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RIM Responds To Apple Over “Unacceptable” (read bogus) Reception Claims

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If have you haven’t looked and any tech blogs, picked up a newspaper, or watched any news broadcast since last Thursday, you may not have known that Apple held a special press conference Friday to address reception issues that plague the iPhone 4.  Steve Jobs, for the most part, down played the issue kind of making it seem like it is more perception than reality (nothing shocking there), however, did address iPhone 4 owners concerns by basically giving all iPhone users a case.

Steve Jobs, however, didn’t stop there.  In a move that is pretty classless no matter how you look at it, he drug Research in Motion and Nokia into the conversation by, not only stating that handsets from both carriers suffer from the same type of problem plaguing the iPhone 4, but actually showing a video of a BlackBerry demonstrating the issue.  Needless to say, this did not sit well with RIM…

RIM Co-CEOs, in a joint response to Apple, had this to say:

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Why An Android Tablet Has A Real Shot At Taking On The iPad

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I started really thinking about this last night as we recorded the Simple Mobile Review Podcast.  I am really starting to believe that if a major hardware manufacturer (read HP, Dell, Lenovo, etc.) releases a tablet that runs Android and doesn’t suck by Thanksgiving, they will have a real chance at taking on the iPad.

I know that the iPad has already sold over 2 million units and should sell 3 million units worldwide this quarter, however, contrary to popular belief, the iPad is not the perfect device.  The iPad is expensive, it doesn’t replace anything, it’s locked down tighter than Fort Knox, and Apple’s business practices have developer’s cheering for a competitor to step in and really challenge Apple’s dominance.

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iPhone Manufacturer To Ship 24 Million iPhones In 2010

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According to a DigiTimes report, iPhone manufacturer, FoxxCon, is expected to ship 24 million iPhones in 2010.

Foxconn will ship 4.5 million units in the first half and 19.5 million units for the rest of 2010. Apple is expected to unveil the iPhone 4G on June 7, 2010 during Apple’s Worldwide Developers Conference.

Any way you look at it Apple is going to move a lot of product in this year starting in June and Apple should see substantial rise in their overall market share.  How much, however, will depend on how many existing iPhone users are upgrading as compared to net new iPhone users.

[Source via BGR]

Apple Holding iPhone OS 4 “Sneak Peek” Event Thursday, April 8th

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So, if you haven’t gotten your fill of Apple news with all of the buzz surrounding the launch of the iPad this past weekend, Apple is offering Sneak Peak of the next version of the iPhone operating system Thursday, April 8th at 10:00 a.m. PST.

[Via Engadget]

Is The iPhone Coming To Verizon? RIM Certainly Hopes Not…

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According to a report on the Wall Street Journal, Apple plans to release an iPhone that runs on CDMA network technology that could end AT&T’s exclusivity on the device in the United States.  To make a long story short, the iPhone may be coming to Verizon.

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Contrary To Popular Belief, RIM Dominates The U.S. Smartphone Market

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You wouldn’t know it based on all the buzz directed towards and hype coming out of that Cupertino, CA based company that used to be known for selling computers, however, the BlackBerry, not the iPhone, dominates the smartphone industry in the United States and it really isn’t even all that close.

According to ComScore who does monthly surveys of U.S. wireless subscribers over the age of thirteen, 36 million of them own smartphones.  Roughly 15 million of these smart phones just happen to be BlackBerry devices.  That is over 41% marketshare.

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Google CEO Resigns From Apple’s Board

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Google CEO, Eric Schmidt, resigns from Apple’s board.  Does this have anything to do with Apple’s ban of all things Google Voice?  I would have to guess that it probably does.

To make a long story short, Google, with Android and Google OS, is moving in on Apple’s turf.  Mr. Schmidt recusing himself from conversations where there was a conflict of interest wasn’t enough any longer.