“The anticipated ability of Apple’s iCloud network to take some processing and traffic burdens from wireless carriers’ networks has been predicted by one analyst to cause ‘collateral damage’ for rival handset maker Research in Motion,” Neil Hughes reports for AppleInsider.
“Shaw Wu with Sterne Agee issued to investors Friday in which he declared that iCloud will make it even tougher for companies to compete with Apple. He reiterated his belief that iCloud will ‘change the game’ in the highly competitive mobile space,” Hughes reports. “In his view, iCloud will make iTunes even more powerful and useful for end users. That would be a huge blow to RIM, Google, Amazon and Microsoft, all of which have struggled to compete with iTunes in its current form.”
Hughes reports, “But iCloud is predicted to have a particularly significant impact on RIM, which offers its own unique push network for users of BlackBerry smartphones. ‘While iCloud doesn’t replicate all of RIMM’s push network, the ability for iCloud to offload data center processing and traffic from carriers is attractive,’ Wu wrote.”
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[Thanks to MacDailyNews Reader “Lynn W.” for the heads up.]