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BlackBerry Hits '0%' Market Share Nearly Ten Years After iPhone Launched
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Blackberry isn't going anywhere. They're still around & have been doing fairly well since they've transitioned to a software company.
In light of who they sold it to, I have no feeling for them. china spent several years trying to buy this with dirty money.
Kind of shocking that almost 10 years ago, Blackberry phones were the device to have. Along with owning a Palm, Blackberry was one of my first smartphones. I even remember when the iPhone was introduced, I swore that I would still keep my Blackberry because I loved the physical keyboard (that didn't last long). Almost ten years later and I have owned iPhone's ever since (minus the brief period where I experimented with a Nexus device).
Still have one that I absolutely loathe for work. I'm sorry, but whoever said they have the best software keyboard in the Z10 is a liar. Anyhow, now that they've bought Good I'll probably finally transition to BYOD... I think they'll actually succeed in making those apps not suck.
Hit 90% market share to android 10% and then I'll be impressed.
I'm just waiting for Tim Cook to f*cking start licensing out iOS to other manufacturers.. same with macOS.. and starts reinvesting Apples profit into LGBT parades.... WHEN STEVE JOBS SAID 'DONT LEAD LIKE ME' IT WAS MEANT TO BE LIKE "NO, RUN ON, SAVE YOURSELF" WHERE YOU CLEARLY SAVE THE PERSON INSTEAD OF LISTENING, AND RUNNING ON. He should have bloody said 'What would Steve do' maybe we'd all still be able to afford Macs and feel innovation. And also not have multiple sizes, a useless watch and lack of focus on the Mac. . .
The Blackberry story should be taken as an object lesson for Apple.
Meanwhile here in Kitchener & Waterloo Ontario, home of Blackberry, their marketshare is still something like 40%. Can't believe how many people are still carrying them around town.
Haha, the comments are funny, it's a fantastic company with the best car systems their are. Unless they screw that up too?
I loved my BB Storm and really loved the Storm 2 once they figured out the better clicky screen. I would pay top dollar for an Android, preferably Motorola with a clicky screen like BB had with the Storms.
The Storms never caught on because BB OS was still meant for a roller ball/pad and not for touch screen. It looked promising when they went with OS 10 (whatever that company was called, like Qnix or something?). It just didn't come to fruition.
But, now, eight years later I've been on Android and I'm not looking back.
"Good afternoon! We've got some exciting news to share with you all. We're pleased to report the Windows Mobile Operating System is now over FIVE AND A HALF TIMES LARGER than the market share of Blackberry, and gaining!" - Satya Nadella, to investors
Sure... there's no "traditional" file system on the device... no way to browse C:\ for instance.
But you can certainly see, open, and share files on iOS.
I hope it's also discussed at Apple's spaceship campus from time to time as a motivator to change course when necessary, otherwise RIM won't be the only company discussed in business schools in this context.
You should have compared Andorids market share to IOS before posting.
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Don't let facts like those get in the way of Apple fanboys.