Honestly, do you guys think the Blackberry Bold is 3G iPhone competition?

[gloss]

Saw the new Blackberry commercial last night on NBC.
Wow are they bad.
RIM can't possibly compete with a titan like Apple.
Not in marketing or R+D.
It's really not up to RIM, as they seem to be mired in old thought and copycat R+D.
It's really what the Apple management team decides. If they want to get you (and I agree they don't want the whole RIM market TODAY) then you have problems.
Ask the average Joe on the street who Apple is, then ask them who RIM is.
Nuff said.

Donnie, you're out of your element.

 

[BongoBanger]

Ask the average Joe on the street who Apple is, then ask them who RIM is.
Nuff said.

Ask them what a Blackberry is.

Nuff said.

 

[megfilmworks]

Ask them what a Blackberry is.

Nuff said.

You actually think that Blackberry
has better name recognition than Apple or the iPhone with the general public?
Sounds like a parallel universe.
RIM controls a niche market. Apple is everywhere.
I didn't say Apple will or even wants to take over all of RIMs market, I'm just saying that if they wanted to RIM could never compete against Apple's plastic turn on a dime business model, cash resources and developer pool.

And to Gloss, my name is not Donnie and I am never out of my element.

 

[BongoBanger]

You actually think that Blackberry
has better name recognition than Apple or the iPhone with the general public?

Which isn't what you said. Sure Apple has a bigger brand but people know what a Blackberry is.

RIM controls a niche market.

Yeah. The one we're discussing.

 

[newyorksole]

My dad asked me today "So I'm looking for a new phone, which is better, YOUR PHONE or the Blackberry"

The question came outta no where and he isn't very tech savvy so I don't know to take it as he has heard about both phones or my iPhone seems cool and his co-workers have Blackberrys.