Comments on: iPhone versus Blackberry: Horse race or Deathmatch? http://www.saunderslog.com/2009/11/12/iphone-versus-blackberry-horse-race-or-deathmatch/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=iphone-versus-blackberry-horse-race-or-deathmatch An outcome-driven leader, proven technology product developer, and marketer with over 20 years of hands-on experience including start-up, small and large business environments, and the board room. This is my blog. Thu, 26 Jan 2012 17:15:58 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: alex http://www.saunderslog.com/2009/11/12/iphone-versus-blackberry-horse-race-or-deathmatch/#comment-8094 alex Thu, 17 Dec 2009 03:52:58 +0000 http://saunderslog.com/2009/11/12/iphone-versus-blackberry-horse-race-or-deathmatch/#comment-8094 Technology is usually easier to fix than sales channels. RIM should need a more modern OS anyway, so in the mid-term, I would think that RIM will fix their weak points in software. Apple is clearly testing the waters with small enterprises, if you look at their integrated server-laptop-iPhone offering. So I would expect them to fix the technical shortcomings listed above, maybe even earlier than RIM due to Apple's modern underpinnings. However, Apple may risk the huge investments necessary to build full blown channels to large enterprise IT only if and when their foray into small enterprises works out well. And then it still takes years to do so, even if you have bootloads of cash. Also Apple's "corporate DNA" is about getting end-users hooked up and "addicted", not corporate IT departments with their often less-than-user-centric requirements. Therefore I believe that RIM will keep its lead in the enterprise sector for years to come. This is about 1/3 of the global smartphone market, so overall Apple has an opportunity to take the lead over RIM. Technology is usually easier to fix than sales channels.

RIM should need a more modern OS anyway, so in the mid-term, I would think that RIM will fix their weak points in software.
Apple is clearly testing the waters with small enterprises, if you look at their integrated server-laptop-iPhone offering. So I would expect them to fix the technical shortcomings listed above, maybe even earlier than RIM due to Apple's modern underpinnings.

However, Apple may risk the huge investments necessary to build full blown channels to large enterprise IT only if and when their foray into small enterprises works out well. And then it still takes years to do so, even if you have bootloads of cash.
Also Apple's "corporate DNA" is about getting end-users hooked up and "addicted", not corporate IT departments with their often less-than-user-centric requirements.

Therefore I believe that RIM will keep its lead in the enterprise sector for years to come. This is about 1/3 of the global smartphone market, so overall Apple has an opportunity to take the lead over RIM.

]]> By: Stuart Henshall http://www.saunderslog.com/2009/11/12/iphone-versus-blackberry-horse-race-or-deathmatch/#comment-8093 Stuart Henshall Fri, 13 Nov 2009 01:07:39 +0000 http://saunderslog.com/2009/11/12/iphone-versus-blackberry-horse-race-or-deathmatch/#comment-8093 Given the underpinnings of RIM's platform can it even do it? Separately... Apple is winning with just one device rather than many variation which all need special treatment. Apple also has a backwards compatibility advantage at the moment. Given the underpinnings of RIM's platform can it even do it? Separately… Apple is winning with just one device rather than many variation which all need special treatment. Apple also has a backwards compatibility advantage at the moment.

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