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The Economic Times reports, “So brisk was the sale that Canadian stores went out of stock very quick, reminding the frenzy that surrounded the launch of the previous version of the iPhone in Canada.”
“The iPhone 4 euphoria in their backward [sic.] must not have gone unnoticed at BlackBerry headquarters at Waterloo near here,” The Economic Times reports. “To meet the Apple onslaught, BlackBerry maker Research In Motion is holding a press conference in New York Tuesday to unveil its newest BlackBerry 9800 with a slider keyboard and touch-screen interface.”
MacDailyNews Take: Slider keyboard? How quaint. Watch those Apple patents now, RIM, ya hear? We wouldn’t want to see you subject yourselves to any legal ramifications due to patent infringement.
The Economic Times reports, “Aimed solely at consumers and youngsters, the new BlackBerry will be RIM’s first retaliatory shot at Apple whose iPhone 4 has eaten into its supremacy in the North American market.”
MacDailyNews Take: First? Bzzzt. Try again. How quickly they forget the “Storm” and “Storm 2” fiascos, but we didn’t. At first, we were told about how much Apple was scared about RIM’s “iPhone killers.” Then RIM released the things and the reviews started to be filed. Hence the beginning of RIM’s never-ending, artificially plump the unit sales bottom line, “Buy One BlackBerry, Get One Free” offers at carriers around the world.
• ZDNet reviews BlackBerry Storm2: RIM needs to dump the SurePress screen and get a new OS – October 28, 2009
• Verizon slashes BlackBerry Storm price in half in attempt to compete with $99 Apple iPhone 3G – July 20, 2009
• RIM preps Blackberry Storm 2 for September release; this one will have Wi-Fi – April 06, 2009
• Only one storm drags down D.C. Republicans and Democrats alike: RIM’s awful BlackBerry Storm – March 06, 2009
• PC World: It’s official, Blackberry Storm is no Apple iPhone killer – January 27, 2009
• RIM’s big response to Apple’s iPhone, BlackBerry Storm, falls flat – January 26, 2009
• ChangeWave: Apple iPhone’s ‘very satisfied’ rating more than double that of RIM’s BlackBerry Storm – December 22, 2008
• Buyers lining up to return RIM’s BlackBerry Storm? – December 17, 2008
• Yale Daily News: The Storm isn’t an iPhone killer, it’s a Blackberry killer – December 10, 2008
• Innovation and Entrepreneurship Professor reviews RIM BlackBerry Storm: ‘Disappointing and awful’ – December 05, 2008
• NY Times’ Pogue reviews RIM’s BlackBerry Storm: ‘I’ve got a better name for it: BlackBerry Dud’ – November 26, 2008
• InformationWeek reviews RIM’s BlackBerry Storm: ‘Tiresome, slow, severe bugginess and problems’ – November 24, 2008
• CNET: Apple is scared of RIM’s Storm – November 21, 2008
• TIME Mag reviews RIM’s BlackBerry Storm: ‘Novelty screen feels cheap; steer clear of this storm’ – November 20, 2008
• Chicago Tribune reviews RIM’s BlackBerry Storm: ‘Can’t compete with Apple’s iPhone’ – November 20, 2008
• Gizmodo reviews RIM’s BlackBerry Storm: ‘Heavy, laggy, sluggish, unstable, clunky, and tiring’ – November 20, 2008
• Engadget reviews RIM’s BlackBerry Storm: ‘Frustrating, inelegant, uncomfortable; a disappointment’ – November 20, 2008
• PC World reviews RIM’s BlackBerry Storm: ‘Awkward, disappointing; a failed experiment’ – November 20, 2008
• BlackBerry Storm: No Wi-Fi. No iPod. No iTunes App Store. No sale. – November 14, 2008
The Economic Times reports, “Apart from Canada, iPhone 4 made its debut also in Australia, Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, Hong Kong, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway, New Zealand, Singapore, Spain, Sweden, and Switzerland. The smart phone was launched in the US in June.”
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MacDailyNews Take: All of this goes to prove that two half-CEOs aren’t better than one Mr. Steve Jobs.