Comments on: Is RIM’s Stock Ready For A Big Run?

By: Crazylegs

Crazylegs — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 23:39:23 +0000

What planet are you living on? In this one, the Blackberry continues to sell extremely well. Last year in the quarter they sold 6.3 mln phones and this quarter they sold 8.3 mln phones. That’s a 35% increase! And then they guided to 9.2-9.7 mln devices for the current quarter. This is a huge jump. RIM is faring very well. No one matches a Blackberry as a communication tool for utility, efficiency, and battery life. The iPhone, Pre are very capable devices but shine if you want ancillary services such as games and fart apps. The truth is that most users buy a device for communication purposes first and everything else second. The Blackberry will fare just fine and be highly successful over the coming years. The stock is in a show me mode as the analysts got way ahead of themselves and upped the expectations to ridiculous levels and RIM delivered a perfectly decent quarter within every one of their own guided metrics. The only dissapointment was net adds at the low end of guidance but eps at the top end. So it will take some time for the analysts to lick their wounds and let their egos heal and you can bet they’ll be cautious next quarter and then RIM will come in over the top and the stock will levitate again.

By: The Rock

The Rock — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 18:58:44 +0000

Lets face it RIM has done things to bring this down turn on themselves. The failure to support other platforms than windoz is a big one. However now RIM has a even bigger problem on their hands than bowing to every wish of the four orifices. RIM’s OS and UI are being shown as way behind the times when compared to the current generation of smart phones out there. With the current generation of smartphones there are just too many things which the other devices can do and do well that the BB can’t do, or can’t do well. RIM and the others have been shown to be behind ever since January 9, 2007.

By: iPhone Junkie

iPhone Junkie — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 16:23:34 +0000

I think that there is more to it than just getting inexpensive BlackBerry devices out more quickly. Don’t let the name fool, you I’ve used a BlackBerry everyday for the last 8 years and until my BlackBerry Tour which had trackball issues, I really haven’t had complaints as a business user.

The BlackbBerry is not terribly consumer friendly. Leave out the iPhone… Compare it to the Palm Pre. For what most consumers use smartphones for, even, the Pre crushes the BlackBerry when it comes to the OS, the polish of the UI, browsing the web, and playing games, etc.

I can hear die-hard BlackBerry users saying to themselves that if they wanted to play games, they would buy an iPhone. Well, consumers do, and… they are.

If RIM really wants in on the consumer market, going after first time users with lower end devices is not a bad idea. Pulling the flash out of a BlackBerry Curve, in the case of the 8520, and telling the press that it is a consumer product isn’t going to cut it though.

By: Norman R.

Norman R. — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 15:57:48 +0000

Rob… I would take your point even farther and say that RIM, for the next two quarters, should focus on first time smartphone using consumers and try to get a BlackBerry into the hands of everyone even thinking about buying an inexpensive smartphone.

By: Robb Dunewood

Robb Dunewood — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 15:38:13 +0000

@The Rock

You are free to comment, but, please leave your comments. Copying and pasting entire articles from other sites into the comment section is not appropriate. Additionally, multiple comments are fine when making additional points, however, multiple comments simply to paste multiple links is also not appropriate.

By: The Rock

The Rock — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 14:08:34 +0000

[Edit]

= The iPhone factor is just starting to effect RIM.

By: The Rock

The Rock — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 14:07:05 +0000

Not looking like it….

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