How BlackBerry Blew It

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Posted by ryuzaki0 on Monday September 30, 2013 @10:05AM from the what-happened dept.

schnell writes "The Globe and Mail is running a fascinating in-depth report on how BlackBerry went from the world leader in smartphones to a company on the brink of collapse. It paints a picture of a company with deep engineering talent but hamstrung by arrogance, indecision, slowness to embrace change, and a lack of internal accountability. From the story: '"The problem wasn't that we stopped listening to customers," said one former RIM insider. "We believed we knew better what customers needed long term than they did."'"

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Uhmm...BlewBerry? by K.+S.+Kyosuke · 2013-09-30 10:07 · Score: 4, Funny

So shouldn't they change brand to BlewBerry instead?

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1. Re:Uhmm...BlewBerry? by ackthpt · 2013-09-30 10:17 · Score: 4, Funny
  
  So shouldn't they change brand to BlewBerry instead?
  Too bad they weren't bought out by Microsoft. With Ballmer's lack of vision exceeded only by their own it could have been Ballmerberry.
  comes pre-loaded with chair throwing app!
  
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2. Re:Uhmm...BlewBerry? by fuzzyfuzzyfungus · 2013-09-30 10:18 · Score: 4, Funny
  
  Just you wait: if Qualcomm buys them out we can have BREWberry, the world's most hostile mobile development environment!
Re:As Henry Ford said... by Lproven · 2013-09-30 10:24 · Score: 4, Funny

> I remember thinking -- how are you ever going to
> type a message without keys? Well...
Wait, wait, I know this one.
"Slowly, and with difficulty," amirite?

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Re:As Henry Ford said... by Beardo+the+Bearded · 2013-09-30 11:20 · Score: 5, Funny

I've had great link with Swype.
Sometimes you get the wiring wood but it works out in the end if your friends know you'd on your pigging.

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