Comments on: New AT&T CEO: “You want the iPhone? You want the iPhone? You can’t handle the iPhone!” http://www.blackberrycool.com/2007/05/30/new-att-ceo-you-want-the-iphone-you-want-the-iphone-you-cant-handle-the-iphone/ The voice of the BlackBerry community. Wed, 22 May 2013 22:04:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: Weekly Contest: iPhone iMminent | BlackBerry Cool http://www.blackberrycool.com/2007/05/30/new-att-ceo-you-want-the-iphone-you-want-the-iphone-you-cant-handle-the-iphone/comment-page-1/#comment-154140 Weekly Contest: iPhone iMminent | BlackBerry Cool Fri, 22 Jun 2007 16:31:51 +0000 http://www.blackberrycool.com/2007/05/30/004650/#comment-154140 [...] goes to you, BBCool readers: as far as RIM’s concerned, is the iPhone really a “game-changer“? If not, then is BlackBerry potentially a game-changer for Apple? What will be the extent of [...]

]]> By: BlackBerry Cool » All Hail King Stephenson: iPhone Surfer http://www.blackberrycool.com/2007/05/30/new-att-ceo-you-want-the-iphone-you-want-the-iphone-you-cant-handle-the-iphone/comment-page-1/#comment-138706 BlackBerry Cool » All Hail King Stephenson: iPhone Surfer Tue, 05 Jun 2007 20:13:14 +0000 http://www.blackberrycool.com/2007/05/30/004650/#comment-138706 [...] Randall Stephenson, iPhone prophet, became the freshly-crowned king god CEO of AT&T. After usurping succeeding the throne of Chairman of the Board from Ed Whitacre, Stephenson will have the not-so-monumental task of proving his worth by how well he can surf on another company’s popularity. There are a few challenges that await him, though. He’ll have to finish the integration of BellSouth, an $86 billion purchase, and the AT&T long-distance business, bought for $16 billion in 2005, while trying to grow revenue in a wireless business that’s facing heavy competition. [...]

]]> By: d_fisher http://www.blackberrycool.com/2007/05/30/new-att-ceo-you-want-the-iphone-you-want-the-iphone-you-cant-handle-the-iphone/comment-page-1/#comment-135494 d_fisher Wed, 30 May 2007 21:02:36 +0000 http://www.blackberrycool.com/2007/05/30/004650/#comment-135494 I love how the cellular carriers pimp everyone else’s products but never the BlackBerry. It always seems like a new BlackBerry release is of no importance to the carriers.

Why is this? Is the BlackBerry market too small and not planned to reach enough end-users to warrant advertising? Does RIM have to pay for additional carrier “coverage” and doesn’t?

The BlackBerry devices (or their functionality) are really starting to cross into mainstream society. With just a little advertising I think the BlackBerry market would explode. I wonder how many extra Pearl units would been sold if it got as much advertising as the Q.

]]> By: d_fisher http://www.blackberrycool.com/2007/05/30/new-att-ceo-you-want-the-iphone-you-want-the-iphone-you-cant-handle-the-iphone/comment-page-1/#comment-486285 d_fisher Wed, 30 May 2007 21:02:00 +0000 http://www.blackberrycool.com/2007/05/30/004650/#comment-486285 I love how the cellular carriers pimp everyone else’s products but never the BlackBerry. It always seems like a new BlackBerry release is of no importance to the carriers.

Why is this? Is the BlackBerry market too small and not planned to reach enough end-users to warrant advertising? Does RIM have to pay for additional carrier “coverage” and doesn’t?

The BlackBerry devices (or their functionality) are really starting to cross into mainstream society. With just a little advertising I think the BlackBerry market would explode. I wonder how many extra Pearl units would been sold if it got as much advertising as the Q.

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