The Inquirer has the scoop on an a company here in North America that is planning another so called BlackBerry Killer that, in my opinion, is doomed before it it gets off the ground. Believe it or not, someone has the bright idea that a “clamshell” two-way pager with no voice capability and a proprietary OS is somehow going to dethrone the BlackBerry from it’s lofty pirch on top of the wireless email market. I have 7 words for this marketing genius…

Have you completely lost your frigging mind?

I guess the plan is to sell this thing through ISPs who can preconfigure the device to work with their email systems right out of the box. Even if this thing is dirt cheap, who is going to buy it? Someone, mistakenly thinks, that price is a huge barrier when it comes to getting email on a mobile device. Don’t get me wrong, BlackBerry service is not cheap, however, price is not a major reason why the average Joe in North America isn’t walking around with a Blackberry.