Comments on: RIM is prepping for iPhone battle, says Bloomberg http://www.blackberrycool.com/2007/02/12/rim-is-prepping-for-iphone-battle-says-bloomberg/ The voice of the BlackBerry community. Wed, 22 May 2013 22:04:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: Comment on RIM is prepping for iPhone battle, says Bloomberg by LM … | iBIT http://www.blackberrycool.com/2007/02/12/rim-is-prepping-for-iphone-battle-says-bloomberg/comment-page-1/#comment-87777 Comment on RIM is prepping for iPhone battle, says Bloomberg by LM … | iBIT Thu, 15 Feb 2007 01:24:20 +0000 http://www.blackberrycool.com/2007/02/12/003561/#comment-87777 [...] Source: unknown Filed under Blog by [...]

]]> By: BlackBerryCool » The Fool says RIM is vulnerable http://www.blackberrycool.com/2007/02/12/rim-is-prepping-for-iphone-battle-says-bloomberg/comment-page-1/#comment-87702 BlackBerryCool » The Fool says RIM is vulnerable Wed, 14 Feb 2007 15:52:46 +0000 http://www.blackberrycool.com/2007/02/12/003561/#comment-87702 [...] In response to the recent strong words coming from RIM co-CEO Jim Balsille the past couple of days, financial analyst Tim Beyers over at The Motley Fool has offered his take on the situation. While he admits that Balsille is right when he says that one new smartphone coming out does not a death knell make, Beyers also points out that surviving the iPhone doesn’t mean remaining a market leader. So why does Balsillie feel compelled to respond to the iPhone months before there’s even a product available to show? Perhaps it’s because, given the one-hit wonder that is its proprietary email system, today’s RIM looks as vulnerable to me as Apple did 22 years ago. (Curiously enough, once and future CEO Steve Jobs was fired from Apple in 1985.) [...]

]]> By: iPhone » iPhone February 12, 2007 12:42 pm http://www.blackberrycool.com/2007/02/12/rim-is-prepping-for-iphone-battle-says-bloomberg/comment-page-1/#comment-87299 iPhone » iPhone February 12, 2007 12:42 pm Mon, 12 Feb 2007 21:56:55 +0000 http://www.blackberrycool.com/2007/02/12/003561/#comment-87299 [...] Comment on RIM is prepping for iPhone battle, says Bloomberg by LM … In fact, I seriously doubt if RIM even knew whether the iPhone was anything more than a rumor by the time they finished the 8800. There have been pictures of the finished device floating around since before anyone outside of Apple had … [...]

]]> By: L. M. Lloyd http://www.blackberrycool.com/2007/02/12/rim-is-prepping-for-iphone-battle-says-bloomberg/comment-page-1/#comment-87274 L. M. Lloyd Mon, 12 Feb 2007 20:07:21 +0000 http://www.blackberrycool.com/2007/02/12/003561/#comment-87274 For that matter, will the 8800 still even be on the market by the time the iPhone comes out? I mean, the 8850 (or whatever it is going to be called) should be out by then, and the 9xxx will be right around the corner. How can the 8800 be “striving to hold on to its lead” against a device that isn’t even out yet, when there will be new devices out by the time the iPhone hits the market?

]]> By: L. M. Lloyd http://www.blackberrycool.com/2007/02/12/rim-is-prepping-for-iphone-battle-says-bloomberg/comment-page-1/#comment-485071 L. M. Lloyd Mon, 12 Feb 2007 20:07:00 +0000 http://www.blackberrycool.com/2007/02/12/003561/#comment-485071 For that matter, will the 8800 still even be on the market by the time the iPhone comes out? I mean, the 8850 (or whatever it is going to be called) should be out by then, and the 9xxx will be right around the corner. How can the 8800 be “striving to hold on to its lead” against a device that isn’t even out yet, when there will be new devices out by the time the iPhone hits the market?

]]> By: L. M. Lloyd http://www.blackberrycool.com/2007/02/12/rim-is-prepping-for-iphone-battle-says-bloomberg/comment-page-1/#comment-87272 L. M. Lloyd Mon, 12 Feb 2007 19:57:21 +0000 http://www.blackberrycool.com/2007/02/12/003561/#comment-87272 This article by Bloomberg is exactly the sort of uninformed tripe that makes me wonder if reporters actually do anything all day but listen to their iPod and polish the Apple logo on their notebook while sipping their Starbucks. As we all know, the 8800 has been in the works for quite a while. In fact, I seriously doubt if RIM even knew whether the iPhone was anything more than a rumor by the time they finished the 8800. There have been pictures of the finished device floating around since before anyone outside of Apple had even seen an iPhone. Yet don’t let that stop every reporter on earth from painting every phone that has come out since the iPhone announcement as some sort of knee-jerk reaction, or hasty copy of the iPhone.

I swear, sometimes it seems like half the news media is working out of an office in Cupertino!

]]> By: L. M. Lloyd http://www.blackberrycool.com/2007/02/12/rim-is-prepping-for-iphone-battle-says-bloomberg/comment-page-1/#comment-485070 L. M. Lloyd Mon, 12 Feb 2007 19:57:00 +0000 http://www.blackberrycool.com/2007/02/12/003561/#comment-485070 This article by Bloomberg is exactly the sort of uninformed tripe that makes me wonder if reporters actually do anything all day but listen to their iPod and polish the Apple logo on their notebook while sipping their Starbucks. As we all know, the 8800 has been in the works for quite a while. In fact, I seriously doubt if RIM even knew whether the iPhone was anything more than a rumor by the time they finished the 8800. There have been pictures of the finished device floating around since before anyone outside of Apple had even seen an iPhone. Yet don’t let that stop every reporter on earth from painting every phone that has come out since the iPhone announcement as some sort of knee-jerk reaction, or hasty copy of the iPhone.

I swear, sometimes it seems like half the news media is working out of an office in Cupertino!

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