have been "Rimmed?"

  7. RIM Executives... by DarthVain · · Score: 4, Funny

    "Hey, at least we're not Nokia!" :)

  8. I'd buy one of these ... if by Skapare · · Score: 3, Funny

    ... if it were fast enough, had enough RAM (4G) and storage (32G), and had a fully open architecture ... and priced $1 each.

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