Flatlining User Base May Spell End of RIM

Posted by timothy on Monday September 24, 2012 @12:08AM from the rim-edge-brink-what's-the-difference? dept.

Meshach writes "There is an article in the Globe and Mail that says that the user base for Blackberry has stopped growing for the first time in the company's history, and speculates that this is the beginning of the end of RIM. The main problem seems to be that RIM's new Blackberry models like the Bold and Torch are selling poorly, and their production costs are much higher than other products manufactured in China. A recent research report says that after BB10 the company will need to sell or drastically change its business model."

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HP to the Rescue! by seven+of+five · 2012-09-24 00:22 · Score: 5, Funny

1. Buy RIM for $10B
2. Sit on technologies for 3 years
3. ???
4. Sell what's left for 75 million
5. Profit!
Re:RIM's Main Problem by Anonymous Coward · 2012-09-24 00:29 · Score: 1, Funny

Don't knock the iPhones, my grandma has one and says it's the cats ass.
3. ??? by xtal · 2012-09-24 00:42 · Score: 5, Funny

Hire Carly?

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Re:Then why are they recruiting? by Anonymous Coward · 2012-09-24 01:40 · Score: 2, Funny

Because everyone likes a good RIM job.