RIM, makers of Blackberry devices, are going through a bit of a tailspin right now – with recent financial results well below expectations, a terrible launch for their much-hyped PlayBook tablet, and a rapidly declining position in the smartphone marketplace.  And John Gruber, of Daring Fireball, has put his finger on why they’re in such […]
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Jun 20th 2011 by

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RIM, makers of Blackberry devices, are going through a bit of a tailspin right now – with recent financial results well below expectations, a terrible launch for their much-hyped PlayBook tablet, and a rapidly declining position in the smartphone marketplace. 

And John Gruber, of Daring Fireball, has put his finger on why they’re in such bad shape now – for reasons he first outlined back in 2008. Here’s the gist of his theory:

Starting with the iPhone, the mobile industry shifted from phone/messaging to full-on mobile computing, and RIM wasn’t prepared for that. And in hindsight, that’s why Android has fared so well in the three years since I wrote the above. Android is a mobile computing platform, not merely a phone/messaging platform.

Check out his full thoughts on this, from 2008 and now, here: http://daringfireball.net/linked/2011/06/17/rim-screwed

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