Comments on: The BlackBerry won’t have an Apple competitor as soon as once thought http://www.rimarkable.com/the-blackberry-wont-have-an-apple-competitor-as-soon-as-once-thought The Unofficial BlackBerry Weblog Fri, 19 Mar 2010 21:54:52 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Robb Dunewoodhttp://www.rimarkable.com/the-blackberry-wont-have-an-apple-competitor-as-soon-as-once-thought/comment-page-1#comment-40986 Robb Dunewood Sat, 03 Feb 2007 20:47:56 +0000 http://www.rimarkable.com/archives/1105#comment-40986 Phone Dude,You make a good point. The 8800 does seem kind of dated doesn't it. I want one, but, I am not as excited about it as I was about the Pearl. Phone Dude,

You make a good point. The 8800 does seem kind of dated doesn’t it. I want one, but, I am not as excited about it as I was about the Pearl.

]]> By: Phone Dudehttp://www.rimarkable.com/the-blackberry-wont-have-an-apple-competitor-as-soon-as-once-thought/comment-page-1#comment-40784 Phone Dude Sat, 03 Feb 2007 06:14:20 +0000 http://www.rimarkable.com/archives/1105#comment-40784 Whoever is running marketing for RIM needs to be replaced yesterday. iMobile/iPhone has all the exitement, and, as usual, RIM does nothing with the consumer demand for the 8800.... interest is beginning to wane, and the competition is touting everything under the sun, while the 8800 already seems dated. Whoever is running marketing for RIM needs to be replaced yesterday. iMobile/iPhone has all the exitement, and, as usual, RIM does nothing with the consumer demand for the 8800…. interest is beginning to wane, and the competition is touting everything under the sun, while the 8800 already seems dated.

]]> By: Then Again, Maybe The BlackBerry Will… | RIMarkable | The official, unofficial BlackBerry Webloghttp://www.rimarkable.com/the-blackberry-wont-have-an-apple-competitor-as-soon-as-once-thought/comment-page-1#comment-36993 Then Again, Maybe The BlackBerry Will… | RIMarkable | The official, unofficial BlackBerry Weblog Tue, 09 Jan 2007 05:19:24 +0000 http://www.rimarkable.com/archives/1105#comment-36993 [...] This post title will make absolutely no sense unless you read the title of the previous post. To make a long story short, some analysts don’t think that the Apple will debut their new mobile phone tomorrow. Other analysts, however, do. The Wall Street Journal is reporting that Apple’s mobile device / iPod could debut tomorrow. [...] [...] This post title will make absolutely no sense unless you read the title of the previous post. To make a long story short, some analysts don’t think that the Apple will debut their new mobile phone tomorrow. Other analysts, however, do. The Wall Street Journal is reporting that Apple’s mobile device / iPod could debut tomorrow. [...]

]]> By: Thoughthttp://www.rimarkable.com/the-blackberry-wont-have-an-apple-competitor-as-soon-as-once-thought/comment-page-1#comment-36978 Thought Tue, 09 Jan 2007 03:19:28 +0000 http://www.rimarkable.com/archives/1105#comment-36978 Now the Wall Street Journal is reporting it likely that the Apple iPhone will debut tomorrow at the MacWorld convention, as is the NY Times.It seems that there are different rumors depending on the analysts involved. As always, it will be interesting to see which analysts end up being correct. Now the Wall Street Journal is reporting it likely that the Apple iPhone will debut tomorrow at the MacWorld convention, as is the NY Times.

It seems that there are different rumors depending on the analysts involved. As always, it will be interesting to see which analysts end up being correct.

]]> By: Robb Dunewoodhttp://www.rimarkable.com/the-blackberry-wont-have-an-apple-competitor-as-soon-as-once-thought/comment-page-1#comment-36942 Robb Dunewood Mon, 08 Jan 2007 18:11:16 +0000 http://www.rimarkable.com/archives/1105#comment-36942 Rich,Historically yes, RIM's target audience and the one Apple will go after are worlds apart. The problem, in my opinion, for RIM is that the want to comptete in the market that Apple will clearly go after, however their marketing efforts haven't really touched based with that demographic.Some estimates say that as many as 70% of the BlackBerry Pearls sold so far have gone to existing BlackBerry users looking to upgrade. Even though RIM sold a crapload of these things, 30% adoption by the demograpic you are targetiing is not a number to hang your hat on, especially when you are talking about a brand as strong as BlackBerry. Rich,

Historically yes, RIM’s target audience and the one Apple will go after are worlds apart. The problem, in my opinion, for RIM is that the want to comptete in the market that Apple will clearly go after, however their marketing efforts haven’t really touched based with that demographic.

Some estimates say that as many as 70% of the BlackBerry Pearls sold so far have gone to existing BlackBerry users looking to upgrade. Even though RIM sold a crapload of these things, 30% adoption by the demograpic you are targetiing is not a number to hang your hat on, especially when you are talking about a brand as strong as BlackBerry.

]]> By: Rich Wagnerhttp://www.rimarkable.com/the-blackberry-wont-have-an-apple-competitor-as-soon-as-once-thought/comment-page-1#comment-36933 Rich Wagner Mon, 08 Jan 2007 15:50:11 +0000 http://www.rimarkable.com/archives/1105#comment-36933 They mentioned something about he iPhone not being debuted at MacWorld this morning on Squawk Box.When it does come out I don't think RIM has to worry too much because the target audiences are so different. They mentioned something about he iPhone not being debuted at MacWorld this morning on Squawk Box.

When it does come out I don’t think RIM has to worry too much because the target audiences are so different.

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