“BlackBerries do one thing incredibly well, process e-mail,” Lefsetz writes. “And that’s it.”
Lefsetz writes, “If you think BlackBerries surf the Web well, then you don’t, or have never used an iPhone.”
“Make a great tune and it lasts forever,” Lefsetz writes. “A mediocre, trend-following track may be a hit today, but it’s as useless in the future as a Motorola StarTac.”
“I know, I know, you’re Canadian, you beat your chest for RIM,” Lefsetz writes. “But it’s over.”
Full article here.
MacDailyNews Take: As we wrote back on August 05, 2010: RIM. Dead company walking.
“The Walking Dead”
…and I’m not talking about that new TV show on AMC.
@ Mark
My girlfriend has a Blackberry Curve and I have an iPhone.
To click a link takes me 0.5 seconds. Position finger over link; touch screen. For her to click a link takes at least 10 seconds, maybe more, depending on how far down the page she has to scroll with that trackpad. On top of this I’ve got the full internet on my phone and she has the mobile internet on hers. Mine still loads pages 10x faster.
The keyboard is a subjective thing but I don’t mind it. I also know of at least a dozen people who used to think the physical keyboard was a plus, but have since switched to iPhone mostly (some Android) and they don’t miss it after 10 minutes. Many of them having iPod touches (and now iPads even!) doesn’t hurt either.
RIM is becoming increasingly antiquated every day. The only benefit to having a Blackberry is BBM. That is, literally, IT. But every week or so somebody I know who had a Blackberry switches to an iPhone (or once every few weeks, Android). Their market is slipping away as we speak, and as that happens BBM will become less and less popular. SMS/MMS is unlimited for almost everyone I know and is not handset-limited.
MDN Magic Word = “try”. As in, RIM needs to try new things or they’ll soon find themselves relegated to the corporate market exclusively (which is also sliding away from them currently).
–mAc
BTW, I’m Canadian too. Not from the East though.
Unlike some, I feel no nationalistic ties to RIM whatsoever.
–mAc
@MikeK,
of course Android will eventually surpass iOS; there are currently 44 different Android-based phones on the market, compared to 1 iPhone model (well, 2 if you count the 3GS). I personally don’t see that as a bad thing. Just because there are MORE devices does not mean they are BETTER devices.
Also, Android outsells the iPhone in SOME European countries, but not all. In the UK and France the iPhone is still the top selling smartphone. In Germany the iPhone has just recently been made available to multiple carriers after 3 years of T-Mobile exclusivity.
So the iphone will live forever? Because Steve Jobs will be here, in this time forever? It will be a front runner. It will sell, and it should. But let’s not act like this is where the buck stops. Gheezus! You people cant see past the iphone. Even with its issues that Apple refuses to admit to. It’s awesome. I get it. Clearly something has Apple up at night because this site mentions Android more than Android. RIM had their chance to fix that crappy browser…. Three+ years it still is one of the worse ever.
RIM is dead, but the BlackBerry just surpassed iOS for internet usage in the States for the month of November…
iOS users should be ashamed of themselves. That is just sad.
@GeeOne,
Yes, I understand the reasons very well and I never argued otherwise..
The only thing I said was that Android is Apple’s competition not RIM.
There is a total misunderstanding of ‘competition’. Is a Chevy pickup truck competition for a Bentley? You see way more Chevys, so does that mean Bentley is doing something wrong? Of course not, iphone isn’t just a smartphone, but a premium product, those that can afford or gain access to it, will most always prefer it to the alternative. Android is a fake iphone for those that cant get the real thing – use one and it’s evident it brings nothing to the table. Androids and iphones aren’t both ‘just’ smartphones, any more than Chevys and Bentley are ‘just’ cars. They are different classes, like Apple and Microsoft. It like mistaking the recession is affecting everyone similarly. I know millionaires and I know people making $30K, there is a difference, it’s simply not an equivalent comparison. Bentleys are BENTLEYs, Rich people are RICH, and Apple is APPLE – you can’t compare Android or RIM to it.
Well said, maclover!
” iphone isn’t just a smartphone, but a premium product, those that can afford or gain access to it, will most always prefer it to the alternative”
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Sounds nice, but you’re wrong. In Europe, iPhone and the top Android devices cost about the same and are both available available on multiple carriers, some people still choose Android.
Even here in the states a couple friend of mine.. She loves her iPhone, he loves his Android Evo. They both cost the same and each of them have both seen, played with, and held each other’s phone.
Therefore, i reiterate my statement.. Android is Apple’s competition, not RIM.
hehheh! no i wouldnt change my schedule.but i might trade the blackberry to my friend for some drugs or sell it and buy some candy and a skip-it thank you!..
LeanSpa
@Maclover Are you just stupid or delusional?
As MikeK pointed out, there are many Android phones that are the same price (or even more expensive) than the iPhone yet for some reason, people still buy the “non-premium” device. People like you personify the massive idiot cult that Apple calls its fan base. There’s nothing “premium” about the iPhone in comparison to a comparable Android device unless you want to include benefits like ability to drop a call, easily replaceable battery and the completely-accessible file system – that has essentially made the best apps available to people who jailbreak their phone as opposed to using the stock OS. To say you can’t compare the two is ludicrous (and also an indication that you should consider sterilizing yourself to save future generations from your stupidity). Apple makes PHONES, RIM makes PHONES, HTC makes PHONES, Samsung makes PHONES. Where do you think Apple gets the hardware for their premium product? I’ll answer; its from Samsung (the same company that makes Android phones). Your premium product would be in a dream state unless some company provided the hardware to actually BUILD the phone but I see your 35 IQ points precludes you from seeing that fact.
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