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comScore released its March 2011 report on mobile subscriber market share last Friday, and, when it comes to the the smartphone category, Research in Motion’s BlackBerry continues to lose subscribers at an alarming rate dropping 4.5%, now sitting at 27.1%, in the 3 month avg. ending Mar. 2011 vs. 3 month avg. ending Dec. 2010.

The BlackBerry has slipped to number 2 behind Android who jumped up 6% to 34.7% U.S. share.  The BlackBerry is still in front of the iPhone which had just a .5% increase in share now sitting at 25.5%.  If the BlackBerry, however, continues the free-fall that it has been on for the better part of the last 18 months, it will slip to number 3 by the time the next comScore report comes out.  Rounding out the smartphone category where Microsoft and Palm who both lost 0.9% market share dropping to 7.5% and 2.8% respectively…

[Via comScore]

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RIM Tried To Buy Palm — “Had To Work Incredibly Hard To Blow It”

by Robb Dunewood on July 16, 2010 · 0 comments

RIM Palm X

According to the San Francisco Chronicle, a source close to the negotiations said that Apple, Google, and Research in Motion all tried to acquire Palm. The source stated that RIM pretty much had the deal in its hands, however, “had to work incredibly hard to blow it”. BerryReview.com puts it best when they say that, Read more...

HP To Acquire Palm For $1.2 Billion

by Robb Dunewood on April 28, 2010 · 3 comments

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Well, we knew someone was going to acquire Palm at a basement bargain price.  I hoped that it would be RIM, thought that it would be HTC or Lenovo, but, it looks like the spoils are going to HP. Read more...

Who Will Buy Palm? The Fire Sale Is On

by Robb Dunewood on April 12, 2010 · 4 comments

Palm

This probably doesn’t come as much of a surprise to anyone but, maybe, CEO Jon Rubinstein, however, the inevitable Palm buyout is imminent.  According to Bloomberg, Palm is working with Goldman Sachs Group Inc. and Qatalyst Partners to find a buyer, although the company has not officially said that they are doing so as of Read more...

So, I Bought A Palm Pre…

by Robb Dunewood on April 7, 2010 · 3 comments

Verizon Palm Pre

If you’ve read more than 2 or 3 posts here on RIMarkable, you’ve probably gathered that I am a pretty big fan of the BlackBerry.  Some would even call me a BlackBerry Fanboy…  That being said, I recently bought a Palm Pre Plus from Verizon.  I’d be willing to bet, however, that it was for Read more...

BlackBerry Still #1, But, Android Is Coming On Strong

by Robb Dunewood on April 6, 2010 · 6 comments

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When it comes to smartphone market share in the United States, the BlackBerry is still king of the hill according to a recent report by comScore, however, Android is coming on strong. For the three month period ending Feb. 10, RIM’s percentage of market share was 42.1%, up 1.3% from the same period a year Read more...

Poll: Should Research In Motion Buy Palm?

by Robb Dunewood on March 19, 2010 · 1 comment

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This is just a quick little poll that I probably should have included with my Note to RIM post that I wrote earlier today. [poll id="9"] Read more...

Note To RIM — Buy Palm… Just In Case…

by Robb Dunewood on March 19, 2010 · 9 comments

Palm Logo

As some of you long time RIMarkable readers may know, I am on the record several times stating that Research in Motion should buy Palm.  The last time that I felt strongly about this was back in late 2008 before webOS came out and Palm’s stock price was down under $2.00. Even though webOS is Read more...

Palm Takeover Rumors Sends Stock Up Even Though Big Miss On The Street Is Expected

by Robb Dunewood on March 18, 2010 · 1 comment

Palm Pre

Palm reports today the COB and it is expected that they are going to have a pretty big miss on earnings… $0.43-$0.48 per share.  Normally you would see companies stock price in this situate tank, however, Palm has been on an upward journey most of the day.  The reason for this, I’m guessing, is that Read more...