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Both Apple And RIM Soon To Be Overtaken By Android In U.S. Smartphone Market Share

by Robb Dunewood on January 3, 2011 · 7 comments

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It’s been just over a month since the iPhone overtook the BlackBerry in total U.S. market share and as we begin 2011, Apple still is in the top spot.  This may not be the case for to long, however, because Android is poised to overtake RIM and Apple with the ridiculous growth that the platform Read more...

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“RIM doesn’t have a competitive smartphone now, nor will it have one any time in the near future” — Editorial from a BlackBerry Addicted Engadget Editor

by Robb Dunewood on December 15, 2010 · 12 comments

It can’t be good for RIM when even the most faithful of the faithful start leaving their BlackBerry devices behind for smartphones with legs. BBM and Push email just aren’t enough any more… Read more...

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Verizon BlackBerry Sales Down 45% Since Last Year

by Robb Dunewood on December 10, 2010 · 10 comments

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I just took a look at Verizon sales metrics from ITG Investment Research analyst Matthew Goodman, and, to make a long story short, the numbers aren’t pretty for Research in Motion and the BlackBerry on the nation’s largest network.  BlackBerry sales dropped 45 percent year-over-year in the third quarter of this year, and Goodman sees Read more...

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BlackBerry Falls To Number 2 In U.S. Smartphone Market Share

by Robb Dunewood on December 1, 2010 · 9 comments

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Research in Motion’s BlackBerry no longer sits atop the U.S. smartphone market share hill as it has been knocked down a spot to number two by the iPhone according to Nielsen’s numbers for October 2010. The iPhone has moved up to 27.9% share while the BlackBerry has moved down to 27.5%. Read more...

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Research In Motion Is Giving Me No Option But To Make Android My Primary Device…

by Robb Dunewood on November 16, 2010 · 13 comments

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My BlackBerry Storm is on it’s last leg. I got it the day it came out over two years ago and am in dire need of something to upgrade to. Unfortunately, there isn’t a new BlackBerry on Verizon that I am at all interested in and my little journey over to AT&T to try out the BlackBerry Torch didn’t work out too well… Read more...

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BlackBerry To Maintain Top Spot Among Smartphones Until 2015

by Robb Dunewood on November 15, 2010 · 5 comments

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Although Research in Motion’s market share of the BlackBerry smartphone has been waning in recent months, ABI research says that the device will remain number one until 2015… Read more...

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5 More Reasons Why RIM Should Build A Device That Runs Android

by Robb Dunewood on August 24, 2010 · 21 comments

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A couple of years ago I wrote a fairly popular post titled  ”5 Reasons That RIM Should Make A BlackBerry That Runs Android“.  Today, I feel even more strongly about this so I am doing a follow up with 5 More Reasons RIM Should Build a Device That Runs Android. I’ve changed gears just a bit Read more...

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Verizon 2010/2011 Roadmap Leaked… BlackBerry Not Even Mentioned

by Robb Dunewood on August 9, 2010 · 3 comments

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A BGR Source has leaked Verizon roadmap plans for the remainder of 2010, 2011, and even a bit of 2012.  There is a lot of focus on LTE and Android, however, news about Research in Motion and upcoming BlackBerry devices was not present on the roadmap at all. It is clear that Verizon is putting Read more...

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Rumor: BlackBerry 6 May Not Come To CDMA Networks Until Next Year

by Robb Dunewood on July 13, 2010 · 5 comments

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Kaufman Bros. analyst Shaw Wu said in a research note yesterday that BlackBerry 6, the next version of Research in Motion’s BlackBerry operating system, may not come out on CDMA networks like Sprint and Verizon until 2011. Almost 80% of all wireless networks use GSM technology, so, it makes sense that RIM would target the Read more...

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