The company behind the Blackberry smartphone warns it will make a loss in its latest quarter and make "significant" job cuts, as it hires banks to review its business. Continue reading...
Those who are surprised by this, raise your hands. Anyway, I've dinked around with various phones on display, and the Blackberry options have always been solid. I really like the feel of the Blackberry Torch and the feel of the OS. However, RIM didn't put effort into an App market or try to get noticed and kept thinking the corporate world would keep them going. Unfortunately, that's slipping. The US Government is a big market, but I've read about people willing to pony up their own cash for an iPhone or Android unit. That says a lot, and RIM didn't seem to do anything of significance to combat the issue. They had a lead and floated along on what they'd established for far too long. By the time RIM woke, it was trailing...badly.
