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Is the BlackBerry`s Advantage over the iPhone Ubiquity?
By: Don Reisinger
2009-07-02
Article Rating:    / 7
There are 5 user comments on this Mobile & Wireless story.
Is the BlackBerry`s Advantage over the iPhone Ubiquity? (
Page 1 of 2 ) NEWS ANALYSIS: RIM's BlackBerry devices, including the new BlackBerry Tour, are available on a variety of carriers' services, including AT&T, Verizon Wireless and Sprint. That matters to enterprise customers who rely more and more on their smartphones and other handheld devices. But does Apple realize that?Research In Motion announced earlier this week that it plans to
bring the BlackBerry Tour, the latest in its lineup of BlackBerry devices, to
Verizon Wireless customers on July 12. The phone will go on sale for $200
after contract and rebate. Verizon Wireless claims it will allow owners
to make calls in 220 countries around the globe.
It's a smart move for RIM. The company that once easily controlled the
enterprise market (and still relies heavily on the enterprise market for its
business) is being pressured by Apple. For the past couple years, the
iPhone was just another also-ran in the enterprise. It didn't have push
e-mail, calendar and contacts; it didn't feature Exchange support; and it
generally failed at providing enterprise customers with what they really
wanted. For the first two years of its availability, the iPhone was a
consumer device.
But all that has changed. The iPhone is now quite attractive to the
enterprise. It finally sports push e-mail, calendar and contacts. It
also has Exchange support. And after a long time waiting for it, the
device now features copy and paste.
There's one more feature the iPhone has that could make a difference when
companies decide on which product they want to buy: apps. Currently, the
Apple App Store offers more than 50,000 applications. RIM's store has around
1,000 apps available to owners of the BlackBerry Bold, the BlackBerry Storm
and soon, the BlackBerry Tour. That's quite a difference. It gets
worse when you consider that many of the apps listed in the Apple App Store are
designed specifically for business customers. Enterprise iPhone users can
extend the functionality of their mobile devices far beyond anything possible
in current BlackBerry models.
That's a real problem for RIM. All of the advantages it once clung to
have been negated by Apple's recent updates. And worst of all, its
hardware just doesn't appeal to users the way the iPhone does. RIM might still be performing well as a company,
but it's debatable how long that success will last.
Or is it?
| | Reader Comments: Is the BlackBerry`s Advantage Over the iPhone Ubiquity? | | >>> Post your comment now!
| | Control, Security, & UbiquityIts hard to compare iPhone to BlackBerry from a perspective beyond the consumer and low-security organization. Since the BlackBerry inception,... Posted At: 07-06-09 By: Scott Curtner | | | | | | A user comment on this articleDevice and plan price, durability, security, keyboards, professional appearance, phone quality, battery life..
Stupid fun apps fly in the face of... Posted At: 07-06-09 By: Anonymous | | | | | | That's it???That's the only advantage you can list??? The fact that RIM can be found on all carriers? This is a big one, but how lame! There has to be some... Posted At: 07-06-09 By: Anonymous | | | | | | FactsI know it's easier to recite a VZN press release, but the number of countries on this planet is well below 220. Posted At: 07-03-09 By: Kontra | | | | | | erop@europe.comWill LTE be the death of RIM?
Enterprise should starting wising up and go for the technology that is the future and not the past and sad to say... Posted At: 07-03-09 By: AdamC | | | | | | >>> Post your comment now! | | | | | |
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