Comments on: RIM in trouble in Japan?

By: BlackBerry Cool » DoCoMo to carry language support on BlackBerry, Japanese still hate the damn thing

Thu, 07 Jun 2007 12:41:02 +0000

[...] With this move, RIM is diving head-first into a market that has yet to show much interest in BlackBerry. This has been in the works since at least October, but really should have been included from the get-go. Japanese character input seems like a pretty basic, no-brainer way of doing business in Japan, don’t you think? The initial release without language support seriously hurt BlackBerry’s initial release – hopefully its reputation hasn’t been too tarnished over there. [...]

By: BlackBerry Cool » RIM+NTT DoCoMo=Namimail

BlackBerry Cool » RIM+NTT DoCoMo=Namimail — Mon, 24 Jul 2006 14:46:46 +0000

[...] Recently, BlackBerry Cool has reported some concerns about RIM’s chances for success in Japan. One of the biggest complaints stemmed from the fact that RIM will not make any device or software redesigns to the BlackBerry to allow for Japanese character input, which seemed like a pretty big deal at the time. [...]

By: BlackBerry Cool » RIM’s stock has leveled off

BlackBerry Cool » RIM’s stock has leveled off — Tue, 18 Jul 2006 13:30:21 +0000

[...] Previously, we had told you that RIM’s stock might even out as investors stopped being excited by their earnings report and started asking “what’s next?” While we still think that’s a contributing factor, we also feel that market forces outside of RIM’s control (the escalating violence in the Middle East, and the market’s general disdain for tech stocks at the moment being two good examples) are doing their fair share as well. Whatever the case may be, we’re definitely sure that reports like the one that came out yesterday won’t endear investors to RIM any time soon. [...]

By: Dan

Dan — Tue, 18 Jul 2006 06:49:08 +0000

RIM seems to be working hard make itself irrelevant in CJK countries. Though that might just save them a lot of money in the long run if they’re not going to have local language input any time soon. I live in China, and if RIM doesn’t have chinese input soon, I will sigh and buy something windows based for my next device.

By: Dan

Dan — Tue, 18 Jul 2006 06:49:00 +0000