Comments on: BlackBerry Doomed?

By: Miranda

Miranda — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 08:15:40 +0000

BBerry isn't doomed and is still the superior business phone/PDA…
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By: Geoff

Geoff — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 21:47:40 +0000

and in related news…

"How popular is it? Well, he says it’s getting downloaded:

20,000 times a day on iPhone.
16-17,000 times a day on Blackberry.
8,000 times a day on Android.

He says on Windows Mobile and other phones it’s getting downloaded far less often than that. Westergren told me if he were starting development today he’d build for the above three platforms and is seeing more growth in Android than the others, so he’d bias to iPhone and Android, if he had to make a choice of only two platforms to develop on. This is also what I’m hearing from many other developers."

http://scobleizer.com/2009/11/01/developers-the-b…

By: Xing

Xing — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 14:20:55 +0000

And here comes Android (2.0) on some interesting phones. It might be time for me to "break down" and get a smartphone.

By: Geoff

Geoff — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 08:17:01 +0000

From what I've seen – RIM isn't doomed, but they'd better get their house in order fast. The sheer inertia of their installed corporate base guarantees that they are going to get the 2nd and 3rd benefit of the doubt.

The situation feels similar to the nascent PC environment where there was much jostling in the marketplace with Windows ultimately emerging as the standard bearer. Looks like iPhone is emerging as that standard in the mobile environment. So, is RIM competing with Apple? I don't think so – I think their competition is shaping up to be Android. It's not fully baked yet, but it's maturing awfully fast.

My experience as a jealous BB user hinges on two issues that have to be fixed:
1) you correctly point out the app experience. In addition to your comments, I would add that simply accessing their app environment is just painful.
2) and this is where I see their greatest failing – their web experience is abysmal, and users won't continue to tolerate this regardless of corporate dedication

I hope they fix it, and fast. We need a strong and healthy RIM!